final front cover

This is the final version of my front cover.

final contents page

This is my final contents page, i have finished my editing on it.

final double page spread

This is my final double page spread, i have filled in the big gaps with who the report is by (me) and a quote from the article.

pre lim front cover next to final product

This is my pre lim cover on top of my final product, you can see how much i have progressed on this.

pre lim contents page next to final contents page

7. 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?

I believe I have massively progressed on Photoshop since my preliminary task and final full product. On my preliminary task I didn’t use very many of the tools, but on my full product I used loads of tools such as magic wand tool and lasso tool. I use these tools to cut out things on my photographs, I didn’t even know how to use these tools when I was doing preliminary tasks.  I did a lot of editing on my final product with text; I put drop shadows on it, inner glow on some of them. I realized I needed to put more planning in my photographs for my full product, with my prelim task I didn’t put much planning into it so the pictures didn’t turn out very good, but on my final product I put a lot of planning into it and the pictures came out considerably better. It did take up a lot more time but it is worth it. 

6. 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?

During the creation of my media product I have learnt how to use all the settings on the camera, and when it is appropriate when it is used to each one. I also learnt about the importance of using your lighting to an advantage. I used a memory stick to transfer the work from school so I could work at home. The camera I used was a Sony camera. When taking my photographs I used a tripod most of the time. I found the photographs I used the tripod on where better, I think they came out better because I could take photos from more angles the tripod gave me more options. The tripod didn’t take long to learn how to use it. I learnt about the importance of using blogger to show all my work and to show were I have improved, I can also show all my research on the blog and I can compare my magazine to my style model on it for everyone to see. Also I learnt about how Facebook and twitter are very good for audience feedback. The apple mac was the most important piece of equipment I learnt how to use; it has all the software you need on it. Such as Photoshop, it took me a while to learn how to use it but it was a must learn because that’s what I put my magazine together on.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

I attracted my audience with the fonts I used, colours I used and how I displayed my photographs. The fonts I used were big, bold and dark. I did this to make it stand out on a white background and attract my audience. I used a few colours but mainly white and red, white gives it a clean look often done by kerrang, I also put on a blood red because it has a nice contrast with the white and it will appeal to my audience. My picture gives off a hard rock vibe. It does this because in the picture Chris has dread locks and a massive beard, which is often the appearance of people into hard rock/ heavy metal.

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

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

My audience is 16 to 25 year olds, its aimed more towards males than it is females but some females will fined it appealing. It’s also

Aimed at people who are into hard rock/ heavy metal; such as black label society, the wild hearts and Metallica. It’s also aimed at people people who love going to live music events. The people where baggie jeans, denim jackets and baggie t-shirts that usually have a band on, this is how they are shown on the front of my magazine, Chris is wearing baggie jeans and a kiss t-shirts. 

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

An institution is a company that distributes a product for the audience’s consumption of that product. The sort of institution to distribute my music magazine would be IPC media or Bauer media; I think it would be these two because they’re two of the biggest media institutions in Europe. But they wouldn’t distribute them straight to the audiences; they would distribute them to the likes of WHSmith. WHSmith would then make it available for the audiences to get hold of my music magazine. I think IPC media are more likely to be the institution to distribute my music magazine over Bauer media, I think this because Bauer media already do kerrang!, mojo and Q magazine. Where as IPC media only do one music magazine which is NME.