Media Evaluation

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2. How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

When I first decided on creating a rock and indie magazine I wanted my pictures to be really extreme, but I found that the simple shots were the best as the makeup gave them the edge that I wanted. ‘Elly White’ creates the image of a young, fresh, different and inspirational new face to the music industry and comes across as quite independent and headstrong.

The photo from Kerrang is similar in one hand is featured in the shot and the facial expressions are quite simple. The one from Kerrang focuses on the costume more as it complies with the house style and my photo is more of a close-up shot. I focused on makeup more than costume.

How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

I really liked the idea of getting to know a person through photographs and I noticed that many magazines had small photos of bands/artists with different facial expressions and poses to show their personality. I think by showing more personality then they can become more relatable to readers. These shots were taken outside and I chose to have everything contrasting to show how different

Sensitive Fun/Crazy/Light hearted Mysterious

She is, and the different sides to her. The photos from kerrang are similar in the way that the same costume is worn throughout and the location is the same. It also features a quote which I used as well as they show someone’s personality more too.

3. What Kind Of Media Institution Might Distribute My Media Product

• I think Bauer Media Group would distribute my magazine as my magazine is a mix between ‘Kerrang’ magazine and ‘Q’ magazine and the Bauer Media Group distributes both of them. My magazine is a rock and indie magazine but unlike Kerrang I haven't given away the genre from the title and fonts. Ambient is quite a general name, similar to ‘Q’. I reinforced the genre through my images and band/artist names.

4. Technologies Used

Video Audience

Taking Homework and Class work from/to home and school

Take Pictures

Used to create magazine, took quite a while to get used to but I'm confident in using it now

Access all programmes

Posted everything relevant to my media course on, e.g. Planning and research

Publisher – to align some of text

PowerPoint – To create PowerPoint's before uploading to slide share

Word – To draft all text on before applying to magazine

Editing photos

Created a prezi for part of my evaluation, never used it before and picked it up quite quickly – effective way of portraying lots of information

Used when uploading my PowerPoint's to Blogger, very easy to use

Technologies UsedVideos – merging together to create movie and uploading

5. Preliminary Task

Doesn’t match the house style

Lighting isn't brilliant, background is dull makes her look pale and not vibrant enough

Cover lines not lined up, looks unprofessional

Title doesn't match the genre of the magazine

Plain font for main cover line, Doesn't stand out enough

Lots of blank space

Plainer but more effective title font

Eye-catching main cover line font, less text

Less blank space, background complies with house style

Lined up cover lines, all same colours and font

Matches house style

Too much text

Makeup makes her stand out

Preliminary Task

Photos just look added on, and one is a bit too stretched

Lots of blank space

Not much contents and font is very large

Font looks out of place

Background is dull

Colours don't match up, too many colours

A lot more contents, smaller font

Text around photos, not stretched and not just added on

Less blank space

Matches cover, simple but effective

No text glows and only three colours used.

Titles in pink - easy to navigate

Improvements• To improve my magazine I should have made sure the editor’s note text didn't overlap the

picture and I should have put page numbers on my contents and double page spread pages. The only part that I believe lets my magazine down is the contents page, as I concentrated so much on cramming lots of contents on to it I think it looks to textual and the least professional out of the 3 pages I created.

6. Audience For My Media Product

• Aimed at a teenage audience who are into rock/indie styled music

• Predominant female audience• Music makes up a big part of their lives, so

much so that it influences how they dress, how they colour and style their hair and their behaviour and attitudes

• Enjoys gigs, likes to keep-up-to-date with their favourite bands/artists, posters

• Believes that friends and their peer group are very important in portraying their identity

7. How I Attracted/Addressed my Audience

Bold colours: Pink & Black, contrast each

other

Simple fonts, become effective due to the listing

of all bands/artists – All

names were created to sound ‘Rock’ or ‘Indie’ style, reinforces

the genre

Chance to win gig tickets to a

band that would appeal to them

Heavy eye make-up

Determined expression, engages the

reader

List of bands significant to the reader will draw

them in

Easy to spot primary lead,

colour stands out on the image

Posters

Articles/interviews able to keep

readers up to date on their favourite

artists/bands

Gig information for music lovers

Photos relevant to genre, serious

expression, dress sense, makeup

Gives friendly approach to

magazine, excites the reader about the contents, picture

makes it more personal

Contents clear and easy to read, under headings to split the

contents

Complies with front cover title

Gig information, encourages

reader

Elly White – Relatable and inspiring, comes out in the interview, questions asked that reader would

want to know about Elly White e.g. How she made it into the music industry?

Sense of individual

ity

Getting to know her,

background information, sets scene

Language: chatty, friendly, relatable ‘I want it to be crazy,

crazier than GAGA’S!’

Contrasting dress sense creates mysterious look at first glance,

engages reader to read interview to find out more about her

Introduction to her, highlighting key words, gives insight to who

she is and what she's done