My music magazine evaluation

3. Table Comparing the similarity and differences between my front page and a professional front cover
Similarity Contrast
Masthead Masthead
The Masthead on Both Magazines are both Similar as they are big bold in Although Blender's Masthead is very Similar, Bender’s masthead has a streak going
black as this is effective as it catches the attention the people. across it.
Headlines Headlines
The headlines for both magazines are spaced out evenly across the whole The headlines used in my magazines is very different compared to the Blenders
magazine using different types of heading, the reason why the headlines are headlines as Flavour uses headlines that talks about Music and news about Music on the
placed where they are is because so reader can jump from headlines to other hand Blender uses stereo typical topics such as “Bikini booze scurvy” this shows
another, also the colours of the headlines use different colours so it looks that Magazine is implying that the Audience is more interested in life style than Music.
appealing rather than dull although the text size is are all different as it can
start from big then go small. Colour Scheme
The colour Scheme used for Flavour took me some time as I chose Black and pink I was
Colour Scheme hesitant at first because I didn’t want to be stereotypical however I then decided that
The colour Scheme for the Magazine's have the same idea on how to use the using pink make my magazine instantly appealing to the audience my audience is woman
colours and where to use them, e.g. both magazines mixed up the colours and men but a man who is metrosexual that isn't your typical man that goes to the pub
with the headlines as they different colour’s, the reason for this is because its and acts Macho.
more exciting and more colourful and make sure the magazines doesn't look
dull but more brighter.
Images
Images The Blenders magazine model is showing more skin to get the attention to draw in the
The image I used for the main picture for my magazine is a Picture of a young audience.
Attractive girl that attracts the audience, I directed the model to wear smart
but also look edgy, both images are in the centre of the magazines as they
want the picture to be the centre of attention the reason for this so the
magazine catches the Audiences eye.

4. Table Comparing the similarity and differences between my content page and a professional contents page
Similarity Contrast
Masthead
Both of the Contents page have in similar I that they have ”Content” Masthead
written in Big bold in black on top so it is recognisable. The word “Content” in my contents page looks more masculine of the
stereotypical big bold strong looking font I chose, however “Content” on
the magazine below us is more feminine of the curvy and elegant , this
Side heading
shows that different magazine are targeted for different genders.
The Layout for both of these contents page is very similar as they both
contain the a column that is guiding the reader which way to look for
information about what‘ is in the music magazine. Side heading
The side heading is positioned differently from mine , as my colours are on
the right and Blender contents page is on the left..
Colour scheme
The colour scheme in both magazine in the contents page’s
Colour Scheme
consistent as models also have an effect to the colour scheme as they
My colour scheme is red and black for a serious look I investigated and
match the background the everything around it, this is a good idea as it
found that the colour black and red is a good contrast, on the other hand
is easy to look at and catches attention of the audience.
Blenders scheme is more of a fresh, calm ocean feel , this was a good idea
of colour as my colour scheme catches the eye and want to get them
Image excited for the next page as Blender wants to sooth and calm the reader.
Both image have a person in the roughly in the centre of the magazine,
it shows a young confident person that has captured there dream of
Image
music life, this inspires the audience thinking that nothing is impossible
and nothing is stopping them chasing for there dream also both have Shows a female artist that is looking away from the camera this
speech bubbles with quote's in them the reason for this the reader can shows us that she is shy person
have a look what goes on in the Stars mind

5. Table Comparing the similarity and differences between my double page spread and a professional double page spread
Similarity Contrast
Masthead Masthead
Both double page spreads have the persons/band name big on This double page spread uses more than one colour on the title
top, so the reader knows who it is about. and uses blue and black for a more stand out effect
Layout Layout
Both magazine have allot of information about the person/Band The layout of this I double page spread is much different than
in colours as it is an interview giving insight of there the life and mine as it has more pictures on it and contains more writing that
music career the reason for this is because the people can plotted everywhere with lots of captions describing what is going
understand what goes through there lives, also both magazines and with more subheading.
have a quote with words of inspiration. Colour scheme
The colour scheme of this is Blue and black but the Picture have
Colour scheme allot of colour in them so this really gives a calm atmosphere
The usage of more than one colour has been done as the Double when reading this magazine even though its a rock one also the
page spread, I have used Pink as my person is a female do I stereo typical blue colour is used to show that it is for male
represent them with a stereotypical colour pink however the magazine
picture on the right has used Blue for the stereo typical boys
colour. Image
Image
Both music magazine have images showing the main person using
a big part of the paper the reason for this is to let the reader
know who it is about.
Lots of more picture used in this double page spread than my
one reason for this that is shows allot more aspect of the group
and fun cool images so the reader can enjoy.

6. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My media Product represent people from various of age’s, from 16- 25 as
they are usually the people with enough money to purchase my music
magazine every week, I have also conducted a research to both males and
females consumers to give me a insight into what was needed in my music
magazine to attract the specific audience. I have found out that my music
magazine will contain main stream music mainly hip pop and Rnb as it is the
most fitting. RnB and Hip pop is a big market in the music industry , I have
found out that my music must contain the latest news and information about
Artist’s new releases of the Albums and also inside life about the artist so my
magazine is also contains about the life style and interviews from the music
stars
The design of my front cover has all been inspired by other music magazine
such as Vibe, Blender and kerrang as we all share the same music idea
The way that my magazine represent my target market is by the decision I've
made by carefully looking at what colours and what kind of images and
information should be used to attract my audience.

10. I used freebees in
Magazine so I can grasp the
audience. Used Teasers to get the audience’s
attention.
The reason I chose this
masthead I felt it was big bold
and made my magazine
standout. Did research and found out the
latest news and found out who's
the big star of the year and
I wanted my readers to be found out Dappy, sopeople that
entertained by keeping are into RnB can look at my
update with latest news with magazine to.
Music shows, and wanted to
thrill them also giving them
exclusive interview’s. Searched up Lady GaGa and
found out she has really
weird dress sense also good
music so, people that are
into RnB can also understand
I used the colour scheme of
her life style plus her Songs.
Pink and Black because they
were good contrast colours ,
also I wanted to challenge Wanted to show a young
the stereotype of Pink being confident woman with
feminine Casual smart dress sense, I
directed the poses as I
wanted to see the serious
look on her face

11. I chose this font as it strong I Simple but effective writing to guide the
wanted to challenge that this is reader also added heading by dividing the
a masculine font. my magazine in 3 so it is easier to guide
the reader.
I Made lines to border up
Magazine, I added 2 lines to
make the Content stand out
and a line to divide the picture I wanted to show a relaxed
and column. calm person just leaning up
against a wall with no worried
also by grinning on the Camera
I put a speech bubble of What
a artist was saying I wanted to Made a little design of
make it sound like if he was headphones and edited it
rich so my Readers can aspire so it looks like if it sprayed
to this. on the wall, reason for this
it made it look like more of
a music magazine

12. Added another quote to
Wrote Singers name is Curvy and Added a quote to motivate motivate the readers and
elegant writing to show its about a the readers and artist that showing that Jade passing her
female want to be famous knowledge down by sharing
her wisdom words and giving
hope to her fans
Made a little
introduction about
my Artist that I have
created about her
upsetting life and how
that has changed
Wrote allot about
Jade’s life about her
life style and what
was her inspiration
about music
Wanted a picture of Jade from above the
shoulders to show the raw essence of her face,
also I added a effect Black and white as it looked

16. I have interviewed 10 people 5 boys and 5 girls giving there views and opinions about
my music magazine and ask them various of questions I have summed these results
and this is the data that I have got.

17. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
As my music magazine is about Rnb and stream music I think Bauer media is the
one to go with as it is one of the most successful and innovative media company
in the worlds with over 400 magazines more than 110 websites and around 50
radio station and TV programs. I feel that this company will guide my magazine
to the right path and get selling like hot cakes as I have not problems advertising
it as they have so much links and contacts in addition bauer Media group is the
second largest commercial radio provider in the UK with 42 programmes.
I think that one thing that might be a problem is that my music magazine is very
different from other music magazine as my target market could be buying
another magazine that is equivalent to mine.

18. Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience of my music magazine is both female and male mainly aged at 16-25
year old as I will be using informal language and also the type of music really
reflects on them, the reason why I have targeted my magazine at that age is that I
have researched other music magazine and found that they have roughly the same
age group as my magazine and that this target audience had enough money to buy
my music magazine regularly
I also wanted this audience because I believe that the age group is the majority of
people that is contributing to the music industry and supporting the artist my
buying CD’s and buying Music magazines. My target audience will be people that go
out allot to concerts, gigs and clubs and hear the latest songs and mixes and
downloads there music illegally and not download it illegally because they love
living life on the edge and also these people love spending time with there friend's
also hearing the latest gossip I believe I music magazine can provide this.

19. I used freebees in
Magazine so I can grasp the
audience. Used Teasers to get the audience’s
attention.
The reason I chose this
masthead I felt it was big bold
and made my magazine
standout. Did research and found out the
latest news and found out who's
the big star of the year and
I wanted my readers to be found out Dappy, sopeople that
entertained by keeping are into RnB can look at my
update with latest news with magazine to.
Music shows, and wanted to
thrill them also giving them
exclusive interview’s. Searched up Lady GaGa and
found out she has really
weird dress sense also good
music so, people that are
into RnB can also understand
I used the colour scheme of
her life style plus her Songs.
Pink and Black because they
were good contrast colours ,
also I wanted to challenge Wanted to show a young
the stereotype of Pink being confident woman with
feminine Casual smart dress sense, I
directed the poses as I
wanted to see the serious
look on her face

20. I also used informal language in double page spread as I felt this is
how my Target audience want to read there magazine as I didn’t
want to make it sound serious, as I music magazine is RnB,
Mainstream and hip genre I wanted to read through it fast but get
allot of out it.

21. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this
product?
In the process of making my music magazine I have learnt so much
such as Adobe Photoshop I have gained skills and knowledge how to
use it effectively and used it to make my work look professional
and I also learnt on adobe Photoshop how to increase the quality of
picture add effects and add backgrounds also other techniques such
as cropping etc.
Blogger allowed me to keep my work in order with regular easy
updates, I never used anything like this before so it was a new
experience, blogger made sure that my peers and teacher can see
my work and allowed them to comment and give me feedback on
what I did good and I need to improve on my work.
Drop box is a online hard drive that allowed me to place all my
work in safe keeping so I can access through the internet at
home or at school this was a new experience for me as I never
used anything like this before.

22. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this
product?

23. What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from your preliminary task to the
full product?
As you can see here that my work from October was pretty at beginners stage as I
didn’t really understand layout of magazine , you can also see that my school magazine
looked more like a poster than a magazine with a first glance as it doesn't have that
professional.
But now I have the skills to make how to operate Photoshop and use it effectively I
have created amateur pictures into professional looking work also my side heading
look much better organised and layout compared to my school magazine, also I have
the skills to work a camera to its peak by knowing the buttons but also different shot
against the wall from different angles lastly I have better ideas on colour schemes
instead using random colours and also thinking what effect the colours will have on
the audience.