Evaluation for my media coursework unit.

1. My final designs
< FRONT COVER
CONTENTS >
DOUBLE
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2. QUESTION 1: In which ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
• In my magazine I have tried I have tried to make it as unique as
possible although I have used certain aspects from other magazines.
For example on my double page spread I have dedicated a page for
text and a page for an image, this is something commonly used within
double page spreads.
• Also, my masthead is located at the top of my front cover, this
something commonly done in magazines. This is done to make the
magazine easier to find on the shelves.
• Another thing included being a barcode, my barcode is located right
bottom hand side of my front cover. This is something else that’s
commonly done within magazines. I also included an issue number
which is located top left and the date which is located beneath the
barcode then a price which is located next the date and above the
barcode. This is a place where you can commonly find prices so the
reader will know where to look.

3. QUESTION 2: How does your product represent particular social
groups?
• The social group aimed for my magazine is teens. You can tell this from the main image used,
of a teenager, teenagers will see the picture on the front cover and the storyline and be able
to relate due to him being in the same age range as them. I believe I have achieved this
through the images used, layout and language I have used.
• The main image is of main band member Luke Smith, Luke being a teenager so this addresses
the target audience. If I was to use an older person I may not of been able to attract my
target audience as well.
• To achieve the whole Rock n roll theme
of my magazine it had to requite
research into what makes a rock
magazine. After research I had found a
specific stereotype to my theme. In the
majority of rock magazines, the main
imaged model was expressionless and
had a specific posture that made them
look chilled. I took influence from this
for my front cover image.

4. QUESTION 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media
product and why?
I believe the most likely institutions to distribute my product are:
• Social networking sites such a Twitter and Facebook
• Digital publishers
• Music stores such as HMV
• Newspapers/ all main supermarket
• Gigs and festivals
I believe that out of the list the most likely to distribute my magazines are music stores such as
HMV. Rock music magazines have became increasingly popular, for example magazines like
Rolling Stone, Kerrang and NME are all very big and can be found in stores such as HMV. And
seems as those magazines are the biggest competitions my magazine will have I believe it can
compete in big stores like HMV.
Also, with digital magazines becoming increasingly popular with 17% of all magazines being now
available online I think it would be a good idea to have a digital publish too.

5. QUESTION 4: Who would be the audience for your digital
product?
• The target audience for my magazine would be teenagers aged around 15-25, I try
target them through bright colours and pictures of people in their age range. The
audience I for both males and females due to rock being a genre that both sexes
would be interested in. Chose my target audience due to that being the main age
range of people who I would think would be most interested in buying a rock
magazine.
• I chose the genre rock due to it being my favourite genre personally and also due
to it being probably one of the most liked out of everyone. Also, with big
magazines such as NME and Kerrang in the same genre I think competition would
be a good idea and if I make my magazine as cheap as possible I could get people
to favour my magazine and choose to buy it rather than some of the big named
magazines.

6. QUESTION 5: How did you attract/address your audience?
• One way I attracted my audience was through the images I used. As previously mentioned
believe that by using a young person on my front cover I am likely to attract a young
audience. I also had lots of other images used and I believe that attracted my audience also.
Teens like too see lots of images included on a magazine, text bores them.
• I also have included some competitions, competitions make the reader feel involved and
draw them into the magazine.
• I also used lots of bright colours . Bright colours are eye bragging and gets peoples attention,
so this is why I used them.
• I made sure to include a stylish layout. People aren't going to get a magazine that looks
poorly designed, I felt that If I go for a magazine that looks good and professional the more
people would want to get it so image sure to put a lot of effort into my magazine design.
Teens pay a look of attention to the look of something, so they will want a magazine that
looks good and modern.

7. QUESTION 6: What have you learnt about technologies from
process of constructing this product?
• Throughout this project I have learnt the use of lots of
new software. For example, blogger is something I've
never used before and is something I’ve learnt how to
use. I’ve also been introduced to Photoshop this project,
Photoshop is still something I haven't came to grips with
how to use although, I have developed my skills on there,
slightly. Here is a photo I edited at the start of the project,
one side is normal and the rest is edited using the magic
healing tool.
• As well as learning how to edit photos this project has
allowed me to learn how to construct a magazine and also
taught me about all of the amount of thought that goes
into the making of a magazine and how hard they really
are to make.

8. QUESTION 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
• Looking back on my progress from the college magazine, I feel as if I've came a long way. I’ve
came from not knowing much about magazines at all due to never being a buyer of them to
knowing all the had work and detail that specifically goes into them.
• When creating my college magazine I didn’t really have much inspiration from other
magazines I kind of just done whatever and hoped it look ok whereas for my music magazine
I done several critical analysis’ to develop my knowledge on magazines. This show advanced
progress.
• Another thing I’ve progressed on is images. When making the college magazine I took the
images on my phone whereas I once again progressed and took them on a digital SLR camera.
This shows I’ve thought about what's best for my magazine.
• My college magazine admittedly wasn’t the best because it was only something I done
quickly, whereas my music magazine was something I’ve spent a lot of time on and I believe
you can tell this.
• Overall I am very happy with the progress I’ve made. I’ve gone from hardly knowing what a
magazine looks like to knowing all of the key elements required within a magazine.