This document summarizes a student's media magazine project. [1] The student created a magazine called "DESIRE" that uses conventions from real magazines such as a masthead, puffs, prices, columns on both sides of pages, cover lines, barcodes, and editor's messages. [2] The magazine represents 15-20 year old female pop music fans. [3] A company like Bauer Media would be suitable to distribute the magazine since they target a similar audience. [4] The target audience is 15-20 year old students who like mainstream pop music. [5] The student learned skills using Photoshop and InDesign to create the magazine pages. [6] The student improved their skills and

1. Evaluation
By Shannon Sloyan

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

3. I created a masthead of my magazine and it is called ‘DESIRE’. I have placed it
behind my model to make it look more professional like billboard. It goes well
with the colour scheme of mint and pink. It follows the conventions of a magazine
as every magazine has a masthead at the top of the page.
Puff:
I produced a puff with ideas from
other magazines so that it would
catch my target audience of
teenage girls that are in to the
music genre of pop.
Pug:
This is the price of my magazine which is
£3.99. which I believe is an reason price for
an magazine.
Right and Left Column:
On my magazine, I have
place text both sides of the
magazine to have the reader
look all over the page.
Cover line:
The main cover line is in the middle of the image
of my model Olivia. It stands out as it is the same
colour as the background and it’s on top of the
image along with a caption underneath explaining
about the pop singer.
Barcode, Top and Bottom Strip:
I created a barcode on a website called
barcode generator I placed it where most
magazines put theirs, (bottom right). I also
created top and bottom strips to avoid gaps on
the page. It has the colour scheme of mint and
pink so that it would be eye catching.
Main Image:
The main image is a mid shot of my
friend Olivia, I made her pose like
this as it matches the sort of poses
that a pop singer would do.

4. This was my inspiration to create my
magazine front cover. Although I used
a different colour scheme, I used a
similar layout to this magazine as it
looks very professional.

5. ‘Contents’ matches the conventions of an
actual magazine because it’s big enough to
see. The font is not the same as the
Billboard Magazine, as I wanted to keep it
original.
Editor’s message:
At the bottom of the page I created a editor’s
message to meet the conventions of a
magazine as this is used to explain what is
inside the magazine from the editor’s point of
view.
Right and left column:
I decided to put columns on both sides
of the page to avoid gaps. On the left,
the text in the songs in the charts at
the moment. On the other side of the
main image, is what the magazine
features. It mainly features pop
singers.
Logo:
I have placed the logo of the
magazine in the top of the page.
I put it there because it is similar
to billboard.
Subscription barcode:
I placed a subscribe barcode and above
that I put text of the twitter and Instagram
which is what most magazines have. It
meets the codes and conventions as I’m
persuading the audience to read Desire
magazine more often.
Main Image and Images:
The main image is of my friend Olivia.
I think it fits really well with the page. It
meets the conventions because it is
the biggest photo on the page. It is the
main focus of the whole magazine.
The three images above the main
image is Shawn Mendes which I got
from the internet along with the image
of the clothes, next to that, is a image I
took a concert I went to last summer.

6. This is my inspiration for my
magazine contents page. I made
it as similar as possible by
having the same layout.

7. My Double Spread Page:
Headline:
The headline is ‘Olivia’ and it is bold and the text next to it is font that looks like a girl’s handwriting. The
colour pink matches the colour scheme as it is mint green and pink.
Blown up quote:
I created a blown up quote that
was already in the article. I
placed it on top of the photo of
Olivia. It meets the conventions
of a magazines as they have
quotes from their articles.
Main Image:
This image is my model
Olivia with a mic and a
guitar. This meets the
conventions of a real
magazine as it all
magazine have images
on one page with the
article on the next page.
Columns:
The columns of my
magazine meet the
conventions of a real
magazine as it is appropriate
for a question and answer
interview. As well as it is a
different colour and font.
When the interviewer is
asking the font is italic but
when Olivia is answering the
font is normal.
Page Numbers:
There are pages numbers at the bottom and the corner of both pages. This
meets the conventions as every magazine has page numbers.

8. This is my inspiration
for the creation of my
double page spread. I
did not copy
everything on this
magazine.

9. 2. How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
I think that my magazine represent the age group of 15-20 year olds of
females which is my target audience. The colour scheme is appealing for
teenagers. This is because the colour scheme and what my magazine
features. The magazine represents is mainly targeted at pop music fans
as what it features with artists such as Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes and
Jack&Jack. The demographics audience would be E as students are
more likely to read my magazine. The psychographics audience would
be mainstreamers as teenagers are mostly likely to follow the crowd.

10. 3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media
product and why?
Bauer media would be the right company for my magazine Desire to be
distributed from. This is because they have the audience and are known
as the biggest magazine distributor. They are also known for the biggest
selling magazines. So I think it would be the best as the my magazine
would be appealing for those who would magazines that are produced
by Bauer magazine.

11. 4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
For my magazine the targeted audience is the age range of 15-20 year
olds. The demographics audience would be E as students are more
likely to read my magazine. The psychographics audience would be
mainstreamers as teenagers are mostly likely to follow the crowd.

12. 5. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
I have learnt a lot since the start of the year. The technologies I used to
create my magazine front cover and my contents pages was Photoshop.
However, to produce my double page spread I used Indesign as it had
some things that Photoshop didn’t have. I created my masthead on
photoshop along with editing the different image to go on my front cover
and contents using the rubber tool. I used camera raw on photoshop for
the photo on the double page spread. My skills have definitely improved.

13. 6. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you
have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at my preliminary task, I created it on word. It wasn’t that
good but comparing it to my music magazine my skills on Photoshop and
InDesign, I feel as though I have hugely improved.