Final version- Magazine

Final version- Double page spread

Final version- Contents page

Evaluation Question 7

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

From my preliminary task I have for sure improved many things such as my Photoshop skills.

When I started using it I didn't know anything about it but then I got to know many things like cropping and playing around with different effects. And I feel more confident by using Photoshop from now on. The most important things are when creating any magazine is your target audience. I believe that if you don’t have a target audience then your magazine will be incomplete. When making a magazine, I feel that I have to just stick with one theme or situation in my mind so nothing can go wrong at the end. When making my preliminary magazine I definitely didn't do enough research into different things and that way I felt my preliminary magazine wasn't that good but it did attract to my target audience. The one thing that went good was using of fonts; I believe that having attractive and bold fonts stands out to many audiences. The difficult thing was to structure the layout of magazine, I wanted my magazine to look realistic however I also wanted to be conventional.

My preliminary task and my music magazine are totally different to each other but they do have some similarities like on my contents page of music magazine and front page of preliminary magazine I have used color effect layout to attract audience and present in a different way. I feel that I have improved my Photoshop skills and my music magazine looks way more professional than my preliminary magazine. 

 

Evaluation Question 6

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

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Throughout the project of my music magazine, I have come across lots of new software and technologies which I haven’t previously used before.

In the beginning I had to create an account on blogger.com which is an online blog that can be created easily where a person can add any notes and coursework or even projects they want to so other people and teachers can access through and have a look at their work. I found this resource very helpful as there is no tension of sending other to other people and the work can easily be uploaded on the blog and it permits me to upload any latest expansions in my magazine, including any pictures, PowerPoint and blog entrees even. 

For my task I have to carry out many researches on different features of the media. Another source is Google images where I have researched many images of different magazines and finding out how the magazine looks related to my magazine genre. I found this source very helpful as I could easily get images and information about magazine and it’s really helpful as you don’t have to go buy any magazine as you don’t always have a big selection of magazine to choose from. I easily found the images of different contents, front and double page spread magazines images related to pop genre and didn't came across any hassle.

For my task, I had to take pictures of my artist for front, contents and double age spread. I used a digital canon camera to take my photos. I borrowed a camera from school and practiced on how to use it and also got help from my teacher.

After uploading the photos onto my computer, I had to edit them and for that I've used a program known as ‘Photoshop’. This program allows me to edit my photos, changing the colors, sizes, cutting the background and whatever I wanted to do with my photos. I found it bit hard to use at first however after time to time I have got to know on how to use the basics and I was really impressed through what I have achieved by using this program.

I have used ‘Slide share’ program to placed my work onto it and that how other people can see it at any time and its really useful when you make presentations so you can easily add onto that program. And other people can comment on your work if they like it or if they want to see something different then they can easily comment on it. The presentation also includes script of the presentation underneath so if anyone wants to read that way they can easily do.

Another program I have used was Prezi which was also similar to slide share where other people can see your work however it’s created in creative way and it’s more interesting that catches audience attention as well and in there are different section where you can add your work and it’s another way of sharing your work. 

Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

Considering my music magazine, the main way I attracted my target audience was through the use of my color scheme. I used purple and pink as main colors which are typically aimed at young girls as them are my main target audience. I also used an exciting font for my masthead ‘Unplugged’ which is in bold and bright color so it stands out more on light background and that way it attracts the audience. I added a barcode, date and issue number so the magazine looks more legalistic and also it gives the audience a clear fact and the price also has been placed within the barcode.

One the contents page I have gone about attracting my audience through having a colorful circle with a story feature, I made in bright color so it directly attracts the audience. Also I've used page numbers in different style as having arrows flowing a number that also makes an interesting feature.

On my double page spread, I have gone about attracting my audience by using images of my model, Ricki, arranged in a film strip type of frame and placing two of the artist images inside to present in an interesting way.

My magazine also attracts the audience as it has the quality and doesn't seem to be child’s magazine as its more formal and appealing.

I have also gathered some feedback from some people who would want to read my magazine. I have asked them what they found interesting in the magazine and on what I can improve on. The data I have collected is shown below:

To find out what people like to have in a music magazine, I have created a chart and collected some responses from people and found that most of people want to see interviews of different artists, knowing about concerts/ gigs and having posters in a magazine that would also attracts the audience. 

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my magazine are females aged between 15-17. I have chosen my magazine to target mostly on females as I would be able to talk about topics such as relationship and music etc. I have made my magazine £1.99 because I feel that it is a fair price for a monthly magazine and it’s also affordable for people who might don’t want to send a lot money on just magazine (as there are some expensive magazines around) and I just tried to make it enjoyable for the audience. For audience feedback I made a type of table that would show what they have enjoyed and what they didn't and I will be collecting all the positive and negative feedback from them. The demographic category for my magazine would be primarily category E as they are children and students. The types of people I’m trying to attract to read ‘Unplugged ‘magazine’ are people who are interested in pop stars and people who like to know the latest news about music artists. The age group I’m trying to attract are young people as these are the people who tend to listen to pop music magazines. I've taken inspiration from magazines such as ‘Billboard’ and ‘Top of the pops’ to attract my target audience as they’re a similar type of magazine and in the same genre.

For my audience I've presented a questionnaire to find out what type of music genre they prefer so I can relate it to my music magazine. 

By looking at this pie chart which i made before making my music magazine, I found out that most of the people want to see a pop magazine as they like pop music.