AS MEDIA STUDIES

EVALUATION

G321 SHANNON OGRADY

QUESTION 1.

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

QUESTION 1.

When starting from the beginning of my magazine, I started to search through

different types of magazines that suited my magazine genre. I made this task which

shows the analysis of conventions I used…

http://shansasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2013-10-18T15:00:00%2B01:00&max-results=7&start=21&by-date=false

Then, from the knowledge I gained from the generic convention’s task to make a series of

my own…

http://shansasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/codes-and-conventions-task.html

QUESTION 1.

As shown here, this is where I have got my influences. The similarities between mine and the other is that the headline between ‘contents’ and ‘glamour’ are both written in block capitals. In the example magazine, I feel that here was a certain colour scheme being made which I also made the same which shows consistency in my work

Also, the two pictures in comparison to each other are very similar as they are both full length shots, and also they are both posing in a very unusual way to each other

QUESTION 1.

Here is another example of where I got my subheadings and picture idea from. This is due to the similar background and fonts used to state the

headlines. Also, the images are similarly laid out with a range of images all closely laid

out together. A black background is also used over the main cover image which makes

the reader more drawn to the subheadings.When reading ‘Your Hair’ the subheadings caught my eye straight away.

Lastly, the top line of writing is different to the bottom line which is where I my influence came from, this helps to contrast the colour of the writing with

the main colour pace of the magazine.

QUESTION 1.

When making my double page spread, I had already made a few idea’s in my

head of how I wanted it to look, however I still did research to make

sure that I was one hundred percent on how I wanted to look. From what I

researched, I found a simple layout, something similar to how I wanted

mine to look. For example the simple writing on one side of the page

overlapping an image and one huge close up picture on the left, avoiding

direct address.Simple colours, for example black was also used here to show a ‘retro’ look

which indicates the look that the artist is going for.

QUESTION 2.

How does your media product represent particular social

groups?

QUESTION 2.

I feel that, my whole magazine will be aimed girls for the younger generation, for

example older teenage girls who inspire in famous pop artist, and younger adults. My magazine genre is a pop magazine, which features very strong and powerful artists,

such as the likes of Cheryl Cole. When making my cover artists Sasha Blue, I had

Cheryl Cole in the back of mind as I wanted Sasha Blue to carry out the same type of attitude she did, subtle and very positive

role model to the younger generation.

Sasha Attwood has created a powerful role which show that she is on top and

concurring her music career. This attitude also sets of a good vibe to all the teenage

models that would be inspired by magazines such as ‘Fusion’.

QUESTION 2.

The supporting act I have used give off a subtle, however carefree attitude which fits in with my whole genre of my magazine and also contrasts well with Sasha Blue. This will affect my target audience as the ‘carefree teenage’ age will be interested and inspired by my supporting acts. I have dressed them so that ‘Haleigh Hales’ is looking stylish and ‘Dylan Roscoe’ pulls out the carefree/cheeky look.

QUESTION 3.

What kind of media institution might distribute your product and

why?

QUESTION 3

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QUESTION 3.

The reason why I have chosen Bauer distribution is because they produce Q magazine which I have

previously been looking at as in inspiration to make my magazine what it is at its final piece.

QUESTION 4.

What would be your audience for your media product?

QUESTION 4.

The audience for my music magazine is going to be more from a female’s perspective however, male’s could also be interested as for example, one of my supporting acts ‘Dylan Roscoe’ is a male and it mainly interest’s his new music and how he started off which can inspire both male and female.

QUESTION 5.

How did you attract/address your audience?

QUESTION 5.Colour scheme

In my magazine, I think that the colours I have chosen is what sets the target audience to be attracted to it. As I said before, my magazine is mainly targeted

at females which, the bright vibrant colours help make it a girly touch. The colour baby pink shows the girly touch of the magazine which is very

calming and subtle. The colour baby pink is set in the background which has a chilled affect, this makes all the other vibrant and brighter colours stand out.

For example, the black shows the fierce attitude that is being show to the audience to set the mood to make them want to read the ‘juicy gossip’ revealed inside. Whereas the hot pink also shows a fierce attitude but also a hot intense

attitude is let off, showing the dominant role from a female’s perspective. The dark blue on the contents page shows that throughout the different pages,

theres isn’t only things for females but also for males. The dark blue takes a seat, and step back to go for the chilled look so that the audience aren’t thrown

straight away when seeing what is available in the magazine.All these colours put together also represent Sasha Blue as a person and also

music artist which explains her choice of music.

QUESTION 5.

Masthead-When researching different ideas of names for my magazine,

I came across a few. When exceeding with my various names, I decided which name best suited my genre, type of magazine, audience and the age gap which then resulted to ‘Fusion’. I decided to have fusion because my magazine is a range of different artists and information that suits both girls

and boys all fitted into one. When looking through my research, I came across Fusion Festival. When continuing

research about the festival, it started to sound like the fun and excitement I wanted my magazine to include.

Main Headline:‘Sasha Blue, the music that changed my life’ I decided to keep my main headline simple and involve my main artist.

This gives a mysterious atmosphere to the audience however doesn’t put them on edge too much because they

know who the magazine is mainly going to be about straight away which make them decide whether this magazine is for them or not. This also links in with my main cover image as

Sasha Blue is giving direct address which welcomes the audience in.

QUESTION 5.

The hottest artist- This is again thrown out to females and males, because there’s

a range of genders to be looking at and also finding

out about including my back up artists Haleigh Hales and Dylan Roscoe. I have placed Haleigh at an age of 18 and Dylan at 19. However, this

doesn’t mean that the audience has to also be this

age, they could possibly have little fans from infant

ages who inspire to be them

QUESTION 6.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process

of constructing a product?

STRENGTHS…

Paint. NetGood cropping and editing tools Not too complicated and easy to get around Text can be easily edited and added inPage plusVery useful tools that can crop images in a simple way and to how you approveMany different effectsEasy to get use to quicklyMicrosoft PublisherSpell check is helpful so that you make no spelling mistakesAgain, simple to useIt’s useful because you can save instantly as a JPEG, which means you don’t have to export the files.

WEAKNESSES…

Paint.NetNot a wide range of shapes or textThe layers confused me and took me a while to get use toWhen a JPEG, the quality of the image was poorPage PlusThe text tools provided wasn’t very useful and straight forwardWhen using the photo cropper, sometimes it would either crop too much or too littleBlurry images when enlargedMicrosoft PublisherCant position text and images freely and exactly where you want themNo effects and filters are availableAgain, not good quality images When starting my first task, creating a magazine cover I was able to point out which areas I am good at and which areas I needed to improve on. This helped me as I needed negative feedback so I was able to learn from the for my final piece.

QUESTION 6.

When starting my first task, creating a magazine cover I was able to point out which areas I am good at and which areas I needed to improve on. This helped me as I needed negative feedback so I was able to learn from the for my final piece.I created a magazine for Q as a remake/remodel task… http://shansasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/remake-remodel-task.htmlI compared this when making my final magazine as I could see where the areas were where I needed to tamper with things.

QUESTION 6.

QUESTION 7.

Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have

learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

QUESTION 7.

Preliminary task Final Task My preliminary task

lacks codes and conventions compared

to my final piece.The main image isn’t as fierce along with lack of detail in the masthead. The cover lines are also very weak as there is very few which shows the audience lack of interest. There’s very

little detail added to the front cover which

doesn’t tell you much about what is going on

inside.

QUESTION 7.

Preliminary task Final Task

Again, in my preliminary task, the contents were very plain with basic colours with the same font throughout. This again, lack of interest to the audience which can be taken in offence. The only theme running through this was the colour which didn’t send off any message to the reader apart from a negative vibe by choice of colour. Also, when looking through the pages, there is only 5 pages which will not interest anybody. However in comparison to my final piece, the colours are still very simple however sends of a relaxed and calm message, there are also many more pages so the audience can be interested by many more juicy gossip. The font used shows clearly a strong/determined attitude as block capitals is used with a dark font to set off the tone. Whilt working on my final piece I have double checked my work to make sure that there was no mistakes made during my process.

QUESTION 8.

How successful do you feel your end product is in fulfilling the task? How

well does it fit the brief?

QUESTION 8.

So, over all I am very happy with my final piece as from looking back at previous attempts I feel that I have successful improved. I feel that I have completed my task to the best of my ability and have created a music magazine with the genre of ‘Pop’ as intended from the start, with influences from many different magazines. From looking through my work now it is all finished, I can see that I have correctly stuck to a positive colour scheme and also covered a lot of the codes and convention tasks again, to the best of my ability. I have also tried my best to stick to the theme that would best suit my target audience and keep up to date with what they would be expecting to find. Looking over my work again, I feel that my double page spread is most powerful as it has less negative space, and looks more professional however I am very pleased with my outcome.