Evaluation
Olivia Rankine
A/S Media studies
Introduction
• I have created a print product (front cover,
contents page and double page spread of a
music magazine)
• I have worked independently and done all the
aspects of the product myself and used all my
own photos.
In what ways does your media product use/develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real products?
This is my front cover and When looking at the text on
as you can see I stuck to a through my pages I have kept
limited amount of colour simple text fonts to make the
and chose three colours magazine very simple and
(red, white and black) to easy to read, I often changed
make it look more the size of the more
professional, many other important text bigger than
magazines also stick to the less important texts to
limited colour to keep it make them stand out more,
easy to read and follow many professionals print the
and this way suites to the cost small unless the price is
target audience and cheaper than usual, this
genre. invites the customers in.
When looking at the Mise-en-sence of this page everything links to the rock genre/theme,
this is very important as crossing themes can cause arguments and will be unappealing to
the customers who don't like one of the themes.
My magazine front cover
is developed and My front cover informs
different as the picture the reader of only the
of the featured artist is most important
in black and white and information in the
the background is the magazine as if there was
normal background of to much headlines on my
the place in which the front cover it would look
picture was taken, this way to busy and would
adds normality to the over shadow the
photo as the artist is in a featured artist, many
normal environment and magazine covers have
the black and white is less headlines as they
used to link to the colour respect the featured
scheme, this is not often artists .
used on front covers but
I still think it creates a
My featured artist id holding the
great effect.
instrument that he plays, this adds
The price is very substantial for my magazine effect to the genre of music and makes
(as shown in the top left) this means many the front cover picture look more
less wealthy people still have the opportunity professional as and linked to the artist
to buy this magazine. himself.
In my contents page all
the text is in the same
Throughout my magazine I
font as it makes it a lot
have placed black writing
easier for the reader to
on top of a white
read and follow, also
background. I have done
the layout as a “list”
this to make the text easy
makes it easier to follow
to read as certain colours
and more fun to read,
on certain backgrounds
this is common in most
can cause discomfort for
magazine contents page
the reader to read. This
as they are used to
also links to my chosen
inform people of the
colour scheme.
contents, but it is hard
to make it fun to read
and follow, the way I
have laid it out make
the more important The pictures in this contents page cover different
heading stand out from acts which are included in the magazine, mostly
the less important text. plating instruments which link to the style of music
in which the magazine is targeted at.
In my contents page the layout is
very simple and easy to follow, I
have again used black writing
onto a white background to make
the writing easy to read, except
when I have highlighted a small
part of the text in red to make it
stand out and appeal to the
reader to read on.
I have structured this piece into
three small sections at a font size
of eleven so the text is big
enough to read when printed, I
have also highlighted the most
important pieces of text by
The picture in this double page spread is another of writing it in a bigger font to make
the main artist who is featured on the front cover, this it look more professional and
is to address the reader who the article is about, this is attract to the reader more.
also in black and white as it links to the front cover
and the colour scheme. The posters in the background
of the artist also advertise the style of music in which
the magazine is linked to.
How does you’re media product represent social
groups?
When looking at the people in my magazine they all have
instruments showing that the rock industry involves lots of
musically talented people, it also shows the artists as hard
working and very passionate about their music as they put a
lot of time into forming bands etc
My magazine looks at people more into rock music and the
people in the magazine are represented and people very
interested in rock music and into dark clothes and hair, this
gives a specific image to the rock fans and many people label
them as “Emos “ and “Goths”, but when looking at through
the article it shows a happy music driven side to them as
they are very serious about their lifestyles.
What kind of media institution might distribute you’re
media product and why?
The publisher that I would like to publish my
magazine is an institution called IPC .
This institution have published NME a magazine
that focuses on indie music, I think they could
benefit my music magazine to promote rock
music so the institution have a indie and a rock
magazine.
IPC magazine are so well known that over 26
million people read a magazine published by
them, this would really promote rock music to
shops and rock music fans.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
When looking at my magazine I would say that my magazine is targeted at both male
and females as they type of music and genre can be liked my either sex, I also this my
magazine would only appeal to people at the age of around 14 to 25 as many people
drift off into their careers after the age of 25.
My magazine is targeted at any race of ethnic group as it is a rock magazine to for fill
peoples love for rock music so anybody who likes rock music is who this magazine is
targeted at.
My magazine includes many pictures of people with musical instruments and
musicians, this could target people who are interested in musical instruments and
interested in becoming musicians themselves.
My magazine is sold at a very cheap price compared to others making it a lot easier for
less wealthy people to buy, this means everybody can afford my magazine meaning it is
targeted at almost everyone.
Looking at the genre, colour scheme and musical content of my magazine I would say it
is targeted at people who are interested in the music genre “rock” this could interest
many stereotypes such as Goths and Emos.
How did you attract/address your audience?
As you can see on my Next you can see that the
front page I have name of the features artist
addressed the reader by “BEYOND ORDINARY” stands
writing the name of the out as it is the only bold white
magazine in a big’ bold text on the page, this attracts
font in a very dark colour people who will have heard of
to stand out, the name of the featured artist and will
the magazine is the make them want to buy it
biggest piece of teat in the
front page to show the
I have also used different
name is very important
colours on top of other
and this will drag the
colours in the limited colour
reader in as it will be very
range to make the writing
noticeable to the readers
more interesting to look at
eye.
and read, it also makes the
On this page I have also inserted a picture of the writing stand out on top of
artist to make his fans want to read an article about the other coloured
him. backgrounds.
What have you learnt about the technologies from the
process of constructing your magazine?
During the process of constructing my magazine I have
firstly learnt how to use the website blogger (
www.blogger.com) . By using this I have learn how to post
information on the research, planning, process and
evaluation to show the four mane stages in making a
product.
During this process I have also used the internet to
research possible ideas about my product, I have mainly
used the most common search engine Google (
www.google.com) this has been very useful as I have
researched different magazines and front covers that have
really inspired my magazine pages.
During the process of making my media product I had to
take a minimum of four photographs, luckily I am also
studying photographer at AS level so I own a camera, during
this process I have learnt to work in a studio environment
and who to use lighting and effects, all this came in very
handy in my media product. Also throughout this process I
have learnt to use Photoshop, I am also quite familiar with
this as I do photography, to edit some photos then put
them into InDesign to create my front page, in design has
also been very useful in the process of my media product as
without it I couldn’t have possibly made and designed my
magazine.
InDesign helped me create all my pages and design them
with pictures colours and different texts/ fonts. I have used
InDesign the most out of all of these technologies as it has
been the most important in the whole process.
Conclusion!
Overall I think my media product has been a great success as I think it fits all my areas
in the way I wanted it too, I wouldn’t change any big details to it as I like it the way it is
but the only thing I would consider changing if I had the chance would be the
journalism in the double page spread as I don’t think it fits to the standard of the rest
of the magazine.
