Evaluation: Question 7

Looking Back At Your Preliminary Task, What Do You Feel You Have Learnt In The Progression From It To The Full Product?

 Front cover

* The quality of my pictures have changed dramatically. I have began to use mise-en-scene whilst doing my music magazine which has given it a more rock effect. In the preliminary task I used a normal Sony Cybershot camera, but for my final music magazine, I used the SLR's.

* I have begun to experiment more with colours and different fonts that correspond with the genre of magazine. In addition to this, my understanding of font sizes has grown and now it shows that I've become aware of the effects using different sizes gives.

*  The layout of my magazine is a lot better structured. Everything is presented in a specific way and there isn't much blank space unlike my preliminary task. 

* I have thought more about the genre a lot more, for example the costume my music magazine artist is wearing really shows the kind of music she's into, where as for my preliminary task, I didn't think about this much. 

* I've included small details on my final magazine that touches it up, and for example the date, website and price are all the same font, colour and size on it whereas they are all different on my preliminary task.

Contents Page

* My music magazine contents page is a lot more detailed compared to my preliminary task. For example, there's more text and images that have been used. Font and font sizes has also been used more appropriately and my understanding has increased.
 * The pictures have been more thought out, the mise-en-scene is excellent and the artists are dressed more appropriately. You can tell that each of my artists are from a rock magazine.
* There's no blank space on my music magazine.  I've avoided this by using the stars in the background.
* The text is appropriate and isn't as plain as in my preliminary task. For example, I've used a simple font in my preliminary task and also the black background isn't following my colour scheme.
* The structure of my preliminary task looks as though its just been thrown together last minute. Whereas on my music magazine, the layout is more precise.

Evaluation: Question 6

What Have You Learnt About Technologies From The Process Of Constructing This Product?

I used flickr in my evaluation so that I could talk about media distribution.

 

I used prezi in both my evaluation but I also used it during my development of making my magazine, I included the title, positioning statement, price, where I wanted my magazine to be distributed etc. 

 

I used photoshop to create my music magazine cover, contents page and double page spread. This piece of software offered me everything I needed to create it and was quite simple to use. 

 

I used the SLR camera's to take my pictures. This ensured that the picture quality would be excellent and very clear. 

I used blogger to show the process I took to create my music magazine. Each lesson I would update my page and show what I'd done. This is good as it shows my progress throughout the last few months.

I used the iShowU software during this evaluation question so that I could record the other software used whilst creating my magazine. Also I used it to record me creating my interview questions for my double page spread.

Evaluation: Question 5

How Did You Attract/Address Your Audience?

How Did You Attract/Address Your Audience on Prezi

Evaluation: Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product? Why?

I know that this person would be like my target audience because the questionaire that I created at the beginning of starting my magazine supports it. A lot of people in my class enjoy listening to rock music and with allowing them to fill out my questionaire, I got a range of reliable answers which I used to target my magazine. In addition to this, I researched Kerrang audiences on the internet and the bands that they like the best. I also found out from the content found in Kerrang that the age range goes from about 13-mid 20's. I took inspiration from all the research I did to create this diagram.

Evaluation: Question 3

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

holsamlou's photostream on Flickr.

In addition to this, I would also have a distributor backing my magazine. For example Kerrang and Q use 3vision which can be accessed on http://www.3visiondistribution.com/ This promotes their magazine on the internet so a wider range of people can hear about it.

Evaluation: Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups? 
This is a split screen grab of my model and a current artist that is similar.  

This is an additional picture that shows a good resembling gesture and posture.

Posture -The posture of my model,Sally, in comparison with the other image of Taylor Momsen isn't too similar since I have made my model be completely front on to give that impression of attitude and to gain a connection with the reader. This is quite similar to my additional picture of Hayley Williams.

Gesture - The gesture being made on my model is very similar to the additional image again. After saying this, although my model and Taylor aren't doing the same pose, they are both making us immediately take notice of their face.

Angle - The angle of the camera is front on. As a said previously - this gives us the impression that the artist is confident. In addition to this, the connection between the artist and the reader is immediately obtained, resulting in a larer amount of people being interested in it.

Shot Type - For the shot type, I have used the inspiration here from the other image. They have used a mid shot to focus our attention onto their face and expression but also give us a small insight into how they dress to suggest the genre of music artist.

Lighting - Both have been shot in lighting to make the model stand out and be noticed easily. The other image of Taylor Momsen might be shot on a black background but shes still kept it high lighting.

Costume - Both have been dressed in black. This makes their faces stand out more. I didn't want my model to look too washed out though, so I made her wear a red top to brighten her up a little more.

Expression - The additional image of Hayley Williams is quite similar to the expression I wanted to get with my model. Having my model screaming - it makes us take notice a lot more.

Hair-  Although, its a rock artist, the hair on all three images appear perfect and really goes well with their face. On my model and the one of Hayley, it's being scrunched up at the top but that just adds to the attitude and edge.

Make Up - The make up of my model has really been inspired by the image opposite. The black eyes really make them stand out which, to emphasise eye contact, is a good thing.

Evaluation: Question 1

USE

FRONT COVER:

I used a banner at the top and bottom of my magazine because I thought it was a good way of representing artists and information about what can be found inside. Like in the Kerrang magazine, it makes the information look as though its better presented and structured which improves its look of professionalism.

The masthead font that I used was taken from the 'Kerrang' logo. The font is very distorted and has cracked markings to suggest the edgy feel to the rock genre. This will immediately help my audience to identify my genre of music magazine.

In 'Kerrang' the headings of certain titles have a brush effect as a background to make the text stand out a little more. 

The general colour for extra writing on the page for example; stories etc are wrote in white writing with a red background. This makes it easy to read and therefore will look eye catching since the colours are bright.

The main picture used is a mid shot allowing us to see the top half of the artists body but also see the eye contact well. This is good since it will make a more personal approach to the reader.

CONTENTS PAGE:

Like the 'Kerrang' magazine, I made sure that I left out the word 'Page' before I stated the number. This, in my opinion makes the page look a little neater and it also saves room. 

The page numbers and artists are all aligned to the right, which also makes the contents look more professional and makes it easier to read. and obtain information from.

I've also taken the idea of placing a picture of the front cover onto my contents page like in Kerrang. I think this just promotes the front cover a little more.

Kerrang has a editors message in every on of their magazines. I think that this makes an immediate connection with the audience/ reader. As a result, this is why I decided to use the idea on my magazine.

I took the influence from the Kerrang structure also. Most of it's text has been set out really professionally in collumns. I think that it makes the magazine look easier to read and more inviting. In addition to this, even the stories have been split up into sections which makes the contents page become more suitable. For example, it allowes the audience member to prioritise certain stories.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD 

Like in Kerrang, the picture is on one side and then the copy is on the other. By seperating them I think it makes the structure look a little better. 

I got the idea of the story, from this article. Most double page spread interviews are of new albums that are coming out or just in general. But I wanted to put a twist on it. The story itself would come under the develop section. 

I have used collums, to make the text look neater and well presented.

 DEVELOP

FRONT COVER

The banner at the top showing what artists are in the magazine, is quite similar but on mine I haven't cut it off. It merges in with the start of the masthead. 

The colours used in my magazine in comparison with the Kerrang one are very similar, but I have put grey in mine as well and mixed the colours around more. I think this gives it a larger edge, since I've put colours together that aren't as obvious. 

The main story isn't as large. I think that it works quite well on the Kerrang magazine, but I couldn't have it this big on mine since I didn't want to block off my artists face in anyway as I think it would act as a barrier between her and the readers/audience. 

I have used the idea of having a poster special, but I have only included one. This is because I wanted all focus to be on my main model to make a larger impact.

CONTENTS PAGE

The Kerrang contents page has a edgy border going around 2 sides of it. I took this as I think it gives it that rock look and found different textures and added a red drop shadow onto mine as well to add a bit of colour to it. 

For where it says 'Contents,' although I've taken the style of writing, the colours used are a little different. I wanted my background image to show through the letters rather than use yellow. Kerrang has used yellow on a few occassions on this page, but I've stayed away from it as I feel it wouldn't compliment the rest of the contents very well. 

The layout of whats inside the magazine is the same. I have kept it right aligned, although the colours we've used are very different. 

The layout and structure of how I've presented my images is very similar also, but I haven't used as many images.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
*The layout is similar on both double page spreads. On the other hand, my title doesn't take up half of the page because I wanted to have the picture getting most attention.

*The colour of the text is different but it's still set out the same way. I wanted to stick to my colour scheme of black and red to keep the consistency.
*Both artists have been dressed in either black, red or both. On the other hand, both styles are different.

 CHALLENGE

FRONT COVER

*Most Kerrang magazines have groups on the front cover and most are usually male. I wanted to change this and have a solo artist to show both sides.

CONTENTS PAGE

*I've included a review on my contents page to invite more people in and brainwash them into buying my magazine.

* Most Kerrang magazines have a plain white background but to avoid having blank space I added a star effect which adds to the rock feel of my magazine.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

* Most images are very bold but on mine I've merged and faded the background of my image onto the second side. I think this makes the page look better presented.

* I've only used 2 columns. I did this because it fits in more with the structure of my double page spread.

*I've used a border around the story to add a rock effect to it.