Evaluation Question 5

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          Today, I answered question 5 of my evaluation “How did you do to attract/address your audience?” 

My front cover image is a close up of my model looking directly into the camera this automatically grabs the reader’s attention as it appears as if they’re looking directly at them. Also I used things such as colour my target audience said they wanted and free posters on the front cover which is also what they said they wanted.  13/20 members of my target audience said that their favourite artists on the front cover is what attracts them.

My titles are bold and eye-catching on all of my pages instantly grabbing the reader’s attention. The title of my double-page spread “Raw Talent” is a pun taken from her album “Sushi & Cigarettes” this instantly gets the reader’s attention as its quirky and doesn’t explain a lot so they want to read the article to find out about this “raw talent” 

Evaluation Question 4

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          Today, I answered question 4 of my evaluation “Who would be the audience for your media product?” this question has been answered repeatedly through the course of my project because my media product is aimed at my target audience. Therefore my magazine is targeted at teenagers and young adults between the ages of 14-25 who are interested in indie music and read magazines such as; Q, NME and MOJO. 

Evaluation Question 3

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           Today, I answered question 3 of my evaluation.  “What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?” This question involved a lot of research into what companies distributed my main style model NME.

IPC   

Publishing:

One of the leading media institutions in the UK, distribute NME - target audience would read.

V.well known publisher, 26 million adults in the UK read a magazine published by IPC Media – If used them I will defiantly get readers and know it’s a good company.

Big & Well Known = More advertising options.

Big chain supermarkets such as Tesco & Sainsbury’s are becoming the main sellers of magazines. I would also have visual copies of my magazine online and use the internet to distribute. Many other companies such as Q now have their magazine available online, so I would also do this to keep up with the competition

Evaluation Question 2

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         Today, I answered question 2 of my evaluation. Here are my answers to question 2 of my evaluation.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My main model who appears on my double page spread and front cover is a blonde white teenage girl; she links to the image of teenagers as she’s wearing trainers rather than heels this shows she’s a teen as Florence is shown in heels in her double page spread in Q and she’s an adult. Ellie’s clothes show she’s a fashion conscious teenage girl, this is apparent as I’ve presented her in 2 different outfits on my magazine. However, during the process of getting the photos I wanted I took images of her in up to 5 different outfits.

In my contents page I have a mixture of girls and boys. The girls are all just casual and posing for the pictures however, the boys are quite active as one boy is buttoning up his jacket and the other has his hands in his pockets this conforms to the stereotype that females faces are enough to make a statement and are comfortable getting their picture taken whereas males are more “camera shy” and have to be doing something as If their face isn’t enough to make a statement.

Evaluation Question 1

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              Today, I answered question 1 “In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?”

The main conventions my magazine uses are:

•          Florence & Last Shadow Puppets have close up/extreme close up (Front cover)
•          Very similar blocky layout like NME (Contents page)
•          Image on left hand side page split 50/50 (Double-page spread)

The main conventions my magazine develops are:

•          Taken idea of a large title and put a box around it (Front cover)
•          I took the title idea and changed the wording and the font (Contents page)
•          Drop capital pink rather than black (Double-page spread)

The main conventions my magazine challenges are:

•          Not normally photos on location (Front cover)
•          I used 3 boxes at the bottom of the page and that isn’t often seen (Contents page)
•          Smaller images bottom right

Evaluation Brief

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             For my evaluation I am going to answer 7 questions in the form of a video which I will edit myself. The video has to be a maximum of 20 minutes making sure it’s clear and specific.  

The 7 questions I am going to answer are:
          1.       In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of a real media product?
          2.       How does your media product represent particular social groups?
          3.       What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
          4.       Who would be the audience for your media product?
          5.       How did you attract/address your audience?
          6.       What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
          7.       Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the final product?

Final Cut

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             Yesterday was the final cut for my magazine, where I handed in the 3 pieces of work I’ve been working on for months now. Safe to say I'm proud of my work I did it to the best of my ability and tried super hard on it.

I am going to be doing a formal evaluation in a video, but here is my finished work.

My favourite page is my double-page spread. I absolutely love how it turned out the colours really worked as the pale pink and pale green really link my genre and my target audience said they wanted. I love how it looks on the page is defiantly my favourite. 

Front Cover

        

Contents Page

Double-page Spread

If I was to do this project again I would change 3 things; Front cover layout, vary my fonts more and change the “Lily Rose What’s New” title on front cover. I would change these 3 things because I feel they’re what let my magazine down the most. The layout of my front cover is very weak as there isn’t a lot of text and there’s lots of empty space that could have been filled by a plug or another list. Also, my title isn’t as eye-catching as it could have been. My front cover is my weakest area; I found it incredibly hard to get something I was completely happy with. I do like my front cover I feel like the image makes up for my lack of text. Finally, I could have used more varieties of fonts throughout the 3 pages to make it more exciting.