Media

Sunday, 27 March 2011

Evaluation - Representation

In my magazine I have done the stereotypical representation of teenagers as this is my target audience therefore in may appeal to them more, I have used images of people that are a similar age to the target audience, again I have done this so that it relates to them. The clothes worn are leggings and a simply top which is possible something that the target audience would wear.

The image on the double page spread represents teenage girls through the costume, the clothes are fashionable and possible an outfit that the audience would like and similar to something that they would wear.The hair and make up is quite natural which again represents an average teenage girl. The models clothes, make up and hair make it easier for the target audience relate to because it represents somebody like them. I have used a mid shot for this image as it then makes it clear to see the whole outfit that she is wearing.

The pose of 'The Courteeners' for the NME magazine if similar to the one of 'Lauren B' from my product, they both represent people that are laid back, my image represents teenagers and the other image represent the indie genre, therefore both images are used to attract a certain target audience.

The target audience for the magazine is teenagers, therefore the language that I have used stereotypical represents the way that teenagers talk, the language is informal and there is slang words used. On the double page spread there is an interview with ‘Lauren B’ which is informal therefore relates to the target audience and gets there attention, words such as ‘yeah’ are used rather than ‘yes’ which is stereotypical the way that teenagers talk. On the contents page I have wrote ‘Ellie Goulding – What Beat thinks about her amazing singing and ‘starry eyes’’, here I have related to one of her songs making the text catchy. I have also used exclamation marks a lot to emphasize. From my research i found out that the language used in magazine are often in the style that would relate to the target audience to get there attention and relate to them.

Evaluation - Conventions

From my research I found out the conventions that music magazines have which is the same style as mine. I found out that most front covers have a single model positioned in the centre or to the right. I followed this convention on my product by positioning the model in the middle of this page. I analysed NME, Q and Top of the pops, I was unsure whether to do an indie or pop magazine therefore I analysed these three and from my research I found several convention that I followed for the front cover, contents page and double page spread.

Front cover

One picture (a singer)

Masthead at the top in the left hand corner

Short and catchy cover lines

One main cover line

Date

Issue Number

Barcode

Colour theme

Language that will appeal to the target audience

Contents page

Colour scheme
A few images
Title at the top
Text at the side (about the magazine and what’s

going on)

Captions for images

Double page spread

Title at the top

Main image

Interview

Subheadings

Headline at the top of the page

Colour scheme

Language is suited to the target audience

Text with image

I have used these conventions on my magazine. On the front cover there is the masthead in the left hand corner at the top, there is bold titles and coverlines, the main image is in the centre and i have but a barcode and date on the front cover, there is also a colour theme and i have used language that would appeal to the target audience.

On the contents i have used conventions of a music magazine as there is a colour scheme, the title is at the top and is bold, i have also but subheadings on the contents page.
Also on the double page spread i have used conventions. The title is at the top, a main image, the article on the page is a interview therefore there is also subheading, the language is suited to the target audience and there is a bold headline.