Evaluation

The Evaluation

1.      In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? As my magazine will be new to the music industries market, I made sure the header would make an impact as well as becoming easily recognisable, it has been placed at the front so that if a different image was used it would still be viewable, making it become remembered before it goes behind the main images.
I have put the price on the top corner so it can be seen easily but the barcode box is at the bottom as this is the last place the consumer’s eye will look at, meaning I am not wasting valuable space on something that is not relevant to the magazine front cover.

2.      How does your media product represent particular social groups? Mine is aimed at the type of audience that would buy KERRANG! Or NME and so I have used a photo of a female in which males and females can relate to, I have made the model pose in an open look with her hands on her hip so that others would feel comfortable approaching her. She is also wearing a patterned top that the audience might have seen on the local high street so they think that she is just someone like themselves. It would also be aimed at people between the age of 16 and 35 as these audiences would be interested in new bands and/or interested in latest news on other rock bands.

3.      What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?After through research, I found that Bauer sold products such as KERRANG! and ranging to others like Q, this I thought would be a good choice as they would already have established connections within the music industry, meaning they could get it on the shelves instantly.

4.      How did you attract/address your audience? How did audience feedback help you to make important decisions? I found they wanted more information than advertisements and little things that make it annoying to find you spend money on a magazine and get something completely ifferent inside to what was advertised on the front so everything is specific and honest, as it will then create a bond between reader and magazine, making them want to read the next one…

5.      What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? It would be easier to create a magazine with a specifically made programme, as Publisher although made for this type of thing, couldn’t handle the creativity required to create a magazine that would go on sale on the consumer market.

6.      Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?I feel that I have learnt to be subtle and to try and make things more visual appealing to a wider market rather than what you individually like as the questionnaires hold vital information to a successful magazine and a non-successful magazine.

Contents And Double Page Spread

Potential MAgazine Photos

Small Selection from 30 Photos taken ovver 2 Shoots

 

 

Final Magazine

Q Magazine Analysis

Here i am going to write about all the things i have learnt in the past few months and apply them to the following magazine:

The above magazine has a direct mode of address to the reader as it appears to 'shout out' to them to almost buy the magazine.

Kerrang Duplicate

Here i have duplicated a magazine front cover that is/was on the market recently and so is aimed at current target audiences.

Representation Of Artists

Layout, Contents, Language and Presentational Devices

Kerrang magazine, September 10th 2008

Three Magazine Covers

My Three Magazine Covers....

I feel the success' from my three magazine front covers consist of the use of different fonts and layout. These both make the magazine stand out on the shelf as they are colourful and jump out at your eye. I feel the contrast between clothes, books and background makes it look more exciting.

A downfall to all three magazines i feel is the

Assigning Genres To Magazines

How genre is communicated to the audience
>Masthead
     Example:- Its name will often give away its genre
>Font
     Example:- A soft, curvy font would show pop, but a loud, bold font might show rock
>Colours
     Example:- Pink and white would be pop, and black or dark colours would be rock
>Props Used
     Example:-
>Main Image
     Example:-
>Band/Artist Interviewed
     Example:-
>Contents Listed
     Example:-
>Representation of the artist including features of Mise-en-scene
     Example:-

I have chosen the categories from the aesthetics of the front covers and what they advertise. The dark colour shows whether it is a very loud, or the white and light colours show its dance and pop genre. This also depends on the artists used and the camera shoot they are shown by. The masthead also gave away a clue to what genre music it would sell to the consumer. Personal knowledge helps to identify certain magazines. I found that the artist in the pop magazines were heavily made up with fair skin, were as the rock bands showed the band as they are better well known as a group than individual artists like Madonna and Katy Perry. The masthead becomes familiar to each magazine so you can recognise its genre and audience straight away.