Evaluation: Looking back at our preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product

 I believe my skill when using the software has increased to the extent that the final piece I made for the music magazine is of much better quality as I have improved throughout this process I have learnt to take time when it comes to the creation and not to stretch my images as this causes pixilation I am proud of my final piece and although I know I have come a long way I believe I could have easily improved upon my work by doing more planning before creating and taking the time to do more research.

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

these are the websites and software I used to create my media product and enhance/create my blog, throughout this process I have learnt to use these much better than I could and have come across both prezi and slide share for the first time. this has helped me further my knowledge and experience with such software and similar software, I have increased my skill when using them also and now feel I have bettered myself when it comes to confidence in using these.

Evaluation: How did you attract your audience?

I have used young people in my images in order to appeal to the age range I am trying to represent and generate interest with, I also used 'cool' font styles and easy to read language as well as large bold text, 'splashes', and what would be considered as interesting sell lines by the audience.

Evaluation: Who would be the audience for your magazine?

 

These are two of the questions I used in my questionnaire and as you can see the clearly chosen genres were rock and rap so I tried to merge these two into one magazine which is a harder task than I thought at first due to the diversity of the two genres; however, I believe in the end the product came out well... also in the questionnaire I found out that these genres were chosen by a largely 21 and under audience and therefore I decided to target the magazine at this age range which led to me using bold yet positively connoted colours in order to entice this specific audience. as well as keeping the articulated language to a minimum as it tends to disinterest this age range.

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

IPC media may distribute my magazine as it publishes a large variety of magazines nationwide they sell magazines to a large audience via supermarkets, convenience stores and other retail outlets. This would give a large platform for my magazine to start at. http://www.ipcmedia.com/

 

 

IPC media produce a wide variety of magazines selling nationwide this would mean it is a viable option to try and start my media product at as it would be an established and trusted publisher with many outputs meaning my magazine would reach the widest audience. as well as professional help with editing etc. and funding.

 

IPC media would be a great publisher to start off my magazine with as they are trusted and have a lot of experience with magazine publishing with a large database of customers and a wide outreach it would be a key foothold in the industry for my media product to begin with and have prior experience with music magazines.

Evaluation: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products ?

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Music Magazine Review Double Page Spread (KERRANG) Main Image

Main Image - the main image used here is of the singer Taylor Momsen and I believe they have done this article on her due to the stigma surrounding her life the main image covers around 2/3 of the double page spread to emphasise the article is about her... the clash of the black and white in the image gives a very mysterious effect about her so therefore makes it seem as though there is a lot more to learn about her, this would make the audience want to learn more.

Music Magazine Review Double Page Spread (KERRANG) Text

Text - the text on this contents page is split into two columns and in a small but readable font style/size this is to include as much as possible on one page and keep it looking professional and orderly this is conventional to any magazine. this article likely did not have enough information to create three columns however they have increased the size the main image takes up on the page to create the same effect.

Music Magazine Review Double Page Spread (KERRANG) Colour Scheme

Colour Scheme - the colour scheme of this contents page is again red, white and black the red stands out especially against the white and black drawing attention to it from the audience; however on this particular magazine the black has been used most this could be to infer a dark side to the article or simply because it further increases the boldness of the red which again is used to highlight key parts to the article such as questions and also bits that may simply make the audience want to read on.

Music Magazine Review Double Page Spread (VIBE) Main Image

Main Image - the main image used here is of the rapper EMINEM and I believe they have done this article on him due to the stigma surrounding his life the main image takes up about a third of the two pages and the plain colours add to the effect of the blood dripping from him as this creates an enigma as to why there is blood in the image this makes the image very effective as well as the fact he is not using direct address and is looking away this makes it seem as though he has something to hide... something that may be revealed by the article.

Music Magazine Review Double Page Spread (VIBE) Text

Text - the text on this contents page is split into three columns and in a small but readable font style/size this is to include as much as possible on one page and keep it looking professional and orderly this is conventional to any magazine. I intend to replicate this layout for my own magazine. 

Music Magazine Review Double Page Spread (VIBE) Colour Scheme

Colour Scheme - the colour scheme of this contents page is red white and black the red stands out especially against the white and black drawing attention to it from the audience. this is possibly why the magazine have decided to use the red on the name of EMINEM and above the Masthead 'I almost died and I still went back to using' this also relates with the 'blood' in the main image drawing a large amount of attention to these features.

Music Magazine Review Contents Page (THE SOURCE) Sub Text

Sub Text - the sub text on this contents page is extremely minimalistic and in some cases non-existent this could be due to the fact that the articles feature regularly and the company feel as though they are established enough to need no extra information as to the article content; however because my magazine is new and un-established I will not be adding so little sub text.

Music Magazine Review Contents Page (THE SOURCE) Photographer Credit

Photographer Credit - The photographer is named on this page in the bottom right hand corner this is conventional for a music magazine as it is common courtesy to give credit to the photographer whom in this case is Travis Shinn.

Music Magazine Review Contents Page (THE SOURCE) Page Numbering

Page Numbering - The page numbers are plainly shown and linked directly to articles through the Sub text. they are split into categories but are still in chronological order this is unusual for a music magazine as there simply isn't a way to order pages normally due to the range of articles so this is a little strange and I do not intend to do this on my magazine.

Music Magazine Review Contents Page (THE SOURCE) Main Image

Main Image - The main image is of the rapper Ice Cube the camera shot is a close up making it seem as though the rapper is personally singled out the direct address of him looking into the camera adds to this effect. This would appeal to an audience and make them more likely to want to read on and find out more because of the popularity of this rapper and the direct address used in the image.