2. For my pictures that I have taken I have tried to copy gangster pictures that were in official magazines. So for the pictures I took, I tried to make each of the participants look angry and as if they wanted to punch somebody, as this mediates gangsters as this is typical as they always look angry and never smile. Also I have tried to make them wear baggy clothes which represents gangsters as it’s very stereotypical on a gangster to never wear tight clothes. So by doing this people will know what genre of magazine mine is as it looks hip-hop.
3. If my magazine was getting distributed it would be a big conglomerate company distributing it, like Bauer or IPC media, and it would be getting distributed to every small and big shop all over the U.K. I wouldn’t use an independent company to distribute my magazine as they wouldn’t have the money and sources to get my magazine promoted throughout the U.K and the rest of the world. A reason for using a conglomerate company would be that there are already Hip-Hop magazine on the market so I would need a big company to promote it as I would be in competition with magazines such as XXL, and the Source. I would also have large circulatory figures as Bauer magazines all have large circulatory figures as many people would be reading my new magazine. I would get my magazine promoted through as many cross media as I could. The main one would be the internet as my magazine has its own website http://www.triplexlmag.co.uk/ so the viewing public could access my magazine through that. Also I could use facebook to promote my magazine as these types of social networking sites have millions on users so this would be very useful. Also I would promote it through T.V such as adverts and also as it would be a big company like Bauer distributing it then I could also get a music channel like Q. and this would promote my magazine as then on the channel I could advertise the magazine through the channel and also I could get interview with music stars. Another way on promoting my music magazine Triple XL would be to have a radio show like Kerrang and I could play all the music that would be in my magazine.
4. The target audience I am promoting my magazine to is 18-25+ year olds mainly males, as I think they are the most likely to listen and like hip-hop, so I think they would buy my magazine and give me the most profits. A typical audience member would be someone would listens to rap/ Hip-Hop, predominately black like the picture a have, and dresses in baggy clothes.
5. Both of the rappers are looking not at the camera but straight at each other, this is because they are in battle with each other over who can be the king of Hip-Hop. Also the main colours (house style) of the magazine are white, black, and red, this is because the buying public will know exactly were to look on the shop shelf as they will know that is Triple XL magazine. Also the masthead in the top left hand corner is always the same as then it will stand out to the buyer as it is always a red box with Triple XL written in white. The main cover line is where it says showdown, the public know it’s the two people on the front cover who are having the showdown and we know is going to be a big story because it says it’s an exclusive and they are the only magazine to get the story. It also stands out as its red writing on a white background. It also says features so the public know it will include all stories on all of the names mentioned, so this will attract the viewing public.
6. While completing my project have a learnt many new skills on different programmes such as Photoshop. I have learned techniques such as how to delete backgrounds, how to change an image, adding boxes, and writing onto pictures, and I have used these many times throughout completing my project which has helped me alot. I have also learned how to use blogger as this is a very easy way to upload your work onto the internet so other people can see it, and it also arranges so you can easily read it. I also learnt how to use Quark I this was a good was to complete your contents and double page spread as you could set all the work out so it was evenly spaced out My main weakness was going round pictures to get rid of the background as you have to be very precise while doing this and I didn’t have the patience.
7. As i have complete my project i have a good understanding of how each of the software works that i have used. To start with i was ok with the with my college magazine, but as i have got on to my final piece i know alot more techniques to use to make my project better and look more professional.
From the conventions i have a good understanding as i know what should be on a front cover e.g. barcode, price, masthead..
The planning was quite important because this helped me structure my project to make it easier for me.
Audience feedback was also important to me because it helped me to choose which of the magazines they liked and looked professional.
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