Final Magazine

Evaluation Presentation - Final Without Animation

Evaluation Presentation W/ Information

Above is my evaluation presentation which analyses and evaluates the different elements of my music magazine and the reasons behind my decisions.
I thought that it went well as I addressed each question and I developed my ideas to back up each question and my points. I feel that I could have added evidence from existing music magazines to show the different conventions used and developed but to also give evidence to demonstrate the similarities and differences between my music magazine and existing magazines.

My Reader Profile

•Genre: Pop Rock
•Age group: 15-23
•Gender: unisex but mainly female dominated
•90% are in full time education
•70% enjoy listening to music via iTunes
•On average 90% purchase 0-5 albums per month
•50% purchase their albums online whereas 40% purchase albums through music stores
•50% enter competitions for prizes e.g. iPods
•50% attend concerts on a regular basis
•70% use blogs and social networking sites
•60% purchase music magazines regularly
•70% research into upcoming artists based around their preferred music genre

Above is my reader profile for my magazine. To create my reader profile I used my questionnaire, NME reader profile analysis and my mood board. I used the information collected to help me create my reader profile which I would then use to create my magazine according to what my target market would enjoy to read and what to include in the magazine. My questionnaire was mainly targeted at my market to help me create a reader profile suited to my audience.

Constructing Interview - Conventions

The main conventions used in my interview are:

• Stand first
• Pull quotes
• Caption
• Image
• Page number
• Website link

I added a stand first on my interview page as it gave a summary of what the interview included and also allowed the reader to feel as though they are up close with the artist. The pull quotes are scattered around the page to give a sense of energy. The caption explains the image and the interview. The image on this page isn't as dominant as the others due to its placement. I chose to place it on the floor as it gives a relaxed feel to the interview and it also holds the interview together as my artists foot is holding the pull quote in place. The page numbers help the reader find the page they are looking for. I have challenged a convention by adding in a link to my artists website, this would allow the fans to keep up-to-date with my artist.

Constructing Contents Page - Conventions

The main conventions used in my contents page are:

• Columns
• Teasers
• Page numbers
• Central image
• House style
• Free CD

When creating my contents page I chose to include columns as it makes it easier for the reader to read and makes the layout of the page look neater. Teasers would attract my reader and having the page numbers next to it would make it easy for the reader to look at a certain page. Again I used the central image as it is dominant and attractive and the house style runs through my magazine so connect each page. A convention which I have challenged was adding a free CD to my magazine as it is not very common in most magazine, also I added in a paragraph explaining the meaning of the album and background history on my band.

Constructing Front Cover - Conventions

The main conventions on my front cover are:

• Masthead
• Barcode
• Issue no.
• Central image
• Banner
• House style
• Price
• Quotes taken from within the magazine and articles featured

These conventions have been used developed from other magazines. The masthead is bold and dominant which is common in most magazine. The barcode is featured on the front cover alongside the issue number. The central image is bold and dominant which attracts the readers attention. The banner is bold and the main colours of purple, yellow, black and grey are bold and distinguishable. The price isn't very expensive as my audience are mainly in full time education and therefore cannot afford expensive magazines. Finally the quotes help the reader understand what type of magazine it is and what would be featured in it, it would also attract the reader as the interviews featured are based around the genre of the magazine.

Development of Images

This is the process which i had to go through to create my contents page image:

•I began by taking a still image of my model

•I then used Picasa to turn my coloured image into a black and white image

•From the coloured image I cut around my model using the polygonal lasso tool on Photoshop

•I then layered the coloured image of my artist onto the black and white image

•To finish I added in a lens flare to brighten the image

From my preliminary task I learnt a lot about developing images to suit my magazine and genre. This skill allowed me to take an ordinary image and edit it to make it look like something that would be related to my music genre.

Questionnaire with Results

My questionnaire consisted of a range of questions which were appropriate to my target market and useful to me when creating my reader profile. I chose questions which I thought had most relevance to my genre of music and my target market and what information I could collect from the questionnaire and incorporate into my magazine. I asked 10 people who were interested in different music genre's to answer my questionnaire as I would be able to see what people are commonly interested in and what they look for in a magazine.

House Colours

The house colours I have chosen to define my magazine are black, grey, purple and yellow. I chose these colours as they have much significance within my music genre and are bold which helps them stand out. The dominant colours are purple and yellow, although they are contrasting colours they compliment each other well and stand out from the other colours. When researching into my magazine I noticed that there were no other magazines with the same colour theme, and I thought that using those particular colours will help distinguish my magazine.

Magazine Name

This is my final name for my magazine. I chose to name it "Dynamic" as it refers to the softness or loudness of a sound or note. The word comes from the Greek word "dynamis" meaning "power" which is what my genre represents. As my genre is pop rock it consists of a range of different textured music as it is a mixture of pop and rock music which are both different genre's of music. The font that I chose is bold but very much elegant to suit my music genre, as the music is soft and catchy but has a strong meaning to it. I chose to use the colour purple for the masthead as it is commonly used within my particular genre and is quite feminine to attract my target market.