Final Products

Preliminary Products

Evaluation

Q1. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

Evaluation Q1 on Prezi

Q2. HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?
Evaluation Q2



Q3. WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?

Q4. WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT?

Q5. HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS YOUR AUDIENCE?

Evaluation Q5 on Prezi

Q6. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

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

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Q7. LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

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

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Audience Feedback

In the lesson today I was given the task to analyse and evaluate the feedback that I received from the audience when they filled in my questionnaire.

This is the questionnaire:

1. What is your favourite thing on my music magazine front cover?

2. Do you think that the colour scheme matches the style of my magazine? If no, please state why.

3. Looking at the front cover, what impressions do you get of the artist, Becky Byrne?

4. On the contents page, what is the main thing that attracts your attention and why?

 

5. Do you like the way in which the contents page has been set out?

 

6. On the contents page, what do you think of the image of Becky Byrne?

 

7. If you could change one thing on the magazine contents page, what would it be and why?

 

8. Looking at the double page spread, what impressions do you get of the band?

 

9. Do you like the way in which everything has been spread out on the double page spread?

 

10. If you could change one thing on the double page spread, what would it be and why?

ANALYSIS

Once my questionnaires had been filled out, I analysed the feedback and created my results. I have tried to use various methods of presenting my feedback.

1. What is your favourite thing on my music magazine front cover?

The most favouritable things that were on my questionnaires were:

• The Title: because it is big, bold and colourful which makes it stand out.
• The image of Becky Byrne :because it is in the middle of tha page and attracts their attention
• The Coverlines: because they are of well known/recognisable artists
  
  
  
  

2. Do you think that the colour scheme matches the style of my magazine? If no, please state why.

I received a lot of positive feedback for this question. 19 out of 20 people said that the colours did match the style and genre of the magazine. However 1 person said that although it did match, the colours could be portraying the maagzine a rock magazine.

3. Looking at the front cover, what impressions do you get of the artist, Becky Byrne?

For this question I again received a lot of positive feedback. The majority of the audience have perceived Becky in the way I wanted them too. The most common words to describe Becky were:

• Confident
• Arrogant
• Quirky
• Different
• Unique
• An individual style
• Funky
• Quite strong minded, makes her own decisions

This is exactly how I wanted the audience to perceive Becky, as this is what I was aiming for when taking the pictures.

4. On the contents page, what is the main thing that attracts your attention and why?

I also received a lot of positive feedback on this question, which I am pleased with. The audiences comments were:

• The image of Becky Byrne
• The column of text
• Alll of the images
• The red boxes containing on the cover, features and regulars

5. Do you like the way in which the contents page has been set out?

17 out of 20 people said that they did like the way in which the contents page was set out. Some of the comments were:

• I like it because there is not too much writing, and plenty of pictures.
• I like it because it is layed out neatly and everything is clear to read.
• I like the way the everything is in line and has its own space on the page, is isnt squashed together

However, 3 out of the 20 said that they didnt like the way in which the contents page was set out. Their comments were:

• I think that it has been laid out well, but I think the pictures should be spaced out over the page rather than squashed together on the one side.
• Some of the pictures need to be bigger because they are not very clear to see.
• The title of the page should be bigger.

6. On the contents page, what do you think of the image of Becky Byrne?

I also received positive feedback for this question,  only 1 out of 20 people said that they didnt like the image. Some of the comments were:

• I like it because it shows a different side to Becky, its shows that she is quite vulnerable, which is good because it enables the audience/reader to relate to her.
• I like the image because it allows you to see a different side to Becky, also you can see her shoes more clearly, which are very nice.

The 1 person that didnt like the image said that:

• Although Becky is in a different position, it doesnt show variety as it has the same background.

7. If you could change one thing on the magazine contents page, what would it be and why?

The feedback that I received on this question was quite positive and not harsh in the slightest. The audiences' comments were:

• Use a background colour (other than white)
• Make the title and the word contents a big bigger
• Make the font a little bigger so its easier to read
• Make the images a little more interesting, maybe include musical instruments

8. Looking at the double page spread, what impressions do you get of the band?

I am happy with the commments that were made on this question. A lot of the comments were:

• Funny
• Weird
• Strange, but in a good way
• Energetic
• Like to have fun
• Always have a laugh
• Dont take life too seriously
• Enjoy what they do

Although they were described as weird and strange, I am pleased with this, because I wanted to portray them as a fun loving, energetic, happy-smiley band thadont take life too seriously. On the contents page I used an image where they were being serious and had straight faces, so I thought I wouold show their fun-loving side on the double page spread.

9. Do you like the way in which everything has been spread out on the double page spread?

For this question I received both negative and postive feedback. 14 out of 20 people said that they did like the was in which it was set out, however 6 people said that they didnt. Their reasons for this were:

• The pictures were too cramped on one page
• There was too much writing
• Text was too close together

10. If you could change one thing on the double page spread, what would it be and why?

The feedback on this question was mainly about the pictures rather than the text. Although a few people said that they would have liked the text a little bit bigger or more spaced out, some people said  that they would have prefered a few less pictures. Again, another popular comments was to have a background colour other than white to make it s little less plain and more exciting to look at.

Here is a voice recording of my questionnaire being filled out.

Here is a video recording of my questionnaire being filled out:

Double Page Spread Production

Over a series of lessons, I produced my double page spread article on Quark. I have taken screengrabs to show each stage of making it:

Stage 1

Firstly, I added the title of the article which is 'REFRAIN YOURSELVES'. I then added the main picture of the band, and added a red frame. Once the picture was in the correct position, I placed on top, a quote from one of the band members.  I also added page numbers and the magazines name to the bottom right hand corner of each page. I did this because it is a typical code and convention of music magazines.

Stage 2

Next, I added the standfirst, which is situated underneath the article title. Once that was in position, I placed my second image in place, and added a red frame.

Stage 3

Next, I added the second image. This time of a different band member. Once in position, I added a red frame. I also tilted this picture a little to add variety to the page, and make it look a little more quirky and different.

Stage 4

I then added another picture. Again this picture was tilted, and I added a red frame. I used this picture because is shows Peter in the middle of singing which I think looks good, but also it is bigger than the other two. I wanted to use different sized pictures because I think it would look a little boring if all of the pictures are the same size, and all positioned the same.

Stage 5

I then added my final image to the article. This one is of the final band member. I used this picture because it shows him to be enjoying what he is doing. Again, I added a red border.

Stage 6

Once all of my images were in place, I could now import my text. I did this by drawing my text boxes, right click, then import. I also added a dropcap at the beginning of the article because this is a typical code and convention of music magazines. I changed the font to Calibri because I think it is a very simple font which makes it clearer and easier to read. Once the text was in place, I could change things. For example, I put the questions in capital letters, bold and red font. This is to make them stand out. Also, they are whole point to the article/interview.

Stage 7

The final thing to add to my double page spread was the drop quote from one of the band members. I chose this quote because I think it symbolises what the band is about: As much as they appreciate and like the money they receive, they enjoy playing, and love the atmosphere of the gigs they do.

 

I decided to edit my double page spread and change a few things in order for it to look more professional. The changes that I made were:

• Remove 2 questions as they were not suitable/relevant to the indie-rock genre
• Remove a drop quote as again that was not suitable/relevant
• Have the text on one page, and pictures on the other
• Added 2 new pictures in order to fill the whole of the page with pictures



Photographs for Double Page Spread

During my interview with Refrain, I took a number of photographs that could be used on the double page spread. However, on the actual article I will only have 7. Here are the photographs that I took:

Contents Page Production

Over a series of lessons I produced my contents page in Quark. Here are screengrabs of my work to show the stages in which it took to create my contents page:

Stage 1

The first thing I did was to add the title of my magazine, and the word 'CONTENTS'. I made this in Photoshop and then imported it as one image. Once that was in position, I added the magazines strapline, date and issue number.

Stage 2

I then added my main image of Becky Byrne. I have made it reasonably big because this is a typical code and convention of music magazines, also the main article is about her, so her picture needs to be bigger than the rest in order for it to stand out.

Stage 3

I then added my 'ON THE COVER' section of text. I produced the red tab type thing in Photoshop, and then imported it as an image. I made the page numbers red, and the top line of text bold to make it stand out.

Stage 4

Next, I added my 'FEATURES' section of text. Again, I produced the red tab type thing in Photoshop, and imported it as an image. I then made the page numbers red, and the top line of text bold to make it stand out.

Stage 5

I then added the 'REGULARS' section of text.

Stage 6

I then added the box of text on top of the picture of Becky Byrne. This contains the page number and the article title.

Stage 7

I then added my final image of Refrain. I changed the size of the picture and positioned it in the correct place.

Stage 8

The final thing for me to do was to add the box of text on top of the image. Again, this contains the page number and the article title.

I actually had to change my contents page to make it look a little more proffessional and exciting to look at. The changes that I made were:

• Made the title and word Contents bigger
• Add the slogan
• Add the issue date
• Make the image of Becky Byrne smaller (to allow room for other images)
• Added 3 other images to the page, including boys (to show my magazine is suitable for both genders)
• Change some of the features
• Add new features