Completed Music Magazine

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

The layout out my magazine has changed drastically as in my preliminary task I have not thought about how the photograph should be positioned, and it looks quite messy as the text is placed quite randomly which means I have a lot of spaces. I have learnt to structure the text with the help of guidelines as I wanted it to look professional and neat, the picture is better positioned as it is now the main focus of the magazine cover.

My college magazine's picture isn't a good quality as it is slightly blurred whereas my music magazine photo is a high quality as I used and SLR camera which meant I could focus and zoom this helped to make the picture clear. In the preliminary task I didn't understand how to portray the college genre through techniques such as mise-en-scene to have improved the college I could of added props like a backpack or books, I learnt to portray the rock genre in my music magazine through costume and makeup.

I started to think about how the use of colours and font sizes can help the way a magazine looks. I have learnt that font sizes and fonts can show the magazines genre for example the masthead is a good rock font. I have used a big font for my artist name as this is the biggest feature inside and is the text that should first attract the audience thus showing I have an understanding of font sizes.

The layout of my music magazine is better structured that the college magazine as I have placed my text in a straight column rather than turning the page stories different ways like I did in the preliminary task.

The text font for my college magazine looks childlike and slightly girly whereas I have learnt that the font reflects the genre so for my music magazine I used a bold impact font to make it stand out and create a sense of urgency.

There is a lot of blank space on my preliminary task, I have learnt that you need to fill space and make the most of the space you have by including extra pictures or text, by filling the page it looks more professional.

The college magazine photos were taken in a rush and although they show college photos they don't necessarily look good, I now know that it is important to think about mise en scene  which I have done for my music magazine, I have included props like a guitar and the clothes on the model reflect the rock genre.

Evaluation: Question 6- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have used Blogger to show the process in how I learnt about making a magazine and then actually creating my own music magazine and then evaluating my work. After each lesson I would upload a new post to show what I had done in class that day so that it can show the progress I have made.

I have used Prezi in my Magazine production and Evaluation.

I have used Flickr to talk about media distribution for my magazine evaluation.

 I have used an SLR camera to take the photographs for my music magazine this helped as my pictures were better quality and I could zoom and focus.

I used photoshop to create my music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread.

I have used iShowU in my Research and Planning and Evaluation as I needed to go through my blog to highlight what i have done/used.

I have used iPhoto to download my photographs to the computer and select the ones I want to keep.

Evalation: Question 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

How did you attract/address your audience? on Prezi

Evaluation: Question 4 - Who would be the audience for your media product? Why?

I have drawn a person who represents the target audience of my magazine, I think she is the type of person who would buy my magazine as she seems to be quite creative (takes media at university) and would be a fan of music as she has hobbies such as DJ-ing so the audience will typically have an interest in music. I think the audience would wear typical darker and trendy fashion clothes as this would reflect the genre of music they like which would be rock in this case. The typical age for my magazine would be 18-28 years old so she fits into this age range and would purchase a magazine like mine as it suits the age range tastes and provides the things they would like to appear.

Evaluation: Question 3 - What kind of media instiution might distribute your product and why?

Please click on the images to be taken to Flickr.



Please click on the images to be taken to Flickr.

Evaluation: Question 2- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Posture/Gesture- Both photographs are similar in posture and gesture, the models/artists have their arms at their side which is quite a passive look that makes them seem relaxed. They are both stood up straight and are centre on the picture showing them to be confident women who aren't afraid of anything which relates to my artist's story.

Angle-The angle is eye level/straight on so it looks like the artist is looking right at the reader this will help to sell the magazine as the artist comes across as confident as they aren't hiding or shying away from the camera. The reader can then associate with the artist.

Shot Type- The shot for both images is a medium close up, I think this is a good shot to use as it allows the reader to see what type of clothes the artist wears which instantly gives them an impression of what genre and type of artist they are. This shot also enables the reader to get a look at the artists facial expression and their makeup which can instantly convey a message to the reader.

Lighting- The Photo's  both have good lighting however the lighting on my artist makes her skin look warmer which contrasts with the lighting on the other as it helps to pale the artist out further. The lighting is quite bright which helps the artist stand out from the background as it helps focus on their hair, makeup and costume therefore the reader concentrates on the artist instead of the background.

Costume- The costumes are very different in each photo, I wanted to dress my artist to wear a simple dress as I wanted the reader to focus more on her face, her costume makes her look quite innocent as it isn't baring much flesh and looks slightly childlike however I kept her in grey so the dark colour still portrays the genre. Taylor Momsden's costume (on the right) is used to get sex appeal from the reader, she is in back which could be seen as a seductive colour and it openly shows the artists bra which is quite revealing and provocative. I haven't given my artist any jewellery to wear because I wanted her to look innocent whereas Taylor is wearing a black choker and a long silver necklace as this helps to show the genre of her music.

Expression- Both artists look directly at the camera however Taylor (right) has her lips slightly parted which makes her seem a bit dazed and she is very sultry whereas my artist (left) has her lips closed with hardly any expression which makes her seem serious but the direct eye contact with the camera also makes her seem lightly confrontational.

Hair- Although rock artists usually have their hair in a messy style like they have just woke up and gone out without brushing their hair, the rock artist above and my model both have a certain neat styled look. Both have a middle parting with their hair coming down in a wavy natural style, which creates an innocent and feminine appearance for the artists. 

Makeup- The makeup for my artist is slightly similar to the picture on the right as both have dark black makeup for their eyes which make them seem piercing and slightly scary and helps them to stand out. The reader will focus in on this detail and this will provide false eye contact between artist and reader.The lips are inspired by this artist as they are a deep red which is a colour associated with danger, power and passion which makes the artist seem more confident.