Below is my completed music magazine schedule after the completion of the initial music magazine and it details in the time it took to complete a task. From my preliminary school magazine task I was very disorganised and was not o time when it came to completing tasks on time so when it came to the music magazine I created the schedule and was determined not to get behind and always be on track no matter what. As you can see from the schedule, I was true to myself because every task was rather started and completed on the target date or started and completed earlier which was due to my experience from the preliminary task.
Friday, 3 April 2015
Thursday, 2 April 2015
Music Magazine Evaluation Q7
Below is an EMaze presentation that details in my progress and what I have learnt from my preliminary task as well.
Music Magazine Evaluation Q6
Below is my prezi presentation of the Photoshop skills I have learnt over the music magazine production.
Music Magazine Evaluation Q5
Below is the power point presentation of Q5 of the evaluation for my music magazine.
Music Magazine Evaluation Q4
Below is my prezi presentation of my fourth question of the evaluation for my music magazine.
Music Magazine Evaluation Q2
How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?
My media product represents certain social groups in a variety of ways such as the main image on the front cover of my music magazine which is very quirky to say the least which is how my music magazine represents my target audience of indie/alternative rock fans. The main image is quirky and presented in the light of my target audience which represents the social groups I have targeted because any pop fan will look at my magazine and instantly know that the magazine is not for me but my target audience on the other hand will know it is for them because the image is so quirky and tailored in their interests. The niche music taste of my target audience is further represented with the stories I have highlighted on the left hand side of the front cover which details in two artists "WoodKid" and "Seb Smith" who are both indie/alternative rock artists and the target audience will know these which is why my music magazine represents the social group. The target audience's interests are certainly reflected in the magazine which is why I strongly believe that my music magazine represents their social group.
The social groups are represented even further in the double page spread of the magazine because the magazine details in the artist's experiences and why he went into the music industry and this is loved by the target audience. The reason why it is loved by the social groups within my target audience is because the pop stars such as Olly Murs have massive coverage eon their lives 24/7 so alternative/indie rock artists do not have much coverage. The magazines gives them this but the target audience usually has similar backgrounds so the artist "Bran Rock" is the reflection of the target audience. basically the artist is a representation of what the wants to be and partially is which is a complicated way in how my music magazine represents particular social groups.
My media product represents certain social groups in a variety of ways such as the main image on the front cover of my music magazine which is very quirky to say the least which is how my music magazine represents my target audience of indie/alternative rock fans. The main image is quirky and presented in the light of my target audience which represents the social groups I have targeted because any pop fan will look at my magazine and instantly know that the magazine is not for me but my target audience on the other hand will know it is for them because the image is so quirky and tailored in their interests. The niche music taste of my target audience is further represented with the stories I have highlighted on the left hand side of the front cover which details in two artists "WoodKid" and "Seb Smith" who are both indie/alternative rock artists and the target audience will know these which is why my music magazine represents the social group. The target audience's interests are certainly reflected in the magazine which is why I strongly believe that my music magazine represents their social group.
The social groups are represented even further in the double page spread of the magazine because the magazine details in the artist's experiences and why he went into the music industry and this is loved by the target audience. The reason why it is loved by the social groups within my target audience is because the pop stars such as Olly Murs have massive coverage eon their lives 24/7 so alternative/indie rock artists do not have much coverage. The magazines gives them this but the target audience usually has similar backgrounds so the artist "Bran Rock" is the reflection of the target audience. basically the artist is a representation of what the wants to be and partially is which is a complicated way in how my music magazine represents particular social groups.
Music Magazine Evaluation Q1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I realised that the product I had created needed to use regular media connections such as "the Left Third Rule" because otherwise the magazine would alienate the target audience and as a consequence, the magazine's design would deter the target audience from reading the magazine. If my music magazine did not follow the regular convention of the left third rule then it would not serve the purpose it needed to which was to attract the target audience. The convention helped the music magazine appear more professional and aesthetic to the target audience which was why the convention was used in the first place and the reason why I kept with the convention. The left third convention was used on the left hand side of the music magazine front cover which is obvious when the audience sees the front cover. I developed the convention of having a unique music magazine name which draws attention to the magazine and this convention is used by many music magazines such as "Q" which is how I avoided alienating my target audience.
The images I took when compared to the images of other magazines such as "Q" are not edited as much and the location where the images are took are in more natural environments rather than a studio with a green screen or white background. The Images I took challenged the forms of of real media products because there is less editing that has took place with my image which is clearly shown below. The "Q" magazine compared to my music magazine shows the difference in editing because Cheryl's image has been edited to have no imperfections at all with the more vibrant colours such as her ed lips being made more vibrant whilst her hair and skin paler and darker to enhance the vibrant colours on the model. My magazine only had the main image dimmed in the brightness due to the sunlight when taking the photos and only certain materials/objects that needed to be removed such as the the white piece of string on the blue polo shirt on the model was removed. many magazines will make the model look perfect whilst my magazine did not try to which is how I challenged the media of products today because the media magazines will entice readers with images of females to manipulate the "Male Gaze" (A theory by Laura Mulvey).
I realised that the product I had created needed to use regular media connections such as "the Left Third Rule" because otherwise the magazine would alienate the target audience and as a consequence, the magazine's design would deter the target audience from reading the magazine. If my music magazine did not follow the regular convention of the left third rule then it would not serve the purpose it needed to which was to attract the target audience. The convention helped the music magazine appear more professional and aesthetic to the target audience which was why the convention was used in the first place and the reason why I kept with the convention. The left third convention was used on the left hand side of the music magazine front cover which is obvious when the audience sees the front cover. I developed the convention of having a unique music magazine name which draws attention to the magazine and this convention is used by many music magazines such as "Q" which is how I avoided alienating my target audience.
The images I took when compared to the images of other magazines such as "Q" are not edited as much and the location where the images are took are in more natural environments rather than a studio with a green screen or white background. The Images I took challenged the forms of of real media products because there is less editing that has took place with my image which is clearly shown below. The "Q" magazine compared to my music magazine shows the difference in editing because Cheryl's image has been edited to have no imperfections at all with the more vibrant colours such as her ed lips being made more vibrant whilst her hair and skin paler and darker to enhance the vibrant colours on the model. My magazine only had the main image dimmed in the brightness due to the sunlight when taking the photos and only certain materials/objects that needed to be removed such as the the white piece of string on the blue polo shirt on the model was removed. many magazines will make the model look perfect whilst my magazine did not try to which is how I challenged the media of products today because the media magazines will entice readers with images of females to manipulate the "Male Gaze" (A theory by Laura Mulvey).
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Music Magazine Double Page Spread Improvements
When looking at my double page spread, I soon realised that it did not have a sense of continuity because the colours did not match as well as I had hoped because the text background was red whilst the background for the picture was a brick wall with a mild red/brown colour. This made the magazine seem more rigid and not in sync with each other which is what a DPS (Double Page Spread) should not be like. To make the DPS appeal more to my target audience I adapted the text on the left hand side whilst changing the background colour on the right hand side from red to a more brown/red colour. These improvements have helped the DPS very much because the text is clearer to read which was an important point made by my target audience in the questionnaire and the background change made the DPS more suited for my target audience.
After those improvements I soon noticed that at the bottom of the page was too much "dead space" at the top right and bottom of the page which no magazine has so as a result my DPS appeared less professional. To counter this I made a banner/highlight feature at the bottom of the page to fill the space and a website advert like many magazines have on the to right of my DPS.
Music Magazine Contents Page Improvements
After improving my front cover, I thought my other pages would need a better viewing just in case it looked less aesthetic than i intended. This was certainly the case because I realised that the images looked too similar so as a result my contents page would bore my target audience and seem unprofessional. to counter these problems I found I changed the top image from an image of "Seb Smith the music artist" to an image of him writing out a sheet of music for a future song. I changed the image because it looked to similar to the featured artists image which would bore my audience. This improvement has made my contents page seem far more atheistic and will suit my target audience much more than.
Music Magazine Front Cover Improvements
Front Cover Improvements
After two weeks of time looking at my front cover of my music magazine, I decided that some changes that needed to be made because after time i soon realised the problems with my media product. Firstly I realised that my button feature which details in "20 new bands" was cut off by the edge of the cover which doe snot happen in real music magazines such as kerrang as the magazine has no object or text being cut off. (below is the example of a Kerrang music magazine). Furthermore I realised that the text i originally had was too big for the side of the page compared to other media texts so I made the text smaller whilst changing the "Bran Rock Revealed" text colour so it did not blend with the background.
After two weeks of time looking at my front cover of my music magazine, I decided that some changes that needed to be made because after time i soon realised the problems with my media product. Firstly I realised that my button feature which details in "20 new bands" was cut off by the edge of the cover which doe snot happen in real music magazines such as kerrang as the magazine has no object or text being cut off. (below is the example of a Kerrang music magazine). Furthermore I realised that the text i originally had was too big for the side of the page compared to other media texts so I made the text smaller whilst changing the "Bran Rock Revealed" text colour so it did not blend with the background.
I changed the original front cover from having no bar code to having one, there wasn't one before due to my error of missing out that feature, but i placed the bar code on the top left corner because of one reason. That reason was that it enhanced the uniqueness of the magazine and that it reflects the target audience because it shows the magazine is niche market rather than mainstream. As it reflects the target audience, more would purchase the magazine because the front cover showed them that the magazine represented them more.
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