ESSENTIAL- Evaluation

By Mary Mabika

ESSENTAIL

Front Cover

Content Page

Double Page Spread

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

products?

Cover Line Name of the Artist

Strap LineAbove the Masthead

KickerUsually on the left and

right hand side of the page

Content Page

VIBE

NME

Rolling Stone

Double Page Spread

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

It is aimed at anyone who is interested in the genre of the magazine which is a mixture of R’n’B and Hip Pop music

and in new artists. However it can be preserved has being aimed at young adults aged 16-24 or either older. The artist on front is a young adult aged 19 and is a new artist which

suggests that my target markets are interested in new artist. So she will appeal to both older and younger age

members.

Media institution might distribute your media product?

IPC Media IPC Media is a leading UK consumer magazine publisher. Almost two in every three UK women and over 44% of UK men read an IPC magazine. IPC's diverse print and digital portfolio offers something for everyone.

This is because they are an established business with an impressive portfolio. Currently NME is their only music magazine, which is why I think that IPC Media is the best publication to distribute my magazine.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my magazine would be young adults from the age of 16-24. It is mainly aimed at females because of the feminine touch and sophistication may be the style of a man’s magazine however it does not mean that males are able to read as well. This is because the magazine is aimed at this specific audience; however it doesn’t mean that older adults are able to read the magazine. Also the feature of the magazine and the editorial context is aimed at the younger generation.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Front Cover

Double Page Spread

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

Slide Share AnimotoBlogger

Animoto produces videos from user-selected photos and music.Analyzes the provided photos and music, automatically generating a trailer like video.

Blogger is a blog publishing system where users are able to upload pictures and videos onto. Users are also able to update their blog and publish it for others to look at.

Slide Share is a website where users are able to upload and share their presentations and documents on SlideShare. Users are able to add audio onto their slide show .

Photoshop Techniques

Crop Tool

Text Tool

Clone Stamp ToolText Tool was used on my front cover, double page spread context page and the album cover. To use this tool I simply click on the ‘T’ tool. This also allowed me to move the text to place.

Crop tool was used to make the album cover which I used in my article on the double page spread. I basically clicked on the crop tool and I was able to select the bit which I wanted to crop from the picture below to get the picture above.

Clone stamp was used to remove the string hanging from her dress for the front cover image. To use this tool I clicked the clone stamp and clicked the background to clone the string out.

Publisher Excel

During my primary research I used excel to write up my results using the bar and pie graphs

I used publisher to make a mock-up of my front cover, content page and double page spread.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the

progression from it to the full product?

Preliminary Task-Magazine TOAST

Music Magazine ESSENTIAL

Producing a mock up before hand made it easier to construct the magazine. I was able to choose which colours will look and fit well into my magazine. I learnt how to assemble the whole magazine so that the front cover, content page and the double page spread all flowed together has one magazine.

I also learnt that it takes time and a lot of effort because what you may see on screen may not be what you see on paper which meant that I had to keep printing out pages to make sure that I its correct and how I want it to look like and making loads of drafts.

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