Evaluation - Final Powerpoint

Music Magazine Evaluation from Lucy Teoh

Update

My final deadline for my evaluation is on Wednesday, so I'm going to use the next couple of days to really work on my powerpoint and prepare myself for my presentation. Wish me luck!

Evaluation - Question 7

The final question is “Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?” 

When I look back at the school magazine I did for my preliminary task, I see how much my photoshop skills have improved. I have also learnt how to take better quality images and how to make a layout better.

Evaluation - Question 6

Question 6 is 'What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?'
The first thing I learned was how to use a professional D5100 nickon camera. I learnt how to use shutter speed and aperture, and I learnt how to use a professional lighting studio. I also learnt how to use two different programs; photoshop and InDesign. With photoshop I watched youtube tutorials online and learnt how to airbrush, change hair colour ect. With InDesign I learnt how to create a professional layout.

Evaluation - Question 5

Question 5 is: 'What did you do to attract/address your audience?'

Firstly, my front cover model is staring straight into the camera which attracts the readers attention. I also used large headlines on my front cover and double page spread to draw the readers eye. My colour scheme is also suited towards my target audience. The name for my made up artist on the front cover is two names from famous rock artists so this attracts my audience as many of my target audience said they what attracts them most to the magazine is an artist they like on the cover.

Evaluation - Question 4

  Today, I answered question 4 of my evaluation “Who would be the audience for your media product?” this question has been answered repeatedly through the course of my project because my media product is aimed at my target audience. Therefore my magazine is targeted at teenagers and young adults between the ages of 14-25 who are interested in the rock genre.

Evaluation - Question 3

For this question I looked at two different media institutions:  Bawer Media Group and Team Rock. BMG publishes Kerrang and Q some of the biggest music magazines out there and they reach over 19 million adults every week. Then there is Team Rock who publish Classic Rock and Metal Hammer, so this company is more specific to my genre.  

Evaluation - Question 2

   Today, I answered question 2 of my evaluation. 'How does your media product represent particular social groups?'

None of the people in my magazine are over 18 and this is shown through the images I have used. This is especially shown in my double page spread where I have three teenagers shown and they are messing and not being serious like they are stereotypically supposed to be. They are also shown to be teenagers through their clothing choices. The girl is wearing jeans and a superman t-shirt which is common among teenagers. The boys are also seen wearing casual clothing. In the contents page there is also teenagers there and I’ve shown this by editing the hair colours of two of the girls. Bright coloured hair attracts more attention which is another stereotype of teenagers- that they want attention. Teenagers are also represented in the dialogue in the article as the speech is casual and there are some swearwords.

My magazine isn’t gender specific, but it does have mainly girls included in it. This is because more males tend to listen to the rock genre, so by including females on the cover it makes women feel more included. But the women shown in my magazine don’t fit the gender roles. The two girls featured in the main photos for the double page spread and the front cover both have short hair, which isn’t very stereotypical. They also wear quite masculine clothes. The two males shown in my magazine aren’t shown in serious poses, which is what magazines usually do. Their dialogue in the article shows them tagging behind the female member in their made up band ‘Heart over soul.’

Evaluation - Question 1

Today, I answered question 1 “In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?”The main conventions my magazine uses are:

•          Blocky style contents page

•          Name of magazine being behind artists head

•          Use of accent colours

The main conventions my magazine develops are:

•          Lowercase text instead of uppercase on my front cover

•          Blurbs for only a couple of articles on the contents page

The main convention my magazine challenges are:

•          Having a solo artist on the cover instead of multiple band members.

Update

Now that I have finished my magazine, I need to evaluate it. To do this I will produce a powerpoint presentation and answer seven questions to do with my magazine. The deadline for this is May 7th.
So over the next few weeks I will be answering the questions briefly on my blog.