1. 1. AS Magazine CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION Analysis
2. 2. HOW DOES MY MAGAZINE USE AND CHALLENGE CONVENTIONS COVER PAGE Like most magazines I have used a close up model to present the model the audience like most teenage magazines as they can see am targeting a mature teenage audience and not just recent teens.
3. 3. Another convention decided to accommodate was the title being the dominant font as it captures the audiences attention and they can relate with being called rebel.
4. 4. As you will see I used another convention based on male magazines as I used a few subtitles like the magazine with the teenage male models unlike the female magazine on the cover the female model is covered with many more cover lines.
5. 5. However unlike most magazines my cover is not as colourful regardless of sex, teenage magazines tend to be colourful probably to get the audiences attention but mine lacks the colour because the audience should be mature enough and rebel and take something different.
6. 6. Also the use of a barcode to represent authenticity.
7. 7. CONTETS PAGE Most magazines gives emphasis on the content page as it is the magazine in short explanation.
8. 8. With conventions like the editors note giving the audience a relaxing reading mood. And finally as the picture shows I have numbered the page as it helps the reader know where to find what he or she wants.
9. 9. HOW DOES IT REPRESENT SOCIAL GROUPS? The masthead I have used represent the target audience I am targeting as they are referred to rebels as they do not conform with societies rules though it does not apply to everyone in the 18-26 years they are mostly stereotyped as rebels.
10. 10. Also the cover lines I have used are a few compared with other teenage magazines but this is only because am I targeting both male and female audience so I used cover lines referring to both genders.
11. 11. The audience being targeting is the upper class and middle class older teenagers as they can afford a luxury of a magazine through allowances or gifts hence the cheap price tag.
12. 12. The use of the puff to capture the audiences attention by offering them a free poster inside the magazine being places right at the masthead for them to see it easily.
13. 13. HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT ENGAGE WITH THE AUDIENCE Below the masthead there is a tagline that at glace shows what audience am targeting Dedicated to teenagers Also the font I have used is a youthful font and has no place in an elderly Magazine.
14. 14. Like most magazine I have put the contents masthead without a lot fancy things as it is important the audience easily find the contents page as it helps them find what they need to know about the magazines
15. 15. Also in the double cover spread page I have used a font that the audience am targeting can relate to as it is a funky font.
16. 16. With trying to avoid looking bias my cover lines target both male and female audience as the cover page and the contents page are the first thing they see when they purchase the magazine and they quickly see it a magazine for both genders as they are matters dealing with music, environment, partying ands drugs.
17. 17. HOW WOULD IT BE DISTRIBUTED AS REAL MEDIA TEXT Being an informative entertainment magazine with a lot of space for advertising and a wide market due to its audience it could be well represented with the better established media organisations such as Hearst or Bauer Media which have an extensive media portfolio and will easily market the magazine due to its intelligence in the market and already market base with Hearst already representing seventeen to good house keeping with a global establishment.
18. 18. HOW DID YOUR PRODUCTION SKILLS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT With proper research and planning before production it helped me not waste time deciding on choosing on whatever aspect using only Photoshop for the whole of my AS to design my photos. Not having any previous knowledge of Photoshop I watched videos on YouTube and followed their guidelines experimenting on images before starting having learnt to use tools such as the lasso tool, red eye remover and crop tool which helped increase the aestheticism of the image to the audience.
19. 19. HOW DID YOU INTERGRATE TECHNOLOGIES SOFTWARE AND ONLINE Having explained earlier only needing Photoshop to design all three lay outs of the cover page, contents page and double spread page it was the only software I needed and used however online devices were heavily used such as YouTube This is where I learnt all my editing techniques which helped me create my magazine as there were many tutorial videos that greatly helped. Blogger This site was a great help as it served as my folder to keep all my files of research, planning and production online which helped me in case I lost any data and needed any reference
20. 20. Also using google as a search engine to find information as it was my secondary research method. Finally my last online tool was slide share as it helped me keep my written information online as a presentation tool and reference device.
21. 21. HARDWARE Without any of my these two devices my project would have been impossible, my laptop and a borrowed camera from my friend as my camera was with my mother at the time and she was abroad. Needing only the camera and the laptop was used for creating all content that I helped take with the camera, using the software(Photoshop), Only needing to connect the camera to the laptop to receive the photos through USB transfer. Also used my laptop as for my secondary research, using google.