EVALUATION

BY NORIK LALA

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

Similarities DifferencesMasthead•My mast head is a typical masthead which includes the font being big and bold. The reason for this is because I want the audience to draw attention to the name as soon as they see my magazine. I don’t want the audience to only pay attention to the masthead so what I did was put it behind the main image, what this would do is draw attention of the audience to the main imagine.• My masthead is right at the top of the magazine as most magazines have it at the top. I also laid it there because it looks more professional and organised.• The reason why I picked the colour burgundy is because it goes really well with the background. Another reason why I picked this colour is because its the same colour as the writing on the boy’s jumper.

Masthead•The differences between my magazine and real magazines could be that there is a different font selected, also a different colour and size. • The masthead could look positioned in a better place in a real magazine and look more professional

Image•My main imagine is presented as the main person/DJ/singer of this music magazine. You can tell this because the size of the picture is really big and the magazines masthead and sidelines are presented around the main imagine which shows its focused on him/her.

Image• The imagine of a real magazine will be in a professional location, this would automatically make the magazine look better.• The pictures were taken with a professional camera with professional lighting, this would add more effect in the imagine and look more professional

Side headings• The side headings are filled with the top stories• Framing the imagine, what this does is show the audience that the main story is the main image.• Spaced out in a column and its quiet close to another. This will add a better look and look more professional • The typical colours for a music magazine are Red, Black and White.

Side headings• Different fonts which look more professional• Different colours• Looks more professional

Contents page• More images than a magazine• Smaller images with one reference- A image that stands out. • Captions• List of articles- Vertical structure• Page numbers always on the left.

Contents page•More professional images• Better font• Looks more organised

Barcode•Date on the right corner• Price either at the top or near the barcode

Barcode•Mine is placed on the left not the right, most magazine have there barcodes on the right hand side of their magazine

Bold and effective masthead to make sure everyone draws attention onto the magazine name.

Strap line to give a rough idea of what the magazine concludes.

Main cover line. Both about the main artist to tell the reader who its about.

Main image of the main artist giving direct mode of address to gain attention from the readers and also gives a idea who its about.

Side headlines to show what artists are in the magazine and information on them.

Barcode both on the left side rather then the typical magazines where its placed on the right side.

The side headings framing the main image, and perfectly spaced out. Tis makes it look professional

My Music Magazine Professional Music Magazine

Contents page in bold to show the reader exactly what it is

Date of when its being released

A big image of the main artist/artists.

The features both placed on the left side and really well spaced out near the main images.

Used more than one image to attract the readers eyes on other things featured in the magazine

Page number on the pictures to show the reader what page you can find the main story's.

Topic for each story

My Content Page Professional Content Page

Bold Headline/Question to draw attention of the reader

Questions and answers all written in a small spaced out column to look professional.

A small introduction about the main artist/ a small quote said by the artist.

The main image attracts the readers eye to show that the artist being interviewed is the person in the picture.

Page number on each side as it’s a article.

The magazine name.

My Double Page Spread Professional Double Page Spread

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

• My media product represent teenagers and young adults who listen to ‘House Music’.

• My front cover, contents page and double page spread all represent what ‘House Music’ is all about.

• The way my magazine represents teenagers and young adults is the choices I made with the images, colours, font and the way it has been laid out.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Young man to represent a young age group

Clothes follows the society young people wear. The bite of the wire

represent the crazy ness of the genre ‘House Music’, but also what teenagers are about.

The reason why this font was chosen was because I felt it represents ‘House Music’.

A reasonable price for Teenagers and Young adults to buy.

The use of different colours to represent ‘House Music’ in a crazy way.

Included countries which most young teenagers & adults like to party

Colourful images with the theme of ‘House Music’

Font used to represent ‘House Music’

The colour blue which represents ‘House music’

Young people on the DJ set which shows that it’s a magazine for young teenagers & Adults

Simple with not much writing, mainly focused on the images which is what young people like to see.

A ‘Erupting’ font to show what ‘House music’ is about

A cheeky and crazy phrase to represent teenagers and young adults.

Again a crazy picture of a young man doing what crazy ‘House Music’ people love doing.

The choice of ‘Black, red’ colours all used in this article. This represents young people.

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

The following institutions are most likely to distribute my product:• Social networking websites for example; Facebook & Twitter• Music stores such as HMV• You tube• Newsagents & Convenient stores• Gigs & Festivals• Digital publishing.

The reason why I believe that Social networking websites such as Face book & Twitter will institute my product is because a lot of people use these social websites, and all you have to do is press ‘Share’ for millions of people to see your product. The reason why I have chosen HMV as a example is because HMV is one of a few stores that relate their store to music and they are most likely to distribute my product. You tube is another networking website but a website that distribute video’s, and I feel that they could distribute my product so millions of people could see it. Gigs & Festivals are also a really good way to distribute my product as that’s where a lot of young people like to socialise. Digital publishing is another way to distribute my product as you can find a lot of magazines online.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

• Question 2 explains why my magazine meets my target audience, but what I’m going to explain now is who my target audience exactly is. My target audience for my magazine is young teenagers and young adults, preferably ages from 16-24. Both male and female. The reason why I have chosen this target audience is because I feel that ‘House Music’ is a type of music that generally only young people listen to as it’s music which is played in clubs a lot which is what teenagers and young adults like doing. I’ve also targeted my magazine to both genders as it gains a wider audience.

• I decided to do my Magazine on house music as I personally like house music but the main reason why I did it is because I’m a young teenager so it was easier for me to design a magazine and relate to my target audience. I did my research and found that there isn’t much House Music magazines, but also saw that more young teenagers and young adults read music magazines such as Rap, R & B and so on.. So what I thought was to do something different for the target audience to focus on.

How did You attract/Address your audience.

A main image to grab my audiences attention. All images are of young teenagers which is my target audience. Also the clothes in which the artist is wearing in my images are the clothes that young people wear

I have used conventions in order to attract my audience. For example my layout. The fonts I have used are also conventional and are bold to attract the audiences attention

The colour scheme I have used also addresses my target audience as I used bright and dark colours which represent ‘House Music’.

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

• Through out this project I have learnt new skills, new technologies and how to use new software which I have previously never used. I have learnt about blogger and how to upload my work to keep me and the examiners updated, I have also learnt how to use Photoshop. What I have gained from Photoshop are many skills, for example; Editing photo’s which could become useful for me in the future, using the magic wand tool and many more. I’ve also learned how to use a website which gave me all types of fonts ‘Dafont.com’. I used ‘Scribd’ which is a website where you upload work, but also learnt how to use ‘Drop box’ which is a similar thing.

• As well as learning how to edit pictures, using new programs has given me knowledge on how construct a magazine. Looking at existing products helped with this and I feel confident that in the future I would be able to create another magazines from the skill and knowledge I have gained.

What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from your preliminary task to the full product?

• Looking back at my preliminary product, I feel that my preliminary product has helped me in many ways when creating my final product. One major factor that helped me with my preliminary product was planning my time, for example when organising when to take my pictures to allow enough time to edit them. However I had difficulty in some of the images and the way I had to edit them as they were either hard to crop out or go into my background. I feel that if I had taken into account the background of the images I was taking, I would have been able to take more unique shots through out my product.

• Although my preliminary product helped me with the planning of my time, I have had to also learn new things which weren't covered in the preliminary products. For example when we had to create our school magazine we didn’t know much about Photoshop, and had limited things to use where as my music magazine I gathered new skills and knowledge on how to use Photoshop and was also able to be a lot more creative.

• Overall I feel I have improved significantly since my preliminary product and have created a much more professional and creative product with the knowledge, skill and experience I have gained.

FEEDBACKI asked a few people to go on my blogger and give me feed back on all my Magazine. This includes the Front

cover, The contents page and the Double page spread. I asked 5 people to give me a positive thing about my magazine and a negative

Albion- ‘’ Norik’s magazine is really well presented and looks really professional. The front cover looks the most professional as it looks really organised, the contents page really caught my eye and It really looks like a house music magazine. What I feel Norik should improve is his double page spread and make it a bit more professional. Other then that I feel Norik’s magazine is very well presented and looks very professional’’

Shqipe- ‘’ The main image on the front cover is suitable and goes well with the Headline/Genre. It looks really professional and well presented. I feel that the contents page has too many images and information and should be condensed’’

Jazmin- ‘’ The way the front cover, contents page and double page spread has been layed out is really well presented, eye catching and looks really professional. What you could improve is not having to many images on the contents page, other then that I feel it’s a really good and presented magazine’’