This document analyzes how the author's media product represents various social groups. Regarding gender, the magazine features both women and men in the rock music genre, using female models since only women were available. This appeals to both genders of the target audience. In terms of age, the magazine features teenagers to match the target audience, though the genre typically features older adults; clothing choices aim to make models appear older. As for class, the document does not indicate any specific class representation in the magazine.

1. Media Evaluation
By Faith Savory

2. 1. In what ways does your media product
use, develop and challenge forms and
conventions of a real media products?
My magazine uses similar codes and conventions to real music magazines that
are published in the UK today. The typical codes and conventions you would see
in a magazine are page numbers, bardcode, masthead, pull quotes, fonts,
writing style, colour schemes, photography styles etc. Throughout I have used a
range of these codes and conventions, this has helped me to make my
magazine looks more official and like an actual music magazine that would be
seen in shops today.

3. Masthead – Like all of the other magazines I have
researched, they all had a masthead of their brand name. So
it was very important that I put a brand name on my
magazine, whilst researching I found that all mastheads went
at the top of this front cover so that it was visible in shops, so I
placed mine in the same space. I chose to use red as my
main font colour because it was the most gender neutral
colour out of the colours I had chosen for my style sheet. I
followed the normal conventions of any typical music
magazine, this is a very important convention and is hard to
deviate from without making your magazine looks unofficial
Coverlines – out of the magazines that I researched, I
preferred the way coverlines looked when they had a
background on them causing them to standing out more. My
coverlines were also in a bold font so that you could see them
but they didn't take over the whole page, using a san-serif font
also made it easier to read, I used san-serif fonts throughout
my whole magazine because it gave it more informal and
younger look, to appeal to my target audience.
Buzzwords – I used a few buzzwords throughout my cover to
attract people, this is a typical convention that if found more
on front covers than inside the actual magazine, the
buzzwords I used were 'WIN!' 'FREE' and 'Exclusive', I didn't
go against this convention instead used it in the same was as
nearly every music magazine uses it, in a positive way to
attract a positive attention to their magazine.
FRONT COVER

4. Barcode – out of the magazines I researched all of the barcodes
were usually at the bottom of the front cover or on the back of the
magazine, but I chose put mine on the front so then it looked
more like a magazine rather than a poster which is something
that I was worried about whilst creating my magazine. I don't think
I challenged this convention in anyway because every magazine
needs a barcode whether it was one the front or the back, also I
kept it to the bottom of the cover which is where barcodes
typically ended up being.
CONTENTS PAGE
Buzzword – I used buzzwords again in my contents page to attract
attention to competition I had included in my magazine. When I
researched magazines like Kerrang! And NME they didn't really use
buzzwords to advertise themselves in their contents page, but I
wanted to ass different ways of saying what was on each page as
well as the divided list on the edge. So I developed this convention by
advertising the competition within the magazine rather than
advertising a different brand, or brand subscription etc.
Fonts – I used the same fonts as the fonts for my cover lines throughout my
contents page because of how easy it was to read, which is what all of the
magazines I researched aimed for, a clear, easy to navigate and read contents
page. There was a convention that went through all of the magazines I
researched and their contents pages which was organisation so I wanted it to be
simple but also have information so I kept the fonts san-serif to do this. Also by
having the text written in black it was a standard colour that no one would get
confused so this made it even easier to read, I didn't challenge or develop this
convention but used it in the same way as other magazines.

5. Masthead - For my contents page, I used the same font and colour
that I used on my front cover, when I researched differen't magazines
they did the same thing, however sometimes changing the colour.
The masthead would also be at the top of the page, so that is where I
decided to put mine, I didn't go against this convention and instead
used it so that my magazine looked offical just like the magazines
that I have researched.
DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
Pullquote – I looked at magazines such as Kerrang! And MOJO in my
research, both of them used pullquotes in their double page spread,
however MOJO just had plain text with no background on it to attract, it
was simple text in just black and white as well, which didn't really suit my
magazine so I used the way Kerrang! Displayedtheir pullquotes since
they have a similar target audience to me. This is by having either very
bright and bold text with our without a background shape, here I chose to
use a background shape because it highligted the text more and I
thought this convention connoted more of a fun feel to the magazine.
Photography Style – in the magazines that I researched I found that on
double page spreads there were often medium shots or medium close-
ups used, rarely ever any long shots or close-ups/extreme close-ups
used so I decided to also use this idea and have a medium shot for my
double page spread. In all of the magazines that I researched I found that
the doublepage spread was dominated by a large image of the artist that
was being interviewed so I used this conevtion as well to create my
double page spread.

6. Layout – When I reasearched all of my magazines I found that they
were all set out similar to a newspaper, however it was much more
colourful and attractive. I used this convention, looking at Kerrang! I
found that they used a lot of backing through their magainze, this just
makes the articles more pleasing to the eye. I also found that in all of
the magazines I researched they used bold text and normal text to
spilt up the interview questions and the artists answers, I decided to
also use this convention. By putting the red backgrond, it kept the
colour scheme running throughout my magazine, having white text
also made it easier to read. I haven't really developed this convention
much, it similar to the way other magazines use their layout.
Masthead – for this masthead I decided to not use the
masthead font I had used on my front cover and my contents
page, this was because it didn't really fit into the artcile.
However neither NME and Kerrang! used their front cover
masthead on their interviews, it was only MOJO that did. I went
against the conventions of MOJO because that doesn't have
the same target audience as me, where as NME and Kerrang!
have a much similar audience. I did however use the two
colours that I have used throughout my magazine to tie my
doublepage spread into the rest of my magazine, NME didn't do
this but Kerrang! do use the same colours they used on their
front cover in thair double page spreads, so I followed the
conventions of Kerrang! more.

7. 2. How does your media product represent
particular social groups?
The genre that I chose for my magazine was rock/rock-sub genres such as
pop punk, metal, heavy metal etc. There are a lot of males in this genre,
however there are also some women in this genre and the number of women
continues to grow. So I have featured women throughout my final piece. I
have also used females as my models through my magazine because I was
unable to get any male people to model for me, so that restricted the amount
of gender I could show in my final piece. Since I found that my audience was a
50/50 split on gender, I thought it wouldn't matter too much if I used either
male or females since having both genders would appeal to each gender in a
different way for example, having a female on the front cover created the
'male gaze' which would attract males to my magazine. Then also by having a
woman on the front of a rock magazine it may seem empowering to the
teenage girls in my audience, creating a feminist point of view and wanting to
achieve just like the femals on the magainze have. Even though I didn't have
male models, I used some stereotypical 'male' things in my photos so help get
across that more boyish feeling. Using a model who had short hair, which is
typically seen as a boy thing, showed the male gender whilst also having girly
things such as the purple colour, the eyemake-up, jewelry. Then even with my
front cover model I had her stand in a 'boyish' pose even though she is very
clearly a female this still gave off the idea of male behaviour. Using these
male stances also helped to represent gender in my genre because a lot fot
he women in this genre aren't 'lady like' even though they may dress in a
feminine way sometimes they don't act like it when they are on stage,
interviews etc.
GENDER

8. AGE
My magazines features teenagers, however this
isn't quite accurate to my genre style. My genre
features people from 20s+, which was hard to
create since I couldn't get any models of this age
range. However I attempted to make my models
look older with the type of clothes they wore,
more simple and mature clothing. Using
teenagers in my magazine reflects my audience
because my target audience are teenagers, which
is what I have used. The type of teenagers may
have been able to be represented better, with the
purple haired girl it showed a more alternative
style so that appeals more to my target audience
however the blonde haired girl had more of that
moody look that I needed for my magazine so
even if she may not have been completely
alternative it was made up for in the personality of
the picture. Typically teenagers are seen as
'naughty' 'rebellious' and more negative
stereotypes, I think in some way I showed these
negative denotations however also the positive
connetations of teenagers, the fun and playful
ways of teenagers by having the model smiling
slightly on the frontcover, showing teens can be
mischevious but also friendly.

9. CLASS
In my magazine I don't think there is a specific
class shown, there aren't any indications on
whether the people featured in my magazine
are working class or middle class. I think
because of how I portrayed class it makes my
magazine appeal to both ABC1 and C2DE
audiences. I would say that both social
classes feature in my magazine if there isn't a
distinctive line between who is lower class
and upper class in my magazine. My
audience is ages 13-17 so it is hard to say
what classes my target audience is made up
from, the genre of music I have chosen
however is usually more associated with
working class teenagers, so I would have to
guess that my target audience is mostlly
dominated by working class teenagers but
also has a proportion of middle class
teenagers in my readers. Working class are
stereotypically seen as 'trouble', where are the
middle class are usually seen as 'mature' and
'well behaved' I think I have portrayed the idea
of 'trouble' more by the stances that I have
made my main model stand in, so slightly
portaying the stereotype of the working class
in my magazine.

10. ETHNICITY
In my final magazine, I haven't displayed my
ethinicity. Looking at the bands and artist in
my genre the majority is dominated by white
american or white british people so therefore
it would be out of place to have someone of
afro-carribean or asain race in my magazine
since it wouldn't represent the genre properly.
Since I have only featured white british, it
means that my magazine is monocultural and
doesn't display a wide range of ethnicity which
may become a problem and not reach out to
teenagers who are part of an ethnic miniortiy
and listen to the genre of music that my
magazine features. In my magazine I would
say that they are all prositive representations
of white british, I haven't used stereotypes to
represent this ethnic group because this is an
alternative magazine so using typical
stereotypes wouldn't suit my magazine and
music genre.
Kerrang! White american band All Time Low featured
Kerrang! White british band Bring Me The Horizon
featured

11. USES AND GRATIFICATIONS
McQuail came up with the idea of the Uses and Gratifications theory, this is basically
what we get out of using the media, coming up with four main asepcts that we use the
media for:
●Entertainment
●Identiy
●Information
●Relationships(Intergration and social interaction)
My audience are male and female, white british,primarialy working class but also middle
class, teenagers Teenagers use the media for all four of these features.
Entertainment – Magazines help to entertain teenagers, but letting them occupy their
time with something that they are interested in.
Identiy – Music forms teenagers identiy, so by buying a music magazine that specifies in
their favouirte music genre, this thelps them to build up their own identiy. They can say
that it is their favourite music magazine, which becomes part of them as a person.
Information – Music magazines help teenagers to get information about their favourite
bands and artists, new albums, tours, festivals etc. so they don't miss out on anything,
keeping them connected with the music community.
Relationships – By buying a music magazine regulary this creates a social topic among
peer groups, it allows them to start conversation about news about their favouirte bands
and artists with their friends, creating a stronger bond.

12. 3. What kind of media institution might
distribute your media product and why?
Institutions are corpirations that publish, market and produce the media. In the UK
we have a large range of instituations that create a variety of media products, for
example, the BBC create TV shows, radio shows and also publish magazines.
Time Inc. that publish NME, Womans Weekly, Country homes etc. Future Media,
that publish Classic Rock magazine and Metal Hammer. Bauer that publish well
loved magazines Kerrang!, MOJO, Q and more! These institutions allow us to have
access to our favouirte magazines, TV shows, radio shows and more at all times of
the day all year round.
Out of the wide range of institutions that we have here in the UK, the main ones
that I would want to publish my media brand would either be Bauer or Future
Media, these two brands have more music magazines that would appeal to my
target audience than Time Inc. or the BBC. When I did research into my audience I
found that some of the most popular magazines were Q, MOJO and Kerrang!
which are all published by Bauer Media.

13. When I researched, I found that my audience had Kerrang! As a popular choice in
music magazine, since my music magazine is similar to Kerrang! But is published
monthly rather than weekly I would want my magazine to be published by Bauer
Media. I looked at what they already published and I found that they also publish
MOJO which is published monthly, however, MOJO reaches out to a completey
different audience than my magazine and it would be published at a completely
different time in the month so it wouldn't clash.
Here is what else Bauer publish: (Taken from http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/)
Bauer publish a wide range, going rom fashion magazine to bird watching
magazines. They also have a large collection of music magazines/radios they
publish, Kerrang! Planet Rock, 4Music, Q, Mojo and more!

14. Since my genre isn't a very indie genre, I think it would be better to go for a big publishing brand like Bauer
because they are more likey to want to publish my magazine. If I went with a smaller insituation my magazine
may not get out there to my target audience, so it may not be the best way to go for my magazine.
Bauer already publish magazines that I have looked at like Kerrang! and MOJO, so I would have to compete
with these magazines but since MOJO has a different target audience to my magazine that won't be music of a
problem. Kerrang! is the only main magazine that has the same target audience as me, however Kerrang! is
published every Wednesday on a weekly basis and my magazine is published monthly on the second Friday of
each month. I think having my magazine being published by an instituation that publishes a similar magazine
will have it's negatives and it's positives. The positives would be that they know how to promote this type of
magazine so it would get a lot of positive exposure, however the negative would be that my magazine would
have to compete with such a loved magazine like Kerrang!. Which could be a problem but also a positive
because if people see a magazine being published by Bauer that is similar to Kerrang! Then they will want to
read and see what kind of things it offers.
Bauer reaches 22 millon adults across the UK each week, that is
nearly 1/3 of the country's adult population everyweek which is a
very large amount of the population so my magazine would reach
the right audience and would be seen by enough of the general
public to make money.
These are the latest ABC figures for some of Bauer's music magazines:

15. I could also uses Bauer to branch out my media platforms, for example Bauer
publishes Kerrang! And they have a radio station, website, social media, tour, are
the offical sponsors of Download festival so I could use Bauer to get similar
exposure and collect a large following of my magazine. If I had Soundnote Tour,
Soundnote Radio, sponsored a festival etc, it would attract more audiences
because a tour would put my audiences favourite artists on, causing the readers of
my maagzine to attend this tour effectively creating more money. A radio station
allows me to advertise not only my own brand, but have adverts which advertise
other popular brands within my targer audience like DropDead clothing, Doc
Martins, Coca-cola etc. Kerrang! also have their own award show which is seen as
one of the most important award shows in rock music today. I could take my brand
much further than a magazine today, with the circulation Bauer and it's current rock
magazines there would be enough circulation to get a popular TV channel, Radio
Show and be able to sponsour favouirte festivals in the UK like Reading and
Leeds.

16. 4. Who would be the audience for your
media product?

17. I did a lot of audience research, using
questionnaires and interviews. My survey
was about what people would want from a
music magazine that was based around the
rock genre, but it also helped me to learn
more about my target audience since the
questionnaire was directed towards people
who listened to rock music and sub-genres
of rock. I found that my target audience
were mainly between the ages 13-17.
I also found out a few of the favourite bands that
were mentioned by the people who did my survey,
adding these to my reader profile/bands similar to
them such as Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, AC/DC etc.
this helped me to research what kinds of things
people who like these bands are into finding clothing
brands they may typically wear like DropDead and
Converse. I found that my target audience are
usually alternative people, enjoying the punk and
rock scenes, they enjoyed reading magazines such
as Kerrang! And attending festivals like Leeds and
Download.

18. After my survey I found that the split between gender in my target audience
was an equal split this made it much easier for me to create my magazine
because I didn't have to make it exclusively gender specific to appeal to that
one certain gender. It was a gender neutral magazine that appealed to both
genders, a lot of teenagers may also be struggling with their identity gender
wise as well, so by having a gender neutral magazine it opens a window for
my magazine to appeal to people who classify themselves as no specific
gender or a different gender from their biological sex. I researched into
typical rock bands of today and found that they are mostly male dominated,
so that is why I chose to put my reader profile as a boy, even though there is
a large growing female community in rock music which shows from the
50/50 gender split.

19. 5. How did you attract your audience?
When I asked certain questions in my online questionnaire I could responses about what my
target audience would like to see in my final magazine, these questions were about colours
and free items that my magazine may include.
My target audience chose the colours
that I used throughout my magazine, I
used blue and red mainly because
they were the colours that had the
most responses as well as white and
black, which I also used however I
didn't want to just use monotone
colours because my audience had
also identified Kerrang! As one of their
favourite magazines and they don't
use monotone colours as their main
schemes. I also wanted to use colour
because colour attracts a younger
audience, so it appeals to my target
audience.

20. This is my style sheet,I took what I had found out
from my audience research and took all of the
most popular colours to fit in with what my target
audience wanted from my magazine. I used
these as my base colours, however if I was
going to be making more than one of my
magazines the header and cover lines would
change colour to fit the style of the band or artist
that featured in my magazine.
I used different shades of blue and red
throughout my final magazine, not just these
lighter and darker colours. This was to keep a
variety of colour even though I was only using
two basic colours.
I asked what my audiences favourite UK music magazines
where, I found that Kerrang!, Q and MOJO were the favourites
among my audience. However, I didn't do any research into Q
Msagazine, and MOJO had a much elder target audience so I
didn't want to base much of my final magazine on MOJO. I
hadn't done any research into Q so I didn't think it was a good
idea to base my magazine of something that I haven't
researched into. Kerrang! however has the same target
audience as me and it was one of the most popular options so I
have taken this into account and used some of the elements
that Kerrang! uses in my final magazine to attract the right
target audience.

21. These are my final pieces, I kept the colours that I had chosen on my style
sheet running throughout my whole magazine, whilst adding a couple of
other colours so that my magazine wasn't domniated by just two colours.
Since I was taking some of the elements of Kerrang! and using them in my
final pieces to attract my younger audience. I used their style of certain
aspects of Kerrang! to attract my audience such as pullquotes, coverlines,
layout etc. this was because of the target audience that my magazine shared
with Kerrang!

22. SOUNDNOTE KERRANG!
Kerrang! use bright colours and bold fonts to
make their pull quotes visible, even though I
haven't used such a tall font I still used the
bright colours for a background colour and a
bold font just like Kerrang! do.
Kerrang! use coloums like a newspaper, so I
took this idea and made my layout similar to
theirs so that my audience didn't get confused
and it was easy for them to figure out, this
would attract my audience and if the
magazine was easy to read it would give the
reader information they wanted so therefore
them being willing to pay for my magazine.
I chose to make my coverlines similar to
Kerrang! this would be so that the readers
would see something that they noticed yet
was new to them, it also was an easy was of
organising the information on my front cover
so that the front cover wouldn't become too
busy and put people off.

23. I think that I addressed my audience in an
informal way when it came to writing. I used an
informal interview in my double page spread to
keep a friendly tone throughout my magazine so
it appealed to my young audience. I mentioned
festivals such as Download and Leeds which are
festivals that the younger audience would know. I
also mentioned bands like 'Neck Deep' that my
audience would know. I also used words like
'awesome' and 'shows' which is that teenagers
would say, so it connects more with my readers.
I used teenagers so that it would address my audience
better, also I used clothes that typical teenagers who my
magazined is aimed at would wear, which is seen here
with the guitar shirt. I took my photos in a studio where
the photos were in a formal setting but the photos turned
out a little more relaxed but still quite formal, this helps to
put across the idea that the artists are serious about
their music but also about having fun and communicating
with their fans. Taking my photos in a studio makes my
magazine looks more expensive, it looks more like it is
meant for a monthly magazine coming from a large
instituation rather than coming from an indie instituation.

24. 6. What have you learnt about tech from
the constructing of this product?
I have used a lot of technology and hardware to create my magazine. Here
are the technologies/hardware that I have used:
●Powerpoint
●Word
●Online blog (wordpress)
●Photoshop
●Canon Camera
●Bridge
●Voice recorder
●Slideshare
●Google Chrome
●Survey Monkey

25. Research Planning Production Evaluation
● Powerpoint
● Google Chrome
● Slideshare
● Wordpress
● Survey Monkey
● Voice Recorder
● Powerpoint
● Google Chrome
● Wordpress
● Photoshop
● Canon Camera
● Powerpoint
● Survey Monkey
Photoshop – Although I have used photoshop in the past, I've never learnt how to edit photos
properly, create more space around them, add text, do shading behind the text, create borders
around the text etc. I didn't have enough white space around a few of the photos I used, so I
experimented with the stamping tool ass more white around the picture using the actual white
in the picture. This was an easy way of extending my image. I also learnt how to cut out
images and make the background transparent, this helped a lot with putting extra images on
my front cover and using images that had not background for my double page spread.
Wordpress – I have used blogs in the past, however I've never used wordpress, so I had to
get comfortable with a whole new website and blog. The blogging website I've used in the past
in Tumblr, so I had a vauge idea of how to do things but Tumblr and Wordpress are completely
different. I found it harder to edit my posts on Wordpress, however I learnt how to do it and
how to post onto a new platform, also posting new platforms I had never posted before such
as powerpoints, through the help of Slideshare.

26. Slideshare – I learnt how to publish my powerpoint documents, get an embedding code and
publish it onto my wordpress blog. Before I had no idea you could even publish power points
onto a blog so using Slideshare will be benfeital to me and my work later on in courses if I
need to publish my powerpoints.
Canon cameras – Before this project I had only handled Fujifil and Nikon cameras, so it was
harder for me to understand Canon cameras. I had to figure out how to zoom in and out,
change the camera to either manual or auto focus. Whilst I was learning how to use a new
camera I was also using the studio which is something I haven't done before so using the
white backdrop and lights was also a new experience for me as well but I've learnt how to
change the brightness of the lights, getting the correct amount of light exposure and how to
take a decent photograph that will work for a magazine, it's much harder than it seems and
isn't like taking normal photos.

27. Could you have completed your project without using any technology?
All of the technology that I have used throughout this project has been beneficial to me, even the
technology that is used for simple things like finding magazine front covers and researching different
instituations, creating contact sheets etc. it has all benefited my project in some way so I don't think
that there is any of the technology that I would have been able to not use and still end up with a
finished product in this project. I couldn't of completed without project without using ANY sort of
technology, if I had of hand drawn all of my things, written it all up by hand I doubt it would look
anywhere near as organised and probably would have less detail in it. So I definitely needed
technology to complete this project.
What piece of technology could you have done without?
I cold of survived with not using a Canon camera and using a Nikon one which I understood more,
that way it may have been easier for me to take my photos that I needed. I could of done without the
blog as well, although it was beneficial to me and it was an easy way of organising all of my work I
would of also preferred it if it wasn't virtual and there was a hard copy of my work ready to be
handed in.
What pieces of technology couldn't you have done without?
I couldn't of done without powerpoint, I found it easy to write up all of my work, evaluate, create my
pitch using powerpoint because I could go through it in stages, each slide a different stage so it just
made it easier to organise my work as I went through it. Powerpoint was also a nice to way present
my work so it looked clear and there wasn't any confusion. I couldn't of done without Photoshop, I
needed Photoshop to create realistic looking magazine, if I didn't use Photoshop my magazine final
piece would probably looking completely different. Although I struggled using it I probably would
have been able to complete my project without using a Canon camera to take the photos I needed.

28. What were the positives of using technology?
Using technology made it much easier for me to be able to create real, decent looking magazine,
without the aid of photoshop I wouldn't of been able to create a magazine that looked anywhere
near as offical as mine does, I can't create the same effect using something like powerpoint or
word. Using technology also made it easier for me to edit my work and play around with it since I
have used all of the technology before a version of it, it was easy for me to learn quickly how to
edit my work and play around with it until I got to look that I wanted. Another positive was that I
was ablet to learn new skills whilst I used new technology so it taught me new skills I didn't have
previously and I can now confidently use basic elements of photoshop and try new things.
What were the negatives of using technology?
Sometimes it would get a bit confusing using so many different programmes for so many different
things, it was also sort of a hassle uploading presentations to my blog because I had to use
Slideshare, as helpful as it was, to actually upload my presentation onto the internet but then also
having to use an embedded code to display it on my blog, it was a lengthy process waiting for
everyhting to upload and became stressful when it didn't upload correctly. Another negative of
having to use technology was that I had to learn how to use a whole different camera when I was
comfortable with my own, it was confusing at the start and wasted some of my time trying to figure
out what to do with the camera, when, how to focus it, how to zoom in, turn it portrait etc. There
were not as many negatives as there were positives because I wouldn't of been able to finish this
project without using technology at all.

29. 7. Looking back at your preliminary task,
what do you feel like you have learnt in the
progression from it to the full product?
Preliminary Task: Final Product:

30. STAGES OF MY PRODUCTION
RESEARCH - My project started with
research, for my priliminary task I didn't
do any research, where as for my final
product I did a lot fo research into my
audience, institutions and existing music
magazines. Having to analyse front
covers, contents pages and double page
spreads so I could understand what
goes into a music magazine.
PLANNING – For my college magazine I
had to do a little planning which was for
my contents page, this was just making
a dummy of that page. I had to do this
for my music magazine as well, however
I also had to create a pitch, plan
photography, create flatplans, think more
about my layouts, create a stylesheet
and write an article copy for my music
magazine as well.
COLLEGE
MAGAZINE
CONTENTS
PAGE DUMMY

31. PRODUCTION – I prouced my music
magazine with more knowledge about
magazines because of my research, unlike
when I created my college magazine, I
didn't know about the significance of
buzzwords, coverlines, the masthead etc.
So I had developed my ideas by the time it
came around to creating my final pieces.
You can see the progress made just by
looking at the two front covers side by side.
I have a headline, more developed
coverlines, bardcode, there are more
elements on my final product that are used
on everyday magazine on my final
magazine than my college magazine. I
started using more complext ways of laying
my magazine out rather than just simple
and all stuck to the sides, also using
multiple images on each page.
I learnt how to develop my layout into an
organised way, backing up all of my text
so it had a clear place on each page,
using pullquotes to highlight asepcts of my
magazine as well, which I didn't do in my
college magazine. I learnt that buzzwords
should also be highlighted to make them
stand out more and that multiple colours
create more attractive pages.

32. Activity Technologies Skills Lesson
● Cutting out model for
double page
spread/front cover
● Creating a larger
background around
a photo
● Getting the right
page layouts for my
front cover, contents
page and double
page spread
● Drafting
● Photoshop,
polygonal/magnetic
lasso
● Photoshop,
stampting tool
● Photoshop, text tool,
shape tool, photos,
shadows
● Powerpoint
● Zooming
● Zooming, precision
● Positioning,
interview writing
techniques
● Creating a
successful mock
up
of pages
● Using these tools I found that each of
them had their pros and cons. The
polygonal lasson was good for
cutting out straight edges where the
the magnetic lasson was better for
cutting out intricate parts of photos.
● I found that using the stampting tool
was a quick and easy way of adding
more of the background in if it was
needed, but this only really worked
on block colours.
● I found that using the text tool to
create a large amount of text can be
challenging however the text tool in
photoshop works bettwe when it is
being used for smaller amounts of
text.
● I found that even though I had
created mock ups of what each of my
pages would look like, I tended to
deviate from these although the
helped me to visualise what my
magazine was going to look like as a
final product.
LESSONS I HAVE LEARNT

33. Overall I feel like I have created sucessful final product that fits my genre and style of
magazine. I think it appeal to my audience, without looking too much like Kerrang! and
other magazines I have taken inspirtation from, I have managed to develop photoshop
skills and learnt how to manipluate photos to cut models out, create more space and
even small touch ups on the face. Looking at my priliminary task and my final product I
realise how much progress I have made and the difference between not knowing
anything about a magazine, then researching magazines and finding out the
information I needed to create my final three pages.