In my evaluation the following questions will be answered in detail:
· In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
· How does your media product represent particular social groups?
· What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
· Who would be the audience for your media product?
· How did you attract/address your audience?
· What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
· Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
First of all i think that from my front cover i have used existing magazines to get my layout, font and other different parts on it, for example i have used a feature that 'Vibe' magazine use on most of their magazine cover which is the artist's names at the top of the page that will be featured in that edition of the magazine, this makes the magazine look more professional compared to one that doesn't really tell you what is going to be inside. Another thing i have used that you could find on most other music magazines is the way the font changes size and thickness so it is the same size and the text above or below it, an example of this is where it says 'The 100 best rappers of all time' this makes the word 'Rappers' the same size as where it says 'The 100 best' even though one is three words and is longer, this makes the word 'Rappers' more noticeable and helps the magazine stand out as a magazine with that style of music.
I think that my contents page is much different to a lot of other ones this is because of the picture, usually in music magazines the content page is mainly taken up with one or two pictures but in mine it just has one small one which makes the reader focus more on the actual contents of the magazine. One thing i think i have taken from existing media products is the way the word 'Contents' is set out this makes the magazine look more interesting rather that having it just on one line and it also helps the colour scheme look better than it would if the word was just all one colour.
I think that my double page spread has things that are in existing magazines the most noticeable thing being the picture that takes up one of the pages making it better to look at for the reader and also what is in it is the colour scheme is partly made from the hoody of one of the people in the photo's this makes the magazine look more realistic because this is the type of thing you would expect to see in a magazine made by professionals. Another thing taken from existing magazines would be the interview, i chose to do this because it is more interesting to read a interview from the person in the article hearing what they think rather than someone writing about them.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I have aimed my music magazine at people between the ages of 13-21 and people who are fans of hip-hop music i have represented the type of people that listen to it as the kind of people who wear hoodies, you can see this because in every picture one of the people in it is wearing a hoodie, which could be seen as a bad representation, this is because the older generation like the link hoodies with crime because of the fact that you can hide your identity using one, whereas people that usually wear them do so because they are comfortable and warm.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The places that i think would distribute my media product are places like newsagents, supermarkets and music shops it would be these places because that is where people are most likely to buy them from and they probably wouldn't be located in the city because people from big cities aren't really known for liking this type of music.
Who would be the audience for your media product?How did you attract/address your audience?
The target audience for my magazine is people from the age of 13 to people at the age of around 21 so it is basically teenagers and people that are fans of hip-hop and rap music i used things like pictures to attract them, for example the style of clothing used in the pictures are the stuff they would wear so they could probably see part of themselves in the picture another thing i chose to do is use names of people they have heard of so if they liked them they would want to read about that person.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learned quite a lot about technologies while i have been creating my music magazine one thing i have learned is that it isn't easy to make a magazine, another thing i have learned to do better than i could before i started this is editing images well enough to not have any of the background left, i knew how to use all of the computer programmes before we started so i didn't really learn much about them but with the camera i learned that you couldn't just use any photo because of things like lighting, if it is in the wrong position then it could stop you from seeing the persons face and you could encounter many problems like that.
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 i think that i have learned to do everything better, things like analyzing pictures, editing photo's and even knowing what way to lay a magazine cover out so it looks quite professional and even things like making an interview hat people could believe was a real one and just generally looking back at all of the work i have done i can tell that i have learned more and got better at doing this type of work.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I have aimed my music magazine at people between the ages of 13-21 and people who are fans of hip-hop music i have represented the type of people that listen to it as the kind of people who wear hoodies, you can see this because in every picture one of the people in it is wearing a hoodie, which could be seen as a bad representation, this is because the older generation like the link hoodies with crime because of the fact that you can hide your identity using one, whereas people that usually wear them do so because they are comfortable and warm.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The places that i think would distribute my media product are places like newsagents, supermarkets and music shops it would be these places because that is where people are most likely to buy them from and they probably wouldn't be located in the city because people from big cities aren't really known for liking this type of music.
Who would be the audience for your media product?How did you attract/address your audience?
The target audience for my magazine is people from the age of 13 to people at the age of around 21 so it is basically teenagers and people that are fans of hip-hop and rap music i used things like pictures to attract them, for example the style of clothing used in the pictures are the stuff they would wear so they could probably see part of themselves in the picture another thing i chose to do is use names of people they have heard of so if they liked them they would want to read about that person.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learned quite a lot about technologies while i have been creating my music magazine one thing i have learned is that it isn't easy to make a magazine, another thing i have learned to do better than i could before i started this is editing images well enough to not have any of the background left, i knew how to use all of the computer programmes before we started so i didn't really learn much about them but with the camera i learned that you couldn't just use any photo because of things like lighting, if it is in the wrong position then it could stop you from seeing the persons face and you could encounter many problems like that.
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 i think that i have learned to do everything better, things like analyzing pictures, editing photo's and even knowing what way to lay a magazine cover out so it looks quite professional and even things like making an interview hat people could believe was a real one and just generally looking back at all of the work i have done i can tell that i have learned more and got better at doing this type of work.
