Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in this progression from it to the full product?

Since creating my school magazine, my knowledge of magazine layouts and content has increased considerably. My school magazine cover was incredibly bare, dull and boring, whereas my music magazine cover is brightly coloured, eye-catching and is filled with some writing to explain what the content is about. The fonts i used on my preliminary task are extremely boring, whereas the fonts i have used for WOBBLE's front page (downloaded from dafont.com) are unique and fun. I only used Pages when creating my preliminary task, whereas i used both pages and photoshop to create my final pieces. I had only ever edited photos in photoshop before (not used text) - during this project i learned how to create and edit text onto a background image. I also learned how to use 'layers' in photoshop more effectively because i had to use lots. My school magazine is has neither a price, bar code or date - after doing research, i now know that these are all essential parts to a magazine. 
Overall, my understanding of software has improved throughout the project and i have produced a professional looking magazine.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Before doing media AS level, i had never had a blog of my own - only a facebook and twitter account. i used blogspot.com to post all of my research, planning, photo shoots, my final magazine and evaluation.

all of the work i have produced has been done on either my own apple macbook pro or the school's apple mac. I prefer mac software to windows 

i used iphoto to edit and my photographs. it allowed me to make my photographs professional. i edited all of my photos in iphoto even if it was just a simple crop or balance of colour contrast. 

to take all my photos i used my fujifilm finepix s2000HD camera. for my shoot i used a slow shutter speed so that i could capture the movement of lights. i think by using this effect it has made my images a lot more exciting and 'live'. 

i had had some previous experience with photoshop because i used it when doing GCSE photography. i used this knowledge to apply it to my magazine work.

to transfer work from my macbook to the school's (and vice vera) i used a a 2gb fujifilm memory stick.

dafont.com is a website with thousands of free downloadable fonts available to anyone. my teacher told me about this website. all of my title fonts i have used are from this website.

I had never used pages before this project. i used it to re-size my work properly so that it was the right size to print onto A3 paper.

i used photovisi to create a collage of images when researching photographs to inspire me for my shoot.  i had never used photovisi before. i found out about it by simply googling 'photo collage maker'. it sets out the photos in a creative and eye-catching way.

Who would be the audience for your media product? How did you attract/address your audience?

WOBBLE magazine is aimed at an audience ranging between ages roughly 18-30. I say that readers start at age 18 because 18 is the legal age limit to go to clubs, so any younger readers probably wouldn't have much interest in reading about clubs that they can't go to. However younger readers, especially young electronic musicians may want to hear about other upcoming artists and see photographs of the clubs etc. I think WOBBLE would immediately attract younger people rather than elder even at a first glance because of its use of images, bright colour and swirly lights on the front page. I think by having a website, facebook and twitter page, groups who are involved with social networking (young people especially) will be more encouraged to look online to get more information about WOBBLE even if they aren't prepared to buy a copy. To promote WOBBLE, a good idea would be to give club photographers little cards with WOBBLE's website on to people that get their photos taken (or just to general people in a venue) so that they can find their photos online. This would encourage people to log onto WOBBLE's website, which may also lead them to buying a copy in the future. 

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Venue is the premier arts, entertainment and leisure guide for Bristol and Bath and is described as an 'essential part of the cultural mix that makes the area so popular'. It is a weekly magazine that has been published since 1982. it is both authoritative and humorous - this ensures a wide and loyal readership. Venue reaches a significant audience of young, intelligent, hip, active, urban adults who use the magazine each week to plan their leisure time. The magazine distributor is Simon Butler. 

The magazine is sold through traditional retail outlets as well as numerous bars and art centres and is often polybagged with one of Venue’s annual supplements. The picture on the right shows the the supplements. 'Inside Out', for example, is a lifestyle magazine which includes information about things like furnishings and antiques in the area. The 'Folio' and 'Eating Out West' magazines are about fine cuisine and where to eat in Bristol/Bath.

I think there is a gap within Venue's distribution for WOBBLE. They don't distribute a magazine which purely concentrates on electronically produced music. 

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The photo on the left is the May 2012 Contents Page photo for NITELIFE magazine. It is very similar to the photo i have used for my contents page (on the right). The boys are making almost the same hand jesters, there are people in the background and the photo is in black and white. I think the elements of these photos represent a young, fun 'party-animal' social group and my magazine reflects this throughout - all the people photographed in it all look like they are having a fun time and share a love music.