Research and planning: Final magazine

Evaluation 7:

As you can see from my 2 contents pages above, the second one is much better than the first, this is because the first contents page was for my college magazine which was one of the first activities we had done in class, I didnt really understand how to use indesign or photshop properly so I just used the familuar tools such as text boxes, and how to change the colour of the font. The faded picture in the background was an accident as I had played around with something and it just happened! I didnt understand how to edit my pictures so that they looked a better quality, also I didnt know how to remove the box from around my text. Looking at the 2 contents pages you can automatically tell that I have put much more effort into my 2nd one for my music magazine as I did for my college magazine, aswell as effort being a main part in the quality of my music magazines contents page, a better understanding of the programmes I used (photoshop) also helped me acheive this. I was able to edit my pictures so that they looked a better quality, I was able to add a shape behind my contents list that is off centre as RnB has its own swagger so I thought that using things in my own way would acheive the RnB genre. My 2nd contents page meets its audience in a very different way than the college magazine, as it includes things that the audience wants to see, for example, information and stories about the main artists for this genre. My college magazine, fails to do this as nothing on the contents page stands out enough to make people want to read it.

These 2 pages from the same magazines have the same points as the contents pages, the RnB magazines double page spread is obviously a better quality than the college magazine again, as i knew tools to use to make it look good. I had to play around with the tools to understand how they worked, this took a bit of time. The double page spread is unusual as the pictures are usually on the left and the stories are usually on the right, but again, as it is RnB and each artist has a focus on looking good, and standing out from the crowed, I thought it would be a good idea to use my own ideas for the doubl page spread, it looks different and the female in the picture is very glamorous so this will also cach the readers attention.

Evaluation question 6- what have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product

SLR Camera
I started off using the digital cameras and couldn't get the quality of picture I needed so I then used the SLR cameras and these gave me much better quality picture.

Imac

I used the Imac for editing, this was my base. We each had one and this is where all of my work is loaded to and from. (pictures)

Software used includes:

• Photoshop- I produced each one of my pages in this software.
• Indesign- I edited a few pictures using this software.
• Flickr - I uploaded my 3 pages to this and wrote where I would distribute my magazine.
• Blogger - This is where all my work is stored, every bit of work that I have done is uploaded to this software.
• Youtube
• PowerPoint- I used this for my first question of my evaluation.

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

How did you attract/address your audience? on Prezi

http://prezi.com/tgskqyktyfof/how-did-you-attractaddress-your-audience/

Question 4 evaluation: Who would be the audience for your media product. why?

This is my target audience. They are my target audience as they listen to the right music, so they will be familiar with the stars I have used in my magazine, they will also be able to relate to the real life stories in the magazine and also the fashion pages will be good for them as they will dress in the clothes that are in the magazine.

Evaluation question3 - part 2

double page spread, a photo by Emilyjaynelouiswhite on Flickr.

Evaluation question3

contents page, a photo by Emilyjaynelouiswhite on Flickr.

evaluation question 2: how does your media product represent particular social groups?

The  images are represented quite similar as they are both the same genre. The similarities are:

- The first picture, the female is strong, she isn't looking at the camera

-She has her own mind as the writing over her face shows whats on her mind

-Both females are independent as they are alone in the picture.

-Both have a lot of makeup shows they care about their appearance.

- Both females aren't wearing much clothing, which shows they are both comfortable with their appearance.

-Both models have their hair down which shows confidence in their own appearance, it isn't scraped back and sophisticated, its more fun and shows energy.

-Both are tanned which shows they have took care in their appearance and are bothered about what people think of them.

-Neither of the models have expressions on their faces which shows they are serious.

-Both are wearing jewelery that go with there outfits, again this shows that both care about their appearance, this also shows that its R'n'B with the bling.

Evaluation question 1: use, challenge, develop

Use:

I have used the word 'contents' as the biggest thing on my page as it stands out to the audience and automatically guides them around my magazine. I have also put the pictures big, and not used that many so that the audience can also see clearer what the magazine is about. The script style contents list is a little different. I put my editors letter on the right hand side of the page so that it stands out to people, and it makes them want to read it.

Develop:
I didn't use any magazines to get my ideas from for the contents page of my magazine, however i did look at magazines to look at the layout. Many magazines that I looked at were the same layout. The contents was in a normal list and it looked very boring, seeing as though my magazine is RnB and very unique, I thought id change the stereotypical magazine to be different and a style of my own. The pictures being tilted also give the RnB theme to the magazine.

Challenge:

I have used a script style contents list which is very different for an RnB magazine. the name of the magazine being faded in the background also stands out and is very different. A lot of the things that I have done I have done as it is an RnB magazine, and the audience for this magazine will be unique, independent and have there own style of clothes/attitude/personality etc. I have tried to focus on these main parts and challenge my magazine using them.

research and planning: another draft of my magazine

Research and Planning: magazine up to now - 15th feb 2011

This is my front cover of my magazine up to now. I still need to take my main picture for this page but once I have took it I can arrange my page and then it will be completed.

  




























This is my contents page for my magazine up to now. I still need a picture of me for the editors letter and maybe a picture of one of the stories could be put on this page too.


this is my double page spread. Once the text is all the same length this page is finished.

reseach and planning:pictures for magazine

These pictures are going to be used for my double page spread. I will need to pick the best one to use out and see how it looks on my page.

research and planning: tuesday 8th feb

Today I looked at pictures of magazines to get an idea of the poses that are relevant to my genre, I have already took a few pictures but none of them are 'bold' enough to stand out on the front of my magazine, i also need a picture for my contents page just to make it look as though more is going on, i am going to project a page of writing onto my models face to make it look at though all she is thinking. I am also going to change the layout of my double page spread.

research & planning: magazine

research and planning: test shots

research and planning: draft of double page spread