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Motivation Of My Audience
I used Dyer’s Utopian Solutions Theory to motivate and engage our audience, offering our target audience the ‘solutions’ of ‘energy’ through vibrant colours and energising motivational language. This gives the consumer a sense of escapism and could encourage audiences who are suffering from exhaustion to feel energised. Giving them another reason to purchase issues of my magazine.
This can relate to 10 key words;
Inadequacy, Poverty, Confusion, Exhaustion, Isolation,
Solution, Abundance, Clarity, Energy and Community.
A film or magazine may offer energy through content which may be something like a chase scene or an exclusive/motivational article may also come through style e.g special effects or bright colours.
I also used Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as he relates to 4 key themes;
Safety - offering assurance of safety, physically, emotionally, psychologically.
Affiliation - the need to belong to a group
Esteem - our need to feel good about ourselves.
My magazine will mainly follow the point of affiliation as the consumer of the magazine will feel part of the Hip Hop community and will be welcomed in the magazine.
This can relate to 10 key words;
Inadequacy, Poverty, Confusion, Exhaustion, Isolation,
Solution, Abundance, Clarity, Energy and Community.
A film or magazine may offer energy through content which may be something like a chase scene or an exclusive/motivational article may also come through style e.g special effects or bright colours.
I also used Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as he relates to 4 key themes;
Safety - offering assurance of safety, physically, emotionally, psychologically.
Affiliation - the need to belong to a group
Esteem - our need to feel good about ourselves.
My magazine will mainly follow the point of affiliation as the consumer of the magazine will feel part of the Hip Hop community and will be welcomed in the magazine.
Friday, 4 February 2011
Preliminary Task
This is a mock up of how a contents page would look. My final piece will look a lot more professional and have a slightly more unique layout than this.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Identification Of Audience
Now that i have done some product research, i believe that it is important to identify my target audience in which then i can use to decide for my target audience for my own magazine. Graeme Burton identifies the difference between socially grouped audience via age, gender, social status, race, location etc. This is his first classification. His second consists of grouping media audiences via relationship with media for example film goers, games console players, consistent magazine buyers etc. He uses both of these ideas to identify his audience and enable him to determine a target audience for that type of media.
I will be using Graeme Burtons theory to help me identify my audience and help me determine what my target audience is for my Hip Hop magazine. I can base the identfication socially or relationship with the media in which is the 2 ideoligies Burton promotes. I will then follow generic conventions of this type of magazine and use stereotypes to enable me to reach my target audience. For example i will research VIBE magazine as this is the contemporary Hip Hop magazine, i will look at their target audience and from that i will then identify my target audience and then begin planning to be able to reach this target audience.
Hartley further identifies the importance of:• self: audiences can be grouped by their aspirations, etc. for example, if you target ambitious people (musicians?), you can offer a motive such as performance enhancement.• nation: the country a group comes from and its style. Most western societies (e.g. Britain, America, France) follow common ideals, such as work hard to achieve your aims. Cultural Imperialism refers to the influence of American Media values on the world, e.g. Hip Hop=Big Chains and Crime are the common semantic field. Other cultures follow different values. I will be using contemporary western values.
My magazine will need the use of both categories for me to determine the identity of my target audience. For example i will identify the difference between socially grouped audiences;
age- 16-24
gender-Male
Race-Mixed (all ethnicities)
Household Income-£14k($)/£40k($)
Location- America/England
Social Status Classification-ABC1
I will also need to base my identification of audiences through the audiences relationship with the media. Due to the technological advancement of Web2.0 i may need to adapt my magazine and promote a multi platform magazine. As print is in decline i should consider promoting an internet site on my magazine cover. I will have to look at the relationship between consumers using the internet to gain their contemporary music knowledge and their relationship with buying the magazines to get the knowledge. I will also have to look at the stereotypes and the conventions of the Hip Hop music genre.
I will be using Graeme Burtons theory to help me identify my audience and help me determine what my target audience is for my Hip Hop magazine. I can base the identfication socially or relationship with the media in which is the 2 ideoligies Burton promotes. I will then follow generic conventions of this type of magazine and use stereotypes to enable me to reach my target audience. For example i will research VIBE magazine as this is the contemporary Hip Hop magazine, i will look at their target audience and from that i will then identify my target audience and then begin planning to be able to reach this target audience.
Hartley further identifies the importance of:• self: audiences can be grouped by their aspirations, etc. for example, if you target ambitious people (musicians?), you can offer a motive such as performance enhancement.• nation: the country a group comes from and its style. Most western societies (e.g. Britain, America, France) follow common ideals, such as work hard to achieve your aims. Cultural Imperialism refers to the influence of American Media values on the world, e.g. Hip Hop=Big Chains and Crime are the common semantic field. Other cultures follow different values. I will be using contemporary western values.
My magazine will need the use of both categories for me to determine the identity of my target audience. For example i will identify the difference between socially grouped audiences;
age- 16-24
gender-Male
Race-Mixed (all ethnicities)
Household Income-£14k($)/£40k($)
Location- America/England
Social Status Classification-ABC1
I will also need to base my identification of audiences through the audiences relationship with the media. Due to the technological advancement of Web2.0 i may need to adapt my magazine and promote a multi platform magazine. As print is in decline i should consider promoting an internet site on my magazine cover. I will have to look at the relationship between consumers using the internet to gain their contemporary music knowledge and their relationship with buying the magazines to get the knowledge. I will also have to look at the stereotypes and the conventions of the Hip Hop music genre.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this unit is to assess' candidates ability to construct media products using appropriate techincal and creative skills. Secondly to use contemporary media technologies to help create a production, using relevant information.
I have chosen to create a print based music magazine so that i can use my current knowledge of media and music and apply it to my presentation. I have also chosen it as it gives me a chance to use my skills with the software available as well as being given the chance to excel in this area.
I am working on my own so that i remain fully organised and focused and also that i meet the deadlines set. I am a very self motivated person and wish to excel in all areas, so although a production with a partner may have a better outcome due to the combination of skills and ideas; it is a personal interest that i improve in all areas and reach my full potential.
For this production i will analyze several magazine front covers from many genres so that i am fully aware of the representation music is being given today. I will also look at target audiences and the ideal reader to allow me to see topics and stereotypes that surround the genres. I will look at how presentational devices an editing is essential to make a magazine look sleek and professional.
Lastly i won't only be analyazing front covers i will analyze contents pages and double page spreads to see the full layout and what presentational devices are used to make the magazine look professional.
VIBE magazine is a key magazine i will look at as it is the biggest Hip Hop magazine.
I have chosen to create a print based music magazine so that i can use my current knowledge of media and music and apply it to my presentation. I have also chosen it as it gives me a chance to use my skills with the software available as well as being given the chance to excel in this area.
I am working on my own so that i remain fully organised and focused and also that i meet the deadlines set. I am a very self motivated person and wish to excel in all areas, so although a production with a partner may have a better outcome due to the combination of skills and ideas; it is a personal interest that i improve in all areas and reach my full potential.
For this production i will analyze several magazine front covers from many genres so that i am fully aware of the representation music is being given today. I will also look at target audiences and the ideal reader to allow me to see topics and stereotypes that surround the genres. I will look at how presentational devices an editing is essential to make a magazine look sleek and professional.
Lastly i won't only be analyazing front covers i will analyze contents pages and double page spreads to see the full layout and what presentational devices are used to make the magazine look professional.
VIBE magazine is a key magazine i will look at as it is the biggest Hip Hop magazine.
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