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Music magazine evaluation
The document is a reflection by Hannah Patrick on the development of her music magazine project. It discusses how she used and developed conventions from real music magazines in her front cover, double page spread, and contents page. For the front cover, she used a large bold headline, flash boxes, and barcodes which are typical conventions. For the double page spread, she included a main image, interview text formatted in different colors, drop caps, and pull quotes. She also challenged some conventions like attaching images. Her contents page included a subscription box. Overall, the document discusses how she researched real music magazines and applied authentic conventions to structure her project.
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- 2. In what waysdoes your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
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- 4. I noticedduring some magazine research that the font size of lead headlines is often large and bold, this is to grab the audiences eyes to the main aspect of the magazine. I used this idea in my magazine as it then easily indicates which topic my magazine will be based around.
- 5. This is thelead headline on the front cover of my music magazine. I used a bold font, all in capitals and the colour Purple to fit in with my house style. Real media product lead headline.
- 6. During myresearch I noticed typically pop magazines tend to have flash boxes, just as the one below, I decided to use this idea just as shown on the bottom left of my magazine. Flash boxes are used to advertise something that could be included in the magazine, for example, free gifts or big lines. I chose to advertise a free poster of a well known pop magazine.
- 7. Real media productflash box. This is my flash box, I decided to advertise a free poster inside as ‘freebies’ always attract more buyers.
- 8. Bar codesare common in every single type of magazine, this is a main convention as it includes the price of the magazine. I used this important convention in the bottom right of my pop magazine.
- 9. A typicalpop magazine will have a bold, bright masthead to it stands out to the audience, the colours usually used are Pink, baby Blue and Yellow. I decided to stick by this as it's a bit 'cheesy' which is what you would expect from pop magazines.. It gives the impression the magazine is fun. At the bottom is a few examples of real media products.
- 10. Music magazinestend to have a lead image, this is usually mid shot. This is a form I have used in my music magazine. Below is an example of a real media product. Poptasty front cover.
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- 12. For mydouble page spread I didn’t know where to start, so I done a lot of research for this before drawing out my flat plan and going to make it on Photoshop. I looked at a few different layouts, but one I often came across with pop magazines was a main image on one side of the magazine and the interview on the second page. This works really well and effectively as it separates the pages, but it also brings the over all double page together nicely. There isn’t too much text that it looks off putting as the image breaks it up a bit.
- 13. Real media productdouble page spreads. My Double page spread.
- 14. The majorityof double page spreads in any type of music magazine tends to have a drop cap, this is a really good idea which I used on my double page spread, as it brings the audiences eyes to the story instantly.
- 15. Real media product doublepage spread My Double page spread drop caps.
- 16. Another thingfrom real media double page spreads I noticed and developed my for music magazine was the use of pull quotes, this is an introductory line at the start of the interview. I have developed mine from the examples on the next slide by changing the topic to suit my interview and the interviewer.
- 17. Real media productdouble page spreads pull quote. My media product double page spreads pull quote.
- 18. A formI have chosen to develop was to change the colour of the text between the interviewer and the interviewee, this is so the audience can precisely see who is asking the question, and who is answering. If not the magazine wouldn’t be organised at all and the readers would be confused so the idea of this is to make the magazine much easier to read and so it ‘flows’ more.
- 19. My media product. Realmedia product.
- 20. CHALLENGED CONVENTION Aconvention I have challenged on my double page spread would be the use of images I attactched at the bottom right of my magazine. This isn’t a typical convention you would expect to see in a magazine, usually it would just be to attach another image in the centre of an interview.
- 21. Real media typicaluse of images on double page spreads. My use of images on a double page spread.
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- 23. A conventionI chose to develop in my music magazine was a subscription, I think this is a huge part of the magazine and is very important; most magazines have a subscription somewhere within the magazine, it is usually on the front cover or towards the end, however I decided to include it on my contents page as readers will always be on this page at some point.
- 24. My subscription boxon my contents page Real media product subscription box
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- 26. A conventionI decided to challenge was to title my features and regulars, although magazines will have regulars and features within the contents page I noticed during my research it is unlikely that they will be subtitled.
- 27. My challenged media convention Realmedia product contents against what I decided to challenge
- 28. How does yourmedia product represent particular social groups?
- 29. WHAT SOCIAL GROUPWAS I LOOKING TO TARGET? From the survey I done before making my magazine I learnt that the majority of my audience listened to R&B, Dance and Pop, therefore I decided to target the R&B, Dance and Pop market. I also thought this would be a good idea, and my magazine would have a greater outcome as I myself read these types of magazines, therefore I can relate to them and know what they are about and typically look like.
- 30. Above is ascreenshot of my survey to back my previous point , I have highlighted the key parts.
- 31. HOW HAVE ICHOSEN TO PRESENT THIS SOCIAL GROUP ON MY FRONT COVER, DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD AND CONTENTS PAGE? The social group I was aiming to represent my magazine was a stereotypical young, girly, crazy teenage girl. My magazine represents teenage girls as fun, young and carefree. You can see this from my front cover as the model I have used isn’t pulling a serious face, she looks crazy and like she is having fun, also, the colours my model is wearing portrays female and girly as it is a very bright Pink which stands out.
- 33. My contentspage also represents the social group of teenage girls as I used very girly colours, such as Pinks and Purples. These are traditional colours associated with young teenage girls, so seeing these all over the page will automatically portray to the audience that it is a girly, fun magazine. Also, the other image of the male model reflects this as it is a young, good looking teenage boy who females would be attracted too.
- 35. My doublepage spread finishes the magazine off, it is hard to represent a social group here as the page is always going to be based around one interview and one story, however my double page spread still continues to represent my social group through again, the girly colours I have used and the general pose of the model as its very playful and girly and this presents the nature that the readers would like to look up too.
- 37. Who would bethe audience for your media product?
- 38. The audiencefor my media product would be teenage girls, aged between 11-16. You can tell this from the over all design from my magazine and the colours and images I have used. The house style of my magazine is typically Pink font and a girly, fun style. This is linked to young teenage girls as it’s the colours they wear. 71% of people from my survey believed my magazine was a pop one before knowing, this is good as that was the initial aim I was hoping for.
- 40. How did youattract/address your audience?
- 41. FRONT COVER Afront cover is one of the most important features when constructing a magazine, so it is important to make this stylish and attractive as if this works, it will be more likely that the product will bring in more buyers. Keeping this in mind, when it came to constructing my own front cover I chose to have a mid shot image of my model for the lead image, keeping eye contact with the readers as this would attract the audience as it makes the image much more personal. The masthead of my magazine is also an important aspect as it will be continuous on each issue.
- 42. Another conventionI decided to use was a flash box, I put this towards the bottom of my magazine. This will attract readers instantly as it is giving away a ‘free poster’ and persuade them to purchase my magazine. I used the effect of glow on various texts on my front cover, this makes it much more noticeable and interesting.
- 43. CONTENTS PAGE Ihave addressed my audience in my contents page by the glittery subscription box, glitter is a typical girly thing therefore this is why I decided to add this when constructing my magazines contents page. I also attached a new kind of image, a model which hasn’t yet been seen within my magazine. I chose a male teenage model, this is because young teenage girls are always looking up to new ‘lads’ that come in, for example, Justin Bieber and JLS.
- 44. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD The pull quote I used on my double page spread are in a girly, italic font and larger than the rest of the fonts on the page. This makes it stand out and therefore draws attention to the readers.
- 45. EVIDENCE I HAVEATTRACTED/ADDRESSED THE AUDIENCE
- 46. What type ofmedia institution would distribute your product and why?
- 47. WHY? We love popmay distribute my media product as the product is similar to mine, however not exactly the same, they relate in the way that the headlines have elements of fashion and gossip, however my media magazine shows different aspects as they also have elements that will attract more than just pop fans therefore this could create more purchases.
- 48. What have youlearnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
- 49. Uploading my workwhile constructing my work has been useful as it has helped me be a lot more organised, also, I learnt blogger is a professional way to present work. I used survey monkey to send questionnaires to people about my music magazine, this helped me learn what sort of things I was doing right and what I should change on my magazine. I had no experience in using Survey Monkey but I have now learnt to present a professional looking survey.
- 50. Photoshop was theprogramme I used the most throughout the task. I had never used or had any experience with this software before so I didn’t know anything, however I learnt so many new skills, some basic ones to start with for example, how to insert an image and new frames then my skills slowly developed to things such as learning how to rasterize layers, colour range and add effects on to fonts and images. I also learnt some skills which helped my magazine double page spread have a better outcome, I used the grid method so I could clearly see where my double page spread would fold over.
- 51. I learnt thatsocial networking sites such as Face book hold a lot of power, without Face book I wouldn’t have been able to collect any audience research and collect answers from my surveys. I hadn’t ever heard or been introduced to slideshare before starting this project. I learnt it is a professional way to present powerpoints and that it is also easy to access online.
- 52. Looking back atyour preliminary task, what do you feel you learnt in the progression from it to the full project?
- 53. My front coverfor my music magazine is much more professional looking compared to my college magazine, for example my college magazine has a lot of White space which makes it seem boring and not very appealing to the audience, whereas the background of my music magazine has lots of colours going in it but no White which brightens this up. I inserted more advertisement to my music magazine such as the banner which increases its style and makes it more appealing. This is an superb example to show my skills have developed during this task. My contents page too shows that my skills have increased rapidly, I didn’t fill the whole of the page within my college magazines contents which makes it look very plain, my contents page on my music magazine is much more filled which seems as though there is more interesting things going on.