The student discusses how their magazine uses conventions of real magazines such as having a date, bold title, contests, and images. They developed conventions by using one color backgrounds and multiple images. The student represents their target audience of teens to early 20s through the models used. They would be distributed by Billboard since they have experience with music magazines. The student addressed their audience through surveys to learn their preferences and made adjustments based on feedback. Through creating the magazine, the student learned about technologies like cameras, Photoshop, InDesign, and editing photos. They felt they learned the most about properly planning out a magazine template from

1. MY EVALUATION
Jaclyn Gray

2. 1) IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE,
DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF
REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
Codes and conventions of an existing magazine:
Date: So we know
that the magazine
is new. All
magazines have the
date on.
Bold title: So we
clearly know what
the magazine is
called.
Opportunity to win a
contest: Gets the
audience involved and
gives them a chance to
win.
Colourful title: Grabs the
attention of the
reader/viewer, but also so we
know who the artist is.
An image: Also
grabs the attention
as fans of the artist
would want to
read.
Colour
Co-ordinated
headlines:
Depicts the
names from
the
information.
Main image: So we
know who the
article is about
Article: Only 2
columns of writing,
fills the space up.
Big, bold ‘Creative’
title: ‘Fierce
immediately tells us
it’s about Beyoncé.
Colour Co-ordinated: Pink,
grey and white – all contrast
together.
Sub-headline:
Gives us a very
brief summary of
the article

3. FRONT COVER
USE:
- Bold title
- Main image is central
- Wide range of stories
CHALLENGE:
- Mid shot used for main image
DEVELOP:
- One colour is used as the
background

4. CONTENTS PAGE
USE:
- Quotes accompanied by
images
- Social media links
- Page numbers bolder than the
writing
CHALLENGE:
- No big, main images
- No coloured bars above or
below the images
DEVELOP:
- Multiple images are used

5. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
USE:
- Main image
- 3 columned interview
style article
CHALLENGE:
- Plain coloured background
– no added effects
DEVELOP:
- Quote used as a title

6. Q2 :HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT
PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?
Gender:
My magazine is targeted for both male and females, but mainly females (as I have more models who are
female, rather than male), aged between early teens to early twenties.
It would attract the attention of people who are interested in country music, but also having a
collaboration, would also get people interested in other genres to wider out the audience.
The colour scheme for my magazine is pale blue, black and white. This can also represent being aimed at
males and females as those colours are neither gender specific, none of the colours are represented for their
gender. This is also what my target audience chose for my survey, so I stuck with it.

7. Q2: HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT
REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?
Age:
My magazine represents age through the models I have used. As they are teenagers, this
inspires younger teens to look up to them, whereas people of the older generations would
listen to the music and feel young.
Although country music has fans with a big age range, I have clearly subverted this stereotype, as
existing country music magazines have told me that the older generation artists are most likely to be on
the front cover. I have subverted that stereotype, as my models show.

8. A Country Music Magazine called “Hot Country Songs” is a chart
published weekly by Billboard magazine.
Q3: WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT
DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?
Billboardbiz distributes different types of online
music magazines such as Hip hop, R&B, Pop and
Country so they are more than experienced with
distributing my chosen genre of magazine.
Billboard is an American entertainment media
brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-
Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge
Industries. Famous for publishing pieces such as
news, videos, opinions, reviews, events and styles.
It’s also known for it’s music charts, including
Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200.

9. Q3: WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT
DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?
UC Up Country is a monthly magazine who distribute
themselves by using radio’s, televisions and social media
platforms to help be advertised more. They present wealth of
information about Country Music & Line Dance,
including events, classes and much more.
This is also an online magazine where you can
download their music for free.
You can also subscribe to their online website
to keep updated with new arrivals on music.
This is not the kind of distributer that I would
want distributing my magazine because they
only seem to distribute one type of genre of
music.

10. I will be advertising to my target audience mainly through the internet, radio and television.
Q3: WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT
DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?
Country Music Channel is an
Australian cable and satellite
music tv channel

11. Q4: WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR
MEDIA PRODUCT?
Name: Bex Cotton
Age: 16
Favourite Artist: James Blunt
Name: Hannah Gray
Age: 20
Favourite Artist: Taylor Swift
Name: Aimee Mann
Age: 17
Favourite Artist: Lady Gaga

12. Q5: HOW DID YOU ADDRESS/ATTRACT YOUR
AUDIENCE?
80%
20%
What kind of article do
prefer to read?
Interview
From doing research about what my target audience looks for
in a magazine, I learned:
- That not everyone’s the same and have different ways they
like to read a magazine article
- Lot’s of people like different colours, but country magazines
are meant to be a plain colour with bold writing.
- The viewers know best.

13. Here is a video of me
interviewing a member of
my target audience. I am
receiving some feedback of
how I can improve my rough
cut magazine.
Q5: HOW DID YOU ADDRESS/ATTRACT YOUR
AUDIENCE?

14. Q5: HOW DID YOU ADDRESS/ATTRACT YOUR
AUDIENCE?
As you can probably tell, I have
listened to the feedback that
my target audience gave me
and made a few adjustments
to make it more appealing so
that my target audience find it
more interesting.

15. Q6: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?
Shutter-release
button
Power switch
Built-in-flash
Mode dial
Lens release
button
Flash mode button
Lens
Zoom ring
Focus ring
Gripper
ViewFinder
eyepiece
Flippable
Monitor/Screen Zoom out button/
Help button
Zoom in
button
Delete
button
Memory card slot
holder
Ok button
Playback
button
Command dial
(controls the
Aperture)
Information edit button
Nikon d5100 SLR camera

16. F-stop: It’s the opening that lets light into the camera. The
numbers on a f-stop vary depending on the size of the opening
meaning the number would be higher if the opening is big.
Q6: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?
Completely automatic
photography, the camera analyses
the scene and tries to choose the
correct settings to get the best
results
The same as auto, just with the flash
off
P – Programmed Auto:
The camera selects both f-stop and
shutter speed to ensure proper
exposure.
S - Shutter-priority Auto:
The user sets shutter speed, and the
camera selects the f-stop.
A - Aperture-priority Auto:
The user selects f-stop and the camera
selects the shutter speed.
M – Manual:
The user controls both the shutter
speed and f-stop.
Mode Dial

17. Q6: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?
Move tool
Lasso Tool
Quick Selection Tool
Crop Tool
Clone Stamp Tool
Eraser Tool
Gradient Tool
Blur Tool
Type Tool
Colour PickerZoom Tool
Brush Tool
Rectangular Marquee Tool
PhotoShop

18. Q6: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?
InDesign
Before making a magazine, it requires creating a template so
you know what goes where to give you an idea of what it will
turn out like.

19. Rule of thirds and the different shot types.
Q6: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

20. Q6: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?
By adjusting the brightness, the contrast, the
saturation and the temperature, it makes the image
look a whole lot more atmospheric.

21. Q7: LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT
DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION
FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

22. Q7: LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT
DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION
FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

23. THE FINAL PRODUCT