Question 3 evaluation

 

1. The agency that I’ll be using for my magazine to be published is “BAUER” which is a media company founded in 1875 and owned by Yvonne Bauer till this day. This is a company who is very well known for publishing for small magazines and getting them to the top of the table very quick. It manages a portfolio for more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations around the world. The portfolio includes print shops, postal, distribution and marketing services. Bauer Media Group has a workforce of approximately 11,000 employees in 17 countries. One of the main reason on why I chose Bauer to publish my magazine is because of their high success rate. However, there are 4 main publishers that I could’ve picked which are IPC media, Bauer, NATMAG and Conde Taste, but I still chose to go with using Bauer as I think that company is more simple to use as it’s a common magazine company. On the other hand, I know that I will have more competition which will make it harder for my magazine to grow, so I’ll need to meet the buyers’ needs and produce magazines that are different and stand out from the others. I also wanted to use BBC as a publisher because of the immense popularity they have in England and the huge interest they have in Grime. Shows like “Fire in the booth” and “1xtra interviews” from BBC helped grime grow and is getting interest from a lot of grime fans that out there ( which is mostly the younger generation) ,  however getting my magazine published by the BBC isn’t possible as they only publish magazines based on their TV shows/channels which is an unfortunate case.

Question 2 evaluation

evaluation question 1

My draft for evaluation

Evaluation draft Serkan:

• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
• - Cover star looks straight at the audience in the front cover and is wearing the clothes which suits the genre
• Analyse shots used- shot size, angle, composition; mise-en-scene including costume, make up, props, lighting, location. 
   
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
  -The artists I used are wearing street clothing which represents street culture
  -The use of colour also represents this (Red, white and black)
  -It represents the specific gender which is male
  -What race it represents (Both races white and black because my magazine respects both races magazine)
   
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media products and why?
  -BBC is going to be the main presenter of my magazine as they are more particular with grime, because of their presentation of “fire in the booth” and interviews with grime artists
  -BBC is also a very well-known trade mark in the UK so it would be easier to promote my magazine and get it to be popular very quick very fast. However it’s not possible as the BBC only publish magazines based on their television programmes so I’m going to mention this in my evaluation.
  -I’m thinking of using another popular media network like “Bauer” to help me advertise and promote my magazine, as they don’t mind advertising any magazines. 
   
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
  Describe the audience in terms of demographics (age, gender, location, ethnicity, sexuality) use media kits from real magazines
  Task2 create your own inform- bar/pie charts 
  My answers
  Age/Gender-My target age is 13-18 year old teenage boys and girls. I’m aiming to get this age group to get my magazine more than anyone else as it’s based around them.
  Location- Location is going to be London (Hackney, Islington, Tottenham and etc.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
• How did you attract your audience?
  Give feedback on your magazine
  Write down what feedback you got from pitch. Embed video. (Slides/emaze/prezi)
  Feedback you got from rough magazine. Look at comments on your blog. Add screenshot or write some notes summarising.
  Final feedback. 3 or 4 people. Members of audience. Get comments of final cover, contents, DPS.
  Annotate- what attracted/addressed them?
  WhatsApp group- screen shots
  Or video/voice
  My answers

• The use of colours on my magazine. The three main colours of my magazine is red, black and white which has two bright colours (Red and white). This will grab the attention of my audience easily because of the brightness and the way it appeals to my specified audience which are teens.
•  The cover lines on my magazine will be splashed on the front of the magazine so it’s big, bold and clear to the audience. If it appeals to them they will have a look at it or maybe even consider buying the magazine
• I will use artist names on the cover lines similar to the music genre of the magazine to draw the audience in.
• I will also use an attractive cover star who also links to the music genre. The use of clothing and actions of the cover star will help me link it to the genre 

MY CONTENTS

This is my final design of my front cover. Artist and background has been changed as well as the name of the artist

This is my final design of my Double Page spread. I've changed the background, writing colours and the artist/model and made it much simpler.