Evaluation questions

Question 1In what ways does your media

product use ,develop or challenge forms and convention

of real media products?

Cover imageMuch of the issues of hammer and metal maniacs usually used mid shot for their main cover image to keep as much of the audience focus on the portrayed character as possible and so I followed the same method for this convention by using a medium shot for my front cover.

MastheadMy title of the cover page is aligned at the top centre of the page which somewhat resembles to the style of metal maniacs though they have a two letter title while mines is single. Hammer on the other hand has spread their masthead completely across the top.

Colour scheme The colour scheme of the Hammer magazine is red, black and white for the masthead and black and yellow for metal maniacs i settled for red and black for my own title. For the background of my magazine I have used a blue wall to make the black and white characters stand out unlike hammer and metal maniacs who have used the same colour for the background as their main image

Cover storyBoth the hammer and metal maniacs have their cover story at the centre while I have placed it on the left and no other text is placed with it so it is prominent

BarcodeBoth have their barcodes on left mine is on the right , Hammer has a vertical barcode while mine and metal maniacs is a horizontal barcode

Image(s) The image of my page is placed at the right bottom of the page , this depicts the layout of hammer who place the images on the right vertically down . Metal maniac on the other hand has the opposite approach they have their images at the left while the text on the right

TextI aligned the text vertically down the left side and some part of it above the image, the title stating content is at the top in centreHammer also has main text placed in the same way and same for the titleMetal maniac is a little different placing the text vertically on the left and horizontal on the top .

Color scheme I have used a smoke pattern for the background according to the theme of black metal hammer has not used a background they have their image and text on a plain white surface. Metal maniac has also used black and white for its back drop

Hammer Metal maniac

QuoteMy quote is placed at the centre, where the two pages of the double fold are separated . The other two have not used a quote

ImageI have positioned my image on the left page with some of the text overlapping the page similar to the metal maniac method but unlike hammer who has used separate pages for its text and image. I added a border to the page

which none of the two have done

Color scheme I chose to stick with plain black and white colour pattern for my page to go with the theme while hammer and metal maniac seemed to be having a bit more vibrant approach

TextMy text over laps the second page with the image like the metal maniac hammer has all its text on the first page on the left

Hammer Metal maniac

Question 2How does your media product

represents particular social groups?

Age group

My magazine is aimed to appeal the particular age

group of 16-30 years old as this high pitched

music among the energetic population rather than

the more sober ones which majorly are from the

older age group

GenderMy magazine is mainly males oriented as the genre of the music used (Heavy metal) is mostly famous in the male gender due to its dark attributes for example violence, chaos ,anger and abusive language

Income groupThe price is kept reasonably low this shows that it is targeted for the middle and upper middle class of the society

This genre consist of a strong language so my magazine represents the open minded society who enthusiastically approve to such a style

Question3What kind of media institutions

might distribute your media product and why?

Magazines are published by

publishing companies and are then

distributed to the suppliers to make it

available to the final consumers.

My main inspirations were the metal maniacs and metal hammer magazines the publishers for these two magazines are as follow

Dennis publisher

Future publisher Springer publisher

Sterling publisher

Zenbu media publisher

Institutes that may distribute my product

As Metal hammer and metal maniac share the same genre as me so it is possible that their publisher distribute my product

too

Question 4Who would be the audience

for you media product?

Before the making of my media product I conducted a questionnaire in order to find out my target audience.

AgeMy audience lies in the age group of 16-30 years

GenderThis genre of music mainly attracts the male gender according to my findings The amount of males were double in comparison to female when it came to heavy metal

Interest in metalAffection for loud, violent, evil-sounding, vaguely otherworldly (Brutal) music

Income groupMy magazine is aimedToward the middle as well As the upper class due to its economical cost

Question 5How did you

attract/address youraudience?

PriceThe price is kept reasonable enough to attract the audience of middle class

PlugA free CD is given with the magazine as an added benefit for the consumer

LanguageInformal mode of language is used to address the audience

Colour schemeVibrant colours are used so that it is attractive in the first glance and seeks the attention of the audience

ArtistsThe dressing of the characters is kept casual and they are from the same age group (16-18 years) so that the teenager group can relate themselves with the characters,

Question 6What have you learnt about technologies from the process of Constructing this

product?

CameraThe use of a DSLR (Digital single lens Reflex) Camera to conduct the shoot for the magazine

Editing Software Using Photoshop CS 4 to edit the image and construct the magazine pages for example adding/Removing a background to or from the picture Online blog Creating and maintaining an online blog on blogger. editing a blog , adding a post and updating the blog

In The process I learnt

Question 7Looking back at your

preliminary task, what do you feel you

have learnt in the progression from it to the full production?

Though out the process I have improved my Photoshop editing skills , I have learnt to add different backgrounds to my pictures.

Improvements

Also adding effects to text such as textures etc.

Other then that I also improved my photography skills in comparison to the first picture my main task had a much better exposed image

Better placement of masthead

Enhanced alignment

of side stories

Adding background to

image

Plug displayed in more attractive way

Adding background to

image

Better style for title

More contents

Improved image quality