media

1. UNIT 21
EVALUATON:
For unit 21 we had the choice to design a magazine, film a short film or trailer or create and
advertising campaign. I chose to undertake a magazine. For these I first started to plan out
what topic my magazine would be based upon. For this I chose to do something close to my
heart as I know a fair amount about it and this topic revolves around my life on a daily basis;
Music.
Designing the magazine was a tough aspect of the project as it had to suit a wide age range
and be suitable for grabbing the attention of ages 12 and above.
Here is the final product:
The product is called Reveal and is a music technology magazine for a variety of genres in
the Electronic Dance Music area. The main pages: Contents & Front cover follow a more
simplistic design which shows of a fresh pink and white design; whereas the articles follow a
signature design for each one. I chose to use a theme of pink and white for the main pages
because it is fresh and modern.
Looking at my original proposal and design ideas, I have stuck them and the idea had for the
final product turned out to look like I planned. Using software called Photoshop and Adobe
Fireworks for image manipulation and the complete design of the magazine I was able to
design a very attractive magazine which could be seen of a shop shelf.

2. During Post Production I had a couple of designs which were scrapped because the designs
were very basic and not expansive on how they looked. I chose this design because it was
very attractive to the audicance and provided an array of colours, information and images to
stimulate the audience.
In my pre-production time I designed a key logo and simple designs before I started to
design the magazine on digital software.
Strengths:
 The magazine is very attractive and desirable by the way it includes a simple design
but allows a lot of information to be threaded on to a single page.
 ‘Reveal’ is a catchy name and is easy for fans to remember.
 Its target audicance is shown through the design of the front cover. The cover is also
eye catching which could lead to people maybe not interested in music to pick it up
and purchase the magazine.
Weaknesses:
 The magazines target audience is teenagers and young adults who are interested in
music production and music equipment. Although my magazine does portray this
idea the front cover does give off a false sense of topic because of the content it
showcases.
 Colours are showcasing a feminist characteristic over the magazine.
Improvements:

3.  In my opinion I would change the primary colours of the main pages. This is because
the colours I have chosen ‘Pink & White’ promote a more feminist look towards the
magazine. This could be changed to a natural colour. For example: Black and white
or yellow.
Public analysis:
Name Age Do youlike the
design?(Colours,
layoutetc.)
Doesthe
magazine meet
itspurpose?
Would you
purchase this on
a store shelf?
Clive 46 Yes,The designis
simple butIthink
it isgood.
Yes the magazine
portraysa music
genre onthe
cover
Possibly.Itwould
dependonthe
pricingof it.
James 24 The coloursto
presentamore
female based
magazine
howeverthe
designisfresh
and attractive.
Yes.It clearly
showsitis a
musicmagazine.
Yes.I am in to
electronicmusic
so thiswould
good
entertainment.
Worth the
money.
Cloudia 16 Yes, the design is
really effective
and stands out. I
don’t really like
the fontas it does
not reallysuit the
style of
everything else
Yes. It clearly
shows it is a
music magazine.
No, as I’m not a
fan of music
mages.
Liberty 16 Yes the design is
eye catching and
SNAZZY
Yes it does No as I am not a
fan but if I was
then yes.