Fiona Drake AS Media

The idea was for my music magazine to look as professional as possible, and i wanted it to look like i could imagine seeing it on a newsstand. After looking at my finished preliminary task i decided that it was a good base to build upon, as I could see many areas that I could improve on, so this gave me ideas of...

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In order to make my magazine look professional, it was vital that I used the right editing software. However, first I needed to use technology to ensure I had the components for my magazine. To begin with, I used a Lumix G6 to take my photos with. I used this camera to make sure that the picture were good quality and focused properly....

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As my magazine is aimed at a niche audience but has a high potential to gain quite a lot of secondary readers, I think it is hard to decide what type of publisher would publish my magazine. As it is designed for a niche audience but is a genre that is of interest for many people it is quite difficult to place, as...

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Click here to see how my media product represents particular social groups Click here to see how my media product represents particular social groups ...

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Attracting your audience is incredibly important, as if devices you have used are not correct you could find yourself attracting  completely different audience, who won’t be the people you initially intended the magazine to be for. This can effect money in particular. If the magazine design and writing style is not what the target audience expect, then they are unlikely to repurchase. Also,...

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Conventions of magazines are somewhat gradual as they get more and more refined through layers being targeted towards certain groups. For example, conventions from magazine to magazine will be the same (to have a masthead, etc) but conventions of music magazines will be more specific, and conventions of a rock magazine would be even more niche. House Style Having a house style is...

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