10 WEBSITE

 https://oscarbrough06.wixsite.com/frame

09 PRODUCTION

 

07 PLANNING PRODUCTION

 

04 C AND C WEBSITE

 WEBSITE CODES AND CONVENTIONS

 1.Plain site2.Intded ento sell magazine.3.Contains many magazine covers and some adverts.

4.Usually focused on images on plain white background.5.Features drop down menus to other secons of website, such as lifestyle, compeons and dang6.Adverts along with arcles, presented as one7.Main photo is of a smiling woman, similar to the magazine format8.Photos of previous Issues encourages readers to purchase the magazine

03 C AND C PRODUCTION

  

Real Life Story Magazines Codes and Convenons

 1.Predominant use of colour, especially red, blue, and yellow, to grab aenon.2.Masthead usually in plain white font, bold on red background. Oen using drop shadows. Universally placed in top le of cover.3.Straplines implying either familiarity with the reader or the importance of the publicaon. Both intended to encourage thereader to purchase the magazine by overstang the importance of the magazine.4.Tags like ‘exclusive’ and ‘unmissable’ further increase sense of importance.5.Cover crowded with sell lines.6.Use of Sans Serif Fonts7.All feature single large image of person, usually a medium close-up shot.8.Frequent use of pus to help draw aenon to specic stories.9.Sell lines feature ‘sensaonal stories’, oen about crime, to grab aenon.10.Use of informal language in order to appear more personable and inmate with the reader.11.Each story is contained in a box and features a picture to illustrate.12.Many oers, promoons and contests to encourage interacon. Usually in pugs13.Stories cover a range of subject maers including crime, lifestyle, money, and beauty.

Contents Page

14. Lists sensaonal tles of each arcle15. Get in touch secon (call to acon), e.g., website, email, phone number and social media16. Lists all prizes to be won and puzzles.17. Many have a small puzzle within the contents page itself 18. Features images also featured on cover

02 STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

PRINT

How do you plan to communicate meaning and achieve the requirements of your chosen brief using the four domains of the media theoretical framework? (about 400 words)

My task is to create a Real-Life Story Magazine for a mass market audience of 17-25 years old who expects to be emotionally involved. Bauer already publishes a number of Real-Life Story magazines, but none that cater to this generation, so my publication would complement their existing offerings. I believe that stories about people in their own age range would resonate more with my target audience. Furthermore, it would be aimed at both men and women, and it would be more diverse in terms of gender, race, and sexuality. To appeal to a wider audience, my magazine will cover more style-focused mise-en-scene t

o my intended audience 

Furthermore, I will employ sale lines in a more subtle manner to reduce the sensationalist effect and appeal to my target audience, possibly by using lower case and fewer sell lines on the cover. 

However, I shall stick to my signature use of bright, primary colours that draw attention. 

To assist appeal to and define my target demographic, I'll use a strapline that offers insights into people's lives, with a secondary accent on style. 

I'll also add a table of contents. 

ONLINE

According to my investigation into the websites that accompany real life story magazines, they are mostly merely a location to buy the main magazine and check the answers to puzzles and games. This shows the possibility of stronger synergy between the magazine and the online, as well as the possibility of developing a more distinct brand identity. This will be accomplished through the use of online exclusive content, photos of the magazine's crew, and selected articles from the magazines. Allowing a personal link between reader and writer would help individuals to identify more deeply. People would be engaged in the magazine's content while yet being encouraged to buy it because the content available online would be limited.  

CONVERGENCE

The two products will be connected together to entice magazine or website readers to visit/purchase the other. The magazine will include a variety of calls to action, such as invites to visit the website for puzzle solutions or unique bonus content. On the cover and the contents page, the online address will be prominently displayed. There will be a subscribe button on the internet, as well as adverts for additional benefits, to encourage website visitors to subscribe to the magazine. Finally, to encourage purchase, existing magazine covers will be exhibited on the Internet, and subscribers will be offered a digital edition of the magazine.

01 COURSEWORK BRIEF

 You work for an independent media production company. You have been given the task of producing one front cover and the contents page(s) of the first two editions of a new current affairs magazine that is being launched by Dennis and two pages for the working website for the magazine. Contents pages can be either single or double page spread. The web pages must promote the new magazine to its target audience and enable fans to interact with the content. Summary of brief requirements: • Statement of Intent (approx. 500 words).1 • Current affairs magazine covers and contents pages: Two or three pages for each of the first two editions (based on choice of single or double page spread). • Magazine distribution method: Content must be suitable for retail distribution. • Number of web pages: One homepage and one linked page. • Cross-media production target audience: A socially-conscious, 16–25, middle to upmarket demographic. There must be a clear sense of branding across the two elements of the cross-media production. Production detail that must be included The production of the magazine covers and contents pages must include (as a minimum): • At least four different main images using original photography across the covers and contents pages. • Editing of magazine covers and contents pages (including photos, text, graphics, typography and layout). • Written text including elements such as the masthead, main coverline, selling lines, headlines, captions, subtitles and copy. • Barcode, date, edition and price information on each front cover. • A different use of mise-en-scène for each cover. • Representation of at least two different social groups (e.g. as defined by age, gender, race and ethnicity, sexuality). • A call to action pointing readers to the online website. The production of the web pages must include (as a minimum): • Original audio or audio-visual content appropriate to the online website. • A minimum of two original images (with at least one different original image on each of the two pages). These images must be different from those produced for the magazine. • Appropriate conventions of website design, including an original title and logo and a menu bar. • Text introducing the main features of the magazine. • Working links from the home page to the other page. • A range of appropriate media language techniques (typography, images, fonts, backgrounds, logos, etc.) as appropriate to the purpose of the website.