Music magazine evaluation

1. EVALUATION
BY
MATTHEW CROW

2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
RESEARCH
The band clearly
stand out and are in
the centre of the
page.
Short and
snappy logo,
not taking up
much of the
page.
'Take one last trip with the
band of the year', this is a very
clever technique as it will
appeal to the target audience
that by reading this magazine
they will be going on a journey
with the band.
The colour scheme used on this
magazine cover is very relevant
and useful. The shades of blue
for the background are not too
dark and not too bright. Also,
the effect in which the
background is a spiral creates
a slight illusion when glancing
at the magazine. This is a
clever technique as it links to
the lifestyle of a rock-star, in
which they are often under the
influence and dazed.
The background colour
allows the images and
all other text to stand
out on top of it, and
also draws focus even
more to the image as it
is in the centre of the
spiral effect.
The title of this magazine is a
rhetorical question, this is an
example of a magazine code.
This rhetorical question again
will make fans of the band want
to read on, especially if they
believe their Arctic Monkeys
addiction is 'out of control'.
NOTES
Short snappy logo.
Band in centre of
page.
Colours not too
bright and tacky,
spiral effect.
Rhetorical question
in title.

3. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
RESEACRH
The title’s of stories are
mainly one word, so that
it is easy to read and
catches the readers
attention quickly. They are
in capital letters, which
make them stand out and
the colours of them are
black and white, which
contrast each other well,
again making them stand
out.
The content shown for this magazine
includes mainly news on fresh new music.
NME are known for uncovering new music so
most of their magazines content is about
new music. On my music magazine I will also
give the impression that my stories are
based on new and recent news.
The subscription of NME is also
advertised on this contents
page, this may help persuade
the reader to buy every issue
instead of just one. On my
music magazine I will also look
to add my magazine title to the
contents page to make it look
more professional.
The subscription of NME is
also advertised on this
contents page, this may help
persuade the reader to buy
every issue instead of just
one. On my music magazine I
will also look to add my
magazine title to the
contents page to make it look
more professional.
NOTES
New Music
Short Titles
Subscription
Blocky Effect

4. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
RESEARCH
As you can see
on this double
page spread it
has one side
full of text and
the other side is
just one
dominant
image of a
band.
Consistent
colour scheme
of red.
Quote from the
article, making
readers want to
read more.
3 columns of text.
Drop capital
at start of
article
Introduction to
the article.
NOTES
Drop Capital
Title overlaps
centre fold,
image and article
don’t.
3 columns.
Quotes.
Colour scheme.

5. FRONT COVER
SIMILARITIES:
Small logo in the top left.
Main character is one single person.
Text overlaps the main character.
Consistent colour scheme of red ties it
together.
Competition/Freebie mentioned in the top
right.
Several other artists mentioned down the
sides.
Different font styles and colours used.
Differences:
Props used on NME front cover
I used lines to separate the acts down
the sides.
I made my competition advertisement a
different colour to help it stand out more.
My image is black and white whereas
NME’s is full colour.

6. Contents Page
SIMILARITES
Title at the top of the page.
Both tied together by a red colour scheme.
Blocky effect, pictures on one side, text on the other.
Separate headings for items on each page e.g. featured.
Page numbers a different colour to the text explaining
what's on the page.
Both main artists are at the top of the page as they are
the main story of this weeks magazine.
Differences
I have used background colour for my text.
I have used more pictures than the actual magazine.
I added the editors of the magazine on this page
whereas the actual magazine hasn’t.
The actual magazine included the logo whereas mine
does not.
I have made two of my photos black and white
whereas all the actual magazines photos are in full
colour.

7. Double Page Spread
SIMILARITES
No overlapping of the centre fold, the image is on one half and the
article is on the other half.
Both have quotes from the article in a larger different text before
the article starts, making people want to read on and catching the
readers eye.
The photos are both on white backgrounds.
DIFFERENCES
I use my drop capital at the start of the article whereas the
other magazine uses it half way through.
The other magazine uses a close up image whereas mine is a
long shot, as I used a prop and had to fit it in.
I have added the artists name on the side next to the image.
The actual magazine uses four columns of text whereas mine
uses three.

8. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
AGE – I have represented teenagers as being the age group who enjoy
the indie genre. I have shown this through the clothing and props used
in my images. Indie is usually enjoyed by mid-teenagers and older,
usually people up to the age of 30 enjoy the indie genre.

9. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
GENDER – I have represented men and boys as being the main type
of people who enjoy indie music. The male gender are often the
gender who are more in to the rock and roll lifestyle, and enjoy that
type of music. Girls are stereotypically known to be more in to the
dance/pop style of music.

10. What kind of media institution would distribute your media product and
why?
DISTRIBUTER – Bauer Media Group would be a possible distributer for my music
magazine. Bauer Media Group are responsible for the distribution of Q magazine, which is
an indie music magazine like my own. The Q music brand has expanded to Radio and
Television, with Q Radio and Q TV being music entertainment that specialises in indie,
rock and alternative.

11. What kind of media institution would distribute your media product and
why?
ADVERTISEMENT – I would advertise my music magazine through the use of the
internet, social media is one good aspect of the internet which can be used to
advertise and promote. Television could also be used to advertise my music
magazine on the music channels.

12. Who would be the audience for your music magazine?
Ross Wall
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Lucy Sherburn
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Bill Edgar
Age: 16
Gender: Male

13. How did you address our target audience?
I attracted my target audience through a questionnaire. I did this questionnaire to find
out which aspects would be good and popular to use on my music magazine. The
following are some of the most important results I gathered to use on my magazine.
What features would you
most like to see in a music
magazine?
Interviews – 31%.
How much would you
pay for a music
magazine?
£2.00 - £3.00 – 57%.

14. How did you address our target audience?
I also addressed my target audience by gathering feedback from them. The link below
takes you directly to a video which is evidence of my brother giving me feedback on my
magazine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=wQqVVXyckg4

15. How did you address our target audience?
CHANGES – As you can see I have taken into account my feedback and made the
changes I see necessary, I believe there is a vast difference between my first and final
cuts.

16. How did you address our target audience?
Language - In my article from my
double page spread the language is
very powerful and up front. Also lots
of swearing is used, this is all
typical of the rock and roll lifestyle.
Images – The aim was to make my
images as serious and straight faces
as possible. This helped to stick to
the indie genre, and allowed me to
match my style model.

17. How did you address our target audience?
Overall, I was looking to create a serious and content atmosphere for my music
magazine. I had to find the balance between smiling and happiness, which is
associated with the pop/dance genre, and shouting/aggressive faces which is linked
to the scream/heavy metal genre. I think I achieved this balance.

18. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing
this product?
The camera I used to take my photos was a Canon EOS 1100D. The main things I was
concentrating on when taking my photos were: the shutter speed and the flash.
I used the manual setting on
the camera so that I could
change settings such as the
aperture.
I used the
shutter
speed when
taking
photos to
determine
how light to
make my
photo.
Zoom
Focus

19. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing
this product?
The rule of thirds and different camera shots/angles.
High angle shot
Long shot

20. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing
this product?
Crop
Magic wand tool
Magnetic lasso tool
Filters
Eraser
Creating a mask
Red eye tool
Clone stamp tool

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

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

23. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt
during the progression from it to the full product?

24. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt
during the progression from it to the full product?

25. THE FINAL PRODUCT