Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Evaluation: Question six

These are the technologies I have used throughout the production of my music magazine:


FireFox Internet: Allowing me to research and plan my magazine for example using 'Google'.


Using the SLR camera gave me the opportunity to take professional photographs for my music magazine, I also used this for my preliminary task and research.


Flickr allowing me to present my evaluation.


I used PhotoShop produce majority of my music magazine: Front Cover, Contents and Double Page Spread, this allowed me to produce a professional looking magazine by editing photo's and text styles and using a variety of different effects.


iShowU: allowing me to record myself working, to show my skills on Blogger.

I used the IMac to produce all work Ive completed, as its got all the programmes I needed.



Prezi: presenting certain tasks throughout the possess.


Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Evaluation: Question Four

Who would be the audience for your media product? Why?



An example of my target audience.
 
  • Shops such as, TopShop and River Island, where fashionable Indie clothes are sold.
  • Target audience of student age and middle class meaning they can afford to buy monthly music magazine.
  • A popular culture to visit festivals for certain Indie bands that interest them.
  • Interests in music who would read reviews, latest gigs.
  • Music albums such as Mumford's and Sons, Two Door Cinema Club, Indie bands that would attract my target audience to my music magazine.
  • Watch teenage TV programmes such as Skins, as it involves a ot of music culture base.

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Evaluation: Question Two

HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?


                              My photograph                                                               Q photograph                              


  • Both photographs are taken with a Mid Long shots and using eye level allowing the audience to see their positioning and clothing, representing the magazine genre: Indie.
  • All models are using a similar are using the same gesture with their body's.
  • Similar facial expressions highlighting the seriousness of the band.
  • The lighting in both images are bright and give a clear photograph without no shadows.
  • The positioning is very tight and close on the front cover, representing they are tight as a band and also creating them the main focus, following conventions of other magazines in this genre.
  • The choice of clothing, stylish however dull/dim colours representing the seriousness about the band in contrast to my double page spread and using the conventions of the Q magazine.
  • The mise-en-scene in the Q magazine were formal clothes, representing an older generation, however on mine they are wearing informal clothing attracting college students.