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.
Evaluation question 1:
"In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions or real media products?"
My music magazine both goes with and against the conventions of real media products, it has aspects that are similar and aspects that or different to the existing products.
First the title of my music magazine, I feel, doesn't go with the conventions of existing media products. Instead of naming it like a brand, for example "Q" or "kerrang" I used something that related more to music since it was a music magazine. I decided to call my magazine "High Notes" trying to use the positive meaning or high and the music connection of high notes. Most magazines I ave seen do not actually do this.
My photographs do use the usual conventions of existing media products. They contain the musician in the artical and show them posing for the photo to make it look more appealing. I chose this over the other rock music magazine style of photo's where they use images of the band/musician at a concert or gig. The colours of the photographs also match the colours of the magazine design it's self so it works well.
There are however ways I'd like to improve the photographs. For example the location of them was easy to get and take them but it did not look great. I would've preferred something better maybe.
The Colour scheme generally goes with the conventions of existing media products because it suits the genre of the magazine.
It isn't too bright or vibrant, which would fit more a pop or electronic music magazine. It's a darker colour, however I did not really want to make it too dark as that may make things harder to read with smaller text.
