Evaluation - How did you attract/address your audience.

To make my evaluation less boring, i tried a different appraoch to evaluating, i chose to have an interview with a possible reader of my magazine.

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

From the preliminary task to the main project i think i have progressed loads! i mean just seeing the photograph used in the first task and then the main photo's, in which the angles are better, even the pose is better. Then you have a colour scheme in the main task. where as in the school magazine it was just a case of whatever colour went. the plain background in the main task is so much better it makes the colour scheme easier to pick and also makes the magazine look less chaotic, unlike the first task.

Anyone can see by looking at the images of both tasks that there has been so much improvement between them!

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

Through the production of creating a music magazine i have learnt many different things whilst in the process.

Here i am in this picture using a mac!

Through this process i have learnt how to use a mac properly Finally! However, i felt more comfortable actually making my magazine on a windows computer as i know properly how it works and how to use the majority of the programs properly. Althought, on the mac i was able to use picnik to edit my pictures which i knew a bit about already but i really got to be able to discovery different things on it. This was very helpful as the macs work very quickly and i was able to then save my photo's on my memory stick then place them into my magazine.

Sian has also taught me to use serif, which is photo editing software, which before i struggled using. However, with the help of my partner Sian, i was able to learn things on it. Too create the overall porduct we used Serif Draw Plus i already knew how to use this, meaning i felt comfortable using it

Other technology used was Sian's trusty camera a Nikon D5000, and as Sian likes to call it 'the cool one with the flippy screen.' we used this camera for all of the main images used throughout both of our magazines.

Also as sians a technical genius she has photoshop on her computer meaning we had acess to use it if we needed it, in the end we didnt need it as all of the photo's came out pretty well.

Overall i think i have learnt a lot about the technologies i have used as although when looking at them they appear scary, just sitting down and trying them out and finding out how they work make life a lot easier.

Evaluation - Who would be the audience for your media product?

Well i have already posted pictures of my ideal reader and described them many times however, incase you forgot... here is what my ideal reader should be like:

He or she would more than likely:

• Wear skinny jeans.


• have piercings.


• have tattoos.


• have dark hair


• wear heavy make up


• and most importantely they must like rock music!

An example of my ideal reader.

My ideal reader would NOT! be someone like this:

(the picture went funny.)

Evaluation - What kind of media instituation might distribute your media product and why?

Me and Sian decided to work together for out magazine, therefore we had to make our evaluations similar to each others, by sharing the same opinions. if we got the opportunity to publish our magazine, ideally we would like Bauer publishing to distribute our product, as it is reliable for many different products including Kerrang magazine which is one of the magazines we researched then chose to base our product on.

Evaluation - How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

For this part of the evaluation i decided to make a questionnaire. i chose to ask people who are interested in the genre of music that my magazine is based on and made around.

1. do you think the colours are representative of the genre of the magazine?

Yes - 5

No - 0

Opinions - 'i liked the bold style, it matches the music'
' i agree with the first comment, the bold colours are good, attention grabbing!'
' The picture is good and i like the big quotes, it suites the style of the magazine!'

2. Is the format of the magazine clear?

Yes - 5

No - 0

Opinions - 'i love the layout of the DPS and of the contents'

3. what is your overall opinion on the images used?

Good - 5
' good poses for the model, represents the attitude of the genre.'

Bad - 0

4. Are the fonts used to their advantages?

Yes - 5

No - 0

Opinions - 'nice and clear, not too formal'
' i agree completely.'
' I agree with the top. I also like the bold quotes and purple headlines.'

5. What are your opinions on all of the features used? eg. Editors note, subscribe box, title used.

• 'I like them it adds a personal sense and professional style.'





• 'I love how there is a small amount of writing, makes it easier to follow, you can look at it whilst being very relaxed.'





• 'I love the editors note, with yours and sians signiture, the contents page is really professional which is also amazing! i love how the colour scheme is suitable for the genre as well. also the fact that Avenged Sevenfold and My Chemical Romance are on the contents.'





• 'It looks very professional like an actual music magazine, a famous quote from the amazing Tom Carnell of Stereotypical Blues Train'

6. How does my magazine represent particular social groups?

• 'It's bold just like the music that is mentioned'





• 'It features people we would listen too.'





• 'It includes things that we would want to read about.'





• 'It looks very much like a teenage music magazine and if it was real i would buy it.'

Evaluation - In what Way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products.

My magazine fits well with typical conventions of music magazines. On the outside front cover (OFC) i have used three main colours for the colour scheme, this keeps it looking professional and not too chaotic. The colours i have chosen represent the genre in my personal opinion (it fits its house style.) i chose the colour black as the darkness of the colour relates well with the genre of the magazine. The other colours i have chosen are because, they are not typically gender related, and i did not want to add pressure to the potential reader. An example of this is the colour red, it stands out against the background and also does not stereotype it to belong to either genre.

Another way my magazine sticks with conventions on the OFC is with the images used. The man image used is a mid shot, of my model Chloe Wiltshire, she is pulling an aggressive pose. the aggression is important in rock magazines as this is how the genre is usually portrayed through the media. Other images used are the poster images, these are all taken by me! Including the poster images works as a persuasive technique used to draw the readers attention. it persuades the reader to buy the magazine, as receiving free things with something you buy, is known as an audience pleasure, making the reader feel good that they are getting something for free. Also on the top and bottom there are bars which include sell lines, these are usually featured on most magazine front covers.

On the contents page there are many things that help keep it conventional. An example of this is the columns showing it to look presentable and professional. The fonts that i have used keep it the same atmosphere throughout the magazine. For the article and detail writing i chose to use a simple font of Arial. then for sub headings i used Rockwell Extra Bold. then for the name of the magazine i have used Heather BN. This keeps things consistent throughout the magazine.

As i tried to keep the double page spread (DPS) similar to Kerrang and Rocksound the magazine which i am basing mine on. i have to keep many features the same. an example of this is the large image in the interview alongside with a smaller one above the article. i included page numbers to interlink all the pages together, meaning i mentioned how the article would be featured on page 12, therefore i had to include this. I wrote the article in columns to make it look professional. I then had to draw the attention of the reader, i did this by using a pull quote above the article saying 'Scarlet fever plot global domination...'