Evaluation-How does your media represent particular social groups?

Whilst producing my magazine i had to keep thinking about features which would relate to the particular social group i am aiming for. Such as on the front cover and on the content pages the images represent this because of the clothing they are wearing is very modern but casual. The main model's image was perfect for doing this as the recent trend is comb overs, short sided hair cuts with round necked jumpers. So with my model wearing these and showing this style then this is then therefore representing the social groups of young teenagers who like to have a good image of themselves. With the genre of my magazine being pop, i researched the most common pop singers and i found that they most wear simular clothing, and this then made it clear to me that i wanted my model to wear the exact same. As well as how the model's image comes across i also think the pose is one of the main feautres which have a big effect on the responce to a specifc social group. Pop music, the genre of my music magazine is about fun and also seriousness within, so therefore i need to think about how i wanted my model to pose. In the end i made my model come across serious but for the other 2 models i used they looked happy and like they were enjoying themselves. By using this then it results that i am getting a mix of serious and enjoyment. I wanted my music magazine to be original so it made it look uniqe and different so it stood out to all the others, i did this by blending the colours of the orange, the dark wall is the same colour as the models hair colour on the front page, Bright orange to represent fun and being loud to what teenages that i are my target audience are like and what they like to do.

The model on my front cover and on the double page spread mainly is representing the social group i am wanting and also my target audience. The poses he used are original but they also are conventions of real exsisting magazines that represent the same genre and target audience as me. All of the shots used are either close ups or mid shots, this allows the audience to see the full expression of the model and get to feel the emotions that the models are giving off, to give the reader more of a realistic feel to the magazine. Also when doing research in other magazines that are exsisting the shots are very simular to the ones i have used.

Overall my magazine represents the social group i am wanting because of the way i have used the features of exsisting magazines that have the same aims and audience as i do, but in effect i have chosen and made my own twists to it such as types of models and how they pose so it make it different and stand out to other competitors.

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

During the production of the music magazine i used different technologies and different websites for me to produce a varied final product. I used Adobe Photoshop as one of my main technologies. The skills i learnt were using all the tools such as the background colour, this is a main skill because the colour of the background is one of the main features which will attract the audience. I have used photoshop before in basic situations, but have never used it in the detail i had to use for the production of my magaizine. One of the other skills i learnt while having the oppotunity to work with the document was to find out how to use the drop shadow tool. This tool was effectful because it allowed the font to stand out more due to the black shadow behind, in result of this it will then make it more eye catching and more encouraging to get readers to read it. . I had found the quality of the document was really good and it allowed me to see clearly to the areas of my magazine pages where i needed to change. Whereas on a Microsoft work and Microsoft publisher document was not as clear and also the quality was'nt as effective as Adobe Photoshop.

Using paint to copy and paste the 'Dafont' fonts into and then onto photoshop as it was not possible to transfer the font directly to Adobe Photoshop. On Paint it is a basic document and i only used this to transfer things over to blogger or onto photoshop which may not be available to be transfered straight over to the more developed document softwares.

Microsoft publisher was another technologie i used for constructiung my magazine. I used this software to product my mock up of the music magazine. I did not find this very effectful as the quality of the page was not as good as when i used Adobe Photoshop. Although Microsoft Publisher was good for basic productions i had to make such as my mock up magaiznes.

I used my Iphone 4s to take the pictures for my magazine, as i didnt have a camera. I found that using my iphone was much more easier and more simple than using a camera. I also found that the quality of the pictures where much more clearer and were very good pixels.

Using blogger was another technology i learn to use, and this was one of the most important skills i needed to have to record the progress and startagey's to produce my magazine. I used blogger briefly before i did my magazine coursework when i was practising on how to create a college magazine. During the progress of creating my magazine i have learnt how to add photo's and have learnt in much more depth how to use blogger. I think it is a great way to design coursework as i find that i can organise my self more when using a computer.

Slideshare is another technology i have learnt to use as this is another way to create notes and this overall makes it more fun and interesting to watch and read, as i feel that i learn more from a few points rather than lots of writing.

What have i learnt from doing the prelimerary task

Whilst producing my final music magazine i had learnt a variety of different skills whilst using a variety of different documents and websites. When producing my first copy of a magazine which was my college magazine i found it difficult to use programmes such as Adobe Photoshop and i found my self using all the basic tools. Whereas whilst i was producing my magazine for the final copy i found my self experimenting with different effects and tools such as the back drop effect and also the different effects for the colour of images. By using different effects it made my magazine look more professional and look like i had taken care and time into making it look different and to show that i could use Adobe Photoshop effectively.
I also didnt know that there was a website were i could take exsisting font from. ' www.dafont.com' this had let me take other fonts instead of using the other ones on Adobe Photo shop to which i did find that they were boring and made my magazine look plain which i did not want as i wanted my magzines to look original and unique.
Overall i found that whilst i was creating my final magazine i was using more effects and taking risks which would either make or break my magazine as a whole. 

Evaluation- How did you attract your audience?

I attracted my audience my researching all the areas which i think they will enjoy and what will attract them to my magazine. I used large fonts on my cover and also bright colours, by doing this then the magazine then becomes eye catching and also this will then result them in being encouraged to read it.

I also used a young, male person to model on my main image, this will result in the audience to feel like they relate to my magaizne. By using a person to model my magazine that is in the same age and gender catagory as my target market audience then this will make it appeal directly to them and this will encourage them to read it as they think that the magazine will have everything they like and do within the product.

I also attracted my audience by having a banner at the top of the magazine and this attracted them because the banner says " Britains No.1 music magazine". This would attract them because if it is the no.1 magazine then the audience would want to read this as it suggests it is the best magazine there is.

I have also made a powerpoint which i put on slideshare about how i produced my magazine to attract my target audience. The link is below.


<iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/19016224" width="427" height="356" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/selinaberry5/attracting-my-audience-powerpoint-for-slideshare-19016224" title="Attracting my audience powerpoint for slideshare" target="_blank">Attracting my audience powerpoint for slideshare</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/selinaberry5" target="_blank">selinaberry5</a></strong> </div>

Evaluation- What kind of media instiution might distribute your media product and why?

My magazine is aimed at teenagers and not elderly people, as a result of this then an institution which aims at the same market group at me would be more suitable at distributing my magazine. This is because they will have more knowledge in distributing to the specific market which then this will make my magazine more well known.

 I have now produced a slideshare which explains in more detail what company i am wanting to distribute my magazine and why. The link is below.
http://www.slideshare.net/selinaberry5/what-kind-of-institutions-might-distribute-my-media-product-powerpoint

Evaluation- Who would be the audience for your media product?

My audience for my media music magazine is teenagers in the age groups of 16-18. I make my magazine revolve around this because i used a person in the same catagory as this to model, so this makes it obvious that the magazine is aimed at them. I used colours which are not nessaserally male colours, i did this because i want my magazine to be aimed at both female and male. I achived this because i used the colour orange which both female and male like. By making my magazine uinisex then this makes it more avaiable to more people which will make my music magazine more successful. The background is a brick wall, i used this because it relates to the audience i am aiming for. It does this because i thought that most teenagers hang about shop area's and buildings and so as a result of thinking that then i thought i would make it as though he was stood in that area. The wall is plain so therefore it dosnt over power the whole page and i can put all my writng over the top but the background still have charactistics which will attract the audience i am aiming for.

Final production for my music magazine