EvaluationEvaluation

By Shamha BegumBy Shamha Begum

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

real media products?real media products? • I researched various existing R&B magazines and most of the

magazines I found had dull backgrounds whereas I wanted vibrant colours.

• I was influenced by clash’s banner at the top of the screen, however I challenged this convention and put mine at the bottom of the page.

• The Barcode on Clash magazine is on the right hand side of the page I decided to follow the convention.

• I challenged the conventions in terms of the image as the artist on the Clash magazine is an extreme close up whereas the image on my magazine is a medium shot because I had to capture his hand sign.

How does your media product represent particular How does your media product represent particular social groups? social groups?

• My Magazine is aimed towards 13 – 18 year olds.

• Looking at my magazine, it mostly attracts females however, I added fashion tips and top 10 R&B music hits which would apply to young males

• My model was purposely chosen because he is a young teen. The mise-en-scene represents young teenagers.

• As a sub-heading I added a competition for fans to have a chance to meet the artist because I know this applies to a young audience.

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

• VIBE is a well known institution who circulates approximately 800,000 magazines a year worldwide.

• Q magazine is a monthly magazine published by Bauer Media which total circulation is 80,418.

• VIBE and Q would distribute my magazine as it is R&B based and follows there conventions.

• Bauer Media are known to distribute magazines that are a range of genres such as Rock, R&B and Pop.

• Gathering this my magazine would be distributed by Bauer Media.

Who would be the audience for your media Who would be the audience for your media product? product?

• The Audience for my magazine is 13 - 18 year old males and females.

• The front cover would most likely attract females whereas, the contents inside would attract males.

How did you attract/address your audience? How did you attract/address your audience?

• The Picture on my front page is of a teen sensation Jack Britt, I also added a competition to meet him, This would draw the female audience in because they would want to meet him.

• The male audience would be more attracted to the sub heading were it says about the UKs top 1- R&B Music. They would also be attracted to the banner at the bottom of the page where its says about the latest fashion tips.

What have you learnt about technologies from the What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? process of constructing this product?

I used blog spot to post my music magazine and my preliminary task.

I used a few programmes while making my magazine for various different magazines such as; Blog Spot, Microsoft PowerPoint, Photoshop, Google and Slide share. Before I made the music magazine I hardly knew how to use some of these programmes or had no idea what they were but now that I’ve used them I have gained a lot more knowledge in these programmes.

I used slideshare to upload my powerpoint presentations before uploading them on to my blog.

I used google to do my research by looking at existing magazines and artists.

What have you learnt about technologies from the What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? process of constructing this product?

I used photo shop to crop my pictures and add backgrounds to my magazine.

I used PowerPoint to plan my magazine and put some of my ideas on a slideshow. And also I used it to present my evaluation.

I used my memory stick to transfer the pictures I took for my magazine to the computer.

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

the full product? the full product?

• Looking back at my prelim i feel as if my skills have developed a lot more, I’ve learnt how to use Photoshop a lot more, for example the various ways of changing the background, cropping the photo etc..

• My prelim is very simple and looks life it doesn’t have very much writing on it whereas my music magazine looks a lot more like a real magazine.

• Because of all the research I done for my main task and following most of the conventions it looks like a real magazine whereas my prelim looks a bit amateur because I didn’t follow the conventions that much.