Monday, 30 November 2015
30/11/15 - Update
I have just uploaded my focus group video on to my blog and written out the transcript. Today I have also started researching into typical conventions relevant to the genre of my chosen music theme. I am going to present this task through a voiceover.
Focus Group - Video & Transcript
This video is of my focus group. The three people I interviewed are within my target audience and age range. The questions I asked were open questions in which they could discuss between them. The questions are relevant towards the planning of my production. I will shortly be uploading a transcript for this video.
Transcript...
ME - Hello everyone i'm just going to ask you a few questions based on the production of my magazine, which is pop/chart genre music. The first question is, what genre music do you associate with music magazines straight away? What do you instantly think?
PERSON 1 (far right) - Charts.
PERSON 2 (far left) - Pop. The overrated stuff.
PERSON 1 - Justin Bieber.
PERSON 2 - The stuff that near enough every magazine has.
ME - Okay. What would you expect to see in a typical music magazine? Such as images, interviews?
PERSON 1 - Probably the top 10 in the music charts, like recommendations of music.
ME - What about like competitions? Posters?
PERSON 1 - Yeah competitions.
PERSON 2 - Yeah, I'd say about famous people too. Certain famous people in a magazine like Chloe said, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj.
ME - Do you enjoy reading music magazines? If so what genre would you specifically choose to read if you were going out and purchasing one yourself?
PERSON 1 - I don't normally read magazines, but if I was going to, I think I'd probably get one with a bit of everything in. Because thats more my music taste.
PERSON 2 - I'd just pick the one that first jumps out at me, you know instantly.
PERSON 1 - Charts.
ME - Okay, do you think having a 2 page spread on festival gossip would work well in a pop/chart magazine? If so, do you have any advice on what specific things I could include based around festivals? So, what festival outfits are on trend?
PERSON 1 - Yeah I think that would be good, because a lot of people our age go to festivals and so it would be more effective. Especially if its aimed at young girls because they would be more interested in the fashion part.
PERSON 2 - Yeah you want to try and include like interest for all the audience, so you'd put costumes for the girls and then photo's so theres images up too.
ME - Thank you. Thats it - thanks!
Thursday, 26 November 2015
26/11/15 - What I completed today...
Today I have spent 3 hours on my media coursework towards my final production outside of the classroom. I completed the technical research task and presented it using 'Emaze' in which I then uploaded to my blog. Today I have also completed part of the focus group task. I gathered a small group of people together that fit in with my target audience and asked them open questions in which their answers would develop my planning. I decided to video this task.
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
25/11/15 - Update
As an update, I have now completed the theoretical research task in which I presented on Prezi and I have uploaded it onto my blog. Next I am going to start the technical research task.
Monday, 23 November 2015
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
18/11/15
In this afternoons lesson, I edited my textual analysis post as I had forgotten to post one of the pictures of a print I had previously analysed. I then started the textual analysis of student work task, so far I have created a powerpoint which will include all of my research for this activity. I have also started analysing one students work, an example from the OCR Media Weebly website which is so far very helpful.
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
17/11/15 - update on planning & researching
This morning I had double media, therefore I completed more of my research & planning. I updated some of my blog with overviews of previous tasks and I finished my genre research which I will be uploading shortly.
Influential figures overview
The influential figures task enabled me to research into music artists/bands, magazine publishers and editors. This influenced me in my planning as I understood how much research and planning goes into every single detail of most conventions within a magazine. I presented this task on Prezi and included images of certain magazine prints, musicians and editors/publishers. I started this task on 27/10/15 and completed it by 3/11/15.
Overview of textual analysis & research into similar products
This task was a very important part of my research process and needed to be very detailed. I textually analysed three prints that are similar to my genre and target audience, which is chart & pop music. After analysing these prints it was very beneficial for me as it helped me understand typical conventions, such as genre, narrative, media language and representation. In my research for this task I included information to as how certain conventions I noticed in the analysis will appeal to my target audience. I am hoping to stick to some typical conventions I found in the prints as it is a good starting point for me and gives me extra confidence to then subvert conventions if I wanted to. I completed this task on the 22/10/15.
What I have achieved so far...
So far in my planning & researching I have completed my response to the brief in which I explained which brief I chose and why. What my initial ideas were on my production and I considered the genre I wanted to follow as well as target audience. This was very helpful for me as it enabled me to come up with more ideas towards my planning and helped me realise what research I needed to do on previous prints in order for me to have a rough idea on the theme, genre and layout. I completed this task on the 6/10/15.
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