Evaluation Question 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, how have you progressed from production of it to full product?

Question 7

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Evaluation Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

This picture is of all the software that I have used for the time that it has took me to make my magazine product. I used Photo booth to make the videos for my feedback on my cuts for my magazine and my research for my magazine. I have used Blogger through out the whole making of my magazine, this is to show you all the different stages I went through to make my magazine, I showed how my magazine has progressed from the early stages and right through to the final cuts of the magazine. I have lots of posts on my blog to show all the different types of things I have learned and researched about my magazine. I used Windows Live Movie Maker to make my video for my Evaluation question 2, I was going to do it on Final Cut Express but I didn't have that at home so I used movie maker instead. I used InDesign to make my contents page and double page spread of my magazine on it, I then uploaded my front cover to it as well. I used Prezi  through out the whole thing, I have many different prezis, some for my evaluation questions, others are for my magazine research, which I did at the very beginning, which helped me to research the magazines I thought I'd be interested in. I used Power Point to make one of my  evaluation questions, this is to show all the different styles of techniques I could do for my questions. I used YouTube to upload my evaluation question to it, so I could then upload it to my blog, so it was then visible. I used Dafont.com for all the different types of fonts that I used for my magazine, i found this site very useful, as I always seemed to find a font which I liked and then worked on my magazine. I used Photoshop to make my front cover of my magazine, I also used it to make collages of the photo shoots I did with my models and then recently i have being using it to make collages for my Evaluation questions, of things that I think 'Indie kids' will like and also al the software that I have being using through the time of my making of the magazine. I started to use Final Cut Express to make my video for my evaluation, but I ended up starting it all over again at home as i didn't have this software at home, instead I used Movie maker. 

I have learnt a lot from using all these different softwares, I've learnt lots of different techniques on Photoshop, by using different tools, this has been a life saver for my work, since I have used it a lot and it's made my magazine look really professional. I've learnt a lot from using prezi at first I didn't like it but now since I've got my way around it, I've understood it more, and I've enjoyed using it, it's helped a lot with questions that I have had to answer. InDesign was not my favourite software to use, since I was so used to using Photoshop, I didn't really get the hand and jist on how to use InDesign, but after working things out, it became very easy and I began to enjoy using it for my contents page and double page spread. Windows Live Movie Maker was quite hard to get my movie how i wanted it to be for my evaluation question, I didn't get the chance to upload all the different types of music of all the bands and artists that I put on there, because it didn't seem to let me cut the music, this is probably one of the downfalls for me, since I know the Final Cut Express lets you cut the music to how you want it to be. Blogger has been my favourite thing to do with software and websites, as i use it at home a lot, I know how to work it very well, and it was very easy for me to work it, I've liked how I have seen my work improve through all the different stages to my end products and then now my Evaluation questions. I learnt how to download different fonts for my magazine, I've also learned how to change photos from photoshop into jpegs, so I can then upload them to my blog. for actually taking the pictures I learned how to use the flash lights with the camera, so they were all working alongside each other and capturing the best light on my model. 

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

This video above is from a male reviewer, he talked about the best bits of my work and what could have been improved. 

Evaluation Question 4- Who would be the audience for your media product?

In question four I decide to make my own mood board to show what I think that the audience of my magazine would like and enjoy, so I I have picked the genre 'Indie' so in this circumstances I have images of TV shows which I think they will like, drinks that they like, music that they like, where they like to shop and what they wear. 

Following secondary research in the initial stages of my project, I found the audience of Rolling Stone magazine was aimed at 18-34 year olds, with 60% being male and 40% being female. I then decided for my primary research I was going to aim my magazine around the same age group of people, but I was going to try and get more girl readers interested. I tried to aim my magazine at both women and males, as males will think that the images of the girl models, so they will be more attractive to them and the girls on the other hand will find them aspiring and will want to be like them. 

Evaluation Question 3 - What kind of media institutions might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation Question 3

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Evaluation Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation Question 1: In What Ways Does Your Media Product Use, Develop Or Challenge Forms And Conventions Of Real Media Products?

Final Magazine

I have now finished my magazine, I have completed my front cover, my contents page and my double page spread. I am very pleased with my final piece, I think it looks really professional, with lots of great images, texts and features. 

Magazine Rough Cut Feedback

This image above is my magazine rough cut feedback. Now that I have got my feedback, i know what I need to do to improve my magazine to make it look more professional.

Rough Cuts

These three images are the rough cuts of my magazine, so far. The first image is of my front cover, I have put the main sell line on, the skyline, the name of the magazine, other sell lines, the issue and date  of the magazine.I have also added the main image, which looks great the eye level is great, it looks personal so the reader will feel more connected.

The second picture is my contents page, so far, I have added, the name of the magazine small in the corner, the skyline, the contents section. There is also a feature, reviews and every month section. I have added a small image at the bottom of the page as well. I have also added a main image to the page on the right hand side.

The third image is my double page spread, so far, I would say that this is pretty much completed, I've added the main image into the background, also the interview itself, the main title is also on the page, as well as a quote down the side of her body, I have put an outer layer on the quote so it stands out more. To make the magazine look more professional I have added a 'Exclusive Interview' to the top left hand corner of the page. I have also added an outer colour to the questions on the interview, this so they stand out more and the reader can see where the interview starts.