Friday, 1 May 2009
Monday, 27 April 2009
Final Changes
After receiving audience feedback I have decided to make alterations to my magazine to make it more suitable for the genre of my magazine and to fit the audience better. Below are the final copies of my magazine front cover and contents page.
My contents page was very simple and only had 14 pages of contents in the magazine which made it unrealistic, I changed this to make the contents page busier and to add different features and contents in the magazine, above is my finished contents page with the added changes. I think that my new contents page is much more informative, easy to understand and it shows more about the magazine. After my audience feedback I thought that the contents page was unrealistic and didn't show enough information, the new contents page tells the reader more about the magazine.
After receiving audience feedback I have slightly changed the front cover of my magazine, as I said in my evaluation my magazine was aimed at females and rather than just being a music magazine it would feature things like fashion and beauty, I have added to my front cover to show these features in the magazine, this makes the audience know immediately what the magazine is about rather than them having to buy it and read it to know what it involves. I think that my final front page would attract more customers and a wider audience than the front cover which I first created.
Above is the finished copy of my double page spread, my audience feedback for the double page spread was very positive so the only changes which I have made to the double page spread are added page numbers to the bottom of the pages.
After receiving audience feedback I have slightly changed the front cover of my magazine, as I said in my evaluation my magazine was aimed at females and rather than just being a music magazine it would feature things like fashion and beauty, I have added to my front cover to show these features in the magazine, this makes the audience know immediately what the magazine is about rather than them having to buy it and read it to know what it involves. I think that my final front page would attract more customers and a wider audience than the front cover which I first created.Above is the finished copy of my double page spread, my audience feedback for the double page spread was very positive so the only changes which I have made to the double page spread are added page numbers to the bottom of the pages.Thursday, 26 March 2009
Evaluation for music magazine
In what ways does your print product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real print products?
My final product develops conventions of real print products as it is a product which is already available on the market and it is appealing to a smaller part of the market, rather than appealing to a certain music choice my magazine appeals more to females interested in music and fashion, you could say that women’s weekly music magazines are competition for product however they don’t focus on music as a main content. I chose to name my magazine ‘inspire’ as the definition of inspire is ‘to fill or affect with a specified feeling or thought’ I thought this was a good meaning for the name of the magazine as it fills the readers mind with information, feelings and thoughts of music and music is also and inspiration to a lot of people. The reason for my choice of photograph on the front cover of my magazine is I feel it is a natural photograph and as well as my magazine being about music I also wanted it to be an inspiration to people on fashion and beauty too. I don’t think readers are interested in a magazine photograph when the person on the front has been edited a lot to look unrealistic. I chose to stick to a simple colour scheme for my front cover using just black and white writing and also keeping the colour scheme of the photograph very neutral with the flowers in the background being the only colours. If my music magazine was to be sold in a retailer I think that it would stand out on the shelf and wouldn’t blend in with all of the other music magazines as it is unique.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My media product represents females aged around 16-25 it shows the music interests of this social group and also real life beauty and fashion which interests the social group. When creating my magazine I researched by asking people of this age group what they are looking for in a music magazine, they all said they would to see bands and artists as real people rather than manufactured artists who are told what to say, wear and how to look. I think my music magazine does this well as the models on my front cover are not wearing a lot of makeup and are wearing simple plain clothes, I feel that the photographs show the models personalities and make them more ‘real’
What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?
A media institution which may distribute my product is IPC media. IPC Media is one of the United Kingdom's leading consumer magazine and digital publishers, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. IPC media is also the publisher of NME magazine and I think that my magazine would sell well with NME magazine as its like a female more feminine version of the magazine and it isn't really competition for the magazine as they are both appealing to different audiences. Publishers also have competition from other markets, if IPC media published my music magazine then they would be appealing to a market which other publishers are not appealing to.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
As I said above the audience for my music magazine would be females aged around 16-25 interested in soft rock, pop, soul and indie rock music. The audience which I am appealing to is only a small percentage of the music magazine market however I think if this magazine was on sale it would be very popular as there are a lot of ‘women’s weekly’ magazines on the market and they are all very similar with the same information in them I think that the audience my music magazine in appealing to would buy the magazine as they would see it as ‘something different’
How did you attract or address your audience?
I attracted my audience buy creating a magazine for them which isn’t already available on the market, I feel that music magazines such as NME and Q are aimed at a more of a male audience rather than females and if a women’s music magazine was on the market they would be interested to read it, my magazine also offers other things which my audience are interested in such as exclusive interviews, fashion and beauty.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Since starting the media course I have used a lot more technology and learnt to use more programs. I had never done media before until I started it as an AS course at Wyke, before this the only time which I had used technology is at school and at home. At the beginning of the media course I wasn’t confident in using programs like Photoshop however as the year has gone on and as I have learnt more creating the preliminary task and the main task I now feel more confident in using programs such as photo shop to help me to create a magazine. I have also used technologies like digital cameras when creating the photograph for both the preliminary task and the main task. I now feel a lot more confident in using technologies and media studies has helped me with this.
Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
From the preliminary task I have learnt a lot more skills when creating my magazine, I have edited my pictures and created my magazine using different programs for example Photoshop. I have also found easier and quicker ways of creating things however for the main task I spent more time changing the magazine around for it to look exactly how I wanted it and I did more research to get more ideas and looked further into how music magazines are created. During the main task I also focused more on how to attract the audience and how my magazine would come across if it was to be sold at retailers. I think that my skills have improved from the preliminary task and this shows in the main task final product.
My final product develops conventions of real print products as it is a product which is already available on the market and it is appealing to a smaller part of the market, rather than appealing to a certain music choice my magazine appeals more to females interested in music and fashion, you could say that women’s weekly music magazines are competition for product however they don’t focus on music as a main content. I chose to name my magazine ‘inspire’ as the definition of inspire is ‘to fill or affect with a specified feeling or thought’ I thought this was a good meaning for the name of the magazine as it fills the readers mind with information, feelings and thoughts of music and music is also and inspiration to a lot of people. The reason for my choice of photograph on the front cover of my magazine is I feel it is a natural photograph and as well as my magazine being about music I also wanted it to be an inspiration to people on fashion and beauty too. I don’t think readers are interested in a magazine photograph when the person on the front has been edited a lot to look unrealistic. I chose to stick to a simple colour scheme for my front cover using just black and white writing and also keeping the colour scheme of the photograph very neutral with the flowers in the background being the only colours. If my music magazine was to be sold in a retailer I think that it would stand out on the shelf and wouldn’t blend in with all of the other music magazines as it is unique.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My media product represents females aged around 16-25 it shows the music interests of this social group and also real life beauty and fashion which interests the social group. When creating my magazine I researched by asking people of this age group what they are looking for in a music magazine, they all said they would to see bands and artists as real people rather than manufactured artists who are told what to say, wear and how to look. I think my music magazine does this well as the models on my front cover are not wearing a lot of makeup and are wearing simple plain clothes, I feel that the photographs show the models personalities and make them more ‘real’
What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?
A media institution which may distribute my product is IPC media. IPC Media is one of the United Kingdom's leading consumer magazine and digital publishers, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. IPC media is also the publisher of NME magazine and I think that my magazine would sell well with NME magazine as its like a female more feminine version of the magazine and it isn't really competition for the magazine as they are both appealing to different audiences. Publishers also have competition from other markets, if IPC media published my music magazine then they would be appealing to a market which other publishers are not appealing to.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
As I said above the audience for my music magazine would be females aged around 16-25 interested in soft rock, pop, soul and indie rock music. The audience which I am appealing to is only a small percentage of the music magazine market however I think if this magazine was on sale it would be very popular as there are a lot of ‘women’s weekly’ magazines on the market and they are all very similar with the same information in them I think that the audience my music magazine in appealing to would buy the magazine as they would see it as ‘something different’
How did you attract or address your audience?
I attracted my audience buy creating a magazine for them which isn’t already available on the market, I feel that music magazines such as NME and Q are aimed at a more of a male audience rather than females and if a women’s music magazine was on the market they would be interested to read it, my magazine also offers other things which my audience are interested in such as exclusive interviews, fashion and beauty.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Since starting the media course I have used a lot more technology and learnt to use more programs. I had never done media before until I started it as an AS course at Wyke, before this the only time which I had used technology is at school and at home. At the beginning of the media course I wasn’t confident in using programs like Photoshop however as the year has gone on and as I have learnt more creating the preliminary task and the main task I now feel more confident in using programs such as photo shop to help me to create a magazine. I have also used technologies like digital cameras when creating the photograph for both the preliminary task and the main task. I now feel a lot more confident in using technologies and media studies has helped me with this.
Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
From the preliminary task I have learnt a lot more skills when creating my magazine, I have edited my pictures and created my magazine using different programs for example Photoshop. I have also found easier and quicker ways of creating things however for the main task I spent more time changing the magazine around for it to look exactly how I wanted it and I did more research to get more ideas and looked further into how music magazines are created. During the main task I also focused more on how to attract the audience and how my magazine would come across if it was to be sold at retailers. I think that my skills have improved from the preliminary task and this shows in the main task final product.
Final contents page of music magazine
Above is the finished contents page of my music magazine, when I first researched contents pages from other magazines I wanted to create my contents page to be very plain and easy to use. I think that my contents page has worked well, the font represents the audience well with the girly flowery writing and the pictures are very neutral however really stand out in the contents page and look effective. At first I was just going to have one image on the contents page however I thought that it looked too simple so I added more photographs to make it look more exciting and give it the effect of a photoshoot.
Final double page spread of music magazine
Above is my final double page spread. When creating the double page spread I wanted to keep it simple with just one picture, a main title and an 'exclusive interview' the font I used for the title is feminine and 'funky' which shows the audience the magazine is created for. I also used the title 'here come the girls' as it relates to the audience, the band and music. I kept the colours very simple in the double page spread which brings the photograph out. I also chose to take the photograph on the sofa as the interview is an interview on the 'inspire sofa' each band interviewed by the magazine would have a photoshoot on 'the sofa'. I also slightly changed the layout of the magazine for which I had planned, I moved the text to the opposite side of the page as I felt it fit in with the picture better and I just used one picture so that it would stand out on the double page spread.
Final front cover of music magazine
This is the final product of my music magazine front cover. I chose this layout of my music magazine as I thought it made the magazine look plain and simple yet effective. I think that if this magazine was on the shelves in a shop it would be eye catching as it is very different from all other music magazines. I chose the title 'INSPIRE' as the definition of inspire is ‘to fill or affect with a specified feeling or thought’ I thought this was a good meaning for the name of the magazine as it fills the readers mind with information, feelings and thoughts of music and music is also and inspiration to a lot of people the font which I used for the title is also very delicate and feminine which immediately shows the audience which the magazine is aimed at.
I have only used one picture for the front cover of my magazine as I think if i added more pictures it would take the attention off the main picture. My reason for choosing this picture is the models look very natural which also shows the audience which the magazine is appealing to.
My music magazine looks very original and unique and isn't already available on the market, this in itself will attract the audience which the product is aimed at. I also changed the layout of my front cover to what I had planned, the plugs on the side of the page covered the picture too much and the bottom of the page looked empty with the barcode on its own so I created another plug at the bottom of the page I think this makes it stand out more.
I have only used one picture for the front cover of my magazine as I think if i added more pictures it would take the attention off the main picture. My reason for choosing this picture is the models look very natural which also shows the audience which the magazine is appealing to.
My music magazine looks very original and unique and isn't already available on the market, this in itself will attract the audience which the product is aimed at. I also changed the layout of my front cover to what I had planned, the plugs on the side of the page covered the picture too much and the bottom of the page looked empty with the barcode on its own so I created another plug at the bottom of the page I think this makes it stand out more.
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