Evaluation Q7

Evaluation Q6

Evaluation Q5

Evaluation Q4 Video

After answering this question myself i dediced to ask an audeince what they thought of my final product.I printed my final front ocver out and gave it to them.The questions i asked were:

1. What type of genre do you think my magzine is and why.
2. What audeince do you think my magazines aimed at and why.
3. Whats the best feature of my magazine
4. What could i do to improve?

Evaluation Q4

Evaluation Q3

 

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

 

 

 

 

 

I think the media institute IPC would be goo to distribute my POP magazine. This is because there magazines are very popular and up to date, so there more than likely always looking to add some new magazines to the mix. Speaking of this, currently IPC only distributes 1 music magazine and that is NME,I think my POP magazine would work in contrast of this because they attract completely different audiences, however because of this IPC wuld then generate more consumers as they're distributing a mixture of genres-which will benefit them greatly.

 

IPC also distributes popular fashion/gossip maagzines such as Look and Now.The tag line of my music magazine is ‘gossip.music.fashion’ so theses already exssiting magazines link into what mine features to.Like these magazines ive included well known names to try and attract the audience such as the world biggest boyband One Direcetion,also Little Mix,Justin Beieber and Miley Cyrus all high profile celebs who’ll grab the readers attention.My POPmagazine itself is also set out similary to these,the layout is fairly conventional and could be red by a multitude of audeinces,which is really handy.

By distributing my POP magazine IPC could attract new consumers,and open a new section in the magazine business where different genre styles are offerd.Because of IPCs exsisting magazine sucsess,and the way  mine looks fairly similar but offers very different content s really re assuraing because more than likely my magazine could be a new sucsess for te institute if they were to distribute it.I also feel asof theres agp I the markey for my media product,by IPC doesn't offer anything like this currently I think it’ll be  really good opportunity for me and the institute to.It’d gain my magazine awareness but alsogain them consumers.

It’d gain my magazine awareness but also gain them consumers. When making my music magazine I was aware of althe other pop magazines out there I felt the majority looked quite dated, so I took inspiration from the ones that were still selling.I also looked at other magazine such as Fashion,gossip,beauty related etc and found out what makes people by them magazines.By doing this I felt I created a very up to date modern POP magazine that offers the content that wants to be read.IPC also have experience with distributing music magazines like NME,because of this, this means they'd be able to distribute my magazine quickly and efficiently as they already have awareness of the market.

 

In contrast a media institute such as EMAP would be a bad institute to distribute with.Because of the nature of my magazine and how new it is, it'll need an institute that can offer it as much awareness as possible and be able to make it sucsessful.However,because of EMAPs lack of experience with distributing music magazines the likely of hood of my magazine gaining the potential it possibly could is low.EMAP distribute magazines such as Retail and nursing magazines. Although it good to add something different to the mix,I feel there collection of magazine is extremely different and I don’t think my new POP magazine would do well published with this institute.

 

 

 

 

Evaluation Q2

How does your media product represent social groups?

 

 

 

 

 

When creating my media product I was aiming it a stereotypical younger age range, swaying more towards girls but overall a uni-sex magazine. When looking at my magazine I think its instantly noticeable what social group its aimed at. It features artists such as Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus etc, artists liked globaly by the young generation. Because of this its noticeable what social group/target audience I'm aiming at. If I wanted to attract a more mature age range id feature artists more appealing to them so there more inclined to buy the magazine. However because I want to target the younger audience I featured these ones. Also my colour range is quite bold and wacky, something a younger person would be more attracted to. Stereotypically a more mature age range would go more for sophisticated more thought out layout such a magazines like Vogue etc. However because my magazine is bright and jam packed with content and images, its more appealing on the eye to those who are younger.

When researching for my magazine I also used a demographics table to target my social groups (audience) more effectively.I aimed to target blocks E,D & C2 mainly. This is because these blocks included young people/students etc. By looking at this I felt I could pin point  the type of social group I want to represent with my magazine more effectively. This allowed me to create my magazine in  a way that’d be appealing to this social group, were as a contrasting social group who like Rock music. This social group would more than likely stay away from my magazine because it is not what appeal to them, but because I'm targeting a social group that likes POP music this will really appeal to them.

Because of my bold use of colours and selective choice of artists I believe my magazine represents a young social group very well.I feel it appeals to their needs,and would entice them to buy it.As all the latest artists of their favourite genre are featured.Ive also used corresponding features to the genre within the plug.I featured the hottest fashion picks by an artist.So not only is clothes/makeup a really popular thing within this type of social group its featured with  a well known artist.

Also because my magazine has content of gossip,music,fashion its going to attract social groups who are interested in this to.I wanted to make sure that audience I was targeting knew this magazine was aimed at them.I tried to keep as conventional as possible, and feature everything youd expect ot see it that genre. So my POP magazine represents social groups who enjoy reading this kind of media.

 

 

 

Evaluation Q1

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

Originally i answered this question on a word document,but felt it was a little boring and wanted to answer all my questions differently.So i decided to make a video instead...

Here is my magazine finished side by side.As you can see i have an obvious contnuity in my colour scheme.I wanted to achieve this from the very beginning,so my overall magazine looks like it all fits together as one.I thought if i used different colours throughout it wouldnt look like a realistic product,so this why i kept continutiy in mind.Im really happy with my final outcomes,i feel ive come on alot from my very first drafts.I took inspiration from exsisting products and my own ideas to create a music magazine i would not only buy myself,but other people would buy to.From the very beginning i always wanted my product to look fit for purpose at the end,and i feel i achieved this.

FINAL DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

 

Double Page Spread Draft 2

So this is my second double page spread draft.I decided to keep working on my previous one to make it better.I added a 'drop cap' to the start of the text to not only keep to conventions but to make it look more professional and neater.I then spaced the text into actual collums,and not just single text boxes.After this I decided to add a 'photographer' name to the bottom right of the page,as ive seen this occur in alot of magazines to.I decided the bright pink boxes i used last tme looked quite heavy on the eye and bulky so swapped them for white as I felt the text cold be read better without you been distarcted from the actual content.After this i made two black boxes to put some additional information in,and i felt this tied up the interview and gave the audience and opportunity to act further on what theyve read.Finally I added some social networking logos in to make it look relaistic and asif the audience reading my magazine could get involved,and changed the page number to the right so it was more visiable and made it pink so it stood out more.

First Double Page Spread Draft

FINAL CONTENTS PAGE

Contents Page Draft 4

 

After looking closely at the theme of colours i wanted to use i decided to change the pink back ground and use a white one,i felt this made it look alot more professional and easier to read-it also looks alot cleaner.I then edited the masthead and slogan colours and changed the light pinks into a darker shade so they stood out more.After this i changed the font of the text to make it more bolder.By having my contents page like this I feel it works alot better,it means the continuity of my colour scheme can run through properly with everything looking asif it fits together.I also think it just overall looks alot better this way.

Contents page draft 3

 

So this is my third contents page draft.I really liked how the last one look but felt the yellow and blue was hard to read after getting feedback from my teacher.I decided to keep the yellow and blue background to fit in with the theme but chage the text to black.I did this for all the text headings so they were easily.I also used black borders to neaten up the page,i also chnaged the photo as youre not allowed to use exsint images,so it took a photo of some friends and changed the 'battle of the groups' article.

Contents page draft 2

 

So this is my updated draft of my previous contents page.After uploading the last one i went on to notice a few problems that made it look messy.As ive carried the same masthead through from the front page the yellow colour i used initially was alot brighter than the one i planned to use on my contents page.So i decided to change the lighter yellow i was using to a more vibrant one to make it all flow evenly. I also added an issue number at the top,and added a 'contents' title as i feel it made it stand out what this page was about more.Looking back now i feel ive done the right thing by changing the yellow colour to match the rest,small details like this can make a huge difference.

Contents page draft

FINAL FRONT COVER

Front cover draft 3

So this is an extension on the previous draft i uploaded.I liked the way i laied everything out so decided to work on the same frame but chnage things up in order to see how they looked.As you can see i added the issue number of the magazine the price;and day of release just above the barcode. I then changed the text for the models name 'Ellie Jay' to a completely different style i imported this text from " www.cooltext.com" i liked the way it looked,i feel it loked really girly and fit very well with the model.In the feedback i was told to maybe change up the texts and vary them so they arnt all the same,so i feel by adding this style of text is emphasises the name of the model and just generally looks really nice.I then went on to highlight some key words with a different colour so they stood out,i did this so the most important words stood out to the reader more.I also change the 'fashion' part of the slogan to a blue colour so all the colours used on the fornt cover were incorporated within this.

Front cover draft 2

This is my second front cover draft,after i got feedback from my teacher on my first one i wanted to improve it alot .I took into consideration the feedback and changed the elements which pulled my grade down.I also felt it didn't look very realistic it looked abit all over the place asif if parts where just almost stuck on,i wanted it to flow better and look more like a magazine.So this is my improvement on the first one.