Final Designs

Evaluation: Question 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back at both my skills audit and my preliminary task, my skills on a mac and on InDesign have improved. At first I was very unfamiliar with macs and did not know how to use them, but I am now very comfortable using both a mac and InDesign, the development of my skills is evident in the difference between my preliminary task and the final design of my pop music magazine below.























There is a lot more variety in the decoration of my final design. Firstly, the fonts, when making my student magazine I was still very unfamiliar with InDesign and the mac controls so I did not experiment with many different fonts, I have only used 1or 2 different fonts for the preliminary task, making it look dull. When making my music magazine I was a lot more comfortable with the controls and tried lots of different fonts and font sizes, for the final design I used 5 or 6 different fonts, of lots of different sizes this shows how my confidence using the InDesign program grew during the making of it.
Another way my skills have developed is the use of plugs and puffs, when making my student magazine I only used 1 picture, which was for the whole cover, I did not add any others to make it more appealing. I have only used cover lines for my student magazine which will not stand out for an audience. For my final music magazine I have used a variety of plugs, puffs and cover lines to make my magazine stand out for the target audience. I have used puffs such as 'PLUS!' and 'WIN!' to attract an audience. I have used pictures to pull in the audience to make them want to get a better look. I have used plugs that I am sure will appeal to my target audience, I have included the 'Free one direction poster in this issue!' as this band will appeal directly to my target audience as will the plug that offers the chance to win a meet and greet with them. These additions to my magazine show how confident I am with InDesign and the different features of it that could improve my magazines appeal. I have learnt how I could add to my magazine to make it stand out with different colours, fonts, layouts and pictures. I can now use InDesign with ease and am confident with a mac computer. I used my preliminary task during the making of my final magazine design to help me understand what more I can add to make my magazine more appealing.

Evaluation: Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Evaluation: Question 4/5 - Who would be the audience for your media product? How did you attract/address your audience?

The target audience I had in mind while creating my music magazine 'Volume' was young girls aged 11 - 15. Many girls around this age are big fans of artists such as One Direction and Taylor Swift. I have included these in my plugs and puffs on my magazine cover to make it more appealing to this audience. A lot of my audience will probably consume many other types of media as they have been brought up in a world surrounded by them. These other types of media include: The Internet (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr), Television (channels like MTV) and other magazines (gossip magazines). As these social media sites are extremely popular with my target audience, my magazine would also have an official website, a facebook page and a twitter page. This enables my audience to access my magazine through other sources.
I have created a survey for my target audience and will gather some information, using it to find out what attracts the audience and how I can use these answers to help with the design of my magazine to make it more appealing to my target audience.

Evaluation: Question 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation: Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation: Question 1 - In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

My music magazine uses the forms and conventions of other pop music magazines in many ways. Above I have put a screen print of my music magazine next to We Love Pop magazine.

I have used a bright colour scheme, blues and pinks, like the other magazines orange and blue colour scheme. I have put the fashion article in the bottom left corner like We Love Pop. I have used popular artists names on the cover to appeal to my target audience. These plugs and puffs use and develop the forms and conventions of other pop magazines as they appeal to the magazines target audience and are used in similar ways.