Evaluation - Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

After completing my music magazine i looked back over what i did as a preliminary task (college magazine).

I realised straight away that my photo/image manipulation skills had increased massively as well as my photography. On my college magazine cover you can see that the image is slightly squashed as it was more of a landscape photo as opposed to portrait. You can also notice certain parts of the photo have extremely bright areas which before i didn't know how to fix with photoshop but now i know how to darken areas of a photo unlike before.

I also now realise there is a big issue surrounding the space in a magazine after looking at many music magazines. These college pages are both very sparse

Evaluation - Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?

Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? on Prezi

Evaluation - Question 4 & 5

Who would be the audience for your media product?

How did you attract/address your audience?

I originally did these questions as a video but the file corrupted so i figured a prezi was the next best thing.

Question 4 & 5 on Prezi

Evaluation - Question 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation - q3

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Evaluation - Question 2

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

I have aimed for my product to represent “rockers” or fans of the rock/metal genre. I believe I have conveyed this in various ways. On my cover in particular I believe it shows a stereotypical member of the genre. It is a photo of a male with long dyed hair (in the form of a wig) I did this because there is a large proportion of men with long hair or at least a less normal hair cut in this social group. My second point is how he is posed/standing… he is showing some clear attitude or swagger. And it is common in the social group to have some attitude as generally they are not accepted due to them expressing them selves etc. Expressing yourself is a key feature in their social group and I think that I have achieved a replication of this in the colour scheme I chose to use… it consists of darker colours that members of the rock scene seem to wear, much like the character on my cover.

Evaluation - Question 1

In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation q1

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Final Double page spread



The final version of my double page spread.

Final Contents

This is the final version of my contents page for my magazine.

Final Cover

My final version of the cover for my magazine.

04th April

Today i began evaluation question 6 on technologies. I am answering it using a "Prezi" slideshow. I aim to have this question completed this evening.

28th March

Today i made a start on question 1 of the final evaluation. I am answering the question in powerpoint.

14th March

Today i finished my 'DPS' and i received feedback from my whole class, i also learnt about the questions i will have to answer in my evaluation.

07th March

Today i continued to finish my DPS and printed my current pages to recieve hints and tips on.

28th February

Today i chose a main photo to use on my double page spread and produced some of the text.

Double page spread in progress

I have started my 'DPS' interview, this is the photo i chose to use as the backdrop.

Double page spread

A DPS in a music magazine can be about various things, the items of discussion I managed to find in a DPS were as follows... a statement e.g. a response to a recent criticism or question that was people buzzing to “set the record straight” this is not always the case but nine times out of ten it is. Next is a biography but a really shortened version like a mini biography told by the artist/band who is concerned. Then there is an interview, the most common DPS. It can be showed in many different way however. Usually an interview DPS is shown in a question and answer format which is a very simple layout. You can also have a type of noted conversation as well as an opening statement which lead the band to give a big back story.    

Fixing my photo on Photoshop

Overview of the photoshoot

Finished Contents page

Contents page in progress

I decided to completely re start my contents page and this is the mid point.

14th February

Today i have 100% finished my magazine cover and i believe it has come out very well. i also researched some more contents pages.

07th February

Today i finished my cover to an extent as i forgot to bring my photos and i began putting my contents page together.

Contents page beginnings

I started my contents page but as i have a lack of photos this very second so i am producing a mock up that will be improved next week.

Cover complete

I have now finished my cover, it is just waiting on the photos to feature at the footer of the page but i forgot my usb memory device so it will be completed at a later date. I produced the tear effect near the bottom of the page with a brush tool in photoshop, originally i was going to erase some of the picture with the pen tool but i felt this gave a better result.

31st January

This week's lesson i focused completely on the completion of my cover, it is not yet finished but close.

Cover progress

Magazine cover progress

I constructed a footer for my magazine to make it look more professional as i recently noticed magazines of the same genre nearly always have one. 

24th January

Today i began the construction of my magazine cover and used photoshop to edit various photos that i plan to use in my magazine.

Cover progress -2

Cover progress

Here i have posted the current state of my magazine cover after i have cropped it and photoshopped out the date.

Picture editing for cover/contents photos

Because there was areas in some of my photos where un desirable bits could be seen i had to use photo shop to edit them... one annoying thing was that i left a time/date feature on whilst doing the photo shoot which at first worried me but i realised i could edit them.. like so..

10th January

Today in my first media lesson since the new year i finished off some documents from from last lesson 'Music cover analysis' and uploaded it to this blog.

Music magazine cover analysis

I compared two magazines of the same/similar genre.

Chosen musical genre

I wrote a brief document on the genre of music i have chosen for my magazine.