Comments and responses to my blog.

The responses and comments from other media students and teachers have all been taken on board. They have all helped improve my work so far and give me confidence with my ideas and research i have put into the magazine to make it work.

Reflection on Preliminary.

My preliminary represents the social group of geeky unique students that have enough time to read my school magazine and be interested in the informational update the magazine gives on the school. My intended audience for the magazine would be the geeks of the school that think its cool to read the school magazine and get updated on the school news and gossip, although some parents would like to have the magazine but some information produced in the magazine may be what parents are not wanting to hear about, but it does keep that aware and updated on the students.I attracted this audience by giving information that they would want to know, whats cool or whats happening in the school, updates on the students or what they are doing at the school.
I have learnt a lot about technology with this project because i had to use photo shop. I learnt how to use layers on photo shop and move them around to having different things on the cover in different grounds of this cover. I also learnt how to use the camera and lighting , using the positioning of the model to show shadow effects. Another technical skill i have learnt is how to place an image once opened in photo shop onto my main project via copying and pasting once edited.

Audience profile.

My magazine target audience is between the ages of 16-25 and is for both male and female but feel that with each individual issue it may differ which sex it appears to more due to who the main story is on and on the cover page. The genre of my music and magazine is alternative indie and it focuses on new and upcoming artists or bands and up to date fashion trends. This is my audience profile that i have created myself on description of people that would buy my magazine.

Name:Abbie Green

Age:20

Interests: Indie/alternative music, fashion, music gigs, keeping up to date with current bands and artists, drawing, designing fashion.

Favourite music bands/artists: Foals, The 1975, Tom Odell, Kodaline, Lana Del Ray, Bastille, Mumford and Sons.

Favourite brands and shops: Topshop, I-D, Dazed, ASOS, House of Holland, Zara, Hotmess, American Appeal.

Profession/occupation: Finial year of uni in London, studying fashion design, in a part time job designing shop window displays for the wardrobe shops around London.

Name:Matthew Jones

Age:18

Interest: Alternative/indie music, fashion, modelling, music festivals, golf, attending music gigs, art.

Favourite music bands/artist: The 1975, Little Comets, Foals, Kings of Leon, ArticMonkeys, Kodaline.

Favourite brands, shops: Topman, Clarks originals, Sound cloud, Carhart, Wellgosh, Dazed, Clash.

Profession/Occupation: Finishing last year of A levels studying art and design, media studies and graphics, going to uni in Bristol to do graphical design but in a part time job modelling for Hollister.