Evaluation question 7

Evaluation question 5

Evaluation Question 5 by Alfie Morgan on Scribd

Evaluation question 6

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Photoshop –

Photoshop is a software that I used to format my magazine front cover, contents and double page spread. I took images and text and placed them so that it came out with my final product. In Photoshop, I had to teach myself skills of how to crop, resize, order layers, place, reatrersize, spot healer, blur, use rulers, and also arrange photos so that they fit with my genre (simplistic). To teach myself how to use these, I watched videos, inquired my peers, asked friends and taught myself.

Blogger –

Blogger is website that I have used to upload tasks and blog posts. It is a really useful way of uploading as peers can view whenever they want and keep up to date with my posts. Blogger also allowed me to embed codes so that different platforms could be available to view on my blog. Platforms such as, slideshare, scribd, soundcloud, Canva, etc. These different platforms allowed me to show off my skills which is a helpful thing that blogger allowed me to do.

Camera –

D3200 is the camera I used to take my images and I learnt to place subjects in the middle of my shots that I took so that the reader knew where to look straight away. I also learnt how take the photos so that the subjects were well lit ad I did this by placing lamps directed at the subjects and this made the subjects turn out well lit.

Soundcloud –

Soundcloud is a format where you can upload audio files. I used this to answer one of my questions and I learnt how to keep calm when recording myself. I also had to embed a link from soundcloud into blogger. Using soundcloud allowed me to broaden my range of platforms that I used.

In the past, during GCSE, I used these platform just briefly. This gave me an insight into what I needed to do when I started these questions and blogposts. This made it easier for me and furthered my knowledge.  

Evaluation question 4

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

I have chosen 16-26 year olds for the target audience for my magazine because my magazine looks at alternative/indie genre and I feel as though the music is quite mature so it targets towards adults (18-26) but also mature 16-18 year olds would listen to the indie/punk genre.

In my planning, I looked on UK Tribes for an audience that I wanted to target my magazine for. I chose the categories, “Scenesters” and “Stylers” because I feel as though they would be interested in the kind of things that would be included in my magazine. More specifically, the Scenesters would be interested in my magazine because the description for Scenesters is that they incorporate fashion and music into trends and their interests. My magazine would feature artists wearing trendy clothes as well as artists that are partially famous for their clothes. For example, Tyler The Creator (Golf Wang), Laurie Vincent (YLC Clothing), etc.  

The other UK Tribes category I chose is “Stylers”. The reason I chose Stylers was because I believe they will like my magazine because my magazine would feature many different trends. One of the descriptives used for Styler is that they “Stay ahead of the cool” and my magazine will feature trends that will stay ahead of the cool. Also, “inspiration for the youth of today” is part of their description so for these to read my magazine may be inspirational to others o also read my magazine.

My audience would have to versatile in terms of their music taste. Although their music taste will be part of the indie/alternative bracket, it would be helpful for my target audience to enjoy the music of rap. Artists like MF DOOM, Rejjie Snow, Loyle Carner and Danny Brown would also be included in my magazine so my audience may not enjoy this music if they are not versatile and only listen to indie music. Not only the rap sides of things, but other artists that have their own partcualr genre would also be thrown in my magazine. Artists like Xxxtentacion, Grimes and Alfa Mist who have created their own audience their own audience would appear in my articles; so, therefore, my audience would have to like a broad range of music to enjoy articles in magazine. Needless to say, they would also have to be into music quite heavily to listen to some of the other Niche artists that would be included.

In conclusion, my magazines would have to be ahead of the fashion game and be incredibly trendy. Would also have to be into niche artists and be quite versatile. This can be related to the indie audience because they notoriously enjoy niche and unheard artists. Indie and alternative audiences also would have a versatile taste I music which fits my criteria.

This is my written answer to my evaluation question 4, I recorded my voice and uploaded to recording to Soundcloud.

Evaluation question 3

Evaluation question 2

The evaluation question 2, I have put in a powerpoint format.

Evaluation question 1

Evaluation question 1 from Alfie Morgan

question 6 draft

Photoshop –

Photoshop is a software that I used to format my magazine front cover, contents and double page spread. I took images and text and placed them so that it came out with my final product. In Photoshop, I had to teach myself skills of how to crop, resize, order layers, place, reatrersize, spot healer, blur, use rulers, and also arrange photos so that they fit with my genre (simplistic). To teach myself how to use these, I watched videos, inquired my peers, asked friends and taught myself.

Blogger –

Blogger is website that I have used to upload tasks and blog posts. It is a really useful way of uploading as peers can view whenever they want and keep up to date with my posts. Blogger also allowed me to embed codes so that different platforms could be available to view on my blog. Platforms such as, slideshare, scribd, soundcloud, Canva, etc. These different platforms allowed me to show off my skills which is a helpful thing that blogger allowed me to do. 

Research an evaluation feedback

Question 1

My magazine follows conventions of regular simplistic magazines that occur in the media. For instance, DIY, Fader and i-D. They are simplistic due to them not having much writing on them. The

font that is used for all these magazines are simple and, clear and mostly in white. I chose my font to be in black because the background was a light grey colour and the white may have blended into the background. My masthead is at the top like the magazine examples. However, their mastheads are not behind the image like it is on my magazine. It is a convention to have a masthead behind an image on a magazine front cover but these magazines have not included this; I would not call this conventional as it’s conventional either way.

My magazine follows conventions such as margins, text size, format

/layout, etc.

 The margins on conventional magazines are just slightly off to the edge of the page. My magazine does the same, this makes the page look neater and it so that the words do not run to the edge of the page. The layout of regular magazines like the one above has connotations to the layout of my magazine. The masthead is placed at the top and to the left in the professional magazines. On mine, it is centred; this isn’t unconventional because many other magazines have their masthead in the centre too. Most other magazines have the artist’s name or a play – on word on the front cover; therefore, I chose to go with “it’s the golden boys” for my front cover. This is because these are lyrics that are in a song that fits in the genre that my magazine is. If my audience knows what this is, then they may be attracted to read this magazine as they could associate the song that they like with the magazine or the artist presented on the front cover. Another reason my magazine is conventional is because the barcode is at the bottom right of the page. In general, most conventional magazines have their barcode at the bottom right of the page so I therefore decided to do the same to make my magazine conventional

Double page spread progression

Contents page progression

Cover progression

Final double page spread

Final contents page

Final front cover

Original photos used for final pieces

Photographers

Charlotte Patmore

Charlotte Patmore is a photographer who takes photos of alternative artists such as Dream Wife, Black Honey, King Krule, etc. I am interested in her photography because she takes different styles of photos. Some of Patmore’s photos look like they are vintage and others are in black and white, others look like standard camera photos. I am interested in Patmore’s photography because she takes photos of artists I am interested in and her variety of images means that I don’t get bored of the same images over and over again. I am interested in taking photos like the one above because there is a variety of styles she chooses. 

William Strobeck

The second photographer/film maker I have chosen is William Strobeck who takes photos for clothing company, Supreme. He enjoys skating with the Supreme skate team and uploading videos featuring the team. I like William Strobeck’s photography and filming because the photos show skaters, clothes and people I can recognize which interests me. I believe that I can take inspiration from William Strobeck by instead of taking photos of still people; I can capture pictures that show my artists in action and this will reflect the work of William Strobeck.

Audience profiles

25 word pitch

Kerrang contents analysis

Identifying my music magazine genre

Identifying my music magazine genre

UK tribes target audience

Contents page analysis

target audience questionnaire

Name: ___________________________________________

Age: ____

Gender: ________________

Which of the following magazines do you read or have heard of? Please circle

NME     DIY      Rolling Stone     ID     Q     Glamour     Mojo     Kerrang!     Clash

Other? Please state ____________________

What brands do you like? Please circle

Gym king     Nike     Fucking Awesome/FA Skate     Moncler     Mulberry     Zara     SikSilk    

Missguided     Comme Des Garcons     Supreme     Champion      Kappa      Doc Marten    

SEX skateboards      Palace     RIPNDIP

What Music genres do you enjoy listening to the most? Please circle

Jazz     Hip-hop     Rock     Alternative     Folk     Grime     Pop     Classical     Heavy metal     Electronic

Motown     Northern soul     EDM     R&B     Rap     Trap           

What artists do you like? Please circle  

The Magic Gang     Slipknot     Little Mix     Tyler The Creator     Jason Derulo     The Streets

The Enemy     DJ Khaled     FIDLAR     Xxxtentacion     Slaves     Nicki Manaj     21 Savage   

Moose Blood     MF Doom     Mac Demarco     Skepta

What do you do for fun? Please describe

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Do you go to gigs/concerts? Please circle

Yes     No

If “yes”, what do you do at them? Please circle

Mosh     Stand     Sit     Dance   

Other? Please state _______________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

Do you go to festivals? Please circle

Yes     No

How often would you buy a magazine? Please circle

Daily     Weekly     Monthly     Yearly

Other? Please state ___________________________

What is the maximum you would pay for a magazine? Please circle

I wouldn’t     £2      £5      £8     £12

Other? Please state ______

This is the audience questionnaire I handed to 25 people. I then reviewed the questionnaires and it turned out that my target audience picked out some of the more indie genre of answers so therefore i will target my magazine at a indie audience.  

Analysis of existing magazine titles

Analysis of existing magazine titles

Mojo magazine has a simplistic font with a shadow to the back of it. It looks as though it may be from the 80s which makes sense as mojo has done magazines of artists like David Bowie, The Beatles, The Smiths, etc. the fact that Mojo still uses this font may be because it’s reminiscent to the audience that read Mojo during the 80s; linking the font back to the 80s is a technique that can have a nostalgic effect on the older audience.

 DIY is a very simplistic title and is in the same place for every issue of it. The fact that is in the same place makes the magazine recognisable to an audience who see the title every time they see DIY. The fact it’s so simple and smaller than other magazine titles makes it so DIY can put their title in most places on the front image.

 Clash’s font is simplistic. Subtly, Clash has put the left side of the ‘A’ over the right side of the ‘L’. Although this may be hard to notice. or a reader, it adds a bit more to the title and therefore makes it individual. The title of Clash may look similar to other titles but this makes it stand out and makes it different.

Kerrang’s masthead is busy and perhaps the opposite of some of the simplistic mastheads. Kerrang is a rock and heavy metal magazine which may suggest why it has such busy front covers because stereotypically, metal and rock fans are sporadic, messy characters so for their magazines to reflect this makes sense. I may want to think about how my masthead reflects my target audience like kerrang does.