Evaluation

Task One

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

My mast head does follow conventions as it follows the colour scheme of the magazine (purple, blue, white, grey and black).

It also has been placed across the top of the magazine like any typical magazine.

I made sure to add Cover lines and strap lines as they are common in magazines and give it the professional look. The sell line helps draw in the reader while the cover lines tell the reader what is going to be inside the magazine itself.

I also gave a list of what can be found in the magazine across the bottom.


Underneath the title of the magazine I added a slogan “The best magazine for Hip-Hop and Rnb lovers” so that it helps people to remember the magazine and it also helps to hint the kind of genre that the magazine specializes in.

I added the date that the magazine will go out and the issue number just to give the reader some background information.

I also added the magazine website on the left hand side so that if the readers wanted to fin out more about the magazine they could go online, many well known magazines do this.


For my contents page I done the standard thing for a contents title and put it across the top, nice and bold so that it is the first thing that you read when you look at the page.

Like many contents pages I made it picture heavy, instead of having more text and placed the text around the picture.


Again I stuck to the colour scheme and like many well known magazines had a regulars column, these would articles, writers that the regular readers would be accustomed too.


For my double page spread I had a massive picture of the artists that were featuring covering up most of the page as most magazines do.

I also made the title big and easy to read while still following the colour scheme.

I also quoted the band, many magazines do this as it helps draw in the intention of the reader.

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

The age of the audience would be around about the same as the age of the band, adolescents will be the main people to read it.

Also the costumes that the artists on the front cover are those of a “street” culture.

Most of the readers will be from the same culture so the clothes that the band are wearing will be something they will be able to relate to.


Just like vibe magazine the picture for my front cover had presents, there’s almost a hint of a dark side to it. Vibe is a well known Hip-Hop magazine, so for my front cover picture to have a likeness to theirs it shows the genre of music it is portrayin


I feel that the contents page really does represent the genres of music that they are meant to portray, as both genres of music have a seriousness to them and that is shown by the picture I chose to feature on it.

Also by having a piano across it shows the musical side to the contents page which is obviously a vital point in a music magazine.


The artists featuring in the magazine is showing confidence and artists who are famous in Hip-Hop and Rnb always exude confidence.

When the readers see that they will know that the artists mean business and they will look up to them as a confident figure.


I have also represented the audience I am writing for by having a big picture on the double page spread. The average teenage is drawn in by pictures not text and by having the ratio of big picture to text will draw in the target reader.

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

I would use IPC media to distribute my magazine for they are a popular and well known distributor in the U.K.

As they are such a big company they would know exactly what they are doing and will have good knowledge on how to market my magazine.

I would also choose them for what they say on their website “IPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands, with print alone reaching almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men – almost 26 million UK adults”, this shows the wide audience that they distribute to and this will bring a bigger chance of more magazines being sold

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media

product and why? Also Bauer Magazine are a well-

known company that produce music magazines, so they also could be the right media institution to produce my magazine.

Bauer Media does not have a magazine that fully covers Hip-Hop and Rnb so they would put in all their effort to try and reach this market with my magazine.

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

The audience of my magazine would mainly be middle class, males from the ages 15 to 25.

From my questionnaire they were the main people that said they would read the magazine. Although there were some females who said they would read it was mainly a male audience.


My magazine would be mainly aimed at C1, C2 and De people. People who work more with their hands but as the magazine is aimed at a younger audience, most of their money will be coming from their parents.


I choose to aim my magazine at young people because although they are not earning the most money, music is usually involved in their lives a lot more than adults.

The magazine will include freebees like free posters of artists and questionnaire for tickets to gigs. These kinds of free stuff would be something that the average teenage would want or want to win.


Mainstreamers – (Biggest group 40%) Need for belonging and security

Aspirers – Strive for status and esteem of others

Succeeders – Need controlReformers – Most educated

I think that the people who would be buying my magazine would be the mainstreamers and the aspirers.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

I shall be using some of the feedback that I got on my magazine on how I attracted my audience.

Some of the attraction to the magazine was simply the band that was featuring in the issue. Fans of the band would instantly be interested in the magazine.


I shall be using some of the feedback that I got on my magazine on how I attracted my audience.

Some of the attraction to the magazine was simply the band that was featuring in the issue. Fans of the band would instantly be interested in the magazine.


I attracted the audience by adding cover lines that would draw in the specific audience I wanted as they were about articles that would attract a Hip-Hop Rnb lover.

The force, the way I made this piece of text was big and it just stands out from the rest of the magazine. Putting a kind of fog like effect behind the text added a new layer of interest to it.


Most of the people I interviewed said that they liked that I had kept to the colour scheme and that the colour si had picked were colours that were liked by most of them.

Also the piano was really interesting the way that its shot so that it looks like its going off into the distance intrigued some of the readers.


Also the effect that had been applied to the image was interesting. Along with the whole contents page being in black and white with colour splashes of purple and blue help give dynamics to the page.

I also put the contents page into categories so that it would help the reader even more to quickly find what they are looking for.


I attracted the audience by varying the different types of text and colours used on the text so that they didn’t get bored of the double page spread.

I also highlighted some of the writing so that the reader is quickly drawn to it.

I used the colour splashes of blue against the black and white was very effective.


Also I made the magazine very formal, almost as if the editor is talking to the reader as if they was a friend.

In the interview the language that was used, was the language used by the everyday teenage and this will be something that the reader will be able relate to.

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

The first thing I needed to do was get the images for my magazine before I could put them into my magazine. For this I used a digital camera. We was given information on how we could effectively use the camera to get good shots and get the right angles to make the pictures a lot more interesting.


Once I had taken my photos I need to put them through Photoshop as they were not perfect for the magazine just yet. There were certain parts of the pictures that need to be edited.

By using the magic want tool I was able to highlight certain points of the picture and get rid of them


Also for my title at first it was just plain but using Photoshop I helped bring it to life. By using the fx button I was able to add a stroke to it and highlight it.


On the front cover a lot of my text is highlighted, all this is done in Photoshop. All I had to do is make a box and fill it with cover, then using the layers just write a contrasting piece text over it.


Also a lot of my text like the word contents and the phrase the future was taken from the website www.dafont.com and was then afterwards manipulated so that it would look good for the magazine.


I used stroke on “THE FORCE” to help highlight it. This is the line that goes all around the text. For this text I put a grey line around the edge to help to stick to the colour scheme. I think without using stoke the text would not have been so eye-catching and it would have looked as good as it came out.


Photoshop helped me a lot when it came to images, after you have got rid of the background of a picture when you just need the person in the image. The edges of the person can be very rough and look unprofessional but by using the smooth tool. I was able to smooth out the edges of the image and this made it look as if the image was taken against a white background in the first place. Although it does look considerably better its very hard to get the edges completely smooth.


For the interview I put the text in two different colours, so that it would be easy to differentiate between what the interviewer is saying and what the band that is being interviewed is saying.


One thing I learned was how to edit pictures in Photoshop, so that they would blend nicely with my magazine.

For example like the two photos on the left. i only wanted the person in the picture but not the background, so that it would seem as it is just him standing on the page instead of him and the background being there.

I also had to make parts of the trousers darker so that it was visible, I done this with Photoshop, this is another skill I learned.

Before: After:


For example in my contents page there is a keyboard in it. The original image (above) was too big and wouldn’t quite fit in with the contents page and really all I wanted was the actual keys of the keyboard. By using Photoshop I was able to select what I wanted from the picture and paste it into my contents page.


Also the keyboard, the band and the stripes behind them are separate images and all were done on Photoshop. All the photos were not taken in black and white but by using Photoshop I was able to drain them of their colour which made them all neatly fit in together.


Although my front cover and contents page was made in Photoshop my double page spread was made in design and In design was also used to bring the whole magazine together as this cannot be done in Photoshop.

In Design helped me a lot and it helped me visualise what the magazine would look like in the end.


I used a very of effects and tools that could be found in InDesign on the left hand side to make my double page spread and in the end it turned out just the way I wanted it too.


By using InDesign on ma contents page I was able to put a small picture of my front cover in the right hand corner, so I was able to show that this is the first issue and how the reader would be able to get a gd price to subscribe to the magazine.


I also learnt how to create a blog on blogger so that I will be able to present all my work to be marked. Although I may have had some problems with uploading to blogger, in the end I figured it out as was able to easily upload all my work.


I also used Slideshare in my blog, this allowed me to put all my work in to neat slides that could be easily viewed. This meant that it wouldn’t take me forever trying to sort out all my uploads into the right order.


Before using slideshare, all presentations must be made in PowerPoint. All you want in the PowerPoint you do in Microsoft PowerPoint. This involves a variety of texts, colours and fonts.


Uploading to slideshare may be a little confusing at first but afterwards it becomes quite simple and a quick way of uploading your work, that'll look presentable.

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

Comparing the front covers:

Preliminary Task Main Task

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?Comparing the front covers:

In my first magazine I decided to put a big pug with the price in it in the right hand corner but for my main task I decided that I didn't like this look and that the magazine would look a look better if I just subtly put the price on the right with the date.


Comparing the front covers:

For my main task I had a lot more detail in my cover lines and strap lines

Also the amount of people featured and the amount of their body that is shown varied between the magazines.

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?Comparing the front covers:

Still with both magazines I kept to a colour scheme as this helps to make the magazines look professional.

Also the barcode has changed its position, in stead of following the normal convention of having it in the left hand corner, I decided to change that and have it near the top left hand side.


Comparing the contents page:

Preliminary Task Main Task



For my preliminary task all the text was in one place and just kept to the left but for my main task I spread the text out and made it change colour to make it that little bit more interesting.

In my first magazine I anchored all my images but for my second magazine I decided not to.



For my second magazine I chose to go black and white but my first magazine is a lot more lively and instead of sticking to the convention of having the contents across the top or on the top left, I chose to put it in the top right.

The first magazine has a quotation but in the second I only had a quotation on my double page spread.


Unlike the preliminary task the main task included a double page spread, so this was something new to me but I think that in the end I ended up with a good double page spread.

I done some research on double spread so that I was able to find out what a typical double spread page looked like.

I added a quote so that people could get a hint of what would be in the magazine. I added the website to the double page spread as well, I thought this would be a good idea just to remind the reader where they can find out more.

I still kept to the colour scheme for the colour scheme and I think that the colours worked well together.

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