1. Evaluation Questions For ‘Chords’ Magazine Rachel Corrigan
2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? My cover USES the conventions of a real magazine because : There is a large masthead I have stuck to a colour scheme of red, white, black and blue There is a strap line I have included a puff in the sweet spot Clear that it is a music magazine due to the guitar My cover lines are appropriate and relevant to my target audience, using artists that are in the charts The main article is easy to see on the cover I have included a free gift (posters) There is a barcode, date and issue number on the magazine I have included a gutter
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4. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? My contents USES the conventions of a real music magazine because: Title is large at the top of the page It has been split into categories to it is easy to find what you want to read It has ‘features’ and ‘in every issue’ which are typical titles of a music magazine There is continuity between the contents and cover- same colour scheme and font It is clear which articles are the features due to the highlighting The page numbers are over the images so readers can get to the page easily The cover story image has ‘cover story’ written on it There is a montage of images Institutional detail (website) is included
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6. I have used a montage of images, whereas there might normally be one main picture and smaller mages around it like this example from ‘Q’ magazine: notes at the top of the page Main, large image Smaller image
7. My contents develops the conventions of a real magazine because: - I have continuity of design- colour and style but also the photo of the model on the front cover is in the contents holding the guitar, highlighting the fact that she is the main feature
8. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? My double page spread USES the conventions of a real magazine because : The title goes across the two pages There is a by-line There is an image to break up the text One main image and text on other page There is continuity of design from the cover and contents- same colour scheme and font It has page numbers There is detail about the artist that the feature article is on- when the CD is out There is a large quotation from the interview on the main image
9. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? My double page spread CHALLANGES the conventions of a real magazine because : There are no quotations from the article which might normally occur in an interview There are smaller images used as well as the main The guitar overlaps to the next page
10. How does your media product represent particular social groups? My magazine represents middle class, white girls because all the images are of Caucasian musicians. I think it represents them well because the model on the cover looks confidant but not intimidating and she is dressed age appropriately and not too over the top. The images on the contents page are of people smiling and laughing, sending out positive images. In the pictures on the double page spread she looks happy and approachable which was the effect I was going for.
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12. They already own ‘Kerrang!’ showing the successfulness of their magazines
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14. Magazines like ‘The Fly’ may be more helpful in promoting new bands unlike ‘Kerrang!’ who need big bands to sell copies - Although my magazine is aimed at sixth form students, it would not be appropriate to sell in a school because it wouldn’t be making that much money and if it is owned by Bauer it would be unlikely to be sold in a school. - If the magazine was owned by Bauer then it would be sold in supermarkets such as Tesco and Sainsbury and maybe WHSmith because these shops would get a lot of people going in and buying magazines.
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16. During the making of my front cover, I made a questionnaire to get audience feedback to get a better idea of what people thought of my magazine. Here is the questionnaire that I gave out:
17. What age group do you think this magazine is aimed at?10- 12 13- 15 16-18 18+
18. What gender do you think this magazine is aimed at?Girls Boys
25. I feel that I have been able to use colours and text more effectively in my final product because everything is easy to read and the colours work well with the neutral background rather than the busy scene for my preliminary task Also, buy putting a puff in the sweet-spot it draws attention quickly and stands out more on the front page rather than just having writing like in my preliminary task The masthead on my final product looks more professional as the model is in front of the masthead rather than the masthead covering her head
