Evaluationof my media music magazine

How do I use, challenge or develop conventions of media products?

My music magazine uses forms and

Conventions of real media such as

the masthead and cover lines. The

font styles for these two Conventions

were taken from dafont.com I picked

them because they are bold, stand

out and are easy to read. I felt the

sketched style of the lettering (for the

masthead) gave a nice effect.

My magazine was conventional, I used the classic ‘Z’ plan to draw attention to the cover, as well as the ‘left third’. I added a free C.D to the bottom left, this is to make the reader want to buy it.

I also used cover lines and a pull quote as well as a sky line

On my contents page I used the same font as theMast head, this was to carry on the house style throughout the magazine. I used three small images of singers/ D.J’s that were in my magazine, I used effects on these to make them tie in with the genre of music, I also used brushes on the background and picked bright colours so the contents stood out.

The text for the contents is easy to read and still fits in with the house style. They are also numbered for navigating through the magazine

Again, I used the same font on the header

for the DPS. I also used the same brush

effect on the front cover, but in different

Colours and the eyedropper tool to use the

purple background on both the contents and

the DPS

For the main article I used Times New Roman in word. I then chose red for the questions and black for answers so the reader could easily define between the two. I also added a ‘fact file’ with black text outlined with red.

How does my media magazine represent particular social groups?

The images I used in my D.PS and front cover represented young men, by the way in which the models were stood/sat and the clothes they were wearing.

For my main image the D.J was stood up, with his right hand resting on his chin and left arm hanging down, this was to show is relaxed. He is wearing a brand named t-shirt that is brightly coloured and a hat and glasses to give him a ‘cool celebrity’ look.

Calvin Harris is a similar artist. He promotes himself through his style and the way his image is put across to the audience. This is where my inspiration came from.

In the article with Parrow, the way he speaks reflects his age. It is a ‘cool’ way of talking, and includes slang.

The artists on the contents page represent young women, men and music celebrities. They represent the age of the audience that would read my magazine

What kind of media institution might distribute my media product

Distributing my magazine online would be a good idea because it would get to a wider and also younger audience.It would also cut down on distribution costs, which could lead to a bigger profit. We could sell advertising space on the website, to make more money.

Issuu.com would be a typical website that would publish my magazine online

I could also distribute my magazine traditionally in shops such as WHSmiths, through a publisher such as IPC Media. IPC Media generally aim for 18 to 34 year olds so I would still be aiming for the right audience

IPC Media could publish my magazine

Selling them in this way is the most popular way, and many people prefer a copy to hand rather than viewing from a screen.

Smiths could stock it.

Who would be the audience for your media product

The genre of music I used was Clubbing and Dance music. The audience would be both male and female. They would be around the ages of 18 to 25 however this doesn’t stop slightly older or younger people from reading it, Because of The genre of the magazine the audience Will generally be into dance music, clubbing and the ‘Ibiza scene’.

what genre of music do you think my magazine aims for?

6%

33%

17%

43%

0%

1%

pop RandB indie dance metal foke

what gender are you?

57%

43%

female male

Most people thought my magazine was aimed at dance music, this was correct and so I feel I got the genre across well using photoshop.

I attracted my audience by aiming for the right age range. Having young models and bright colours on the magazine as well as a free C.D

How did I attract my audience

Most people that took my survey were female.

what age are you?

0%29%

50%

21%

under 15 15 to 17 18 to 20 21 and over

Most people that took my survey were 18-20, followed by 15-17 years old.

How did I attract my audience cont’

overall, what do you like about my magazine?

12%

28%

28%

20%

12%

colours images style layout font/text

equal amounts of people liked the images I used and the style of the magazine. They also liked the text/fonts I used.

overall, what do you Dislike about my magazine?

35%

22%0%

29%

14%

colours images style layout font/text

Most people that took my survey said they disliked the colours, so this is something I could improve on, and no one disliked the style

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

During the process of making my magazine I used lots of different

technologies, many of these were completely new to me, others were not,

such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Some of the new ones I have used are

websites on the internet. I have used surveymonkey.com several times now,

this has helped me get feedback from the audience of my magazine.

Issuu.com and slideshare.co.uk allowed me to upload my work to the web,

and blogger.com allowed me to get all my work in order in one area.

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

Before starting this course I had never used photoshop before and it was all new to me. Looking back to my college magazine, I feel I have learnt a lot more about photoshop as a whole. I believe I am more confident at using the different tools and Effects, and I have discovered different things just by trying out something I have not used before. I am now able to use text style’s I have found using Dafont.com and import them into photoshop, I am able to use brushes effectively and I have also experimented with all the different effects. Looking at the images I have taken for the music magazine, I think you can see that they look more ‘professional’ than the ones in my college Magazine, and I have used better effects on them. I have also improved my research skills, looking at different magazines and how their layouts work.