Media presnetation evaluation

1

Media Music Magazine Evaluation

By Tom Miller

2

I reviewed several magazines before designing my own to gain knowledge on what professional magazines look like. I used this to base my magazine on and design some kind of structure. When designing my magazine I used an ‘NME’ magazine to help me develop the structure and placing of my text and pictures. From my research I’ve found that on most magazines the model is looking at the camera which is a stereo typical convention of a professional magazine. Instead of copying every aspect of a real magazine I chose a different photo where the model is not looking at the camera. Although the model is not looking at the camera and does not draw the viewer in as much, I have tried to accommodate for it in different areas by adding vibrant text and bright optical flares. I have tried to follow the mis-en-scene by dressing the model in Hip-Hop clothing and his pose is very ‘Gangsta’. On the next slide I will show you how my magazine is similar in some ways to a professional magazine and how I have used the NME magazine to help me design my own.

In what ways does my media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions

of real media products?(Front page)

3

4

As you can see from the slide before I have copied some conventions of a professional magazine but at the same time added my own touch to it. Some similarities between the two are;- Well the most obvious would be the heading. I saw the heading for NME during my research so I decided to design my own abbreviated heading in Adobe Illustrator and add it into to my own magazine.

I used the acronym RVB because it highlights the main features of my magazine (Rhythm, Vibe & Bass ) and it also fits my Mis-en-scene.

I have used some of the heading on the NME magazine and based my around it as they worked well and looked professional.

Further Information

5

- As you can see on my contents page I have used some of the conventions from pulse magazine on the right. I tried to use the same sort of layout and effects but I tried to put my own touch on it to make it stand out more and look more professional, for example on the pulse magazine I noticed that there was a lot of white space visible which made seem a little plain so I decided to make it look full and blocky . On the pulse magazine there was not a lot of stories and I wanted to jam-pack my contents page with lots of stories.

Contents Page

6

I used the conventions of the magazine on my magazine on the left. The first thing I tried to replicate is the picture on one side and text on the other, I done this through making one side of my magazine stand out with big bold writing and pictures. On the professional magazine it has big title’s and at the start of the text it has enlarged letters to represent the start of the paragraph, I have used this magazine technique in mine to make it look more professional.

Double page spread

7

I undertook specific research into what social groups would read, listen and wear etc. I looked at two main groups in particular ‘Chavs’ and ‘Indie Scensters’. These two groups are considerably different yet so similar at the same time. For example both groups dress different and their social attitudes are different but they listen to the same type of music and read similar magazines. I based this interpretation on the representation of my magazine. My model is dressed, in my view of what my target audience will dress like. The theme of my magazine is quite bold and modern which is what I would expect my target audience to want from a magazine.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

8

As I said before my target social group is mainly indie scenesters, this social group only consists with in the 12 – 22 so my magazine will essentially be aimed at that age group. Taking a more broader perspective on it though the magazine is targeted at anyone who like Hip-Hop/Rap music. There is no particular age range for this because different people like different music, but this genre is extremely popular among modern society.

Who would be the target audience for your magazine?