In this blog post I will talk abut the production, genre, distribution and changes within magazines.
Production Technology
The production technology for magazines is print.
Distribution
Magazines are distributed in shops e.g, supermarkets, local shops/newsagents, where you can get physical copies. You can read them online if you have a subscription or when you buy certain newspapers you can receive a free magazine.
Genre
- Lifestyle
- Entertainment
- Music
- Health
- Fashion
- Women's Issues
- Mens Issues
- Art
- Comics
- Graphic novels
- Religious
The target genre for Heat is a Entertainment magazine aimed at middle-class women who have a sense of humour and are interested in enjoy gossip and celebrities.
Codes and conventions of Heat - Nowadays
- Bright colours to attract attention of the eye
- Girly colours such as pinks, reds and purples
- Pictures of men without their shirts to perhaps attract the women to the magazine, for example the "Torso of the week"
- Pictures of celebrities in casual situations so the readers can relate
- Attention grabbing headlines
- Front page is more simple as there's only one story on there and it isn't a story that can be deemed as something "silly". The stories on the Heat cover were about celebrities having spots, people in the 1990's wouldn't of published stories about those type of things in a high end entertainment magazine.
- The colour scheme is red with white then yellow with blue. These colours are simple, they don't jump out in your face like the ones on Heat.
The types of narrative structures are linear, non linear, multi strand, single strand, open ending and closed ending.
I have looked at an advert for Heat magazine and I decided that the types of narratives included in this are linear, a closed ending and multi strand. I think it's linear because it has a beginning, middle and end. In the beginning everything is happy, in the middle the drama happens and by the end it's over. I think it is multi strand because it's following both of the peoples point of view and the ending is a closed ending because you see who takes the magazine and the fight is finished. The advert relates with the target audience because of the women in the clip. The women all look the same age and they're in clothes that don't look they paid millions for which may show they're middle class working by what they wear.
Resources:
http://journalism.winchester.ac.uk/?page=256
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Is it only 16-35 year olds this is very specific. Think about the women in the adverts you are watching what type of person do they fit into because I would re-think the TA being as low as 16. On your narrative structure add a bit of a discussion about how the advert relates to the audience. You can link this in with your target audience discussion as well.
ReplyDeleteThis mixed with your post on selection of content has almost put you on a merit level for GC2 if you take on board the comment I made on that post and add a bit more detail to it you will be able to hit the merit level. Good work Cara.
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