Here is the final production of my double paged spread.
Monday 28 April 2014
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Evaluation Question 7 Answer
Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from that to the full product?
Evaluation Question 7
I am now onto the last question of my evaluation. In this question I will be discussing the progression I have made throughout the process of creating my final product.
The question is:
Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from that to the full product?
Evaluation Question 6 Answer
What have you learned about new technologies from the process of creating this product?
Evaluation Question 6
The next part of my evaluation is talking about what technologies i have used over the year to produce my final product as well as displaying my product online.
The question is:
What have you learned about new technologies from the process of creating this product?
The question is:
What have you learned about new technologies from the process of creating this product?
Evaluation Question 5 Answer
How did you attract/address your audience?
I attracted my audience through my front cover. Having two male models who will be found attractive by my target audience enabled me to attract both genders as males will relate to them as well as inspire to be like them and females will be attracted to them, drawing them to want to read further into their story. Their outfits represent the genre of music I have chosen to represent, the dark colours of black being typically associated with rock bands as well as the image of a bomb representing danger and rebellion which is also another stereotype of rock. When I took my photos I decided to get my models to pose quite neutrally, their positions give the impression that they’re not actually models, the closeness of the two show that they are actually in a band. They are facing the camera with almost blank expressions on their faces, one with their eyebrows slightly raised and the other with their mouth slightly open so some of his teeth are visible. This gives them a rather nonchalant expression, as if they don’t have to work too hard to make themselves look good in front of a camera. This slightly appeals to Marjorie Ferguson’s theory of the most common facial expression to be featured on a magazine however goes against the typical convention of a female model on the cover. The age of my models also fits in with my magazine as they fit the stereotypical image of a teenage band.
I attracted my audience through my front cover. Having two male models who will be found attractive by my target audience enabled me to attract both genders as males will relate to them as well as inspire to be like them and females will be attracted to them, drawing them to want to read further into their story. Their outfits represent the genre of music I have chosen to represent, the dark colours of black being typically associated with rock bands as well as the image of a bomb representing danger and rebellion which is also another stereotype of rock. When I took my photos I decided to get my models to pose quite neutrally, their positions give the impression that they’re not actually models, the closeness of the two show that they are actually in a band. They are facing the camera with almost blank expressions on their faces, one with their eyebrows slightly raised and the other with their mouth slightly open so some of his teeth are visible. This gives them a rather nonchalant expression, as if they don’t have to work too hard to make themselves look good in front of a camera. This slightly appeals to Marjorie Ferguson’s theory of the most common facial expression to be featured on a magazine however goes against the typical convention of a female model on the cover. The age of my models also fits in with my magazine as they fit the stereotypical image of a teenage band.
I also
attracted my audience by my colour scheme as they fit the conventional colours
which are associated with indie and rock music. The typical colours are usually
red, white and black but I decided to add grey to my magazine to make it stand
out more as white looked too plain. I have created a house style throughout my
project by linking the colours with the genre of music as well as the readers
interests.
Evaluation Question 5
The next part of the evaluation is discussing how i attracted my audience to my magazine and how i addressed the audience.
The question is:
How did you attract/address your audience?
Emily's Video Response
I asked Emily to look at my magazine and record herself answering my overall questionnaire to gain another opinion on my magazine. Emily is a 17 year old female so fits into my intended target audience which is why I asked her to take part in this task.
Evaluation Question 4 Answer
What would be the audience for your media product?
The primary target
audience for my magazine is teenagers and young adults, 14-21 and will be quite
equal with gender however the majority by a few will be female.
They will
either have a job of their own after leaving school or be given money by their
family so they can afford to pay £2.50 fortnightly to buy the magazine.
My secondary
audience could really include anybody that is interested in the same genre of
music my magazine is promoting that is outside of my target audience. There
could also be readers that decide to buy my magazine just for a certain artist
or feature instead of buying the magazine fortnightly.
Male: 47%
Female: 53%
Average Age:
17
Work Full
Time: 5%
Work Part Time: 47%
Evaluation Question 4
The next part of my evaluation is talking about the audience for my magazine.
The question is:
What would be the audience for your media product?
Evaluation Question 3 Answer
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
After completing research earlier in my project, I think the media institution which would be most likely to publish my magazine would be IPC Media. This is because the only other music magazine they publish that is remotely similar to Haim is NME.
After completing research earlier in my project, I think the media institution which would be most likely to publish my magazine would be IPC Media. This is because the only other music magazine they publish that is remotely similar to Haim is NME.
I know that NME is different to my magazine as it is targeted to a completely different audience, my target audience is of a much younger age. Even though IPC Media do publish a magazine called TeenNow which is targeted to the same age group as my magazine I know that this will not clash as the readers will appreciate completely different music as TeenNow is targeted to mainly females and is more of a pop genre.
I think IPC Media would be the best choice of media institutions as it would give them more of a range as they currently do not have an indie rock genre magazine that is aimed at such a young audience. At current times there’s not a large amount of competition for magazines of my genre so I think the institution would profit by quite a bit if they distributed my magazine to the public.
Evaluation Question 3
Question 3 of the evaluation is researching media institutions and finding which one would suit publishing my magazine. I have already made various posts earlier on in my project about different publishing companies that could be possible choices.
Here is the question:
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Evaluation Question 2
The second part of my evaluation is about which social groups my magazine presents.
The question is:
How does the media product represent social groups?
Evaluation Question 1: Feature Article
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Evaluation Question 1 Answer: Contents Page
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Evaluation Question 1 Answer: Cover Page
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Evaluation Question 1
Now I have finished the practical part of my coursework, making the magazine cover, contents page and feature article I am going to start the evaluation of my work.
The first question we have to answer is:
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Monday 14 April 2014
Overall Questionnaire
Now I have completed my final product I plan on handing out this questionnaire to 100 people to get their response on my overall product.
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