EVALUATION

By Faye Martin

This evaluation will show…The Research

Research into target audiences, social groups, demographics, analysis of current magazines.

The ProcessComposition of my magazine, Programs I have used, Developing codes and

conventions.

The ComparisonComparing my finished product with current music magazines.

The JourneyHow my work has developed, How my skills have developed, Final thoughts.

The Brief…Main Task: To create a front

cover, contents page and double page spread for a new

magazine.

How does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real

media products?

MastheadOn the diagonal, the font codes the indie rock

genre, drum name.

Cover linesConvention of any magazine, simple

language, one word, use to allure the audience.

Cover Band/ Main ImageFacial expressions, body language,

costume, the bands appearance sells the magazine.

ColoursColour scheme, pink, black and white.

Barcode

PuffsThe same function of cover lines, provide

information.

StraplineConvention of magazines,

provides more information.

How does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real

media products?

TitleOf the magazine and contents

page.

Page TitlesProvide information of what the pages

consist of.

Editors ColumnA convention commonly used in magazines,

allows the editors input.

Page SummariesGive a brief summary of what each

page features of.

ImagesShow the features of the

magazine, cover band.

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

TitleProvides information about the

pages feature.

ImagesThrough the use

of a collage allows a larger collection

of photos

Colour SchemeIs consistent

throughout the whole magazine

produced.

LayoutIs conventional of an interview.

Pull QuotesAre used to entice the

audience to read the rest of the interview.

InterviewA chatty conversation to

sell and market the band in the industry.

How does your media product represent a particular social group?

INDIE

Demographics: are the characteristics of the human population used in

marketing.

This is the music genre and social group I am representing

through my product.

AGE 17-25

Students GenderFemale

RaceMulti-culturalIncome

Very littleMinimum wage

Personality

What kind of Media Institute might distribute your media product and why?

Well established music magazines who specialize in Indie/Rock

What kind of Media Institute might distribute your media product and why?

NME is also another well established music magazine, but it

focuses on the Indie rock genre and culture of music. NME also have

their own official website, a website to sell tickets for gigs and tours,

chart website (where readers and fans votes are counted), radio and

awards.

Kerrang! is a well established rock/metal music magazine however

it has expanded it's horizons to a radio station, tv channel and a

company to promote tours and hold their own gigs and tours. Kerrang! commenced publication on 7 June

1981

A like the others Q has a radio station, website, magazine, current issue page, news and a chart. Q is a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130,179 as of June

2007

Who would be the audience of your magazine?

Questionnaire: was use to collect information about

the target audience.

This form of data collection was passed to a sample of people ranging of different ages, lifestyles etc.

Music Genre

Students

Magazines to base my magazine on.

Indie/Rock magazines.

How did you attract your audience?

Issue Theme: This certain issue had a theme of ‘Girl Power’ this statement will draw girls to read

this specific issue.

Fonts: Bold fonts have been used to attract the attention of the

audience.

Main Image: The main image on the front cover encodes the Indie Rock genre through the costume, body language, facial expressions

and make-up.

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

For my preliminary task I used the program windows publisher to

create it.

The image is dominate and is used as the background

also.

The fonts used on this task are very simple due the

restrictions of the program used.

The theme of this magazine is based to be sold in a

school and is a new years issue.

My Final views of my work and journey in production…

I feel as if I have achieved much more knowledge of the program used,

Photoshop.

I feel as if I have accomplished enough research to produce a good piece of

coursework, and have learnt a lot about the media institutions in this market.

I feel as if I have done enough research in the Indie Genre and I have used the codes

and conventions effectively.

If I was given the opportunity to develop this magazine any further, I would develop

into a media institution like current magazines for example NME.

Overall I feel as if I have worked to my full potential in this coursework and have produced a piece of work at a good

standard.

The End.