~*Evaluation Question 4*~

Who would be the audience of your media product?

The target audience of my media product is anyone between the ages of 16 to 25. This is because although a new wave of artists have come and changed the dynamics of this genre by adding their own twist in the craft, they’ve also stayed within the conventions of the genre so people who may be older and would enjoy the more older hip hop tracks can enjoy the magazine because it’ll feature certain artist from that particular era and also someone who is younger may enjoy the newer urban artists and can find that the magazine appeals to them as well. I have also chosen this age group as my earlier research into the genre, hip-hop, informed me that its growth in popularity in was the 90’s - this means that people who were in their teens at that time are aware of this genre and anyone who was born in the 90’s and grew up with this music when it was at its peak, like myself, will enjoy the genre. Hip-hop may have a disproportionate number of male artists to female artists belonging to this genre, but it is enjoyed and listened to by an audience equally made up of all genders. This particular issue may appeal more to a female audience. This was a conscious decision I made after doing research into magazines and had found that many urban, hip-hop and Rn’b magazines featured more male artists on their covers, in their articles and I feel that the features appealed more to a male audience. I guess saw this opening in the market and wanted to create something that a female audience may enjoy more and may be able to relate to. My magazine is a monthly magazine consisting of 40 pages and priced at £2.15. I gave it this price to challenge the convention to have a price that ends in 99p and also because as a monthly magazine it should be affordable for students.

~*Evaluation Question 3

What kind of media institution might distribute my product?

~*Evaluation Question 2*~

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

I made my magazine to represent the age range of both male and female from the age of 16-25. This specific edition is targeted more at a female audience group than a male audience, but should it still appeal to both genders.
My magazine is stereotypical of people that have a taste in music that is both hip hop and rn’b genres, therefore it wouldn’t appeal to people that enjoy listening to to rock or heavy metal music. Although some issues may attract people that like other genres such as pop depending on who is on how is on the cover of the magazine in that issue and what the content of the magazine is.
I aimed for my magazine to inspire people to be who they want to be, do what they want to do and most of all follow the music trend they want to follow. I wanted my magazine to represent the latest trends and music updates are to discuss current social affairs so that people have the opportunity to follow and like whoever they want too, it doesn’t tell them they have to like this music but gives them the choice to.

Before I started making my magazine I chose to aim my magazine at students because my target audience range is aimed at both genders aged 16 – 25 and I know that they may not be able to afford the real up beat classy expensive magazines  on a monthly basis, so I chose to create a magazine that was affordable which is aimed it at this group but also had the content needed to follow the genre of the magazine and to represent who the magazine is made to represent.

~*Evaluation Question 1*~

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

 The audience for my magazine is targeted at around the age of from about 16 early 25 year olds. Almost all of   and VIBE's readership is from around this age gap. There magazines are very successful, therefore I want to fit my model my magazine to fit this social group.

There mode of address is however quiet an informative one, but to fit my magazine to reach the lower half of the age group, I want to make it formal but in a chatty tone so young people are attracted to reading my magazine and can easily understand no matter how intellectual they are.

My magazine is aimed at both genders as it is filled with things for both male and female artists loved by both genders. The music genre for my magazine covers all areas such as Rn'B and rap, as it focuses on new artists and current news from current popular artists.

The magazine content is mainly focused around what my target audience wants, such as interviews with big stars, reviews on festivals and concerts. My magazine however does not cover much classical music as from the research I conducted, I found that it was not popular within the teenage community; therefore it is featured in my magazine, however only in small doses and occasionally compared to other popular genres, as the audience wouldn’t be too interested in it from the results.

The design of my magazine is quite a simple front page as I didn’t want to make it to cluttered. However I still wanted to make it attractive to a young audience, so I filled it will different text types and shapes etc. Images are used quite simply, but effectively.

Like VIBE magazine, they are used to separate boring and long winded text so the user is still attracted to reading it without thinking its to much writing so they don’t want to read it. Also images are used to create posters. My magazine will feature pull out posters of artists, which the younger generation may buy to decorate there rooms with, therefore appealing to a big range of people.

The colour scheme of different shades of re, black and white is continued throughout my magazine as the user can identity the colour to the magazine in time to come. The style of writing throughout my magazine will continue to be informative, but chatty and friendly so it appeals to a younger audience.

~*DPS Interview: Questions + Answers*~

~*DPS Layout*~

~*DPS Image*~

This is the image that I will be using for my double page spread. I will need to adjust the brightness on photo shop to get rid of the cloth background to make the background completely white so the the muse stands out more.