Article Drafts

I have decided to change the format of my article. Whereas before the article was in an interview form of question and answer, now I have written it to be more of a story as I believe this would be better suited to my audience and sounds more interesting. I felt as though the article became very repetive and seemed very boring as it sounded as though the audience was listening into their conversation. In the second draft, I believe there is more of a conversational tone, which would appeal to my audience as the informal tone denotes their younger age group. This is seen through phases such as "we are just dying to ask", "Gosh, it's no wonder she's stolen the hearts' of the nation!" and "Trying not to die of jealousy". The phrases make the writer appear to be equal to the audience as it seems like they are just as excited to meet the artist as the audience would be. This means the audience can also use my media product for personal identity, following the uses and gratifications theory, as they can relate to the article more.

Cherish Artile 2nd Draft

Here is my first draft for my article which will be based on the pop artist, "Cherish", who will be featured on the front cover. From my questionnaire, I found out that my audience would prefer to read about the lifestyle of the artist, over their music. I have put this down to their age, as they are only 12-14 years old, and, stereotypically, music is more important to 16-25 year olds, and at 12-14 they will mainly use media for social relationships (following the uses and gratifications theory) to speak about the celebrities they like with their friends, especially as at their age they are just beginning to gain their independence and go out with their friends without their parents.

I have tried to include a variety of topics in my article to catch and maintain the attention of my audience, which includes her background, her boyfriend and healthy eating. As I know my secondary audience are parents (aged 30-40 years, social class ABC1, as therefore they would have money to spend on buying magazines for their daughters), I have taken care to include tame topics which parents would be happy for their young and impressionable daughters to read. As many parents are concerned about the rise in unhealthy eating disorders, including over and undereating, I have written about my artist promoting a healthy and regular lifestyle, as I believe this topic would really appeal to my secondary audience.

Draft Article

Preliminary task ideas

Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task - Front cover

Preliminary Task - Contents page

18/09/13 In media I have been focusing on creating my preliminary task which was to construct a front cover and a contents page for a school magazine. Firstly I took a range of photos for the magazine, which included long shots, close ups, shots where the model was conforming to the male gaze and ones where she was not. I chose to take several photos as I had not decided what my cover story would be yet so I didn’t know what photo would be appropriate. The next lesson I decided on two photos to use and then began constructing a draft for the pages. I used this as an opportunity to record my ideas and decide on the layout. I then transferred my drawings on paper to the computer by using Indesign and started to create my front cover and contents page. I found that I had drawn the titles too small on my draft and had to put less on my front cover in my final design as there was not enough room for the subheadings. In the next lesson I polished my final designs and uploaded them to my blog.