Music Magazine Evaluation

Seven Questions

Here are the seven questions answered for my evaluation:

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

My media product challenges other real media products as it offers a new design and interpretation on news, which may offer information that others do not. It utilizes other design techniques from various content from other magazines, and interprets them into its own, creating a new style of design. This new style may attract reader’s due to its unique design, challenging other magazines. It develops not only itself but other magazines as well, promoting design styles that may inspire new designs and offering a newer, modern magazine. Each new magazine that is developed with its own characteristic, fresh design expands the evolution of print media. (Add a pick of the pick used as inspiration for mag and a pick of mag)

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My media product is based on a dance & house genre music magazine. It is modern and targeted at a young audience. Being targeted at a young audience the initial design and layout of the magazine is inspired from their stereotypical youth lifestyle. The style of the magazine is reflected from this stereotype, giving vitality and excitement through an artistic approach. Using various images of people within the targeted age group and adrenaline-fueled places. (Include images used)

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

The media institution IPC may be interested in my product, as the magazines published by this company are modern and popular, one of the magazines published by this media institution is NME which is one of many popular magazines that is distributed. Although this magazine is different to mine, because IPC only distribute one magazine so another magazine to distribute may become beneficial, especially because the target audience for my magazine is quite large and ideal.

 Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my media product would be youths aged 16-30. The music magazine is a dance & house music genre. These aspects of music are energetic and party based, which is suitable for the selected audience. They will be intrigued on the latest, most popular music and any party/festival events taking place throughout the year.

How did you attract/address your audience?

The front-page sub-headings are styled with intriguing font designs, these are used to work with the main image used. The image is of a young person with some anchorage text explaining what it is, this may attract the chosen audience as the picture relates to their age, intriguing them as to who this someone is, being so young. (Include image of pic used) This may attract readers and the content may intrigue them to read on. On both the front cover and contents page there is an advertisement for competing for an expensive prize, bringing curiosity to readers.

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

Throughout the process of making this magazine I have learnt that there is much more to modern technology then realized. The software used in computer systems that are simply sold to the public is more powerful and capable of much more than known. Also, through attempting to create my magazine I have learnt that you need much knowledge on using the I.T. software, knowledge of the functions capable, to be familiar and skillful with the tools, and to have a artistic view. The software iPhoto and Preview on the apple computer system are more useful and capable of more then realized. The pictures I used for my own magazine were altered using these applications, it was through the use of experimenting with the features they offered was that I found they had more to them. When it came to experimenting with font designs I used Pages and Microsoft Word. Each one offered many designs and I found that each can design fonts to a more personlised level for one’s self, personally I found that the apply software Pages offered more variety and personlisation techniques. Whether it be a apply system or Microsoft system people use, each one is more capable and more advanced then people know.

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

From the start of the preliminary task to progressing and finalizing my magazine, I feel like I have learnt much about the computer software I have used. From starting off to now I feel I have also gained an artistic perspective through a magazine editor’s approach. Altering designs from not only my perspective but for the reader’s perspective also, thinking about how the design and layout will be seen as well as how it’s designed. Also, debating and considering on what designs would be suitable and attract the targeted audience, what will catch the reader’s attention and make them curious.