1. Media music magazine
Evaluation
by Samantha J Taylor
Candidate number: 9844

2. 1) In what ways does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of real media
product?

4. Original Edited for rough cut
Final Picture

5. Rough Cut and style
models

6. Comparing rough cut to final

8. - Black and white
- contrast and brightness higher of the
black and white effect
- tools on photo shop to edit face/skin
-cleared skin
- Zoomed
- contrast and brightness higher
- clone Tool in photo shop to edit some of
the reflections out
-cleared skin

9. Comparing rough cut to final

11. Comparing rough cut to final

12. 2)How does your media product represent particular
social groups?
Gender
-Male based bands
-Masculine fonts
- More feminine as most pictures are girls - Gig dates and festivals
- A lot of female artists feature inside - Colour scheme could be
- Features a gossip section classed masculine
Age
Late teens – Early twenty's
Class and status
as it talks about festivals, Affordable magazine at £2.99
alcohol, smoking and drug god price for such as students
abuse

13. 3) What kind of media institution might
distribute your media product and why?
Internet
On twitter you gain followers, so
make a MFY one E.g. @MFY
Again similar to the facebook group
On Facebook the social networking site.
There is ads along the right hand side.
Can make groups that people can like/
subscribe to updating it with offers,
competitions all what the magazine has
to offer
Advertising before a video clip is shown,
or along the bottom of the website

14. Radio
specific to the type of Billboards
genre of music advertising

15. eymour is the largest distributor of UK
magazines internationally, exporting magazines
to over 70 countries.
is the UK's most dynamic marketing and distribution
company.
Formed in 1977, COMAG is owned by two major
magazine publishers –
The National Magazine Company and Condé Nast
Publications.
As the largest and most influential third party magazine
distributor, we represent high profile market leading
Magazine Distribution - The titles and global brands as well as
leading distributor of magazines niche magazines and specialist publications, with
to niche and specialist outlets frequencies ranging from
Worldwide

16. 4) Who would be the audience for your
media product?
The music
My magazines I
Profile of target favourite Profile of target like to read
audience music is audience the most
indie pop are Q and
NME.
I prefer a text
dominated
Personally I magazine but
love the with different
colour blue Profile of target Profile of target
audience sized pictures audience
rather than just
one

17. 5) How did you attract/ address your
audience?

18. Rough Cuts

19. Rough cut videos off target audience
and Prezi
I got feedback from :
- Teachers
- Peers
- Target audience

20. Final Cuts and feedback
- Picture engages - The footer
with the reader - The pictures
- Fronts stand out - The ‘PLUS’ section
easy readable - The gig image – brings
- Barcode very realistic Something new to magazine
- The features inside
- The picture
- Layout
- The quotes
- The footer
- Sara Lily
- The header

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

22. Lighting and type of shot
Natural Light
Natural Light Medium/Wide shot
Close up medium
Artificial Light
Long shot
Artificial Light
Medium

23. Photoshop

24. In design
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25. Blogger
This was where I sorted/
wrote my progress each
week an how my music
magazine was coming
along. Every time I did any
thing I had to blog it.

26. 7) Looking back at your preliminary
task, what do you feel you have learnt
in the progression from it to the full
product ?

27. Front cover

28. Contents