3. Evaluation: Understanding of the development
process (Cover)
For my preliminary task I learnt the basics of how to use programs such as Adobe
Photoshop and the different tools in which you use in Photoshop to produce a good
standard of a magazine. I have progressed from my Preliminary task as I have made
my title much bigger as it will attract the readers and it suites the music magazine
conventions. I have made the articles smaller to my music magazine as I did not want
it to interfere with my picture. I have made my articles more bold to a standard as I
think that it stands out more but kept it low profile. I also kept my colours to a
neutral to suite my target audience. I kept the style similar as they both look
professional and work together. I had the idea of keeping the magazine consistent
throughout
4. Evaluation: Understanding of the development
process (Contents)
As you can see from my transformation from my school magazine to Music Magazine. To get
the quality of my Music Magazine, I took on board my criticisms from my school magazine and
produced this Music Magazine which is in my opinion a good standard Music Magazine. When
I have asked my peers they think it has improved massively and all the colours work together
to a good standard and it also suites my target audience and that it is similar to my front cover
in which many people believe it is better to keep the magazine consistent. I also took ideas
from my Research and Planning tasks as I looked at professional Music Magazine producers
and took on board for conventions and colour schemes as I think this is the most important
process of the magazine as if the colours don’t work together then it puts the magazine down.
5. Evaluation: Understanding of the development
process
For my preliminary task I did not produce a Double Page Spread as I my task was
only to focus on the front Cover and a Contents page. But to produce the standard of
my Music Magazine, I had to find three magazines that are at a good standard and
take good and bad ideas from each of them. As you can see from my Magazine is
that the title is big and bold which is aligned to the centre which would attract the
readers as it is similar to the real media products. I did my layout like this as it is
similar to my researched magazine as the most important article is at the front and
least on the next page.
6. In what ways does your
media product use, develop
or challenge forms and
conventions of real media
products?
7. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
The Music Magazine that I have produced suites many conventions and forms which is in
comparison to a professional standard Magazine. In most Music Magazines they place there
Title to the left as it does not look boring and so that the date/issue number can be placed in
the top right. When they place the main image on the front cover they always aligned in the
centre as it is the centre of attraction, this is similar in the Mute Magazine and it is situated in
the right place. When the professional producers of a music magazine they place there
articles around the picture and not place them on the picture as it takes away the limelight
from the centre/main picture, I used this as I was trying to produce a magazine that looked
professional conventions and wanted to match those.
8. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products? (Contents)
The contents of my Music Magazine that I have produced suites many conventions and forms which is
in comparison to a professional standard Magazine. On most Contents pages in Music Magazines they
place there title at the top of the page to let the reader know what page they are on, my page is similar
to that convention as the title is at the top and uses this convention, this therefore makes the page look
better and if it is similar then more people will like reading it as it is the same as a professional page.
Another convention that I have followed is the articles are in a list of page order, the real media
products use this so that the audience/reader do not get confused and it gives the contents more of a
flow and I liked this idea and used this. Adding a picture to the page is another convention that
professional magazine producers use so that the readers will be attracted to the magazine, I also liked
this idea and put this in my magazine which looks professional to a standard.
9. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products? (Double Page)
The Double Page Spread of my Music Magazine that I have produced suites many
conventions as the interview that is placed on the real media product is in columns in which
I have produced the same. Also the real media product has added a image on to the page in
which I did this so that the audience know what the band look like. On most Double Page
Spread in Music Magazines they place a Picture on one side then a interview/biography on
the other side. I did not like this for a layout so I tweaked my layout so it did not suite the
conventions of a real media product as I did like it a little. In most Double Page Spreads they
often do a interview/biography and I liked this so I used this in my magazine so it was
similar to a professional magazine.
10. How does your media
product represent
particular social
groups?
11. How does your media product represent particular
social groups?
• My media product represents teenagers and young/middle aged
adults as my band and magazine is aimed to those ages as they are
most likely to look at Music Magazines rather than 50 year olds. The
title of my magazine is Mute, this could be aimed towards all genre’s
of music but it is mainly aimed at the pop genre as the band
themselves look like music stars from a pop genre, also it can be
seen from the clothing in the photographs taken and the speech in
the interview on the Double Page Spread as I wanted my band to be
like S Club 7 so they could have mixed gender fans. Also the colours
used through the whole magazine are all neutral as it is aimed at
females and males.
12. • The media institution Bauer Media would be a good institution to
publish my Music Magazine as it already publishes the Heat
Magazine and Q Magazine which everybody is familiar with. This
would suite my music magazine as Bauer Media publish magazines
that are produced for the pop genre but they also publish magazines
like Kerrang that would appeal to wider audiences.
http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/
13. • I believe that my audience is teenagers and young/middle aged
adults as I believe that a young mixed band would appeal to this age
range as it would not appeal to an age range of 45-65. The type of
music that my band would produce, it would appeal to teenagers
and young/middle aged adults as they are coming up with
inspirational and emotional music that would attract those ages,
they are also producing up-to-date versions of the 60s music to
boost themselves up the charts, this could make there fan base extra
more by bringing more people that are aged higher than the target
audience.
14. • I attracted my audience by using many different methods to appeal
to the audience, to attract my audience I used neutral colours as it
would appeal to males and females in the audience and it is not
focused on any gender as it is a mixed group. The title of my
magazine is MUTE this could be emphasised in many ways but it is
not focused on any gender or genre, it is based on everything within
the music industry. Also the way in which I layout my interview of
my band would appeal to my audience as the reader can see the
personalities of each band member from start to finish and this
would appeal to the audience as they could be touched emotionally
by what the band member says. Also the biography/mini fact file
could attract the audience as the reader could have something in
common with the any of the band members and would start to like
the band.
15. • In the process of making my Music Magazine then there were
several different programmes/software’s that I have had to use. One
of those programmes was Adobe Photoshop, I used this to produce
my magazine, I previously used this for my ICT GCSE to edit images
and adding effects. But as I was using this more and more, I then got
use to using it and gained more confidence with the tools. I also
used this to edit my images to remove spots, red areas on the face
and change a band members hair to improve the look and make it
more professional. For my preliminary task I used Macromedia
Fireworks to produce my magazine, I also used this in my ICT GCSE
and I already become familiar with this.
16. • I feel that I have progressed massively from start to finish as I have
now learnt many techniques in constructing a Music Magazine. I
learnt the conventions used to produce a good standard magazine
and if I produce a magazine in the future I will know from this
construction what to include and lay it out in a suitable way. I also
learnt all the tools on Photoshop that I did not know before as I did
not use these as it was a different project. Another technique I have
learnt during this process is all the different shot types and angles
used to take any photographs and I can now use this knowledge and
when I take photographs I will use all the different shot types and
angles. I bettered my skills of colour schemes for my magazine as I
produced a file of all the colours that worked well and I now know
what colours work well and not so well and this will be used in
future projects that I will take part in.
