Media Evaluation

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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.

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.

Technologies Used

Video Audience

Taking Homework and Class work from/to home and school

Take Pictures

Used to create magazine

Access all programmes

Upload everything done, from start to finish of magazine

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 photosand videos

Creating a prezi

Uploading PowerPoint's to Blogger

Technologies Used

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.