Evaluation Question 3

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

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Who would be the audience for your media product? by Georginaa7 on GoAnimate

Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

Having conducted my planning and research in accordance with the reader profile I felt confident in making my magazine product appealing to my target audience. 

Having adapted my work in accordance with the reader profiles I believe that my product would be attractive to my audience. I undertand that not a wide majority of my audience enjoy exactly the same music, bands or artists which is why I have incorporated a range of different features in order to entice them all, I feel that I needed to conduct more audience research than what I had done, because this would've allowed me to understand more about my target audience and I would have been able to feature different aspects of this research onto my magazine. 

Evaluation Question 6

Evaluation Question 7

Progression - College magazine to Music magazine

It is clear that throughout the course I have made some progression, with Photoshop and with the general styling of each magazine. I have learnt a lot about the conventions of already established magazines and applied them to my music magazine as the year has progressed.

I also feel that my music magazine looks a lot more professional than my college one. Mainly because it is more neatly set out and the house style is more suited to the genre, whereas my college magazine is a bit 'all over the place' and there is no established house style. I have developed both my knowledge and creativity throughout the course as shows above in the comparison.

My main help through the creation of my music magazine was looking at established magazines and even just on Google images to compare mine and other magazines and find things that I could improve on. I think the induction assignment was very helpful and is still helpful when putting together this evaluation because I can compare and contrast against my initial knowledge and creativity, and the effort I put into my final draft of my music magazine.

I particularly use the 'quick selection' tool in order to ensure that I have got a picture with no background in order to create a sense of a professional product that would appeal to the correct target audience as the existing products that I researched in order to plan the process of the creation of my product. The house style has improved from the preliminary task to the music magazine and I feel that these are conventions that I have built upon myself as a result of research, planning and creating my own product. I began the course with limited knowledge in regards to Photoshop, Blogger and even the cameras we were given, which I felt put me at an advantage because when it came to the creation of my product I was able to develop my understanding and knowledge on this software and I would have a lot to include in my evaluation about the process I had to follow in order to create my product.
I managed to angle the photo in a more effective way on my music magazine because of the camera use for my college magazine, this therefore makes my product look more professional and conforms with existing products. Completing the preliminary task also allowed me to have some experience of research and planning which helped me to further develop ideas for my music magazine.

Double Page Spread Draft

This is my first draft of my double page spread. I have kept the house style the same but added a different colour to make the page look less dull. The story is one that links with Nirvana and is about The Rock Saints (featured band) performing a cover of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana and getting hate for it. The story is different to one I've read in established magazines, however the headline style of blackmail writing was used on an NME magazine featuring Lily Allen.

Contents Page - Draft

          This is my first draft of my contents page. I have kept the house style that I initially decided to use because the connotations of the colours re-enforce the Rock genre that I have chosen. Red connotes danger in this sense because rock music generally sounds angry and dangerous, yellow connotes caution in this context because of the colour being used on caution tape and on warning signs. I think the yellow adds more depth to the magazine as it stand out compared with the black and red. Finally the black connotes darkness which again connotes danger because people are usually scared of the dark.