3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I believe my magazine would be best suited for an independent company. This is because it only features UK music and is aimed at quite a niche audience. I the circulation for my magazine would be on a rather large scale as it will feature music and artists from all over the UK but it would most likely be restricted to the UK because of the fact it only features UK artists.
It would be promoted to the public by posters in Hip-Hop, Grime and Bassline style nightclubs, also by word of mouth and by the artists featured. My magazine could have a radio station which would just be available in one large area where this music is most popular. This would be the same area as the LockDown office to make it easier to track.
Friday, 8 May 2009
evaluation question 3.
evaluation question 4.
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
My target audience would be the UK gangster scene. The image of all the artists included are all set out and connoted in this style. Gangsters are often associated with Hip-Hop music and so I believe they would be most interested in LockDown magazine.
I asked some random people of different stereotypes what they thought of my magazine and it was most preferred by people representing the gangster image.
evaluation question 6.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learned how to use various computer programmes at a higher level such as quark and Photoshop. I had never used quark before I started this project so I have learned how to use all the tools on this programme from scratch. In Photoshop I learned how to use some new tools and ones I had used before but in a more advanced way. I have also learned how to copy generic conventions of other magazines and make them work to my purpose. I have learned how to take professional looking photographs and edit them. I have also learnt how to keep track of work using an online blog.
Evaluation question 7.
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I have learned how to keep track of work making sure all is complete for deadlines. I have also learned how to use new technologies and gained an experience in creating magazines using these technologies.
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Magazine industry research- Bauer
Bauer media research.
The Bauer Media Group (Bauer Verlagsgruppe) is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries worldwide. Since the company was founded in 1875, it has been privately-owned and under management by the Bauer family. It was formerly called Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG, abbreviated to HBV and usually shortened to H. Bauer.
It produces and distributes many popular magazines and has stakes in television and radio, recently completing the purchase of a consumer magazine division and radio station division of the British company, EMAP. [1]
Worldwide circulation of Bauer Media Group's magazine titles amount to 38 million magazines a week.[2]
Bauer Verlagsgruppe is managed by four generations of the Bauer family. Originally a small printing house, The Bauer Publishing Group has grown into a worldwide publishing company. The Bauer Publishing Group comprises 238 magazines worldwide in 15 countries, as well as TV and radio stations.
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