Media Studies Project

How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text? My product engages with audiences due to the high interaction of activities inside the magazine. There are many "Do it yourself"  activities associated with my magazine. The target audience we are aiming for is people interested in creating crafts and decorating, which are mostly female but we also aim towards males and families with children. The interest of the target audience towards my magazine will be reached using eye catching conventions and convincing language. Some of these conventions I used in my magazine include bold and colorful text, brightly colored pictures with fun and engaging activities. The name of my magazine is used to attract my target audience because the name "Living Handmade" allows people to think about fun, creative, crafts at a cheap cost that everyone can afford. I made sure the background of my magazine was bright and looked like somet...

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues? My product uses and challenges many different conventions. Magazines such as the Better Homes and Gardens uses different techniques to attract the reader to their magazine. One of these techniques are the words they use on the cover page and the color and font of them. On the cover page they used the background of one of the crafts that can be found inside. I used this idea with my magazine by putting my two page story craft as my background, this way the reader will want to look inside to see what materials were used and how to make it. I also liked their idea on using a dark background and a light colored font to contrast the color of the writing and make it stand out. I tried to convey this when I picked a darker color background and a lighter colored font, this made the words very visible and easy to read. I also used conventions from the Woman's Day Holiday Fun Magazine. ...

This is my table of contents revision (right) and my original table of contents (left). The first thing I changed was my background color. I started thinking about other magazines and what they had for their background and the majority of them did not have any color on their background, therefor i changed it to white. The next thing I changed was the picture of my fruit Christmas tree. I created the Christmas tree from scratch, and followed the steps and directions. I kept the picture of the reindeer wrapping the same because I felt it was a clear and good picture. I expanded the picture to make the background more visible. I felt that a black background contrasted the reindeer paper and made it stand out. The next thing I changed was the arrangement of the word and font. I felt that compared to many other magazines mine had much more writing on the table of contents. I broke it down into two categories, "the guide", with some ages listed and then "special features...

These are pictures of my cover revision (right) and original cover (left). Starting my revision i took a better quality picture of the background. It is the same painted canvas but just a different picture with added shadows and different lighting. I used an app to edit the picture and create a higher quality. I made sure the lighting I used in my picture was brighter and I used more natural lighting outside. With the editing, I turned up the brightness and used something called vignette. This allowed for the middle of the picture to be bright and the outside and corners of the picture to be dark, and appear to be covered in a shadow. I did this because I wanted the lettering on the sides to stand out and be seen clearly. I also wanted more space around the picture. I took the picture farther back to have a bigger surrounding area around the revised picture. I then had to decide on the colors I would use. I felt that I needed to have different colors other than red and green because ...

On the Woman's Day website their is a link at the very top to subscribe, this is one of the first things seen on their website. There is another link next to subscribe that says follow, this was also one of the very first things seen on their website. There is an advertisement in the middle of the website, it is constantly moving and flipping through different advertisements to catch the viewers eye. As you scroll down the page there are also advertisements that are bold in color and words move around in it as well. In between links and pictures of articles related to Woman's Day there is also advertisements that are about the same size picture as the one related to Woman's day. They also have a very popular Facebook page with tags to other companies and posts about other products as well as their own. They also have an Instagram page that includes a link tot heir website in their bio and links to articles in that week. They post about highlights of the week and sponsor peo...

The website of Better Homes and Gardens has many advertisements on the right side of the page. Another advertisement came up to sign up for a membership. There is a spot for your email to sign up. The advertisements on the side are moving and popping up with different words. to catch the eye of the viewer. There are also advertisements to view their other magazines. They list the deals they offer such as "All 3 magazines just $10." At the bottom of the page they list places where the magazines can be found. It describes that the products are a Walmart. On the social media website Pinterest, they have many different projects, crafts, creative ideas and much more. They have 1,648,221 followers on Pinterest. They also have a Facebook page with any posts on different crafts and ideas. On this Facebook page they also advertise different products and stores. Since this magazine is about crafts and creating projects or decorations they have many opportunities to advertise the materi...

HGTV and Hearst Magazines came together as one company. They simply called themselves HGTV Magazine. They came together at a time where the economy was drowning. It was at a very poor time yet they released their magazines. HGTV also has its own television show. As people watch this show and then see the magazine in stores they will be interested in what is in the magazine and if there is anything fascinating. The magazine has many budget-friendly home decor tips and tricks that are easy for the whole family.