Media studies Evaluation

Bhabishya Paudel

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

I think my product looks similar to other media product within the same institution, as part of my planning and research I think my magazine also challenges the other media products, I also had the masthead and the layout similar to other media product, but still have my own way which also challenges the real media products.

I used the fact that they have masthead in the top left hand in every music magazine according to my research and planning. I also have used the selling line, I found one of the music magazine did. Which therefore, challenges and also has the convention of the real media products.

How does your media products represent particular social groups? My product is specially aimed for Pop genre type of music listeners,

it does that by use of making it simple and not having too music of colours or any design.

The model itself shows the particular age I am targeting at. And because I have a young model therefore, I targeted my audience to be young. The gender group is I think for both male and female according to planning, however, I think most of my gender will be female, by the model in my front page because it appeals more to the female gender.

I don’t think I have any particular ethnicity groups targeted, it for any Pop music lovers, it also has the element of other types of stories and gossips so that some people buy it for pass time.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? My product aims at music industry in media institutions

My magazine should be distributed in music shops or also in local supermarkets with other music magazines, so that my magazine challenges the other media products.

It can also be distributed online so that people can buy it online and because my target audience is young, they tend to surf through internet more, so its easier for them to look up online for my magazine.

Who would be the audience for your media product? My audience for my media product would be from

15- 19 years old, this was according to my questionnaire result and the graphs.

I also used easier language and model younger that that my target audience would be interested.

How did you attract / address your audience?

I tired to make more appealing to my audience by using different techniques;

I used simpler language and words for my audience to understand. I also used younger model for my audience.

I named my masthead something easy to remember for my audience, I also tired to make the story interesting and according to my planning I found out that young people prefer gossips, therefore in conclusion I ought it would be more appealing to my audience.

What have your learnt about technologies from process of constructing this product?

I learnt that all media product within the same institution have some similarities in their products but they make it different in a way that people would know which magazine it is.

I also learned how to use Photoshop and within Photoshop I learned how to crop, copy paste, writing and other tools which made my magazine even more appealing and challenging to other media products. and use the lighting and camera so that it looks professional and standard.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back from my preliminary task I think I have learned quiet a lot, I learned how to layout the text and image properly and what looks the best as a layout.

I also learned that having a big and different fonts on magazine does not always look attractive and appealing to audiences. The story has to be good to draw the attention.

I learned a lot from Photoshop too while constructing my magazine, I learned how to crop, paste, erase and many other tools.

And one of the most important, I learned, with the layout there has to be right colour scheme and the picture to go with a magazine, rather then just have any random picture taken.