Research and Planning: Completed Music Magazine

Evaluation Question 7 : Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Also I have thought about the posture of my models within the music magazine, and made them look as though they have an attitude, whereas there was no emotion shown by the models in the college magazine.

I learnt to cut out photographs for the music magazine and so was able to make images fit into the page, rather than just stick them on top of everything, which looks tacky.

I really considered font sizes and the uses of colour for my music magazine, as in the college magazine the fonts were hard to read and the green on black was unclear, yet the blue and white are very easy to read on the black in the music magazine, and the fonts are also much clearer.

Evaluation Question 6-What Have You Learnt About Technologies From The Process Of Constructing This Product?

What Have You Learnt About Technologies From The Process Of Constructing This Product?

I used flickr in my evaluation so that I could talk about media distribution.

I used prezi in both my evaluation and my magazine development process, I included the title, positioning statement, price, where I wanted my magazine to be distributed etc.

I used photoshop to create my music magazine cover and contents page. This piece of software offered me everything I needed to create it and was quite simple to use.

I used the SLR camera's to take my pictures. This ensured that the picture quality would be excellent and very clear.

I used blogger to show the process I took to create my music magazine. Each lesson I would update my page and show what I'd done. This is good as it shows my progress throughout the last few months.

I used the iShowU software during this evaluation question so that I could record the other software used whilst creating my magazine. Also I used it to record me creating my interview questions for my double page spread.

Evaluation Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

How Did You Attract/Address Your Audience? on Prezi

evaluation: Question 4- who would be the audience for your media production? why?

 

This audience is often a student, so they would have a low budget, my magazine isn't very expensive to target this.

The shops they would like quite frequently sell merchandise, and even music, made by or representing bands very similar to those featured in my magazine, so the magazine may appeal to them.

The food they like is fast-food, low budget, and they would still have some money left over to cross the road from one of those restaurants and  buy a magazine.

The taste in music would feature bands of the same sound and scene as all those featured in Sound magazine, making it appeal to them very well.

The way this target of people socialise is through music mostly, so using music to target them in a magazine seems a sure-fire way to gain their interest.

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

Evaluation Question 2-How does your media product represent particular social groups ?

Posture:  The posture of my model is similar to that of Corey Taylor, a laid back, cool look, right at the camera showing the artist has attitude and is also a relaxed person, similar to Corey Taylor who is famous for being known as 'The Nicest Guy In Rock'. Reflecting this style makes my artist seem very likeable.

Gesture:  Corey Taylor looks far more strong and over-worked than Chris, since he has done a lot more in his life and made a lot more success, Chris is just getting started in the industry and he seems to be pretty content, showing he likes the life he's made out of rock.

Angle:  Chris' image is a canted angle, which reflects the different slant that new rock has on everything else. Corey Taylor is at a very slight canted angle as well, though is not as noticeable, since I wanted my canted angle to be obvious.

Shot Type:  Both shots are medium close ups, to show the physical presence of the male figure, and to show the facial expressions very closely, as the attitudes are important of a musician in order to connect with their fans and be more three dimensional, rather than just being a poster model, they have a personality.

Lighting: There is similar lighting in both images, with light shining on the face of the two front-men to show that they are stars. Corey Taylor has a green tint and is not as bold an image as he is already a superstar in the rock industry, whereas my model is just getting noticed and so his face needs to be really bright so it can be seen and recognised again in the future. The image has to be memorable.

Costume:  Both models are wearing black, casual clothes. The black colours reflect the genre of rock music, and the casual look is also featured throughout similar magazines, such as Kerrang and Rocksound.

Expression: The expression of the artists in both images are calm, composed and content, making them seem very pleased with what they have done, which is important for a musician, as an artist who is pleased with their work is far more likely to be appealing to a fan-base than one who looks miserable and appears to dislike being involved in the industry.

Hair:  The hair of both men is very short, especially for a rock-star, however, they both look tough and moody, which is necessary for their image.