AS G321: EvaluationBy Cheyenne Blanche

1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

In my final product I have stuck to the usual kind of magazine, as this would appeal more to the audience. On the next slide it shows my front cover and as you will see the I have kept the masthead big, at the top of the page and able to attract to people and also keeping the barcode and the price on the right hand side. On my double page spread after researching magazines for double page spread on award ceremonies, I also kept to conventions by keeping most of my article on the right page and keeping bigger photos on the left hand side. But I wanted to create something unique by putting the title of the double page spread on the right hand side as well.

1) Front cover and double page spread conventions.

2) How does your media product represent particular social

groups?

I think my final media product represents a young social group. Ranging from teenagers to young adults who listen to POP music. My research helped me have the right kind of font styles, layout and coloring to the final products. I have used informal language as teenagers can relate to this and used the colours on a typical Pop magazine.

My media product I have created also divides between age and gender. As the colors show using the pink’s and the yellow’s that this magazine is aimed for girls.

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

4) Who would be the audience for you media product?

During my research of other magazines research like surveys, group interviews and indivdual interviews, The results shown that the best genre to was Pop as my target audience is 16-20 and found that they prefer Pop and R’n’B. I thought this would be more effective as I wanted to do a magazine for people aged around 16-20 because I feel like I can relate more to them. I also felt that I can relate to people who like pop as I like that as well so it was easier for me.

As the genre Pop is more likely a girls genre, I had to think about the colouring of my final product, so I choose the pinks and the yellow to attract the female audience for my magazine. I feel that the style and layout used will attract the younger target audience.

5) How did you attract/ address your audience?

After choosing my magazine genre, I looked at magazine with the same genre to get ideas about the layout of my magazine, the colours I use and the language my target audience can relate to. With my magazine I found that bright bold colours are more likely to attract my target audience, as they may be attracted to the appearance of a magazine. I also used the language which my audience can relate to. 16-20+ yr olds are interested in cheap things as they may not have much money and after looking at other magazines with this audience I seen that they had a reasonable price for this audience.

6) What have you learn about technologies from the process

of constructing this product?

Before this course I only knew very little about adobe Photoshop and nothing on in design. But through out this project my knowledge has expanded on both photo shop and in design. I have learnt how to edit things such as photos which has became very useful.

7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you

have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

My preliminary task, looking back on it, isn't as professional as my final product. I didn’t add more colour of different font and also I had a lot of space on my preliminary task, which can make it look less professional.

On the next slide is my preliminary task (front cover) and my final product of the front cover. I have learnt that the picture makes a big difference. On the preliminary task I only had to pictures which is unusual to have only two, after researching other magazines I seen either magazines with one picture or magazines with more than two. Also on my preliminary task it lacks font styles and there is also no barcode. I feel that my final product shows just how much I have learnt with how effective font styles, better quality pictures and use up more space is.

Looking at my contents page of the preliminary task (shown on the next slide), It isn’t eye-catching and is boring because it lacks in information. With the information provided on my first draft, it still isn't professional as the numbers on the magazine just range from 1-10 whereas professional magazines vary from 1-80 pages. After my preliminary task I then knew what I need to do in order for it to be more eye-catching, by adding colour, varying the font styles and the sizes of the font.