Evaluation Questions for Music Magazine

These are the questions I have to answer to evaluate my Music Magazine

Question 1) In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? 

Question 2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Question 3)what kind of media institutions might distribute your media product and why? 

Question 4)who would be the audience for your media product? ?

Question 5) How did you attract/address your audience?

Question 6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of construction this product?

Question 7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

My Music Magazine Double Page Spread

Here is the finished product of my double page spread.

I used one image for the background and main image, I did this because it was very central and I thought it would look cool to have the text going round it. However, when writing up the interview, I knew the text would'nt stand out against the image, so to fix this I thought that filling in the text boxes would work. However, it doesn't look very professional having it block coloured, I wanted it to look semi-transparent but I couldn't figure out how to do this. I think I should've added more images to the double page spread because there is too much writing and I think it would've helped break it up more, making it easier to read. The interview itself is far too long and I should've shortened it down.

My Music Magazine Contents Page

Here is the finished product of my contents page.

Like the cover, I do not like it because it's very plain and minimalistic and not very eye catching. The colours are bright and bold, but the lack of things on the page makes it look nothing like real magazines.

I think I could have used more images and added pull quotes from the interviews or articles to make it look more like a real magazine. I could've put text with some of the images too, so the readers would know what the images are about.

My Music Magazine Cover

Here is my finished magazine front cover. I couldn't use the fonts I wanted so I went with a bold one that will stand out. I like the colours I used, although they do take the attention away from the main image. I used the same colours on the contents page too for continuity. 

Looking at it now, I wish I'd added more sell lines and stuck to the templates I made, because it doesn't look that professional and I definitely wouldn't buy it if it was in a news agents.

I think it does't have many features that a real top selling magazine would have. It's lacking the date issue number and price. There are no puffs, buzz lines or anchorage text. There is only two images, the main one and one relating to an article in the magazine. I think there could have been another one or two images so it didn't look so bland.

Front cover photo

This is the image I have selected for the front cover of my music magazine. It will be the background image and main image of the front cover. I like it because it has space for the masthead at the top and room at the bottom for the covermount and barcode etc.

The studioshot is of the girlband Failing Chemistry, so it links with the main feature of the issue which is an interview with the band.

Here is the original and the finished image after editing it. To get the image like this, I reduced the saturation making it look not quite black and white with a little bit of colour. It also made the background a lot more white and not the creamy white in the original image.

Short list of photos

This is my photoshoot with Failing Chemistry, the girlband. I used a photography studio to get the high key lighting I wanted.

Out of 200, these are the few images I might include in my magazine.

I just need to edit the ones I will use.

I quite like this one, I think the contents is good and they all look happy and cheerful. However, it isn't spaced that well and the girl on the left isn't fully in frame (her hands are cut out). Also, there is too much space on the right side compared to the left so they aren't even.

This one is also nice, the content is good and they look like they are having fun. However, again the girl on the left is being cut out of frame, meaning they are too close to the camera or I needed to zoom out. There is movement in this shot and it's made it blurry. This could be because they weren't ready for the shot or I had the wrong shutter speed.

I think I will use this one for my cover, it is spaced nicely and the content is good. I would edit it before use though, because there is shadow in the corners and the background isn't quite white enough. I like the pose and how they are dressed as it shows their individual styles and that was what the aim of this shoot was for.

This one is a little bit overexposed but I really like it. I will edit out the feet (it's not very professional). I like how they are spaced out on the floor, even if I could have moved around a little to get their faces right in the middle. I might use this one for my double page spread as I think its quite nice.

I quite like this one, even though the lighting isn't that good. I like how the three are sitting in front with the sign and the other dressed in the dinosaur onesie is pulling a funny face behind them. I think I could have moved them further back, so part of their arms weren't cut out of frame. If I were to use it, I would need to adjust the brightness and contrast to balance them out.

Photoshoot

I have done my photoshoot for the Music Magazine, but the 'British Heritage' theme had to change as I couldn't use the original location (library). I carried out my photoshoot in a photography studio so I could get the proper high key lighting and now all I have to do is select the ones I will use.