Sunday, 28 February 2010
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Planning and Research
Research:
From looking at various sports magazine front covers we have an idea of what the front cover is, which is have one image of a famous athlete, which is what is common on sports magazines, also in newspaper ones. As the audience is now changed to a more A/B audience, it's going to look more sophisticated and simple. The main athlete would be David Beckham as it corresponds to one of the articles that we are doing. The first article is going to be on the 10 most influential footballers of the decade and the second is going to be a preview of the upcoming French Open and Wimbledon tennis grand slams.
Weekly Progress:
We've gotten the basic idea for each artcle and the front cover by looking at research on other sports magazines. We know that we will be using Dacid Beckham as the main image for the front cover and also the two articles. The first article is going to be on the 10 most influential footballers of the decade and the second is going to be a preview of the upcoming French Open and Wimbledon tennis grand slams. We also know what we will write about for both articles.
From looking at various sports magazine front covers we have an idea of what the front cover is, which is have one image of a famous athlete, which is what is common on sports magazines, also in newspaper ones. As the audience is now changed to a more A/B audience, it's going to look more sophisticated and simple. The main athlete would be David Beckham as it corresponds to one of the articles that we are doing. The first article is going to be on the 10 most influential footballers of the decade and the second is going to be a preview of the upcoming French Open and Wimbledon tennis grand slams.
Weekly Progress:
We've gotten the basic idea for each artcle and the front cover by looking at research on other sports magazines. We know that we will be using Dacid Beckham as the main image for the front cover and also the two articles. The first article is going to be on the 10 most influential footballers of the decade and the second is going to be a preview of the upcoming French Open and Wimbledon tennis grand slams. We also know what we will write about for both articles.
Action Plan for Production
Week 1- More research in magazines which target A/B readers. What conventions and techniques will be similar to ours?
Week 2- Decide on masthead of magazine. Also starting on the magazine cover.
Week 3- Finish magazine cover and half way through first magazine article.
Week 4- Finish the copy of the first article and starting second article.
Week 5- Complete second article and check all work for any improvements.
Week 2- Decide on masthead of magazine. Also starting on the magazine cover.
Week 3- Finish magazine cover and half way through first magazine article.
Week 4- Finish the copy of the first article and starting second article.
Week 5- Complete second article and check all work for any improvements.
Self Evaluation
WWW:
EBI:
- Well paced Presentation
- Worked well as a pair
- Good use of media terminology
- Range of appropriate images
- Researched genre
EBI:
- Change audience class from C/D to A/B
- Make slide simple
- Use less words on slides
- Don't use sentences
- More detail on slides
Thursday, 4 February 2010
3 Texts for Linked Production
The following is an article from Four Four Two magazine. It is clear to see that the target audience for this is different to Match. Conventions that suggest this are that it is set out in a simple structure. It has a typical format of an article, as it is set into columns with images on the side. The reason for this simplicity maybe because the magazine intends to attract a more mature and older audience. A further explanation for this is that the magazine doesn't consist of much colour. This maybe useful as I may target a similar audience and what conventions are used for an article in a sports magazine. Such as by having the title in bold.
3 Texts for Linked Production
Match is a British sports magazine, which focuses purely on football. This has a clear distinction with ESPN magazine as it focusing on a specific sports and may have a 'niche' market. The target readers for this magazine are teenagers but mainly pre- teenagers. The indication of this is due to the amount of colour reflecting on the cover, it aims to attracts a younger audience through this. Also the cover consists of a lot of images and bold writing, this is to attract these young readers and attempt to maintain them as readers. In addition, on the front cover there isn't much space left, the reason for this is as they are attracting a younger audience, they may lose interest quicker so by avoiding a more simple cover there is a better chance of gaining more readers. Some of these conventions may have to be considered as my sports magazine will focus on football. Although my target audience maybe different.
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