Selecting Photos from the Photo Shoot

Photo Shoot 1

In preparation for my media products I organised a photo shoot where I would take pictures of the person who would be featured in the main feature article, Sacha. She was acting as a young, popular singer, who was being interviewed after he career took a downfall after her affair was disclosed.

The main photo shoot took place at a local park, where the images taken would fit in with the casual atmosphere of the interview. These would then be edited in a way that made them suitable to place on the double-page spread, where the interview with Sacha would appear.

The photos I took showed Sacha in a number of casual poses that signified her thoughtful state of mind as she sat at various places in the park. These are the original photos I took in the park:

Of these photos I would select the few that I thought would be most appropriate to edit and use in my media products. After the editing process I would then choose suitable fonts to use for the text that would be placed around the images on the contentz page and double-page spread.

Photo Shoot 2

I also organised another photo shoot with Sacha, where I took images of her that focused on her personal appearance rather than her surroundings. I took various images that showed her in various types of clothing and with different facial expressions, signifying to the decoder her mood at the time, as well as personal style. These are the photos I would choose from when the time came to select images for my magazine:

Ronan Keating

For my other cover story I included an image of the Irish pop singer Ronan Keating that I had taken myself at a previous concert.

Investigating Representation of Gender

Symbolic annilation – women’s roles in the media are limited compared to the roles of men

Meehan (1984)

• Woman who led research into primetime TV
• Categorised women’s roles in the media into 9 major groups

1. Imp – ‘’tomboy’’. Behaviour/dress sense is slightly masculine


2. Good wife – likely to have children and stay at home to care for them


3. Bitch – nasty, likes to cause trouble / always ready for an argument


4. Decoy – plays a minor role, limited character, has minimum impact on storyline


5. Siren – alluring woman, incredibly beautiful, often ends up ‘’using’’ men


6. Victim – experiences upset/heartbreak


7. Harpy/courtesan – prostitute


8. Matriarch – powerful woman, often found in a soap opera


9. Witch

Front Cover

Music Magazine Front Cover - Mock-Up

Testing my Front Cover

After producing my first attempt at a front cover for my music magazine, I presented it to a group of my peers and asked for their feedback. This was so I could take their opinions and use them to change certain aspects of my front cover to make it more appealing / suitable for my target audience. I asked them questions like if they thought the main image was suitable, how I should arrange my text around the page and which font was most suitable for the style of the magazine and which would do a better job of engaging the target audience.

My first sttempt at my front cover was quite similar to the final product, apart from font styles and text/image layout. When I presented it to my peers most of them said that although the main image I had used was good, the font I had chosen to use did not compliment it very well and did not match the overall style of the magazine. This was a comment I took into consideration and would use to change the fonts accordingly.

Another comment made by people I asked was that the colours I had used for the text was too similar. I had used black and white font the whole way through, but after these comments decided to change some of the text to pink, a colour that complimented the black and white well and also went with the retro genre of the magazine.

Rate card for new music magazine

This is the rate card I produced for my new music magazine. I was able to create this after having researched and creating a rate card for another popular magazine. The rate card gives information about the magazines total circulation, cost and the social group it is aimed at.

Here is the link to the rate card I created for the magazine 'Esquire' -

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