The mock marking exercise consited of parking the blogs of our peers on what they had accomplished so far. We used the assesment criteria when doing this aswell as adding our own comments
I have learnt that i had to add to evaluation to gain higher marks. I also had to add more detail about the contents page and talk about it. I was told by my peers that i had to add print screens to my evaluation and the different type faces i had used. I further learnt how to evaluate and analyse other peoples' magazines, which helped me to see what i could do to my evaluation in future to improve it.
Friday, 5 February 2010
Target reader profiles and focus group
Stereotypical Reader
Lauran- This person would be about 16 or 17 and loves partying and booze. She would possibly like raving and listening to RnB typically Nelly and Rihanna. And also old school and slow jam which come under RnB. She would most likely have blonde hair and stereotypically side swept. She would like modern clothes such as leather jackets and skinny jeans rather than a 60’s look.
Elli- This person would be about the age of 17, who wears hooded tops and baggy jeans quite authentic for the time we are in, which would appear to listen to hip hop and RnB, which are sung by Beyonce and Jay Z and Alicia Keys. She would have long hair with a short fringe and possibly dyed in the colour red. She would be on higher education. Significantly she would be very social, easygoing and funny.
Tara- This teenage girl would have plum coloured hair. She would possibly assume that she rules the world. She would most likely listen to black music e.g. reggae, black rap artists and most of the types of music that comes under RnB.
Lauran- This person would be about 16 or 17 and loves partying and booze. She would possibly like raving and listening to RnB typically Nelly and Rihanna. And also old school and slow jam which come under RnB. She would most likely have blonde hair and stereotypically side swept. She would like modern clothes such as leather jackets and skinny jeans rather than a 60’s look.
Elli- This person would be about the age of 17, who wears hooded tops and baggy jeans quite authentic for the time we are in, which would appear to listen to hip hop and RnB, which are sung by Beyonce and Jay Z and Alicia Keys. She would have long hair with a short fringe and possibly dyed in the colour red. She would be on higher education. Significantly she would be very social, easygoing and funny.
Tara- This teenage girl would have plum coloured hair. She would possibly assume that she rules the world. She would most likely listen to black music e.g. reggae, black rap artists and most of the types of music that comes under RnB.
Typical Features
Genre- Style, Form, Type
Genre is the style or type of format something is e.g. a film, drama soap etc.
As the producer of a music magazine I am concerned with the producers of the types of musicians that will be put into the magazine as I need it to be engaging my audience. Following from audience one important factor is marketing as I will need it to continue to existence of the magazine and to make profit.
Genre of magazines found in HMV
Classical
Rock
Indie Rock
Pop
Rn’B
Dance
Jazz
World/Folk
Electronic/Dance
Chronology (time)
Early-classical-romantic-modern
16 17-18 19 20-21
Genre is the style or type of format something is e.g. a film, drama soap etc.
As the producer of a music magazine I am concerned with the producers of the types of musicians that will be put into the magazine as I need it to be engaging my audience. Following from audience one important factor is marketing as I will need it to continue to existence of the magazine and to make profit.
Genre of magazines found in HMV
Classical
Rock
Indie Rock
Pop
Rn’B
Dance
Jazz
World/Folk
Electronic/Dance
Chronology (time)
Early-classical-romantic-modern
16 17-18 19 20-21
Denotation & Connotation
I analaysed two music magzines regarding their front cover and contents. I had to compare and contrast the differences and what their denotations, connotations and design layouts reflected about the magazine. I distinguished the reasons as to why a certain image or design was there. For example looking at typefaces, i learnt the differnce between serif and sans serif and why they were chosen specifically to be applied on to a certain part of the magazine. Furthermore, i learnt why certain colours were picked, what they meant and what was trying to be achieved. For example on the magazine classic rock there was a variety of colours chosen like purple, red, black and orange etc. once identifying the colours i was able to say that red for example was used to make the magazine front cover look eye-catching however most importantly to show that the magazine had an exciting contents. I also looked at the typical page layouts and alignments of texts of two magazines, how they differed and how i could apply what i saw and learnt to my magazine. Moving on i further learnt that a very busy background does not look very good as it does not allow things that you want to stand out look eye-catching. In spite of that i learnt that a busy background has an advantage of being well memorable for a person therefore they know what they are looking for when they want to buy it or in another sense the magazine is estblished in their heads.
Monday, 25 January 2010
EVALUATION
According to my research on and knowledge on the conventions of a magazine, my media product hits many points. Firstly the images are edited like a real magazine though it is not as proffesional as real media companies as yet. Secondly the barcode and more importantly the logos make my media products very much like a real magazine; the logos were also edited.
On from that the target audience of my media product would be 16-19 year olds that are in Chelmsford College. The majority of their needs are met in this my magazine. My magazine attracts the target audience in many different ways. For example the images used on the front cover and contents page are clearly addressing the college students therfore they will understand and see easily that the magazine is aimed at them. Furthermore Because the images are students from the actual college, my audience further understands that the magzien is purely for them.
My magazine represents individuals from todays popular culture and youth culture social groups; that are the so-called 'fashionistas' regardless of being boys or girls and young people that have interest in music, cars, trends and parties etc. practically social groups that 'love' everything portrayed from mass media.
I have learnt many things in the process of constructing my media product. Firstly good use of Photoshop, which i had used before however had not been able to learn fully. Secodnly i was introduced to In Design, which surprised me with all its different editing ways. I learnt how to shoot proffesional photographs and the to edit them to my desired look.
I think i was very good with shooting photos in the making of this media product. However i would have to work a lot more on using In Design to be able to use it for all its goodness!
Eda Karaca
According to my research on and knowledge on the conventions of a magazine, my media product hits many points. Firstly the images are edited like a real magazine though it is not as proffesional as real media companies as yet. Secondly the barcode and more importantly the logos make my media products very much like a real magazine; the logos were also edited.
On from that the target audience of my media product would be 16-19 year olds that are in Chelmsford College. The majority of their needs are met in this my magazine. My magazine attracts the target audience in many different ways. For example the images used on the front cover and contents page are clearly addressing the college students therfore they will understand and see easily that the magazine is aimed at them. Furthermore Because the images are students from the actual college, my audience further understands that the magzien is purely for them.
My magazine represents individuals from todays popular culture and youth culture social groups; that are the so-called 'fashionistas' regardless of being boys or girls and young people that have interest in music, cars, trends and parties etc. practically social groups that 'love' everything portrayed from mass media.
I have learnt many things in the process of constructing my media product. Firstly good use of Photoshop, which i had used before however had not been able to learn fully. Secodnly i was introduced to In Design, which surprised me with all its different editing ways. I learnt how to shoot proffesional photographs and the to edit them to my desired look.
I think i was very good with shooting photos in the making of this media product. However i would have to work a lot more on using In Design to be able to use it for all its goodness!
Eda Karaca
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