Evaluation question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task (the school/college magazine task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from that to your full product?

Comparing my final products to my preliminary college magazine task it is clear that I have learnt a few things whilst going through ths course.

First of all it is clear that I have learnt more about how a magazine should be set out, for example the contents page.

Looking at my contents page from my preliminary task I didn't have much knowledge on how to set out my page and what to put in it, I left a lot of empty spaces (such as in the bottom right corner) and didn't put very much contents on it at all.

Comparing that to my final product contents page I added a lot more contents to it and layed out the images better. There is a lot less blank space on this one than on the college magazine one. I also included a few other features that are often on contents pages of existing magazines such as adverts (for example, for online subscriptions).

Looking at my cover pages I have improved there too. On this I hadn't used a very good font for the title, it didn't stand out enough and looked quite bad. I also hadn't set out the text very well as it went over and covered the model a bit. I also didn't make the page stand out much, I had no real colour scheme or proper layout for the different features of the cover page. Another thing is that there isn't very much difference between the sizes of the title and the other text so it doesn't stand out as much as it should.

On my final product I had set out the page properly. I had made sure each of the features it needs is set out properly and that the title stands out and is a bold font. I also have made sure that there is a colour scheme and that the text works with the main image on the page.

Evaluation question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Whilst creating my product I have gained knowledge about using a few different programs such as Photoshop, Excel and even blogger it's self.

As I went through working on my product or even preparing for my course, I learnt and picked up many different skills on Photoshop. I had to learn these so I could use them to make my final product. I hadn't used Photoshop at first so I had to learn from scratch what most of things did or how to do even simple things, such as making shapes or selecting certain areas. Once I found out what things were I learnt more advance things like adding a shadow to things or how to use layering better.






I gained more knowledge in how to turn tables of data into graphs on excel. Despite having done this before I didn't remember much so going over it have helped me remember some very useful information as I can now show data in charts or graphs.









Also before this course I have never used or even heard of blogger, so in order to do my course work I have had to learn the basics of how to use blogger. From simply making a new blog to changing the layout and themes of it.

Evaluation question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

I attracted my audience by including content that I thought they would like. For example on the front cover and contents page I advertised things like information about local gigs or prizes from music quiz competitions.

I also went round and asked people from my target audience age group about what kind of things they would want to see in a magazine and tried to include as many of those features as I could. 

I also included an artist that people in that kind of audience would probably enjoy reading about and relate to easily.

Evaluation question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my magazine would probably be people around the age of 13 - 19 years old. They would be at least fans of rock music and maybe part of a social group involving or about rock music. They would probably like to listen to the music often and enjoy going to concerts or gigs. They would generally enjoy reading/knowing bout their favorite music artists and watch or read a lot about them.

These kind of people would be attracted to my magazine because of the content in it. I asked people in my target audiences age range what they wanted in a magazine and I tried to include content that would appeal to people in those social groups by using what I had seen in every day life.

Evaluation question 3: What kind of institution might distribute your media product and why?

An institute that might distribute my magazine would probably be something like IPC Media, because they distribute a lot of magazines including NME, which is a similar genre to my own magazine.

IPC Media make a very wide range of different genres of magazines for different audiences, this includes things like music, sport, DIY and other kinds of magazines. However the other institutions I have looked at tend to not be as varied and make mostly magazines around one genre. These are genres such as fashion, business and construction. IPC Media seem to be the most likely because they make a wide variety of magazines which includes one of the most popular music magazines. 

My magazine would fit in with the other ones this institution distributes because it is similar to other magazines they do.

Evaluation question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My media product represents a few groups of people.

Firstly it represents teenagers. My magazine represents teenagers by including a musician that would usually appeal to most teenagers. A lot of teenagers tend to like, watch or listen to things involving musicians that are fairly young (20-30 years) as they can relate more to them than an older artist. Also they tend to like musicians that has similar attitude or do similar things to them, again this helps them relate to them more. 

Also it includes things like prizes or content that would appeal more to a teenager than an older or younger person. For example concert tickets as a prize. An older or younger person would not want/might not be allowed to go to a concert.


It also represents people such as "rockers". Generally people in particular social groups about/involving rock music and culture. My advertised content would appeal to people in those groups because it is things they would like to do, read about or get.