music magazine evaluation final
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Haleema Ali
Cover
I have used a large, bold title.
The title has the largest font
size from any of the other text as
it should stand out the most.
Here I have placed a barcode,
with the date and price tag on
top. This is a convention
which many magazines have.
The two main colors I used for
the text are pink and white. But
to make the stars name stand
out, I used a bright green. Also I
used a totally different font to the
rest of the text to make the
name look different and stand
out. I got this idea by looking at
other POP magazine covers and
and I think it looks really good.
Although the image of the girl
does not have the best facial
expression, its clear and sharp
which makes it look good.
I have used a lure on my
magazine which is the buyer can
get a free music download code
inside the magazine.
Under the heading I have placed a slogan for
the magazine which is ‘LOVE POP!’. This goes
well with the masthead as the letter ‘U’ is white
so it looks like ‘U LOVE POP!’.
On the cover I have mentioned
names of artist who will attract to
my target audience. This would
make them want o buy the
magazine so they can read about
these artists.
Contents Page
I made sure that I had 3
columns for the contents page
as this is a generic convention
for a magazine.
As the background of my
contents page is black, the
title stand out. Also I used a
large font size and different
font style for the title.
I put a editors note on my
magazine to welcome he reader
to he magazine. As this is a
message from the magazines
author, I have made it stand out
by outlining the box in pink.
I used green for the page
numbers as on the cover I
used green for the name of
the artist and I wanted to
continue using the color so I
could create a house style.
I used a pink box on the sub
headings to make them stand
out. This will allow the reader to
look for the section which they
want to read and go to it easily.I have put the image of my cover
on the contents page to link it with
the contents.
The title on my contents page is
‘This Month’, I used this because
many magazines put headings
like his rather than stating it is
the contents page. On the side of my heading I used
he names of my magazine and
put contents under it. I used the
masthead from my front cover.
Double Page
I am still using the
main colors for the
text. I am sticking to
pink, white and black.
Also as I am using
small parts of green I
have done so in each
page to create an
effect as it all links.
This is my house
style.
On the top of the page I have a green
heartbeat design on top of the word
‘Competition’. I did this to continue
with the house style of using a little
green on the page and this seemed
like a simple way to do it.
The second page of the article has
pictures on it which are selfies and
are there because it is the selfie
page which means people can post
pictures to the magazine in hope to
have them published
The first page of my double page spread
is a quiz which the reader can fill in and
then submit in order to get a chance to
win tickets to a live performance.
I have images of one of my
classmates on the double page
article in order to advertise the selfie
page. I only used pictures from one
person because I want the page to
be dedicated to a single person so
people are more interested in getting
involved.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
On my magazine I have used many conventions of a real
media product. This is because I have used a masthead
that stands out on my cover, many magazines have this to
try and attract audiences, as it will catch the buyer’s
attention if the masthead is bold. Another convention which
I have used on my front cover is a barcode and price,
magazines use this to make sure the buyer knows how
much the magazine costs. I have also put the issue date
on the magazine to allow people to know what month and
year this issue came out on. On the contents page I have
included an editor’s note as most magazines use this to
inform people reading the magazine what they might find
inside. I have also used the three column convention with
all the categorised in sections.
How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
My media product specifically targets young girls from the
age of 12-17. I researched into POP magazines and
realised that there is a lot of pink used. Bright pink stands
out to many young girls therefore I thought it’d be a good
idea to do the same for mine. Also, I have used artists from
the POP genre and made them stand out so that they catch
the reader’s eye. As I researched into prices of other POP
magazines, they ranged from £2.50-£3.50 so I thought the
best price would be £2.75. It is affordable and audience can
buy the magazine using pocket money or asking parents.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
A media institution that might be interested in distributing my magazine can be BBC Media Institutions. This is because they already publish a POP magazine called ‘Top of the Pop’s’. They could be interested in distributing mine as they already have an audience in this genre and if they were to produce another magazine for them to buy then they might make more profits. Another reason as to why BBC might want to distribute my magazine is that it could be popular amongst young buyers whom are usually the ones who spend their pocket money on products such as magazines.
Who would be the audience for your media product and
how did you attract/address your audience?
The target audience for my media product are teenage girls
aged 12-17. To help attract this audience I have mentioned
names of artist whom they might listen to for example,
Miley Cyrus. Another thing which I did to try and address
this audience is use the colour pink throughout my
magazine. I got the idea of using pink from my research
because most pop magazines aimed at this audience use
this colour. Also the price for my magazine is not too high
which means it is affordable for teenage girls as they can
get the money from weekly savings or from their parents.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
I have learnt how to take sharp images which I was able to use
in my magazine. This is because I now know how to focus the
camera and take pictures from different angles. I have also
learnt different shot types and how they are used within a
magazine for example; a mid shot would generally be used on
the cover of a magazine whereas a long shot would be used in
an article to show the scenery in which it was taken. To create
my magazine I had to use a Mac which I had not done before
so it was quite difficult to get the hang of it, once I learnt the
basic skills I was able to assemble texts and images to make
my final product. Another thing which I learnt to use is
Photoshop as that is the programme I used to make my media
product.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in progression from it to the full product?
Now that I look back at my preliminary task, I see the development of my skills. When I made the school magazine I did not have much knowledge of the technology I was using. When I began to make my music magazine it was a similar situation but then I began to understand more and was able to test my skills with the camera and Mac. My school magazine seems less professional that my music magazine so this can show the progression I have made.