Evaluation

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

From looking at interviews such as this in q magazine i relised the best thing to include on my double page spread was an interview.

As an interview was the predominantley used featured on a double page spread,i decided i should conduct an interview on my own double page spread, it was a good idea to deconstruct double pages,
front covers, and contents pages as it enabled my to find ouyt what the key features were in a muysic magazine.

This is part of my double page spread, this is part of the interview included, i included an interview as it was a predominantly used feature.









The maine colour scheme used on the front covers of music magazines are block colours, this enables the main featured bands to stand out, which is proabley the main reason block colours are used.



I used black as my main colour as it enabled the band to stand out and to be easily recognised from the background.


For my front cover i used a black backgound this was good because it enabled the main band to stand out and to become the predominant image on the cover.













This is my front cover, as you can see the background used is plain black, this allows the band to stand out and also for the featured articles to stand out too.



How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My media product uses bright colour for the text used, and also the pictures have been edited so they are bright, this is good because it stands out against the black of the background, this gives an edge to the magazine and also gives it a young and youthful feel to the magazne.



I have included stories in my magazine that fits the target audience and also what i feel will attract my target audience to my magazine.

What kinds of media institution might distribute your media product and why? As my magazine is aimed at teenager/young adults, that are interested in indie music, i would stock the magazine at all major newsagents, i would also stock the magazine at music shops, this would enable the magazine to be available to a wider range of music loving people who are interested in indie.


I would also allow the magazine to be stocked atr indivual music stores, this would enable people with a particular desireed taste in music to also have acess to it, this would mean the shopw owuld have to request to stock the magazine, this would be good as you could keep a track of the readers.


The magazine would also be available off of its own website where readers could subscribe and order the magazine, it would also be sold at smaller and large indie festivals and gigs.

Who would be the audience for your media product? I believe the audience for my magazine would be teenages and young adults who enjoyed indie msuic. This would be a good target audience as the predominant music magazine buyers are teenagers and young adults, this is a good traget audieence as it makes my magazine available to a lrage group of people.

How did you attract/address your audience?
My target audience for my music magazine was die music fans, who were teenagers-young adults, i attracted these by using my main colou as black and using pinks and yellows and other bright colours, this gave my magazine a youthful feel, and also it still felt like a music magazine.

The vocab i have used is fairly modern,casual and youthful vocab, this appeals to the younger side of my audience eg the teenage side, the vocab used is also still very afficent and standard, this appeals to the older end of my target audience eg young adults.

I hve used a interview on my double page, this asks several questions that you may not know the answers to, and other magazines mya not dare to ask some of the questions and gte such in depth replies, this is good because it adds some excitment and amzment to the magazine, this attracts the teeenagers to the magazine.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I learnt that technologie can be quite temprimental, but once you understand how to use one programme, it becomes easier to get to grips with using different programmes, as most editing programme are very similar, and are easy to use.

I found takeing the photos easy as i ahve my own camera and camera phone so i was able to take several different photos, it wa also easy for me to upload the pictures, as i had done this before and new how to do this.

I found using publisher to produce my magazine asy, as i had used this in school before, so was awre how to use this, and how to layer and put products together, this helped me during my coursework as i already new how to use this programme.


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

i have learnt how to use imagae editing programess such as GIMP and microsoft offiice picture manage

r, and also learnt how to use paint, by using these programmes i have been able to cut out the main image from a picture to use as a background, this has enables me to cut out any picture i like and place it on any background i like, this enables the main image to stand out, and to be the main featured of the page.




This is the image after i have cropped it, i was then able to chage the colour of background of my cover easily on publisher, i could tjhen place this edited image on top, and it would be able to stand out from the background.

In the preliminary task i did not know how to do this, so instead i used a whole image as my background and did not edit or transform the image, in my real contents and cover i was more aware of editing the photos so i was able to edit the colour and contrast, i was alo able to crop the background out of the images.

Images used on double page spread.

This is the original image i took, and i have used it on my doubl page spread.







This is the brigthened image, i altered the birghtnes and contrast of the image using microsoft office picture manager.














This is the image after it has been cropped, i once again used microsoft offic picture manager to crop this image.





This is the image once i have blacked out the background, i did this by using paint, i did this so the picture stands out on my double page.

real double page

This is my first attempt at my double page spread i am quite pleased with it but there is a coupl of areas i am going to improve upon.

I am very pleased with the layout, i think this works well as it is very imformative but still interesting due to the amoutn of visuals i have include, i think the pictures work well as there is a rang of different photos from a range of different shots, this is good because you can clearly see the band and who is who this is good because it advertises the band well.

From the feedback i recieved i found that the font colour used for the title was in the wrong colour and font style. this is not very good as it does not link with the cover and contents, i thinki need to change this so it ties the 3 in together.

I think i also need to add more colour to this page to make it more interesting and appealing, this is something i will do to improve upon my second attempt.




This is my second attempt at a double page spread, i am overall very pleased with this as my final piece.

I am very pleased with the layout of this and think there is a good mixture of informative text and visuals, after recieveing feedback i did not change the layout as they thought the layout worked well and was interesting but still information.

After recieveing feedback i changed the colour and font of the title this enables the double page to link in with the cover and contents, this is good because it links the two together.

Another thing i changed was the colou of the questions asked in the interview, this is good because it makes the questions stand out, this enables the readers to quickly scan the questions to find which ones they want to read..

Double page layout design

This is my first double page layout design. The layout is quite busy and contains a good mixture of visuals and text.

There isnt many photos included and this is something i will improve upon in my second layout design.

The articles featured on this page is a good mixture, this is good because it enables you to meet the new band, and feel like getting to know them, this is good because as they are a new band you feel like you know them allready.

This layout would work well because it enables readers to meet the new band through both visuals and text.


This is my second layout design, i think this layout works well because there is a good mixture of text and visuals this is good because it makes the layout interesting and informative.

There is a selection of pages in the middle of the pages, this is good because it uses a mixture of black and white, and colour pictures, this is good because it enables the readers to see the band from a number of different shots.

The featured articles used, enable readers to meet the new band and find out information about them, the articles used are both fun and informative, there are random facts, photos, and question and answers, this makes the page more interesting and informative.

This is my chosen double page layout design.

q double page spread

This is a double page spread from Q music magazine, Q is a monthly music magazine.



The layout used is not very interesting or imaginative, the picture used is big and bold and you could clearly recognise the artist if you was into this genre of music.


The layout used is taken up by 50% visulas and 50% text, this is a good mix as there is still a substantial amount of text used.



The layout used however is not very interesting, as there is only one picture,The photo used is a close up of kurt cobain, one of the featyured artists in this issue.



The colours used of black, white and orange are all quite natural colours that reflect the artists clothes, the colour used could have been picked out of his top, this is good is good because the plainness of the background draw attention to kurt cobain.



To improve this layout i would make the colour used brighter and bold, i would also add more pictures taken from a variety of different shots, this would add more interest to the page, and we would also be more aware of what the artist was like.

mix mag double page

This is a doublepage spread form mix mag music and clubbing magazine. Mix mag is a monthly dance and music magazine.

There are lots of photos included in this double page spread, around 80% of the layout is taken up by visulas, this allows readers to see who went to the event and where the event was, by just looking at the phtoos this ia good because it attracts a wider audience because the layout is less complex than most but it is still interesting.

The photos used are again taken from a variety of different angles this is good as it enables readers to seee the bands in a number of different shots and angles, this also adds more interest to the page.

The wiriting used is in diffferent colours, the font size used is quite small, this isn't very good as it is quite hard to read, so readers may not feel like they want to read the artcile.

The font colours used, eg black font on a white background, and white font used on a black background is good because it stands out and clashes against the background, this is good becaus e it attracts you eye to text making you want to read it.

The layout contains lot's of pictures this is good, because there is a good mixture of pictures and text.

Kerrang double page

This is a double page spread from kerrang magaizne, kerrang is a weekly music magazine.








One of the main pictures used of the whole band is taken form a long shot, this enables us to easily see what the band are like and what sort of genre they are from there clothes, this is good as it enables readers to easily determine whethere this is the right genre of magazine for them.








There is a wide range of photos used, the photos are taken from a range of different shots, there is alot of shots of the main singer, this advertises the band further, there are close ups, mid shots, and long shots of the lead singer, this makes the page more interesting, and the audience are more aware of the band.











Around 70% of the layout is taken up by visuals, this is good as it makes the page more interesting to look at, and less complex to follow, this would persuade more readers to read the article because it is more interesting to read and to look at.

This layout contains a good balance of pictures and text this is good because it is very imformative and interesting.

The writng used for the main article is in white font, this is good because it stands out well against the black background, and your eye is attracted to the writing beause of the contrast between background and font colour. The font size used however is quite small, this is not very good as some readers may find it hard to follow, and may think it will take to long to follow.