Evaluation- Question 1.
What ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I have chosen 9 elements from my magazine which i feel help make my magazine look like a real media product. I have put the above in a table and made a Prezi on each one. Click the links below to view.
Click HERE to see my Prezi on my masthead VIVA
Click HERE to see my Prezi on my contents page text.
Click HERE to see my Prezi on my front cover image.
Click HERE to see my Prezi on my sell lines.
Click HERE to see my Prezi on my Introduction paragraph on my DPS.
Click HERE to see my Prezi on my DPS image.
Click HERE to see my Prezi on my sell lines.
Click HERE to see my Prezi on my main sell line.
Click HERE for my Prezi on my Contents page title.
I have also added annoted versions of my final product to show you how i think it helps fit in with the conventions of a real media product.
Evaluation- Question 2
I wanted my final product to be a Retro style magazine. I tried to have the theme of my magazine based on the main topic of my double page spread in my case this being Zara Fox and Ellie Goulding. Before taking pictures for my final product I researched images off Ellie Goulding holding guitars as I knew I wanted my model to be holding a guitar to stick with the retro theme of my magazine. Underneath you can see how I tried to link the two together but also how I managed to change parts of it. I chose Ellie Goulding as she is very popular with the young music lovers nowadays and is looked up to for her voice, dancing, looks and fashion but is also very loved for how she is individual and doesn't follow the crowd in everything she does.
Obviously in the both of the photos the girls are holding a guitar which is the main similarity with my photos. They both share very similar facial expressions this being very natural, but I’m my photos I made sure my model had an eye-line match and was looking straight into the camera. In addition to this both models are wearing similar clothing, both very retro and individual, but Ellie’s clothing seems to be a lot brighter than Catherine’s as the back ground is very dark. As well as these both they both have their hair down and limited makeup. I done this to send a message out that to the audience about ‘naturalism’ and that you don’t need to be caked in makeup to look good. Although both their hair is down they share different hair colours and hair lengths. The lighting in the photos is similar as the models face is lit up on both sets of images. I wanted to light up my models face so it would grad the readers eye quickly and so straight away they would be aware on who the main part of my magazine would be about. The background of my images is a lot different to Ellie’s as I wanted mine to be plain and simple so I would be able to put text behind the images making sure it was easy to read and stood out well where as the back ground of Ellie’s photo is very busy and it would be hard to read if you were going to put text behind it. Both models have a similar pose this being quite relaxed and natural holding the guitar. Although the guitars are different colours i made sure they were both acoustic as it fits in better than any other type with my retro theme. I wanted the audience of my magazine to look up to my model and wanted the front cover image and double page spread to send out a moral to never stop believing in your dreams. Overall I think that the elements of these photo represent the young social group who enjoy retro/indie-pop music which is reflected throughout my magazine.
Evaluation- Question 3
What kind of media insituation might distribute your media product and why?
My magazine 'Viva' is similar to the other retro music magazines found 'Spin' and 'Blender.'
I researched both of their magazine publishers in detail, but also looked closely into their own online websites.
Click HERE to visit Blenders official website- published by Dennis Publishing, company of Alpha Media Group
From doing research on my two similar magazines I found out they are both very popular through out the UK.
Click HERE for my Prezi on SPIN.
Click HERE for my Prezi on BLENDER.
Which company would i choose to publish my magazine?
I also chose this company they didn't have a Retro magazine like mine, so i wouldn't have to compete with any other magazines.
There are different ways I could get Buzz Media to distribute my product these include:
- The internet
- The actual Magazine (paper format)s
- Subcription
- A VIVA app for mobile phones
- Offers (free magazines)
Evaluation- Question 4
Who would be the audience for your media product?
When deciding the audience of my product I thought about type of music I liked my self, and what I thought my friends would be into as well. To help me decide on the audience for my magazine I thought about what would be easiest and how I could make my magazine relate to that audience. I decided on a audience of around 13-25 as I felt this is the age range which can relate to the style of music (retro) of which I was planning on creating my magazine on. I was lucky enough of have some of my friends in this age range and asked them a few quick questions my music choice and they gave me some valuable answers which helped me with my product. Underneath is the 5 quick questions I asked them and also there video responses.
1. Do you like retro music?
2. Do you know any retro artists?
3. If so, who is your favourite?
4. What’s your artist’s favourite song?
5. Would you recommend listening to retro music?
5. Would you recommend listening to retro music?
If this link doesnt work please look at the image of my reader profile below.
I have also put links below to the websites of the artists included in my profile, but also because my audience would be interested in this so I felt showing this would be beneficial.
These below are the type of peeople who I aim to taget my magine at.
Evaluation- Question 5
How did you address/attract your audience?
To help address/attract my audience I used the typical conventions of a retro style magazine. I also used the interesting articles and images to attract the readers. The text on the front of my product was engaging and addressed the readers directly helping attract the audience. I used the program Flickr to show you my product.
Click HERE to see my front cover on Flickr.
Click HERE to see my contents page on Flickr.
Click HERE to see my Double Page Spread on Flickr.
I also have done annotated versions of my products and told you about how the magazine and the content will attract the audience. I will also show you this through Flickr.
Click HERE to see my annotated front cover.
Click HERE to see my annotated contents page.
Click HERE to see my annotated DPS.
What have you learnt about technologies from the constructing of this product?
Throughout the progress of this course i have learnt a lot about technologies and gained a large amount of skills from different programs of which I have used to create my final product. This included learning how to use Mac computers, Photoshop, Da Font, and gained knowledge on YouTube.
Before coming in to college i had never used Mac computers, and had no idea on how they worked, or on how to use them. I had to learn how to open programs, how to save how work, how to log on correctly. It was a huge jump from the normal computers I was used to. After a few sessions on the Macs had pretty much figured out how they basically worked.
This is me using photo shop to edit my model. It was very difficult at first to get my head around it. I gained a lot of knowledge on tools on which you can use to edit your images and magazine. I learnt to use most of the tools on the image below and managed to use at least half of them when editing my final product. I now feel that I would successfully be able to use the programme again and be successful in my outcome.
I used YouTube in the research part for my magazine. I research songs by the artists I wanted to base my magazine one. This included Ellie Goulding, Lana Del Ray and Paloma Faith. I also used this in my blog when telling what music interests I was into and also the type of music I liked listening too.
I used a program Da Font in progress of making my final product. Da Font is a online programme which allows you to download any font you want. Once you have downloaded the font, it allows you to install it into your computer and use it whenever you want. Most of my fonts on my front cover are downloaded from this website. It helped me a lot with my magazine to achieve the professional look i wanted.
To take photo's for my magazine I used a Nikon digital camera. I took my photos at home. All my photos were took either using a tripod or handheld. I used the zoom tool, panorama tool and lightening tool when taking my photos to create the look i wanted with my photos.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression to that to your full product?
Before doing my preliminary task I had very little experience on Photoshop other than what I had done whilst I was at school. I managed to remember the basic skills but had no idea about all the advanced tools the programme involved. Underneath is a picture of my preliminary task and my final product so you can see the difference and how advanced I got working with the Photoshop tools compared to knowledge I had when doing my preliminary task. We were only given 2 hours for our preliminary task.
I feel that the progress I have made overall has been amazing. The overall look of my preliminary task is very armature and doesn't have the professional look i managed to gain by the end of the task. It looked very basic and boring. I would say this went for both my front cover and contents page. I Asked my friend on what she thought about the difference in my two products and have posted underneath her response.
Preliminary Task.
Final Product.
My and my peers response and feedback on my two tasks.
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