1. Media studies evaluation
James Hadley

2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms conventions of real media products?
My product makes use of typical conventions of a media product.
Front cover:-
Puffs on side of the page with extra issue information.
Title Block on top of the page so it stands out
Central image has a direct mode of address
Barcode
Contents page:-
Typical layout, easy to locate information through sections and page numbers
Message from editor
Images
Article:-
Interview, different fonts & colours
Images
3. How does your media product represent particular social groups
Age group represented is 16 to 26
Represents people belonging to the Rock subculture.
My magazine represents both of these positively
4. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why
I would chose IPC media for the following reasons:-
My magazine is mainstream so I need a mainstream publisher
Trusted and well established, they distribute many successful magazines
They distribute NME which is also a rock magazine.
5. Who would be the audience for your media product
Young males aged 16 to 21
Working class
People living in cities
6. How did you attract/address your audience
I attracted my audience through the front covers in many different ways:-
The central image (mode of address)
The tittle block (colours, effect, actual title)
Colour scheme
Puffs with snippets of information for other articles in the magazine
7. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt new skills in:-
Adobe Illustrator (Image placing, creating the text)
Adobe Photoshop (Cropping , removing red-eye etc.)
Blogging
8. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?