Music Magazine Evaluation

Music Magazine Evaluation

Josh Smith

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

Use:

• Model’s poses

• Terminology

• Contents layout

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

Develop:

• Layout

• Positioning of images

• Colour scheme

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

Challenge:

• Costume styles

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

• Mid/late teens, early twenties

• All cultures

• Most classes

• Either gender

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

• BBC Radio 1 / 1Xtra

• MTV

• HMV

• International

Who would be the audience for yourmedia product?

• People who enjoy R&B

• Mid/late teens, early twenties

• All cultures

• Most classes

• Either gender

How did you attract/address youraudience?

• Magazine research

• Questionnaire– Interview style

– Colour scheme

– Layout

• Feedback

• Interview

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

• Photography– Framing shots

– Variety of shots

– Lighting

• Photoshop– Editing photos

– Text layout

• Blog– Creating posts

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

Preliminary task

• Low quality pictures

• Poor text layout

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

Rough cut

• Higher quality picture

• Better text layout

• Barcode

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

Final cut

• More text

• Higher quality picture

• More realistic barcode

• Sticker effect

Interview with target audience/peers who commented on your rough cuts

I asked Josh to comment on my rough cuts and final cuts