The document provides details about the magazine media product created by the student. In the progression from the preliminary task to the full production, the student learned to: - Take more time choosing fonts, colors, and positioning of photos and features to better suit the target genre and audience. - Add more writing around pages to make them look busier and more professional. - Include typical magazine elements like the publish date on the contents page. - Position photos and models in a way that allows space for writing and shows expression to suit the genre. - Use the main photo as the background to fill more space. The student gained experience with the design software and learned about including necessary features to

1. Magazine
Evaluation

2. In What ways does
your media product
use, develop or
challenge forms and
conventions of real
media products?

3. Masthead title-
can be seen
when on a
magazine shelf.
Other
artists
included
Head covering
title- makes
artists stand out
and effective.
Imperative
language- making it
chatty.
Writing around the artist.
Main artist in
the center of
the page.
Barcode
Name of artists
covering them/ them
covering it- makes I
clear who it is. Range of colours
What’s
included
inside
Business
Plain background-
easy to write on.

4. Title written clearly including the
name of the magazine
Publish date
A main photo
Table of
contents-
Making
structure of
magazine a lot
more clearer
Range of colours that
blend well together
The photos
connect with
the pictures
Page numbers
Writing about the
particular magazine Contact details

5.
Critic’s C
h
oice
award w
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nne r,
Caitlin H
u
nt is
not used to all
this attention
“It’s strange how people want to
spend
their time
listening
to
me”
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Catchy
title/ quote
Small detail
about them
in a circle-
fills up space,
effective
Box of writing fills
empty space,
makes it separated
from the
background,
writing doesn't’t
clash, clear to
read.
One side
concentrated on the
model, ,makes them
more seem
independent, can be
seen clearly
Range of
fonts, makes
it more
interesting
Photo used for the
background of the
whole double page,
effective method,
makes it effective,
makes the opposite
age of photo not
plain and more
Models pose and mise
en scene suit the
aesthetics the genre
they focus on have
Page numbers-
makes magazines
structure clearer.
A range of colours
that blend well
together and look
natural, makes it
exciting for
audiences.

6. How does my
media product
represent a
social group?

7. I made my magazine aim to engage an audience of aged 12- 18 of any gender but mainly females,
the way I tried to engage them was by;
Using imperative language, making it
more chatty and similar to the way the
age group talk making them feel more
involved and is a lot more informal like
many magazines are.
The model I used to represent my
whole magazine is in the age group
of my target audience so the mise en
scene is very similar to what my
target audience would wear.

8. The range of fonts I have used makes it more
exciting especially the title of the magazine as it
has a sort of a graffiti effect to it making it
suitable and look really good against the brick
wall background. It also looks handwritten or
painted making it unique yet effective and more
personal and it stands out well.
Critic’s C
h
oice
award w
i
nne r,
Caitlin H
u
nt is
not used to all
this attention
“It’s strange how people want to
spend
their time
listening
to
me”
5
I think the colours I have used also suit my target
audience well as they are suitable for the age group. I
have avoided using colours such as pinks and purples
as although my target audience will most likely be
female it is not suitable for teenagers and would
probably suit a pop genre better.

9. What Kind of
media institution
might distribute
your media
product?

10. Bauer is a large European based media company. It
manages a portfolio of more than 600 magazines. It
began as a small printing house in Germany. They
began success in the UK when the Bella magazine was
launched in 1987. It has now become Britain's third
largest publisher. It publishes magazines such as MOJO
and Kerrang!
The mojo magazine has been published by Bauer since
January 2008 taking over the publishing company
emap. A MOJO magazine is published every month in
the UK. It has a frequent coverage of classic rock acts
such as the Beatles and Bob Dylan as well as newer and
upcoming acts. It regularly includes a covermount CD
which relates to the contents of the magazine.
He edited the first issue of the Kerrang magazine and it
was successful so know there is a Kerrang! magazine
published every fortnight.
The Kerrang! are a UK based magazine which focuses
on rock music. The first Kerrang! magazine was
published in June1981 as a one off but in 2000 it
became he best- selling British music newspapaer. The
magazine was founded by journalist Geoff Barton. He
specialised in covering rock music and helped to
popularise a new wave of British heavy metal. He
edited the first issue of the Kerrang! magazine and it
was very successful, so now there is a Kerrang!
magazine published every fortnight.
Bauer is also the distributor for the Q
magazine which I believe is a similar
magazine to my magazine pages.

11. Q is a popular magazine published every month in the UK.
The founders were Mark Ellen and David Hepworth they were
dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was
ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying
CDs — then still a new technology.
Q was first published by the EMAP media group in October
1986, it became independent from much of the other music
press with monthly production and higher standards of
photography and printing.
In the early years, the magazine was sub-titled "The
modern guide to music and more". Originally it was to be
called Cue (as in the sense of cueing a record, ready to
play), but the name was changed to just ‘Q’ a single-letter
title would be more prominent on newsstands.
In 2006, Q published a readers' survey; the 100 greatest
songs . Q has a history of associating with charitable
organisations, and in 2006 the British anti-poverty charity
War or Want was named its official charity.

12. Who would be the
audience for your
media product?

13. Before creating my media product I had an idea that I wanted to do it for folk music or a genre that is very acoustic as I like
the rural aesthetic folk music usually has, so when I created my audience survey I included it in the favourite music genre
category to see who the types of people were that liked it the most to focus on what they would like to see on a magazine, I
firstly found out that it is mostly females who enjoy reading music magazines so this made me decide to mainly focus on the
female genre when planning and creating my magazine, I guessed that the age range would most likely be teenagers and
the results on my survey proved this.
Keeping in mind that the majority of
people who read music magazines are
female and that the age range who enjoy
folk music more is teenagers I evaluated all
the features I added based upon this
including what colours they liked, what
fonts they would like etc. So the audience
of my magazine would be for ages 12- 18
of both ages but the majority females.
I also looked at other artists
that sing folk music such as
Hozier, Passenger, Ed Sheeran
etc. And looked at who their
fan base is, and I found out the
main types of people who like
these artists are teenagers.

14. How did you attract and
address your audience?

15. I asked a couple of people who were in my target audience age range on their opinions on my media
product. They didn’t know the age range I was trying to engage when creating my magazine so it was
interesting to see if it appealed to them.
“I really like the
colours you have used
they stand out well
against the
background”
“I like the title both
the font and the
colour, the font
almost looks like it
has been painted on
the wall which gives
it a really cool effect”
“I like the way you have
made it quite busy by
putting a lot of writing
around it which many
magazine front covers
tend to look like”
“I like the background
as it can still be seen
but is not distracting
and the page is sort
of lit up by the
coloured writing, the
picture you have used
is very good and she
looks like a real
musician”
“I like the way you
have covered part of
the title with her
head, as many
magazines do this so
it makes your
magazine front cover
look more
professional”

16. “The photo you
have used is really
different but in a
good way, and the
colour of it is very
effective and I think
that the photo
makes the whole
page look like a folk
magazine”
“I really like the
font you have
used for the title
as it separates it
from the writing
in the table of
contents”
“I like how you have
added all the small
features like the
publish date ,the
page number “
“I like the style of
the table of
contents, it looks
very professional
however towards
the bottom it
becomes unclear
to read”

17.
Critic’s C
h
oice
award w
i
nne r,
Caitlin H
u
nt is
not used to all
this attention
“It’s strange how people want to
spend
their time
listening
to
me”
5
“The photo
you have
used looks
very
professiona
l and the
colours that
are in it are
really nice”
“The quote/ the title could be bigger to
maybe fill up more space”
“I like the way the title a covers part of the
other side as well as it feel up more room
and makes it look more like a magazine”
“The writing could be a bit smaller so you
could fit more questions in as there isn’t
as many as you would see on a
professional magazine”

18. I edited some of the photos to make them look more appealing to use for the magazine, to suit
my target audience more by changing the tone and cropping out certain un- needed features.

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

21. The main software I used to
produce my final media product
was InDesign. The first time I
ever used this programme was
for my preliminary project so I
was unfamiliar with how it works
and what everything does this
made my preliminary work not
as good as it could have been.
During the process of
constructing my magazine pages
I have become a lot more
familiar with it, I am still not
completely confident with it but
I found out about all the
features I would need to create
a good enough magazine.

22. Looking back at your
preliminary task, what
do you feel you have
learnt in the
progression from it to
the full production?

23. GILLINGHAM
Issue
The title is wider which
takes up more space like
may magazines do
I have used a wider range of
colours that blend well together
for my final product
I have just generally taken more time creating my final
product and have taken more time choosing the fonts,
colours and positioning if the features
I have taken more time choosing the locations
of where the photos should be taken to allow
it to suit the genre of music my magazine
focuses on and to get a good enough photo
with some space to write around it
I have added more writing around the
edge to make it look more busy making it
look more professional
When
creating my
actual media
product I took
into account
what my
target
audience
would like it
to make it
more suitable
and engaging
for my target
audience
I have learnt
about the
importance
of the
positioning
of the
model, this
time I have
made it so
we can
actually see
the
expression
on her face
and
positioning
to suit her
characteristi
cs

24. When doing the preliminary contents page I
wasn’t entirely sure of what had to be on a
contents page which is why it is very plain.
After doing research I learnt what and to go onto a contents
page so now my final product contains a publish date and
information about the magazine in the bottom corner
Overall I have learnt how to use certain software better and just
generally learnt about the features that should be included in a magazine
and the construction of one
I have used the main
photo as the background
to make take up more
space making it look more
busy and therefore more
professional