Front Cover, Contents Page And Double Page Spread

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you fell you have learnt in progession from it to full product?

Looking back at my preliminary task I could see a lot of changes within the two magazines that I have done. In terms of my preliminary task the front cover was not that great, but by using the feedback that I received helped me in producing a better front which was done in my coursework magazine.

This was my preliminary task as you can see the front cover was not that great, this is because I was use to the terms and technology of creating an outsatnding piece of work, also I tried to make it creative and also I felt that it appealed to my target audience, I believe that the target audience was addressed and this was related through the title of my preliminary task magazine. Also I made it look creative and also I made it look imaginative with the two pieces of work and also by deciding the different pictures to use and how it will relate to the target audience, by using people our age to relate to the target audience.

This is my coursework magazine. As you can see there is a big difference between the two in terms of how the feedback helped me in creating a better type of magazine and one that will be more appealing to my audience. The text was complete differnet because I wanted it to stand out and look good so that my target audience will be encouraged to read my magazine. The framing of the photo's worked as well becaue I was able to use different types of effects to help me with framing all of my pictures and text on my front cover.

I believe that my coursework magazine is more creative than my preliminary task. This is because it looks more creative in terms of text and framing of the images used in my coursework magazine. I also believe that it looks professional in terms of the second magazine because it looks well done and a lot of effort put into it. Overall I think that I have learnt a lot with the two magazines that I have created, and also the feedback that I have receieved regarding the two pieces of work that I have created, and also I hope that it will help me in the near future.

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

The peice of technology that I used to help me in producing my magazine was photoimpact 10. This helped me because I was able to get the things and effects to help with my fron cover and contents page as well. It also helped me to edit photo's, change text layout and the size of the font in creating my front cover and contents page.


I also used dafont.com, it helped me in choosing the different the different types of fonts to help me with my magazine, this piece of technology helped me because I was able to get an idea of how my front page title will look like and if it will appeal to my audience, it also helped me because it gave me a list of fonts to choose from and helped me with my grime=dime title for my magazine.

Publisher helped me with my double page spread, this is because I was able to get the colour of font I wanted and also it helped me with inserting pictures and text boxes to write or type what I want to say for my audience to see. Why this helped me is becuase I was able to generate ideas on how to structure my double page spread and also the layout and templates that I used in order to make my double page spread and make it good not just for me but my audience.

I also used this camera and it is called FufiFilm FinePix S1500, this helped me in taking different images to insert into my magazine and also take multiple images as well. This helped me because I was able to take lots of different images and also helped me pick the right photo and put it on my magazine, also I was able to use the right types of shots and lighting as well.

How did you attract/address your audience?

 With the front cover as you can see the words that I used was to help me relate to the audience, in terms of the writing in blue it is similar to the title of the magazine but different in another way. Also with the other style of writing in silver it is in the means of a schoolboy writing so it relates to the target audience who of most are still in school. Moreover on the front cover I put freebies on it so I could promote my magazine and a lot of people like freebies, with the freebies I put " win tickets to J Cole concert" I done this so that the people who look at the magazine would like to buy it because they would like the free things within the magazine. The freebies are located in the top left corner of the magazine and it is in big so it will stand out to the reader and who will read it because it wil be the first thing that they will see.

With the contents page the significant thing about the layout of the contents page was the structure of the features and what to expect from the magazine. Also the colour was in fact to match the colours of the front cover so it continious, also the another reason is that one of it will be in silver and then blue and then back to silver so the colours will stand out. The features on the contents page was supposed to attract my audience for example the album reviews it was linked to appeal or to catch the attentionj of my audience. The font size for the headings was 22 and then for the little description was 18. This was done because the headings were supposed to stand out because it would be what the reader or audience wants to see when they turn over to the contents page, i placed it on the left hand side so it will the first thing that they will read when they turn over to the contents page.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

This is called James Bandgow and he works as a chief in a top restaurant in London, he lives in West London in a house that he bought, he just came out of university and he is 20 years-old. He is single and lives with his friends the last three albums he has bought are Professor Green – At Your Inconvenience, Cee Lo Green- The Lady Killer and Wretch 32 Black and White these are the latest three albums he has got because he is a music fantic. James is a typical reader of this magazine and he likes listen to grime and his favourite artist or group is Boy Better Know.


Also this typical reader is someone who likes fashion and likes going to music concerts and also likes getting free tickets from different music radio stations that give away free tickets. His favourite radio station is Kiss fm.




James likes to drink a lot and have a blast on a Friday night. And likes reading about music magazines and the lives of the artist for example boy better know like in one of the magazines like mix mag and uncut. The reason is that these are the two that he likes to read a lot and has helped him with understanding the meaning of grime and how it came about to people of today.



His favourite TV show is the Simpsons, he watches it on a daily basis and does not miss one show of it. The reason why he watches it is because he has been watching it since he was a little child and also he likes the fact that it is a family show and can might relate to him and his family that is why he has loved it ever since.

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

Looking at the different publishers that publish magazine for example:

• mixmag
• uncut
• NME

There are some publishers that publsih a numer of magazines and that can help me in choosing the right distribution to hand out my media product:

• IPC media
• Development Hell
• Tracey Cheesman
• Paul Cheal

I feel that the publishers of mixmag which are Development Hell can distribute my media product because the produce over 21,500 copies in Britain alone, so I feel that they can publish my media product. By this they can distribute to the wider market which is good for me by making profits and advertising sales as well. Also I feel that by choosing Develpment Hell they can relate to what I am publishing and why I am doing it as well, moreover I feel that they can take me further becuase they produce lots of copies and maybe it can influence other distributors to buy my media product and sell it in there market.

How does your media product represent particular social gorups?

The social group that I wanted my magazine to appeal to was people who listen to grime and who like it as well. I feel that my magazine should appeal to both genders, this is becuase grime is a multi-national thing and people are into it as well and it is growing and growing. I feel that my magazine should apply to ages from 16-24 because if it was to apply to all ages some people will not like it so I took that into practise and made my magazine apply to the youths of today. I chose my front cover to target my audience because I wanted it to relate to the youths of today and also make them feel that they are in the same shoes as the person on the front coer. I too into consideration the age and gender because when I was taking the photographs I wanted it to relate to the same ages of the audience but different in gender. This because nowadays there are more males than females of the grime system but it can be argued otherwise, so I took that into consideration.

This was the photo that I took for my magazine so that it appeals to my audience, I done this because I looked at a number of magazines and I thought that one particular stood out to me, and that was the LC magazine that a East London college had done. The magazine helped me in choosing the right kind of pictures to take and how to do it. So it helped me a lot in choosing the right picture and how to take it and relate it to my target audience.

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

Looking at my magazine I believe that it uses forms of convention. This has got to do with my title of my magazine. Possibly it may look like a real professional magazine I based my magazine like the magazine like mixmag but with a twist, unlike mixmag they use bright colours and effects but with my magazine the title is graffiti so it is conventional from the mixmag in a way becuase it relates to the younger generation. Well the style of writing fitted with my magazine because the style of font was related to the fact of graffiti which represents freedom and well living, also it expresses the fact it has a twist and most days we see graffiti on the streets. The font which was graffiti was black and white so it gives a sense of mystery and also

excitement I chose it becuase it made me feel that it could relate to my target audience and also the wider market. I believe that the two magazines are not similar because on of the magazines shows vibrant colours and freedom and the other shows a means of seriousness but good use of different colours to match the clothes or the stanza of the model in the front cover.

The main photo that I used was to relate to the target audience with a young person living out their dream as a music arist, it shows a sense of seriousness with the look of the model on the front cover. Also the colours that the model is wearing shows a sense of vibrance because with the colour of clothes that the model is wearing. I believe that the style fit with my magazine because it shows the reality of a person living out their dream so I think that the style fits in with the magazine.

Market Research

I had to change the name of my superstar that I was doinng for my magazine. Also I had to change the person on my front cover, this is becuase in my first magazine although it was good the marketr didn't want to see a school boy on the fron page so I had to change it.
With the background as well the whole thing had to be done again because the market didn't like the view of my orginal magazine. Over time I started to develop my ideas and created a new front page magzine and when I showed it to the people via computer they were pleased and happy with the changes I had made to the front cover and how the colours and everything changed, in terms of the colour of the text, the type of font, the size of font and finally the image or person that I used on the front cover as well.

So this is what I changed:

• the colour of the background
• the person on the front page
• the colour of text
• the font size
• the type of font
• the structure of the front page

So here is the first magazine:



















This is the second magazine:



















By looking at the two I made a lot of changes by the comment and reviews by my market.

Front Page Analysis

The reason why I choose my text was that it was made to speak to the reader, by showing them that the text I chose for example the grime=dime. It was chosen becuase I wanted it to make the reader feel that they will be apart of my magazine and the text was self-explaintory in my eyes. The style as well was in important becuase I don it so that the readers can read it and also relate to the type of text at the same time.
The text was also made in a way that it stands out so it appeals to the reader an whoever will read the magazine. It will also make them feel that they wrote the magazine themselves, so it was a good idea for me to choose the right text size.
I am happy with the way my magazine has turned out and I done it with the type of text and other bits and bobs to help me with my magazine.

Target Readers Analysis of doublepage spread

Looking at my double page spread I was able to get comments from a few potential readers. What I found out was that they liked the pictures that  I used in terms of the colour of the image and also the other images used for the double paged spread, also I found out that they liked the use of the colours matching what they say in the image. For example the gold and white and grey which they saw in the  image and also I used it as text so it match the clothes that they saw in the image and also the text as well.
Key Aspects

• colour
• text
• images
• arrangements of headings

The target readers also liked how I arranged the columns and the title and how they images weren't in the way of the text so it was clear to see. So overall the comment that I got from the different readers was very good, I also asked them if they were going to read the magazine would they buy it and they  all said yes, the reason why they said yes it because they liked the layout of the magazine and how I used the different colours as well. I also asked them what they  liked about  the magazine and all of them said the double page spread.

If they were to pick this magazine what would they like inside of the magazine and hopefully they said free CD's as it will urge them to buy more of the magazine because they  know that  they will get a free CD inside, which can suite their interest.