Media Music Magazine Evaluation

Will McPherson

ROCK OF PAGES

Magazine research – An essential part of the course, was to take inspiration from existing products.

Style models

Question 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or change forms and conventions of real media products?

These were my main inspirations, during the construction of my magazine. In comparison to my final product, I have use conventions from each of the star models, and have been able to change some of those features. With these change features, I was able to develop the rest of my ideas, and can now compare the final product.

Front covers The title of Kerrang is large and stands out from the image. Its also cracked, which is a design feature, to represent the chaotic nature of rock music.

The main image is a close up, is conventional, not as used though. However it does create certain tension, that is reflecting upon the artist.

The text is eye catching, and links to the cover photo, and is diverse from the other text. The caption under the ‘HIM’ gives a brief description of the artist.

Magazine provides content, not directly towards music, but it advertises free content.Front cover also advertises the rest of the content in the magazine, but its more minor in comparison to the main image and title.The barcode is essential, as it allows the product to be sold. It has been clearly been printed, and states the price of the product.

The title of my magazine does stand out, however it’s slightly dominated by the main image.

Colour scheme consist of three colours, conventional in most front covers, is more consistence and looks more appealing.

Main image is a mid shot, more conventional for a rock magazine. Model displays an arrogant attitude.

Name of the artist, is in big bold, and styled font. This is to attract the audience to the product

Small advertisement of other content in the article

Barcode, allows the product to be bought

Picture advertises another story in magazine

Content page

Larger image, implies that this an important article.

Content subtitles are clearly labelled, to be identified by audience

Content advertises magazine, on how to buy and subscribe

Contents is clearly highlighted, using primary colours

Bright colours identify how much content they have

Photographs, is part of an article, used to make content more attractive

Section from magazine editor, explaining the contents of the issue

Similar layout to star model, however has a brighter colour scheme

Information about obtaining magazine, and how to buy/ subscribe

Applied a new way to find the magazine, through social media sites

Section written by the editor, about whats in the issue

One image is bigger than the other, to create a difference, between the these pages

More varied colour scheme, associated with genre

Double page spread

Title of article is a quote from the band, engaging the audience more and is sending a message

Language in article, is in the style of an interview, however has some

informal factors. Photographs of the band, with one dominate image, separated from the

article. Other photographs are added, to create a design

for the page.

Layout clearly displays the article, block capital draws readers to the article

Three colour scheme, doesn’t distract reader to much, colours work for rock genre

Title is a quote from artist, sending a powerful message, colours engage the audience to read article

Longer article interviewing artist, use of informal, and offensive language

Highlighted quote from the article, porously stands out to engage the reader. Also the artist is sending a specific message

Article is written in three columns, makes it easy to read

Dominate image of artist, uses one half of page. Conventional, however the image isn’t entirely, but it has an artist appeal

The age group that I’ve mainly represented, is men in their 20’s. This is mainly due to the fact that my article focuses on an uprising star, therefore he is fair young. However this age group does display intelligent, and the determination towards achieving their goals.

Question 2 – How does your media product represent certain social groups?

Men in my magazine, are displayed fairly confidently, however one is more confident than the other. This is due to the article I wrote on my main model, however he is described this way specifically, to create a contrast between the other models.

Representation Men

Distribution 1. The distributor that I would propose my product towards, would

be the Bauer media group.2. Distributor of Kerrang and Q, to of the biggest music magazines.3. Kerrang focuses on rock music, so Bauer has experience with the

genre.4. Advertised on Bauer radio, and box TV5. Distributed throughout Europe, USA, Russia and China

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

Bauer distributes several different genres, globally

Advertise through different forms of social media Already distribute Kerrang Also advertise through YouTube, video streaming

site, vast audience Website provides updated news

Why Bauer

Advertising

Different forms of distribution

Target Audience – Teens

Question 4 – Who would the be the target audience for your media product?

Rowan CharmersAge – 17Favourite genre-RockFavourite bands/artists- Skillet, Breaking Benjamin

Aidan ReayAge – 16Favourite genre-Rock/j rockFavourite bands/artist-Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets

QuestionnairesThis questionnaire focused on asking the target audience, how often do they buy magazines. Also it asked the audience, what they would like to read in the magazine, such as album reviews, specific articles. Also it asked on what colours should be used to present the product.

Question 5 – How did you attract/ address your audience?

This questionnaire focuses on the title of magazine, and the colour scheme. Having the target audience choose the title, allowed them to write their own opinions on what would make it good. Also choosing the colour scheme shows what the target audience would find attractive.

Charts of evidence

Plenty of Photographs5

Articles on certain artists5

Amusing articles 1

A loud front cover 4

Sectionson new upcoming artists6

Sections of regular content3

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Plenty ofPhotographs

Articles oncertainartists

Amusingarticles

A loud frontcover

Sectionsonnew

upcomingartists

Sections ofregularcontent

What do you like to find in music magazines

Plenty of Photographs

Articles on certain artists

Amusing articles

A loud front cover

Sectionson new upcoming artists

Sections of regular content

Name of Magazine

Loud Sound 5

The Sound of Death 0

Rock of Pages 11

Loud Sound

The Sound of Death

Rock of Pages

Name of Magazine

Selected Colour scheme

Crimson, black,white 4Navy,black,white 2Black,white,grey 4Bold red,black,white 6

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Crimson, black,white

Navy,black,white

Black,white,grey

Bold red,black,white

This graphs show which content people would like to see the most in my magazine, an important piece of information, as it shows what the target audience would like to see.

These two graphs, show what name and colour scheme, the audience voted for the most.

This video recorded the opinions of both genders, of the target audience.

Video evidence

Language – The audience were fond of the language, due to it’s informal and witty humour.

Photographs - The audience enjoyed viewing the photographs, because the represent the rock genre well, and make the magazine eye catching

Colour scheme – The colour scheme was bold and stood, which the audience found to be more attractive.

What the audience liked

Camera – Canon 1100The canon 1100 was an easy camera to use, because of it’s layout which displayed everything clearly. The main function I use was the manual setting, allowing me to change aperture and shutter speed, to what I think will work.

Question 6 – What have you learnt about technologies from the process od constructing this product?

Spot the difference

Shutter speed =1/160Aperture=14 Shutter

speed=13Aperture=14

The Photoshop program was one of the most useful of the technologies, because it allows you to edit photos, to look more professional.

Useful tools Magic wand Drag tool Magnet lasso Layers Black and white filter Masks Clone stamp

Photoshop

Before and after

Before and after 2

The second useful program I used, InDesign, was the bases of the magazines creation. The system allows the user design the layout, and create text and import pictures.

Useful tools Frame Text frame Drag tool Colour filter Import/place Shape tool

InDesign

Under the cloak

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

As you can see, the development between the two pieces is massive!

The final cut is three different colours, which is more appropriate

The text and other images are laid out better

The main photo is more professional, and eye catching

And it can be sold

The points

And again

Massive development!!

The final cut has three different colours, making it more attractive

It has more detail, to which the reader is able to understand

Photographs are bigger, and more impressive to look at

The points

The epic conclusion