Final Post

The Last Post

My blog is finally FINISHED!!!
Thanks for reading and for the comments!
Hope you liked it!^^ 

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Evaluation

1. In What Ways Does Your Media Product Use, Develop Or Challenge Forms And Conventions Of Real Media Product?


2.How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

Evaluation

 

3.What Kind Of Media Institution Might Distribute Your Product?

I think a suitable media institution for the distribution of my product would be IPC Media. Firstly because it is one of the major magazine distributors in the UK. Then has a lot of experience with magazines and people believe that it would represent only high quality projects. Furthermore, it distributes magazines like ''Rock Sound'' and ''Uncut'', which are similar to my magazine and have similar audience, although mine is slightly younger. However, as it distributes a lot of magazines, especially rock ones, it would be very difficult for mine to stand out.

My second choice is Bauer Media Group, because they distribute not only magazines, but a other things as well. Famous mags they represent are ''Q'' and ''Kerrang!''. However, this media institution also distributes a lot of rock magazines already.

The other major publishing companies have a different target audience than what I'm aiming for, so considering all the above I have decided to go for IPC Media.

• 4. Who Would Be The Audience For Your Media Product?

My target audience are young people, aged between 17 and 25, they are interested not only in the music but in it's background as well. They are fun and outgoing but like to think of themselves as individuals. They have a strong character and like to deal with their problems on their own. However, they sometimes feel insecure and need someone to talk to. They wan't the truth, to know how things really are, not most of the non-sense that magazines provide. Considering all mentioned above, I think the concept of my magazine would meet their expectations.

• 5.How Did You Attract/Address Your Audience?

1. Colours: bright and attractive
2. Masthead:unusual
3. Photo: eye-catching(the photo itself and the costume represents my target audience)
4. The text on the cover: (famous rock bands+bright colours)
5. Layout: at first sight usual, but has interesting parts and shapes.

    

•  6.What Have You Learnt About Technology From The Process Of Constructing This Product?

I have learnt a lot of things about technology in the process of creating my magazine. To be honest I knew very little about it. For example I've never used programs like Photoshop, or created a blog before.

I've also learnt that technology plays a huge role in the publishing, distributing and advertising a magazine.

I used the site www.blogger.com for creating my blog.

Then for my main task I used Photoshop for creating my backgrounds and pictures + my front cover and the contents page.

Then used Microsoft Publisher for creating my double page spread.

For my Evaluation I used presentations from Prezi.

I used a Sony camera for taking my pictures.

I also used Facebook for getting some of my audience feedback and advertising my magazine.

• 7. Looking Back At Your Preliminary Task(School Magazine Task), What Do You Think You Have Learnt In The Progression From It To Full Product?

 

 I think I have learnt a lot in the process of creating my magazine. The difference is huge. Now I know how to use all different kinds of technology to express my ideas, I also know what is desirable from the audience and how importaint they are.

Audience Feedback

Audience Feedback

This is part of the audience feedback I got.
The rest of it is under the form of comments, again, this time on facebook where I asked for oppinions.
And the last thing I did was a questionnaire.
 The results were positive and negative, and to summarise them:

1. The cover is the least liked, there are critisizms about the Photoshop work on the pictures. However the colours and the layout scored high points. The critisizm about the masthead was that it is too much on the picture and therefore doesnt stand out. However, overall mode than 60% answered that they would buy the magazine.
2. The contents page's layout attractet most the audience and the picture as well. Most people liked the combination of colours and how things are represented(straightforword)
3. The double spread page: most people liked it the most because it was simple, but good looking. Most of them also liked the article because it was unusual, however, some of them found it weird.

Overall the comments were positive.

The 3 Pages

The Final Pages:

Front Cover

Contents Page

Double Page Spread

The Double Page Spread

The process of creating:



 

 

 

 This is the first draft, I wish to improve the layout of the text and the colours.

 

 

 

 

 

Photos

For the ceatio of my DPS I have desided to start with the chice oh a photo and workig on it on photoshop.

 My DPS wil have 2 photos, one as a backgroung (faded) and one clear one. Unfortunately my photos are not as profetional as I expected, therefore they need work on photoshop in otder to bcome suitable for a magazine.

 

This is the photo I have chosen as the (main) one:

 

 

As it is clearly seen, it is very dark and the lightning need fixing, so what I have done on Photoshop so far:

 

 



 

 

And this is the photo that i will use:

I changed my mind about the picture, so here is the second choice:

 

 

Photo shoot For The Double Page Spread

Original photoshoot