Evaluation Part 7: Double Page Spread Annotations

Evaluation part 6: Annotations contents page

Evaluation part 5: Development annotations front cover

Evaluation part 4: Skill Improvement

When I started my magazine at first I was terrible, I couldn't use any of the programmes properly my photos didn't appeal to my target audience and I wasn't able to use any of the tools to edit my photos. But after practicing and learning how to change my photos to how I wanted them I got the hang of it. I also learnt what makes a good front cover picture and how the background and the clothing of the model are extremely important to make your front cover photo look as good as possible. Another skill I learnt is how to edit the photos to get the look that I want for that photo. I also learnt how to edit the format of my text in my double page spread to make it look like a real music magazine.

Evaluation part 3: Audience

The audience my magazine targeted was teenagers that liked rebeliuos rock music. The reason I chose this audience is because it is the music I like myself and I feel that this audience is rejected by music magazines and that there aren't enought magazines that have explores this audience so this will give my magazine a real advantage because not many magazines do target this audience. My magazine attracts this audience threw a number of different ways the first one is the name of my magazine which is Revolution which basically means to rebel, brake the rules, fight the system etc. I have also made it appealing to this audience by including a cover model that looks like a stereotypical rebel with what is known as stereotypical rebel clothing of lether jacket, hood up which I think will appeal to my target audience. Another reason my magazine will stand out to my target audience is because the font that the name of my magaine is in, because its big, its bold and it makes a statement which being a rebel is all about making a statement.

Evaluation part 2: Institutions and Technologies

Institutions
An institution that I think might distributeis the Internatuional Publishing Company because they sell music magazines that are very similar to mine in design and in the genre of music they talk about, the music magazines that they own are NME and Guitar and Bass. I also think that my product would be good if it was distributed by this company because it's market force is the largest magazine distributor in the UK which means that my magazine will be seen more and more by the public. But unlike their othe rmagazines my product offers a more rebelious rock that will focus on teens that like to be in to rebelious music and are about not listening to rules as I feel that this audience is rejected by alot of big magazine companies so I think my product really focuses on this audience and really relates to this audience that has bben rejected for so long.

Technologies

From this experience I have learnt how important the technologies are for their jobs and how big of an influence they have on your final product;
Camera
The camera is one of the most important technologies used when making a music magazine like I used a olympus digital camera to take my pictures so that I could get pictures of reasonably good quality. Also when taking your pictures there are alot of things you have to take in to consideration like; is the lighting right, what pose should my model be in, is the models clothing right, is the background right etc.

Computers
Computers are the most important piece of technology that you use when making a music magazine because all of your work is put together on the computer to actually make your magazine. You use the programmes on the computer to create your front cover, contents page etc. But also your computer is vital towards your internet research so that you have any idea what a real magazine looks like and how your magazine could be improved.

Photoshop
Photoshop is one of the most important technologies use dwhen making your magazine because this is the programme where you actually put your magazine together where you can add your photos and text to create your very own magazine. It also allows you to edit your photos so if the photo doesn't look quite right then you can edit it until you think it looks better for example you can desaturate the clour, stretch the photo, crop it down and do loads of other things to make the photo to your liking.
This means that photoshop is also the most difficult technology to use because it takes time to learn how to use the different tools to edit your photos but with a little help and time to get used to it you can edit the photos however you like.

Publisher
Publisher is quite an important technology because a lot of the text you do for your magazine like the double page spread because it allows you to edit the format of the text so that it can look like a real music magazines double page spread. However if you want to edit the photos then you have to use photoshop to do that.

Internet Research
Internet research is one of the most vital parts of your magazine because you firstly need to look at all the details of real music magazines and then incorporate them details in to your magazine like making the masthead the biggest text on your front cover, the correct front cover rmodel photo etc. The internet research is also really important to look at how the format of the magazine is set out and how could you improve your magazine by using ideas of magazines that you have found in your research.

Evaluation Part 1

My magazine is meant to represent rebelious rock artists/people and I've shown this by dressing my front cover model in stereotypical rebelious clothing so he is wearing a lether jacket which is seen as a common material warn by rebelious rock artists, also he has his hood up which is stereotypical that is rebelious and doesn't follow rules. Also the other bands that I have featured in my magazine are known as being quite rebeliuos in their music and the way they act.

I believe I have used most of the conventions needed for a real media product as I've made sure that the front cover model dominates most of the magazine. I have made my masthead the most dominant piece of text that is on the magazine so that people can recognise the title instantly. Also the second biggest text is the name of my front cover artist and the story title linked with them. I have also made sure to include the names of the other bands who are going to be mentioned in the magazine so that if anyone wants to read about any of the bands that are mentioned on the front cover customers will be urged to buy it.
I think that my magazine thoruoghly represents the charcteristics of a real music magazine and here are a few examples of real magazines that I used as inspiration for my magazine;