Media Studies Project Task 1-9By Boji Bryson

Media Studies Project Task 1

By Boji Bryson

PC Gamer MagazineI chose to produce a gaming magazine for a target audience of teenagers aged 11-18. I like the style of the image to the right, as it has the name of the magazine clearly visible and then the picture of a new game(Borderlands at the time) with a small text about it. This would appeal to my target audience, as it would catch a person who generally played video game’s eye. This would also appeal to my target audience as gamers tend want to know the best and newest information about new games have recently been released, this magazine style not only clearly shows the reader the name of the magazine but it shows that it has information that a gamer may want. This is why I have chosen this type of style for my magazine.

Media Studies Task 2 & 3

By Boji Bryson

5 features for my product

Feature 1: Top Ten Games Out Now

Feature 2: Best Gaming GearFeature 3: Playstation 3 vs. Xbox One

Feature 4: Gaming Career Choices

Feature 5: Is Gaming Good For Us?

1. Top ten games out now is something that every gamer wishes to know, as in his/her gaming community people are only going to be talking about the newest and best games. Also a gamer only wants to play the best and newest games.

2. Best gaming gear is another essential for an everyday gamer, they want to know the best tools and equipment to use to receive the best quality when playing a game.

3. In the eyes of a gamer this is the argument that should never be had, the rivalry between Xbox(owned by Microsoft) and Playstation(Owned by Sony) is a difficult one. This will certainly attract our target audience who want to know info about both.

4. Gaming career choices are quite important as there tends to be two main type of gamers that fit into our target audience. 1) People who play games in their free time. 2) People who thrive on the enjoyment of games and wish to take this as a career path in the future.

5. To game or not to game that is the question, that possibly people who read the magazine may want to know. This is a general question of the public today, as a lot of people believe the misconception that playing video games is negative.

Choices About Features

How To Make Features Appeal To Target Audience, Presentation And Additional Notes

The features that I have already chosen generally appeal to the target audience, as it contains information that every gamer would like to or may need to know. I will make the features appeal to target my target audience even more, by including a detailed contents page with an array of covers at the very first page of my book. This generally will make my whole magazine appeal more to my target audience as I have read a couple of magazines with either no contents page, or magazines that have a contents page which has rather bland information. This may repel the reader of the magazine, as you have a limited idea of where the main article’s and pages that you want to read are. The array of colours also helps catch the readers eye.

[Additional Notes]: I will mainly focus on feature 1,2,3 and 5 with a little less information on 4. This is because most readers of my target audience is aged 11-18, therefore they may not be that interested at this point in there life in a career in gaming.

Media Studies Task 4

By Boji Bryson

Creating a name and logo for the HCACP podcast

Name & Logo

The name for my gaming magazine would be New Gaming Generation™and have the logo above (which I made). I have made this choice as there isn’t a gaming magazine called ‘New Gaming Generation’ and it embraces the idea that the generation coming up, will have a completely different view of gaming then the one that I or even my teachers have.

Media Studies Task 5

By Boji Bryson

Create a poster for my podcast using Photoshop/InDesign skills

Poster To Advertise Podcast• I created the poster in Photoshop however, it was easier to use

essential editing and enabled me to put it on slide share and then my blog so I Am displaying it in PowerPoint.

Media Studies Task 6

By Boji Bryson

Writing a deconstruction about my poster

Deconstruction Of My PosterOverall simple design Logo large at the top and name of magazine Simple

information therefore easy to the eye, as not everyone want to be bombarded with information

Pictures to engage targt audience