Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I feel I have learnt more about the process of creating a magazine than actually producing it. For example I now know how important it is to get an opinion from the audience and from people who may just have experience in the industry. As well as this, the need for drafts to be made and evaluated by others; my preliminary task was made by myself without any intervention from others and the quality of it is much less than that of my final product, my final product in my opinion has professional looking camera shots and a layout that looks just as good, for example the translucent images behind the text in the two page spread.
Saturday, 1 December 2012
Evaluation - Question 6
What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?
As my magazine is a generic music magazine, I think finding a distributer would prove difficult, as most large media groups cover many genres and a rock music magazine is almost definitely going to be one of those genres. In order to get a distributor I would have to find either a conglomerate large enought to be able to produce more than one magazine of the same genre, or find a large company in the early stages of business who would be looking for magazines to fill thier requirements.
As my magazine is a generic music magazine, I think finding a distributer would prove difficult, as most large media groups cover many genres and a rock music magazine is almost definitely going to be one of those genres. In order to get a distributor I would have to find either a conglomerate large enought to be able to produce more than one magazine of the same genre, or find a large company in the early stages of business who would be looking for magazines to fill thier requirements.
Evaluation - Question 5
How did you attract/address your audience?
To make sure my product would attract an appropriate audience, I made sure that whenever I asked people for advice or their opinions I would make sure that the person i asked could be counted among my target audience. That way I could be certain that my target audience were a part of the making of my product, increasing the likelyhood of my product appealing to the right people.
As well as this I decided to include a target audince I could count myself amongst, in doing so I could be sure that my product would target people who would have a similar mindset to myself, I would make sure my style of writing would attract the right audience. For a magazine such as mine which is only small, this strategy could be quite effective, however for a magazine which would employ multiple members of staff would encounter many problems with this, in that even though the people writing would have similar views, the more people writing, the wider the audience will be, beacause the writing style of the entire magazine would change.
To make sure my product would attract an appropriate audience, I made sure that whenever I asked people for advice or their opinions I would make sure that the person i asked could be counted among my target audience. That way I could be certain that my target audience were a part of the making of my product, increasing the likelyhood of my product appealing to the right people.
As well as this I decided to include a target audince I could count myself amongst, in doing so I could be sure that my product would target people who would have a similar mindset to myself, I would make sure my style of writing would attract the right audience. For a magazine such as mine which is only small, this strategy could be quite effective, however for a magazine which would employ multiple members of staff would encounter many problems with this, in that even though the people writing would have similar views, the more people writing, the wider the audience will be, beacause the writing style of the entire magazine would change.
Evaluation - Question 4
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I feel I have learnt a lot about the technologies used in professional publishing. I believe my skills have developed far beyond what I thought they would. Before starting this I had never used professional software such as photoshop, as is evident in my preliminary task; my final product, in my opinion, s far superior in terms of image quality, quality of editing and layout designs. I have also learnt how asking people first hand greatly increases your products chances of being well received, due to the fact real people have given their opinions as to what to they believe makes a good product.
I feel I have learnt a lot about the technologies used in professional publishing. I believe my skills have developed far beyond what I thought they would. Before starting this I had never used professional software such as photoshop, as is evident in my preliminary task; my final product, in my opinion, s far superior in terms of image quality, quality of editing and layout designs. I have also learnt how asking people first hand greatly increases your products chances of being well received, due to the fact real people have given their opinions as to what to they believe makes a good product.
Evaluation - Question 3
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I believe my product represents particular social groups by use of fonts, colour schemes and language usage.
The fonts used reflect the genre of music I am writing about, for the responses in the Q&A section I used red text, a colour often associated with the gothic/emo culture I am writing for.
The colour scheme is very minimalistic, I chose to primarily use black, white and red; in doing this i was able to use contrasting colours whilst at the same time keeping a constant colour scheme. The subject in my magazine, when asked, said he believed the clothes he wore for the shoot would be worn by people who considered themselves gothic/emo, the mise en scene hear is also minimalistic, black white and red and so also fits the colour scheme of the entire magazine.
From personal experience, I have a fairly informed idea of the language used by the people my magazine represents. A peer of mine (Lyam Coe) spoke to me about how he and his friends speak in relation to the articles they read; he noted that , whilst he and his friends did not excessively use profanity, the articles he read would often include swearing, given mostly by the interviewee.
I believe my product represents particular social groups by use of fonts, colour schemes and language usage.
The fonts used reflect the genre of music I am writing about, for the responses in the Q&A section I used red text, a colour often associated with the gothic/emo culture I am writing for.
The colour scheme is very minimalistic, I chose to primarily use black, white and red; in doing this i was able to use contrasting colours whilst at the same time keeping a constant colour scheme. The subject in my magazine, when asked, said he believed the clothes he wore for the shoot would be worn by people who considered themselves gothic/emo, the mise en scene hear is also minimalistic, black white and red and so also fits the colour scheme of the entire magazine.
From personal experience, I have a fairly informed idea of the language used by the people my magazine represents. A peer of mine (Lyam Coe) spoke to me about how he and his friends speak in relation to the articles they read; he noted that , whilst he and his friends did not excessively use profanity, the articles he read would often include swearing, given mostly by the interviewee.
Evaluation - Question 2
Link to a Youtube video answering question 1 of the evaluation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsLNkdo0EI8&feature=youtu.be
Evaluation - Question 1
Please Note: This answer is written in a comic strip in the style of "Cyanide and Happiness" a popular net comic strip.
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