Thursday, 24 March 2011
Magazine Evaluation - Activity 2
In summary- the main social group i am representing is the white rapper section, this is a small section of the rap community, but black males will also be interested- as they are covered in the magazine also.
It would appeal to white males as it is different to normal rap magazines, most other rap magazines only show black males, with the exception of Eminem- of course. My Magazine intends to break that convention by having a white male on the front.
Magazine Evaluation - Activity 3
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The media institution/ publisher that would suit my magazine the most would be Harris Publications
I would use this publisher as it is a known publisher for many rap magazines, such as XXL. Harris Publications Inc. is a consumer magazine publisher located in New York that publishes over 75 titles.
It is a small publishing company mainly based in america, but it has a few titles in Europe, it doesn't just cover the Rap/ Hip-Hop genre, it has a wide variety such as, horror, indie music etc.
Other Magazines that Harris publish are;
XXL
Antenna
Juicy
Rides
King
Combat Handguns
Special Weapons for Military & Police
Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement
Tactical Knives
The role of a publisher : A publisher is responsible for all aspects of acquiring, preparing and managing a book, magazine, or newspaper as it is edited and printed for sale.
The reason why Harris would publish my magazine is to do with my USP (Unique selling Point) my USP is that my magazine is the first Rap Magazine to be published in the UK featuring both American stars and up and Coming British artists, to give them a chance to gain some sort of publicity. I think Harris would want to publish my magazine for this reason.
The media institution/ publisher that would suit my magazine the most would be Harris Publications
It is a small publishing company mainly based in america, but it has a few titles in Europe, it doesn't just cover the Rap/ Hip-Hop genre, it has a wide variety such as, horror, indie music etc.
Other Magazines that Harris publish are;
The role of a publisher : A publisher is responsible for all aspects of acquiring, preparing and managing a book, magazine, or newspaper as it is edited and printed for sale.
The reason why Harris would publish my magazine is to do with my USP (Unique selling Point) my USP is that my magazine is the first Rap Magazine to be published in the UK featuring both American stars and up and Coming British artists, to give them a chance to gain some sort of publicity. I think Harris would want to publish my magazine for this reason.
Magazine Evaluation - Activity 4
Name: Joe Chamberlain
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Occupation: Part-time Bar worker
Ambition: Joe wants to become a self made millionaire, or maybe just take over his Fathers company
Musical Preference: Joe really likes Old School Hip/Hop, and he also likes a bit of Grime.
Like: Listening to his iPod, buys Vibe magazine every week without fail
Dislike: Disrespect, Stereotypes
Idol: Pharrel Williams
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Occupation: Ex-Garden Centre Operative, currently unemployed
Ambition: Alex would like to go to University to study Psychology, and pursue a career with this qualification
Musical Preference: Rap, Hip-Hop, grime.
Likes: Eminem, Ipod, Facebook, Football.
Dislikes: Attention Seeking, Gimmicks, Immaturity
Idol: Eminem
After looking at these two audience profiles i can get an overall view of what the audience i aimed for was. I aimed for both new school and old school rap fans, the music they listen to is Hip/Hop/Rap/R"n"B. It appeals to any fans of them genres. The stereotypical attributes of rap fans is that they are very street wise, wear baggy clothing etc.
Magazine Evaluation - Activity 6
These are the technologies i used when creating the magazine, and doing my research and planning.
To summarize, i learnt to use a lot of technologies and software during my time doing the coursework. Before starting my preliminary exercise i had no previous experience of using Photoshop. But now i feel i can confidently perform a given task. I learn to use all the various aspects of Photoshop such as cropping, cutting, recoloring, editing images etc. Other useful aspects where the use of Scribd to upload word documents, before this i knew nothing regarding putting a word processed document on blogger.
To conclude- this project has helped further my knowledge on both the use of technology in media, and the publication of magazines. Technology also helped me with research, without the available technology (google) i would not have been able to find out important information regarding other magazines.
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