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Evaluation 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? My magazine uses the codes and conventions of a real magazine as I designed it using inspiration from an issue of Q magazine. I followed every code and convention including the colour scheme, the layout of the cover lines, and the size of the masthead. I have designed my masthead to look identical to the one on Q magazine. The magazine uses a consistent masthead with the letter Q in red box appearing in the top left hand corner on every issue. 2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? My magazine represents indie social groups. The bands and artist that are used in my magazine all come into the indie genre. I chose Shea as my model as he fits the genre perfectly due to being indie himself. The pink shirt and purple tie wouldn’t be worn by people who are into pop or hip hop music so that is why I used that image to be on my front cover. 3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? I think Bauer would be the institution most likely to distribute my media product as one of the magazines they produce is Q. Q magazine have done issues on indie rock bands such as Arctic Monkeys in the past and I have also designed my magazine using the codes and conventions of a magazine with Liam Gallagher on the front. I would distribute my product by putting it on the shelves in shops but also making it available to buy online. 4. Who would be the audience for your media product? My target audience was always going to be for fans of indie music. I asked Shea to be my model from the very start and as he fits into the genre perfectly I stuck with the indie idea. Shea sort of made the decision of the genre of the magazine for me because he wouldn’t look right on the front cover of a hip hop or pop magazine. 5. How did you attract/address your audience? I think I attracted my audience with the large image on the front of my magazine and also with the cover lines. The cover lines feature artists that fit into the indie category so someone who is interested in that sort of music will see that hen the magazine is
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Evaluation
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My magazine uses the codes and conventions of a real magazine as I designed it using inspiration from an issue of Q magazine. I followed every code and convention including the colour scheme, the layout of the cover lines, and the size of the masthead. I have designed my masthead to look identical to the one on Q magazine. The magazine uses a consistent masthead with the letter Q in red box appearing in the top left hand corner on every issue.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My magazine represents indie social groups. The bands and artist that are used in my magazine all come into the indie genre. I chose Shea as my model as he fits the genre perfectly due to being indie himself. The pink shirt and purple tie wouldn’t be worn by people who are into pop or hip hop music so that is why I used that image to be on my front cover.
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I think Bauer would be the institution most likely to distribute my media product as one of the magazines they produce is Q. Q magazine have done issues on indie rock bands such as Arctic Monkeys in the past and I have also designed my magazine using the codes and conventions of a magazine with Liam Gallagher on the front. I would distribute my product by putting it on the shelves in shops but also making it available to buy online.
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
My target audience was always going to be for fans of indie music. I asked Shea to be my model from the very start and as he fits into the genre perfectly I stuck with the indie idea. Shea sort of made the decision of the genre of the magazine for me because he wouldn’t look right on the front cover of a hip hop or pop magazine.
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
I think I attracted my audience with the large image on the front of my magazine and also with the cover lines. The cover lines feature artists that fit into the indie category so someone who is interested in that sort of music will see that hen the magazine is on the shelf. The colour of the shirt and tie that Shea is wearing is classed as “different” which is something that indie people are. I feel that when a person walks past the shelf who is indie sees my magazine they would look at the image and realise what the genre is.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The main piece of technology used was Adobe Photoshop. To create the magazine I used Photoshop. I edited the images and everything about my magazine was done using Photoshop. I also used Internet Web 2.0. It was necessary to manipulate the images so they weren’t the same as the ones taken and to make them perfect and suitable for the magazine. Other technology used were blogger and slideshare. Blogger and slideshare were used to upload my coursework.
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at my preliminary task and my magazine now, they are completely different. The preliminary task was made without any knowledge of how to use Photoshop so it was a basic design that was shocking. I feel my progression has been shown with the quality of my magazine especially my front cover.
