Music magazine evaluation final

Haleema Ali

Cover

I have used a large, bold title.

The title has the largest font

size from any of the other text as

it should stand out the most.

Here I have placed a barcode,

with the date and price tag on

top. This is a convention

which many magazines have.

The two main colors I used for

the text are pink and white. But

to make the stars name stand

out, I used a bright green. Also I

used a totally different font to the

rest of the text to make the

name look different and stand

out. I got this idea by looking at

other POP magazine covers and

and I think it looks really good.

Although the image of the girl

does not have the best facial

expression, its clear and sharp

which makes it look good.

I have used a lure on my

magazine which is the buyer can

get a free music download code

inside the magazine.

Under the heading I have placed a slogan for

the magazine which is ‘LOVE POP!’. This goes

well with the masthead as the letter ‘U’ is white

so it looks like ‘U LOVE POP!’.

On the cover I have mentioned

names of artist who will attract to

my target audience. This would

make them want o buy the

magazine so they can read about

these artists.

Contents Page

I made sure that I had 3

columns for the contents page

as this is a generic convention

for a magazine.

As the background of my

contents page is black, the

title stand out. Also I used a

large font size and different

font style for the title.

I put a editors note on my

magazine to welcome he reader

to he magazine. As this is a

message from the magazines

author, I have made it stand out

by outlining the box in pink.

I used green for the page

numbers as on the cover I

used green for the name of

the artist and I wanted to

continue using the color so I

could create a house style.

I used a pink box on the sub

headings to make them stand

out. This will allow the reader to

look for the section which they

want to read and go to it easily.I have put the image of my cover

on the contents page to link it with

the contents.

The title on my contents page is

‘This Month’, I used this because

many magazines put headings

like his rather than stating it is

the contents page. On the side of my heading I used

he names of my magazine and

put contents under it. I used the

masthead from my front cover.

Double Page

I am still using the

main colors for the

text. I am sticking to

pink, white and black.

Also as I am using

small parts of green I

have done so in each

page to create an

effect as it all links.

This is my house

style.

On the top of the page I have a green

heartbeat design on top of the word

‘Competition’. I did this to continue

with the house style of using a little

green on the page and this seemed

like a simple way to do it.

The second page of the article has

pictures on it which are selfies and

are there because it is the selfie

page which means people can post

pictures to the magazine in hope to

have them published

The first page of my double page spread

is a quiz which the reader can fill in and

then submit in order to get a chance to

win tickets to a live performance.

I have images of one of my

classmates on the double page

article in order to advertise the selfie

page. I only used pictures from one

person because I want the page to

be dedicated to a single person so

people are more interested in getting

involved.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

On my magazine I have used many conventions of a real

media product. This is because I have used a masthead

that stands out on my cover, many magazines have this to

try and attract audiences, as it will catch the buyer’s

attention if the masthead is bold. Another convention which

I have used on my front cover is a barcode and price,

magazines use this to make sure the buyer knows how

much the magazine costs. I have also put the issue date

on the magazine to allow people to know what month and

year this issue came out on. On the contents page I have

included an editor’s note as most magazines use this to

inform people reading the magazine what they might find

inside. I have also used the three column convention with

all the categorised in sections.

How does your media product represent particular social

groups?

My media product specifically targets young girls from the

age of 12-17. I researched into POP magazines and

realised that there is a lot of pink used. Bright pink stands

out to many young girls therefore I thought it’d be a good

idea to do the same for mine. Also, I have used artists from

the POP genre and made them stand out so that they catch

the reader’s eye. As I researched into prices of other POP

magazines, they ranged from £2.50-£3.50 so I thought the

best price would be £2.75. It is affordable and audience can

buy the magazine using pocket money or asking parents.

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

A media institution that might be interested in distributing my magazine can be BBC Media Institutions. This is because they already publish a POP magazine called ‘Top of the Pop’s’. They could be interested in distributing mine as they already have an audience in this genre and if they were to produce another magazine for them to buy then they might make more profits. Another reason as to why BBC might want to distribute my magazine is that it could be popular amongst young buyers whom are usually the ones who spend their pocket money on products such as magazines.

Who would be the audience for your media product and

how did you attract/address your audience?

The target audience for my media product are teenage girls

aged 12-17. To help attract this audience I have mentioned

names of artist whom they might listen to for example,

Miley Cyrus. Another thing which I did to try and address

this audience is use the colour pink throughout my

magazine. I got the idea of using pink from my research

because most pop magazines aimed at this audience use

this colour. Also the price for my magazine is not too high

which means it is affordable for teenage girls as they can

get the money from weekly savings or from their parents.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

I have learnt how to take sharp images which I was able to use

in my magazine. This is because I now know how to focus the

camera and take pictures from different angles. I have also

learnt different shot types and how they are used within a

magazine for example; a mid shot would generally be used on

the cover of a magazine whereas a long shot would be used in

an article to show the scenery in which it was taken. To create

my magazine I had to use a Mac which I had not done before

so it was quite difficult to get the hang of it, once I learnt the

basic skills I was able to assemble texts and images to make

my final product. Another thing which I learnt to use is

Photoshop as that is the programme I used to make my media

product.

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

Now that I look back at my preliminary task, I see the development of my skills. When I made the school magazine I did not have much knowledge of the technology I was using. When I began to make my music magazine it was a similar situation but then I began to understand more and was able to test my skills with the camera and Mac. My school magazine seems less professional that my music magazine so this can show the progression I have made.