(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

(Pre-Production) Models

A list of people I will ask to be my models

-Luke Mckevitt
-Jake Mckevitt
-Josh Jipson
-Liam Goddard
-Liam Lindsay
-Myself

I will not use all of these in my final magazine but it will be good to have more images so i can experiment with them. I will also ask my models to bring appropriate clothing.

(Pre-Production) Equipment Required

The equipment I require includes

-Adobe photoshop where most of my magazine editing will take place.
-I will also require a camera to be able to take photos of my models.
-A green screen so editing will be much easier
-Also such things as pens and pencils to do planning and templates

(Pre-Production) Production schedule (Photoshoot)

my photoshoots will take place during my Media lessons on Tuesday and Thursday. My Tuesday lesson takes place in the morning and my Thursday lesson in the afternoon  While doing my photoshoot. I will experiment with many of my images with the use of the green screen. I will make sure my model brings appropriate clothing that fits my genre.

(Pre-Production) magazine templates Front cover and contents

Two front cover templates

  

Two Content page templates
 



hear are the drafts of my final magazine these drafts include the front cover and contents page. My first front cover I thought my main head would be big and bold at the top and the logo on the far left. I also thought that the main picture would take two thirds of the page with  with text giving small information about what is in the magazine. my house style for my first contents  page is  three columns which spread across the page. their will be a main image at the top page with the word contents overlapping it.

(Pre-Production) Draft 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.      

(Pre Production) Proposal

The purpose of my magazine will be to provide the latest  news an contents related to the RAP genre. I will provide free stuff such has posters and  opportunities to meet rap artist.

I will be aiming to produce a rap magazine. to be able to do this I will require models that dress and act like a stereotypical  rapper to keep in context of my genre. The target audience will be teenagers and young adults that are generally into rap. For it to appeal to the target audience the text will be informal. My main title 'FLOW' will be big bold and bright coloured (red) has the target audience are teenagers research proves they like basic things.

I have looked up the kind of content that should feature in a rap magazine and I have found out that it tends to  contain such things has interviews,posters,latest news etc. Something that I could add into my magazine is an upcoming artist has many readers like to read about new and upcoming artist and it grabs there attention straight away.

My House style  black,white,red and blue has these colours help each other stand out and makes the text stand out also they are very basic Which most teenagers like and this is what most rap magazines are like.

My main article will be an article on 'Mad slings' (name of the rapper) also other artist that feature in this album and finally 'Mad Slings' experience of it all. I will it appealing to the audience

The equipment I will be using is  a camera,tripod,computer,Photoshop and cloths. My magazine will be produced by R.S Publishers I have a budget of  £65,000 to make this magazine.

(Pre-Production) Initial ideas/thoughts

For my magazine I would like to have a similar layout  to VIBE with a main image of a famous rapper which covers most of the front cover. The Main image will be of a single rapper staring at the audience in a relaxed/chilled way. I wouldn't want to use any props such has a microphone because I want it to be very basic. I would like my front cover to contain a couple of puffs and plugs but I would like it to be very basic. I would like my article to be about the rapper on my main image to keep in context with the magazine. I would like the article to be about an up coming album  that the main rapper is releasing. The article will feature such stuff has the name of the album, other artist featuring in the album and a little information about the rapper.

 Picture

•  It will be a medium shot
•  he will be  facing the camera
• takes most of page
• make it the main aim of the magazine
• needs to be like a sterio typical rapper: jacket,snap back, jeans, dog tags etc

Text

• Default Font 
• text down  the right side of the front cover 
• giving small information about what is in the magazine
•  key selling points will be in bold
• puffs or plugs will surround the picture
• text will be in black

colours

• text will be in black
• it will be a white background
• title will be red

(Pre-Production) Logo Company Name

The name of the publisher  for my magazine will be r.s. publisher

R.S. Publisher 

(Research) Research Magazine Production Companies

-VIBE

-HIP-HOP

-XXL

(Research) Mood board

The reasoning of me doing a mood board is to give me an idea of a stereotypical rapper would wear,look like,drive etc. 

(Research) Analysis of 2 contents page

The house style of the contents page for VIBE is a large picture with little text, it has one column also It has a brown background and it as white text. The picture is a picture of Eminem so it’s keeping the attention on  the selling point of the magazine (which is Eminem). Once again the text is small and pushed to the side so  it is focus Eminem(the selling point). On the right side their is small text which tells the reader what else features in the text  but its left simple and has basic information because they want the attention to be left on Eminem. The tittle is all in caps but its small  in the top corner. The colours are selected because its like hiding in the shadows and gives it a nice affect.The target audience tends to be aimed at teenagers. This contents page is very basic has it has no puffs or plugs so it outs the information to the minimal.

The House style of this contents page  is a large picture of a rapper Which is the main selling point of the article and  used to grab the readers attention. The colours are red white and black which are very basic and shows that the audience is of teenagers (14-19). The text is small and once again its pushed to the side so the focus remains on the rapper,Their is only one column of text. The background is red so it makes the rapper stand out more and the point of this because he is the selling point of the magazine and the writers want him to stand out. The tittle takes the top right corner of the magazine once again to keep the focus on the main image. The text is small and may become hard to read but this is done to make the audience focus on the picture their is not any puffs or plugs that stand out which is a bad thing because  its not giving much information about the magazine so the reader wont be given much information at first glance.