Complete Music Magazine

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?

Evaluation: Question 6- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

 

I used blogger to document what I have been doing throughout the making of my magazine.

I used Photosop to create my magazine as I felt that it was the easiest media to use. Also, I used the programme to edit photos.

 

I used Prezi to create my Publication Plan and also for my magazine evaluation.

 

I presented photos of my magazine on Flickr during my Evaluation.

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?

A typical member of my target audience will be someone who is keen on fashion and obviously a music lover. They will follow all the latest trends as my magazine will also. Also, the fact that she is a student shows the age group that my magazine is aimed at.

Evaluation: Question 3- What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?

Evaluation: Question 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Posture/gesture/expression: Both models are stood in a neutral position on to show that they are artists that have casual attitudes towards their work and music. The model to the left is holding her jacket which could show that she is confident however her facial expression is quite harsh which isn't giving off any emotion to the readers which could show that he is a private person. You could say the same about the model on the right as her facial expression is also harsh and neutral. The fact that her hands are behind her back and she stood in a slouching position shows that she could not be as enthusiastic as the other model, however this may be part of her persona and how she wants to be received by the audience.
Costume/hair: Both models are blonde and their hair is naturally wavy/straight as if they haven't put much time into it to show that their music could be more important than their appearance. We can only see part of the model's outfit on the left- this is because I wanted draw more attention to her face where as we can see most the the right hand model's outfit, this may be because the posture of her whole body is intended to be seen to give off a certain type of aura. Both the models are both wearing black which could reflect on their music which could be quite dark.
Shot type/angle/lighting: A medium long shot is used on the model on the left as her face is main focus. She is mostly at the bottom of the frame which could make her seem vulnerable as she doesn't take up much of the frame and looks quite small. On the other hand, the model on the left takes up a lot of the frame which shows that she may be a strong female artist, she is also stood centrally in the middle of the frame which could suggest she is confident, as the other model is stood to the left which could suggest that she is not as sure of herself. There are shadows behind the model on the left which suggests that there is a spot light on her, the lighting is very neutral and also the picture has bee edited to be darker. Both shots are eye level so that they can identify with their target audience.

Evaluation Question 1: In what ways does your magazine use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

1. Background- Both of the backgrounds of the double page spreads have a picture of the artist. I think that doing this prevents there being any blank spaces on the page. 
 2. Opening Paragraph- Both of the opening paragraphs on the page have been purposely separated to introduce the artist, we get information about the story. 

1. Headline- The headline for my magazine is simply the Artist's name, as she is newly a solo artist i felt that this was appropriate. In 'Q' the title 'USA Got The Love' is a play on words with one of the artists songs and also the fact that she has just broke America makes the first part of the title relevant.
2. Text- Both sets of text on the magazine's are in columns how every the formatting is quite different.

1. Social Networking Info- My magazine has the artists Twitter and Facebook so that fans can stay updated with her.
2. Quotation- I put a quotation from the interview in the right hand corner to add more detail to the page. As 'Q' had already got a lot of detail on the page this did not need to be done.

Evaluation: Question 1- In what ways does your magazine use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

 

1. Titles-  I put the text in a coloured box as it makes it stand out and also adds a bit of detail to the page. This is also done in 'Q' Magazine but I have chosen to use a different colour scheme. Also the fact that I used 'features' and 'review' like in 'Q' as they are relevant to my magazine.

2. Stories- I decided to position my stories in the style of a list like in 'Q' but to make it a bit different i didn't add as much text underneath. Also, the page on the right has more detail than the one on the left.

3. Pictures- On both covers there is a picture on the right and a picture that is part of the review section i decided to develop this idea by using a female instead of a band to attract my target audience.

 

1. Colour- I used the colour red, the same as in 'Q' magazine. However, I have used a lot more of the colour to make my page brighter and stand out more.

2. Review Section- Both magazine's have a review section however the layout of them both is completely different as 'Q' magazine is written in columns where as mine is not.

                                                                                      

    

1. 'Contents'- The title of my contents page is much bigger than the one on 'Q' magazine's. I wanted it to stand out so that it was the first thing that caught the readers eye.

2. Picture- The main picture on my magazine is of a female solo artist where as in 'Q' it is a four piece male band. Also, my picture takes up half of the frame and is also part of the background.

3. Page Number- To improve this page I would do what 'Q' magazine does here and put details about the page next to the number to let the audience get a better insight of what the story is about.