(Evaluation) Evaluation

1)In what ways does your media product use,develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My magazine is like many rap magazines,Especially VIBE as many of my features are a lot like it. I have used a main image on my front cover which fits with pretty much every code and convention in every magazine. My Mast Head which is placed across the top of my magazine is in  bold text and red font to stand out like any magazine aims to do to grab the readers attention. I have used page references on my contents page like every contents page aims to do to help the reader select a specific page.I have also followed most magazines by making one side of my double page spread text and the other an image.
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2)How does your media product  represent particular social groups?
My media product represents Social groups who are more to themselves and tend to be laid back and chilled. They aren't seen has socially rejected they just prefer to be alone as they get the true experience of a rap song, There life can reflect on a selection of songs. My media product is also for the stereotypical middle class has it is written in an informal way and isn't complicated.They can also relate to my media product has my main story is about a middle class boy become an international star.
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3)What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
   Bauer Media may be interested in publishing my media product because they are one of the best in the world for publishing music magazines. They currently distribute 300 magazines across the world. Even though they don't distribute the magazine I focus on (VIBE) I believe they are the best one for my media product has they sell many magazines for a large variety of audiences so there isn't really any boundaries when it comes to accepting new ones. Bauer sell such magazines has 'Q' which shows they are well known and wont have much problem distributing my magazine.
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4)Who will be the audience for your media product? 
The target audience for my Media product will be teens interested  in rap between the age of 15 to 19 has that is what the research shows. The magazine would have to consist of  small eye grabbing detail has research also proves the male teen have a short  attention span and prefers small snappy sentences rather than paragraphs. I believe that my magazine is more appealing to males rather than females has my questionnaire shows only a small percentage of females like rap. So to keep it appealing to the male teenager  it shall be written in a informal way and shall contain small elements of slang terms to keep it simple for them.
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5)How do you attract/address your audience?
I attract my audience in many ways through the use of things such has image,layout and content. The audience for my magazine are teens between the age of 15 to 19. so the methods I used was specific to this age group. The use of many images is a key factor on being specific to my audience has research proves that teens prefer images over text.The use of images  has also set the target audience and establishes the genre and the stereotype that are into that genre. My magazine tends to be bright and basic as this is what people would expect to see in a rap magazine. But with my Double page spread I have shown that there is also a dark side to rap. I have showed this by making the background black and making my rapper look like he is coming out of the shadows       ( a dark evil place) this establishes the genre of rap.This also shows that once again  my target audience are teens. In my main image I have a rapper staring at the audience in a chilled and happy way. this is done to show the audience that he is proud of is success and he wants to inspire younger people. Finally I have used text relevant to my target audience, Knowing that teens don't like reading long paragraphs of text. I have made sure that I have plenty of images and very little text. it is also written in a informal way with some signs of slang phrases which appeal to teens.This will make them think that the magazine is made for then and they can connect and relate to what is said within the magazine.      
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6)What have you learnt about technologies From the process of constructing this product?
   From the process I have learnt that Adobe Photoshop is very useful when it comes to editing and manipulating photos. has there are many tools that can assist you in many ways. such has been able to easily edit out the background when using a green screen has you simply use the magic wand tool and get rid of the green background. I also found that constructing a magazine on Photoshop is a lot easier than other programs such has fireworks has it offers a variety of text,font sizes and the filter on the image. also I have learnt that Photoshop is a lot simpler than other programs after a few lessons learning you can understand most of its features and put those skills into effect when it comes to editing.  and finally it is very enjoyable experimenting with the features at hand
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7)Looking back on your preliminary task ,what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Comparing my preliminary task to my final copy I can clearly see that my editing skills have got a lot better. Has I went from very basic editing to something a little more complicated. I believe that my preliminary task looked unprofessional has I didn't really put much time into editing and just threw everything on it and left it has it was. unlike my finally magazine where I used my developed editing skills and made it look professional by using more complicate methods. Now that I have created a magazine I believe that I understand genres and target audience a lot more and how crucial it is to a magazine.
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(Construction) Final Copy

(Construction) Audience Test

I have asked people what they think of the Content,Images and layout of my magazine and this is the feedback I got back.

Content:
I found out that the content was relative to my Genre and that the article was seen realistic and wasn't out of context.They instantly realised the target audience with the text being informal. They said that the article could of gone into a bit more detail.

Images:
I found out that my images could of been a little more professional but all the images was linked with the genre and wasn't something completely out of context. The way that my  model poses for the pictures is also shown as a stereotypical rapper.

Layout:
the layout of my magazine stays consistent and  highly relates to other rap magazines  The house style stays relatively same and its not all over the place.    

(Construction) Questionnaire

Rap Magazine Questionnaire

 1.Do you listen to rap music?  (Put a  1 next to your answer)

   Y:       1  111111

   N: 1111111

 2. What would you like to see in rap magazine? (put a 1 next to your answer)

·        Interview with the top  stars: 11111

·        News:1

·        Reviews:  111111

·        Quizzes : 1111

·        New Album releases: 111111

   3.  If you would like to see anything else state here.

 4. How often do you buy a music magazine? (Put a one next to your answer)

 1. Weekly:                  

 2. Once a fortnight:                 

 3. Monthly:  11 11111111111

5. How much will you be willing to pay for a magazine  (put a 1 next to your answer)

  £1:               111

  £2:          11

  £3:            111111

  £4:   1         

  £5:      1        

 Anymore please state: £1.59

(Construction) Write copy (Article)

The new sensation Mad Sling who is already number one in over 13 country's with his new song 'Down To Earth' and is first album called 'Animal' who will ft such artsit like  Kanye west will be released later this year. Mad Sling was first spotted last year  on a talent show called  Brits with talent. he was soon signed by one of  the top rappers in the world Kanye West. In the next few months he expected to perform with great artist like Eminem, Kanye west and jay z He also starts a tour of america in two weeks which  he will visit place like Washington,Los Angeles and many more places all the venues are expected to sell out. Mad sling said 'this is one of the greatest things to happen to me I mean two years ago I was just a normal boy with a dream and now I am performing with the top rappers out their'. Mad slings first performance was with another upcoming rapper Swaggy G  when last week they performed at the Doncaster Dome. He stated that wont be    the last time we see them performing together.

(Construction) Photography

Photography of one of my models 

(Pre-Production) Props,setting,etc

Props- Its very unlikely that I will be using props but if i chose to it will be nothing more tan a chair or a microphone

Setting- the green screen will be set up in the art room

Costume- The costumes will be seen as a stereotypical rapper.

Makeup- no makeup will be required as rappers don't tend to wear makeup