Sunday 20 April 2014
Evaluation Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of construction this product?
The first thing I learnt about was the cameras for the photography element of the project. I used a Nikon Coolpix L310 digital camera for my photography. I took my photographs outside in the natural lighting, this gave me really high quality photographs for my magazines giving it more of a professional look.
I used Adobe Photoshop to edit my photos, this was very time consuming but was worth the effort and time as the outcome of my pictures were great. Adobe Photoshop is a program that I have had very little experience in, but after lots of practicing I got the hang of using all the different tools on the program.
The main application I used was Adobe Indesign. I spent most of the hours on this program producing my magazine pages. Like Photoshop, the program took a bit of time to get used to, the preliminary task defiantly helped me feel more confident with the application for when I came to the main task of creating the music magazine.
Through this application I learned how to upload my work to the internet, how to add photos and insert mini-presentations to my blog. I found that this enabled me to create explanations of my product in more of an unique way.
Blogger is an online technology that I used to post my work onto my blog. It is a simple and easy website which presents your work in more of a sophisticated way.
The first thing I learnt about was the cameras for the photography element of the project. I used a Nikon Coolpix L310 digital camera for my photography. I took my photographs outside in the natural lighting, this gave me really high quality photographs for my magazines giving it more of a professional look.
I used Adobe Photoshop to edit my photos, this was very time consuming but was worth the effort and time as the outcome of my pictures were great. Adobe Photoshop is a program that I have had very little experience in, but after lots of practicing I got the hang of using all the different tools on the program.
The main application I used was Adobe Indesign. I spent most of the hours on this program producing my magazine pages. Like Photoshop, the program took a bit of time to get used to, the preliminary task defiantly helped me feel more confident with the application for when I came to the main task of creating the music magazine.
Through this application I learned how to upload my work to the internet, how to add photos and insert mini-presentations to my blog. I found that this enabled me to create explanations of my product in more of an unique way.
Blogger is an online technology that I used to post my work onto my blog. It is a simple and easy website which presents your work in more of a sophisticated way.
Saturday 19 April 2014
Evaluation Question 3
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The obvious answer to this question, is to choose Bauer Media as it has a worldwide circulation of 38 million magazines a week. It is a multinational media company headquartered in Germany which operates in 16 countries worldwide. As you can see Bauer are a huge publishing companies, known for magazines such as Q, Kerrang! and Empire. The main reason why Bauer would be the best option is because it is the biggest privately owned publishing group i n Europe, that offer 300 magazines in 15 countries.
Another reason why Bauer would be a good option is that it is a multi-platforming publishing group, offering radio, TV and Internet. This would be successful as my target audience are younger, so are more likely to use more forms of media, and are therefore more up to date with the latest technology, and would be more interested in interactive readership.
Frontline would also be a good option for BA-BAM's sales and distribution, as they are the UK's leading magazine sales, marketing and distribution company, representing 42% of the magazine category, selling 309 million copies of their 800 different magazines through over 55,000 retail outlets ranging from the biggers superstore to the smallest newsagents.
From doing research from their website, Frontline seem like not only the best distribution company, but the most trustworthy company that would help increase sales of BA-BAM.
The obvious answer to this question, is to choose Bauer Media as it has a worldwide circulation of 38 million magazines a week. It is a multinational media company headquartered in Germany which operates in 16 countries worldwide. As you can see Bauer are a huge publishing companies, known for magazines such as Q, Kerrang! and Empire. The main reason why Bauer would be the best option is because it is the biggest privately owned publishing group i n Europe, that offer 300 magazines in 15 countries.
Another reason why Bauer would be a good option is that it is a multi-platforming publishing group, offering radio, TV and Internet. This would be successful as my target audience are younger, so are more likely to use more forms of media, and are therefore more up to date with the latest technology, and would be more interested in interactive readership.
From doing research from their website, Frontline seem like not only the best distribution company, but the most trustworthy company that would help increase sales of BA-BAM.
Evaluation Question 2
How does the media product represent a particular social group?
The aim of my product was to appeal to a certain social group, specifically 21-30 year olds who are into rock music and favour rebellious rock groups like "Guns N Roses". I feel my completed product achieved this in many ways.
The image I used for my front cover is inspired by Florence Welch's front cover of NME. I used this pose as I think it is simple yet effective and creates that rebellious and attitude look. This is also look is also created from the models styled hair, heavy eye make-up, and over the top jewellery. Although this might stereotype a typical rock fan, I think it is the perfect main image for my front cover, as it obvious to the reader that the magazine is a rock genre.
Even though I took inspiration from NME's front cover, the front cover was designed to appeal to my target audience in a similar way Kerrang! does, they are informal and the people featured in their magazine are usually rock or punk genre artists.
This is the direction I wanted to aim for when producing my magazine. The pose can be described as casual, edgy and simple. I wanted to achieve the same effect by creating a simple pose of my female model by using a mid-shot of her, meaning her attitude can be seen through her facial expressions rather than her body language.
The contents page represents its social group by the images, such as the rebellious clothing and use of editing the pictures black and white to create a dark, gothic look.
The bands mentioned on the contents page heavily reflect the social group, as it is the type of music they would listen to. The language used also reflects this, such as phrases like, "Immi D, the new queen of rock", this reflects the immaturity of the social group BA-BAM is targeted at.
In the article, the best representational aspects can be seen again from the images used but also the textual content. For example, the images show immaturity and attitude whilst at a photo shoot.
The colour scheme is targeted at a particular social group, as they are similar colours found in Kerrang!.
The second page of my article features a photograph of the artist. The mise-en-scene of this image would hopefully appeal to the social group, and the models outfit also. I chose for my model to have this facial expression, as I wanted her to be taken seriously by the readers.
The aim of my product was to appeal to a certain social group, specifically 21-30 year olds who are into rock music and favour rebellious rock groups like "Guns N Roses". I feel my completed product achieved this in many ways.
Even though I took inspiration from NME's front cover, the front cover was designed to appeal to my target audience in a similar way Kerrang! does, they are informal and the people featured in their magazine are usually rock or punk genre artists.
This is the direction I wanted to aim for when producing my magazine. The pose can be described as casual, edgy and simple. I wanted to achieve the same effect by creating a simple pose of my female model by using a mid-shot of her, meaning her attitude can be seen through her facial expressions rather than her body language.
The contents page represents its social group by the images, such as the rebellious clothing and use of editing the pictures black and white to create a dark, gothic look.
The bands mentioned on the contents page heavily reflect the social group, as it is the type of music they would listen to. The language used also reflects this, such as phrases like, "Immi D, the new queen of rock", this reflects the immaturity of the social group BA-BAM is targeted at.
In the article, the best representational aspects can be seen again from the images used but also the textual content. For example, the images show immaturity and attitude whilst at a photo shoot.
The colour scheme is targeted at a particular social group, as they are similar colours found in Kerrang!.
The second page of my article features a photograph of the artist. The mise-en-scene of this image would hopefully appeal to the social group, and the models outfit also. I chose for my model to have this facial expression, as I wanted her to be taken seriously by the readers.
Wednesday 16 April 2014
Evaluation Question 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
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