Question 7 evaluation "what have you learnt in the progression from it the full product".

Question 7 media, what have I learnt?

One thing I have learnt is how to be more creative. Instead of using boring fonts, I used a website called dafont to design my own fonts to fit my personal needs within the magazine. Another way I have learnt to be more creative is when creating my logo for my magazine. Using adobe illustrator I made a logo entirely by myself to match the feel of my magazine. The whole process has also made me more competent with the software that I used. I now understand the main themes a lot better and how they link together to create media and show media to different people in different ways. Media is all about effecting people in ways that suit for example entertainment is all about humouring the audience and making them happy. I think my music magazine is far better than my college magazine. I didn’t really think of colours and themes throughout my college magazine or what I was representing within my magazine, whereas with my music magazine I have tried to send messages and representations to the audience through symbolic and technical codes.

Question 6 evaluation

Question 5 evaluation

Question 4 evaluation "who is the audience for your product?"

Q4) Who is your audience for your product?
Flow Magazine is aimed at teenagers and young adults who are interested in the rap and hip-hop industry. Its aimed at these groups as stereotypically that’s who normally listens to this sort of music, therefore that’s who I have aimed my product for. The magazine is also trying to go against the stereotype that rap music is all about negative and aggressive vibes. Throughout the magazine the artists featured normally rap about positive and happy vibes, trying to intrigue this audience and bring more together to look at rap in a different way.

Question 3 evaluation

Question 2 evaluation "how does your media product represent groups"

Question 1 Evaluation "in what ways does your product use,develop, or challenge forms and conventions"

Question 1

Q1) There are many different forms of media today, one of them being a magazine. The aim of a magazine is to educate, entertain and please the public. Including information from that specific area. My music magazine is of the rap music genre. I have challenged forms and conventions by using the colours grey black and white throughout my magazine. Most magazines tend to have the same colour theme associated on the front cover of the magazine. I have chosen these colours as they represent rap music (basic, “black and white”). I have also done this in order to make my magazine look formal, smart and unique on the shelves. Another way that I have challenged forms and conventions is that I have placed my coverlines on the right side of the page. Most magazines tend to have the coverlines on the left or both sides. I have used this symbolic code so that the subject is facing towards them and the reader will hopefully get the impression it’s being said out loud to them. This makes the audience feel more involved with the magazine.

One way that I have used a convention is the use of a puff. Almost every magazine has a puff and uses bright colours to attract the audience, I have done this with the colour yellow (the only bright colour on my front cover) the text inside the puff also attracts customers as it gives them a chance to win.

Another way that I have used a convention is a colour scheme throughout my Contents page and DPS. Vibe magazine have the exact same colours in both of theirs and mine is the same. I have a grey/blue colour as the background of mine as it represents rap as being calm yet also dull. Rap tends to be aggressive and violent though I want my magazine to portray it differently.

Finally one last way I have developed a form and convention is the use of a logo on the front cover. Most magazines tend to have a logo but don’t always involve it in the front cover. Whereas my logo is placed directly next to my Masthead. I have done this to make my magazine separate and distinguishable from other magazines on the shelf. Making my magazine well known to the public and building a reputation.

Finished DPS

Finished contents page

Finished front cover

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This feedback will allow me to improve my magazine, my first improvement was listening to the feedback and making my dps the same colour theme as the front cover and not just having a plain white background, I have also changed the puff on my front cover to make the colours fit together more easily. 

Press Release

PRESS RELEASE

FLOW magazine will be hitting the streets on January 6^th 2016. The magazine will be a formal and unbelievably gripping magazine. Its genre will be rap and hip-hop aimed at the teen/adult age group. There are many different types of rap that people haven’t heard of therefore this new magazine will inform the people and give them new amazing music to listen to and try out. It will include reviews, gig details, exclusive interviews and much more. Rappers are extremely good at connecting with people as they come from different backgrounds and a variety of beginnings, this connection makes the reader feel better about themselves and will allow them to relate and become part of the magazine.

FLOW aspires to be the most formal magazine from the bunch. It will inform the public with all of the new music news and happenings. We aim to inspire our readers to achieve all they can and reach their goals in life, this and the formality of the magazine are our main aims.

The template copy for FLOW had some really great reviews and we have listened to their suggestions to make our magazine the best we can make it.

We will be distributing thousands of copies all over the U.K and will try to enhance knowledge of the people.

Questionnaire results

Audience Profile FLOW

Magazine Analysis KERRANG

Magazine Analysis DPS VIBE

Magazine Analysis Front Cover & Contents page VIBE

evaluation

Evaluation

1.     My magazine represents students as it shows the attributes of many students across the country. The guitar represents more activity based students and students who enjoy the more relaxed aspects of college life. The students is studying which represents many students focused on the work and studying aspects of college. I have tried to blend these components to intrigue as many people as possible to read my magazine. However due to the fact I haven’t varied my images may rule out certain social groups which don’t fit the agenda. My main aim was to blend academic work with activity based subjects, because I think hats what learning is all about and I’m sure many other students will be too.

 

2.     Overall I am mostly pleased with the colours an font of my magazine. I have tried to use as many dark colours as possible as the survey I conducted proved that’s what my target audience liked most. I have used sans serif font as I think it looks very formal, easy to read and smart. I think this suits the image of the student. I think he colours of the front cover, being slightly dark, goes well with the black background of the contents page.

 

3.     Overall I dislike the fact I have used the same type of images throughout. This rules out certain social groups such as maybe female or sporty, as there isn’t really much to intrigue them at first glance. I also didn’t use a medium close up shot at first which I had to edit and reduce quality which is somewhat noticeable to me.

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