Addressing My Audience

Release Form

risk assessment

Looking back at your preliminary task (the college magazine task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

The media institution that could distribute my magazine is Bauer media. Bauer media is Europe’s largest privately owned publishing group, with a worldwide media empire having over 300 magazines in 15 countries. Bauer also works with radio stations and have a large audience of listeners. This magazine publishes other music magazines such as Q and Kerrang, and also brand kiss and 4music. These brands are music based like my music magazine chartz, which would be the reason why they might distribute my media product. My target audience is teenagers and young adults which is a very wide, this means many potential buyers for my magazine. My magazine would advertise films, beauty products, concert tours and new albums. I will be able to sell my magazine at the price of £2.50 on a weekly basis which is a reasonable and affordable price. The advantage of publishing my magazine with Bauer is that if it doesn’t top or even equal out to the same sales as Q or Kerrang it can be easily dropped and would stop being published as it would be lacking revenue which is was predicted and not making profit. But the magazine can be published as a online form and promote a subscription to my readers. If my magazine becomes popular I could possibly expand my media product to a radio station as well. 

Magazines publishers like IPC media would not publish my magazine as they focus on publishing more lifestyle and hobbies magazines. This wouldn’t fit with my magazine chartz which is a charts music magazine. 

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Production Scheduled

Week 1 (October 12th) Drafts for three products
Week 2 (November 2nd) Front cover (cover lines, title, bar-code, date)
Week 3 (November 9th) Photo shoot with Tash 
Week 4 (November 16th) add pictures for the front cover
Week 5 (November 30th) Add pictures for feature article
Week 6 & 7(December 7th - December 18th)continue working on all products
Week 8 & 9 (January 6th - January 20th) finish off my three products
Week 10 (January 20th) look back through all products and make any small final changes

Contact sheet

Location, Props and Costume

Location:

I decided to do my location for the photoshoot in my front root, as it was very spacious when moving the sofa away from the way, allowing my model to be able to move into different positions. I was able to take advantage of the natural light coming in from the window. I didn’t want any of my pictures to have a background when shooting with my model (Fleur East). Other pictures I used such as Miley Cyrus was taken at the O2 arena in London when I went to see her at The Bangerz Tour in 2014. I fitted with the magazine so I decided to use it as the pose and the picture looks very professional. Another Image on my contents page was taken at Disney Land in America from September 2015, when I watched the parade. I thought it would link with my age group as every teenager dreams of going to Disneyland Orlando, so I used it for my competition photo.

Costume:

I used the same outfit on my model for all three shots, apart from one when I added a leather jacket to change the look. My model is wearing a grey high neck belly t-shirt, black skinny jeans, grey leather jacket with a gold chain necklace. She also shows her tattoos which gives the image a different edge. In the Miley Cyrus picture, she is wearing a high rise one piece which has the pattern of American notes on, cowboy boots, a backpack and green glasses.   

Props:

Props:

In the Miley Cyrus picture, the props used was sunglasses and a backpack to complete the image and represent the wildness in her. In the Disneyland picture the props used include the float with Minnie and mickey mouse featured on them and Cinderella and prince charming castle featured in the background. When having a photoshoot with my model we didn’t really use props and we focused on the different poses she could use instead to make the picture very dominating by using eye contact and sexual poses. 

Finished Products

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?