Evaluation

Evaluation

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and convection's of real media products?
My media product differs between the codes and convection's rules. Some of the ideas of the magazine have come from the codes and convection's whereas some of them I had to go against because I didn't feel like they went well or looked good in my magazine. I used the way of how the front covers and contents pages are set out because they show what magazines are supposed to look like without changing big features.

I had to against some of the rules because of different reasons. One reason would have to be that it doesn't fit in with the magazine as there wasn't as much room because the main image would take up the room so I couldn't put as many cover lines around otherwise they would be on top of the main image and not many magazines do have them on top as you cant see the images aswell. I have used three images on the front cover which is against the codes and convection's as it makes the front cover look too full and cramped together. I kept it though because it will make the magazine more entertaining to read and more attractive to the target audience. Some magazines do have more than one image on their front cover

I recorded 2 people and asked them whether they liked the writing on top of the images or not and these are the results: Out of the results they both thought that writing not on top of the images are easier to read and clearer to see. Which is what ive done on mine.

I have kept some of the codes and convection's like the Title of the magazine being big and at the top of their magazine. Some magazines have their magazine on top of the magazines name but this means it’s harder to know what it’s called when they want to buy the next issue.

The cover lines are quite big and very clear. They show the audience what’s inside the magazine so they're more likely to buy it. Some magazines don't follow the rules and do over take the image. So some follow and some challenge the codes and convection's.

I had to keep changing the design of the magazine so that it fitted in with the other pop magazines. At the end I ended up with a total different design than my drawn one at the beginning because little details got changed in my magazine. The changes were things that the real magazines wouldn’t have because they didn’t fit in with the genre POP, they didn’t appeal to the target audience or they didn’t go with the magazine very well.

What i have kept the same throughout

o Background colour
o Title
o CD in the title
o Website on the right and underneath the title
o Microphone in each main image

What i have kept the same throughout

o Same font for signature

o Ipod stayed in same place

o Concert picture stayed on each one

o Contact details stayed the same

o Images for the contact details stayed the same

What i have kept the same throughout

o Two of the same images
o "And i know i come across as the girl who cares about my bags and the shoes i wear but im for real!" quote is always on there
o Editors name









2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?



Girl in my target audience singing to Michael Buble-I just haven't met you yet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2KFI_h0rII&feature=related

Lloyd Daniels concert I went too -can hear all the girls shouting and screaming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy9Jbr88b3c

These are two of my target audiences singing to their role model http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xYpHbg0fEE

These are websites are about celebrities being role models to children http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4140000/newsid_4148800/4148861.stm http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080418040345AAhYNhO http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/179765/how_celebrities_influence_teenagers.html?cat=49

These are websites are about magazines influencing teenagers

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Much-Do-Magazines-Influence-Todays-Teens?&id=1062736

http://www.womensenews.org/story/commentary/031029/teen-magazines-send-girls-all-the-wrong-messages

3. What kind of music institution might distribute your media product and why?



Here are a few magazines they work with:


Here's what IPC Media does on their website:


4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
My target audience are mostly females and some males of the age of 12-16 years old though some younger children may also be interested in the magazine as they are fascinated in the lives of the celebrities. This is my audience age group because they are more likely to buy magazines and are more into the pop genre. The pop genre includes celebrities that are new and have got the latest songs or films out so more children that listen to this type of music will know who they are and what to read about them. The celebs are role models to this age range which is why they're more like to buy the magazine.

This is an example of someone from my target group:



5. How did you attract/address the audience?



These are the attractions of my magazine:

Someone from my target audience:

This is an example of the questionnaires that i gave out to ask them their opinion on mine and a professional magazine: This is an example of one of the results that i got back.

The results:

6. What have you learnt about technology from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt new software called Quark Express. I had to use it to create my contents page and my double page spread. I learnt how to use all the new tools to create my pages more creational and professional.
I have also learnt more on Photoshop. I have used it before but needed to know abit more as everything had to be done from scratch. I created my front cover using Photoshop.

I couldn’t use any images of the internet so everything had to be taken from scratch by using a camera. I needed to know all the buttons and effects of the camera. It took me a while to learn them as it was a new camera that I had never used before.

7. Looking back at your preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progress from it to the main product?