Music Magazine Evaluation

Hannah Hayland

Music Magazine Evaluation

Front Cover

Masthead

Cover Line

Main Image

Slogan

Lead Article

Pull Quote

Contents Page

Page Heading

Magazine ArticlesAnd Page Numbers

Numbered Images For Particular Articles

Double Page Spread

Featured Images

Pull Quote

FeaturedArticle

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Ways My Media Product Uses, Develops Or Challenges Forms And Conventions Of Real Media Products

Masthead – My masthead is conventional as it is in the topleft hand corner of the page. It immediately lets peopleidentify the magazine style and genre. Also the font styleused reflects the genre of the magazine (indie).Left third – It is commonly used in a magazine so thatpeople can indentify the magazine when on shelves. Iachieved this by placing the masthead, freebies, cover lineand pull quote in this area.Article – I used a different text layout for my article,because I wanted to make my magazine different andindividual to the current magazines out there today.

How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups

My magazine portrays my band as serious and fun in the

images used. And this makes them seem ‘normal’ and

relatable to young people, even though they are famous.

The article and the images makes them seem as people

that you like and as someone you can admire, because of

their fame. Also the language of the article reinforces the

representation of the fun and friendly band, because the

language is casual and relevant to the particular age group

the magazine is directed towards.

What Kind Of Media Institution Might Distribute My Media Product And Why

I would choose IPC Media to publish and distribute my

magazine, because IPC also publish NME, which is similar

to my magazine, as we are both advertise the same genre

of music. Also it is directed slightly more towards the male

audience. Whereas my magazine is directed more towards

the female audience, because there isn’t a mainstream

magazine directed mainly for a female audience.

The Type Of Audience For My Product

The type of audience for my product would be directed

towards young people, probably around 16 – 24 year olds.

Also my magazine is directed more towards the female

audience, with the female band and the colour scheme.

Although it is not specifically targeted towards the female

audience, overall I feel that it would appeal more to

females than males.

How I Attracted/Addressed The Audience

I used the colour scheme to attracted the audience. The

bright colours helped to represented the genre of my

magazine (indie). Also the images of the band helped to

attract the audience, because they would be the type of

band and genre of music that my target audience would

listen to and aspire to be like. And the headings of the other

articles included in the magazine would attract the

audience, because that would be the type of lifestyle my

audience would lead and be the type of subject that they

would be interested in.

SurveyMonkey

What I Have Learnt About Technologies From The Process Of Constructing This Product

I have learnt how to use and how to upload my work onto

Blogger. Blogger is a good way to store work, because it is

easily accessible and simple to use. And I have learnt how

to use Photoshop and how to edit images. Also I used

Facebook to get answers for my questionnaire, although I

only received few responses for my questionnaire through

Facebook.

What I Have Learnt

I have improved my Photoshop skills since I designed my

college magazine. And I have learnt how to edit images

through Photoshop. Planning your work is important so that

you have an idea of what you want to do, but you also have

to experiment to see what works and what doesn’t.