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Here is my final coursework blog, this blog contains all my research and planning spanning from when i first started. This blog is now complete and ready for assessment.

I bid you farewell thank you! :)

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learn't in the progression from it to the full product?

Evaluation Question 7

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6. What have you learn't about technologies from the process of contructing this product?

This is my Vaio Laptop which i used throughout this project to create my magazine on. I did use the apple macs at college during lessons time but the majority of my work was done through this

I also used this memory stick to transfer the work i did in my lesson times from the mac apple computers which enabled me to have all the information i needed on my laptop

I used this Canon DSLR Camera to take all my photos for my music magazine

I learn't how to use Adobe Photoshop Cs3 to create features inside my music magazine like the masthead and the photographs which i edited

I also used Adobe InDesign CS4 to create my music magazine front cover, cotents page and double page spread.

Furthermore i created a blog account using "Blogger" which i used to post all the research i created about my magazine and shows how i researched and planned my activities throughout for my main project which was creating my final magazine outcome and evaluation.

I used Survey Monkey to answer my questionnaire to my audience research when researching ideas for my magazine

I also used Facebook to gather audience feedback of my final drafts by creating a group which i uploaded the drafts of my music magazine pages and asked for feedback on them from people and from this i made changes which created my final copy

                                             To edit my video i used final cut express

                                         Additionally from this i uploaded my video on "YouTube"


As well as this i used the program "microsoft office powerpoint" to create my presentations which i uploaded throughout my blog. After i created my presentations i uploaded it on a site called "slideshare" which i used to embedded my presentation onto my blog.




Overall from this i have learn't how to use a range of new programs which i had never used before i started this project. Before this i had never used slideshare before, photoshop, blogger or InDesign. I can also say i had never uploaded a video on youtube before. Yet now i feel confident in using all of these programs.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

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

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

The typical institution to distribute my magazine is Bauer Media. This is because they are a high up production company with over  80 influential media brands and reaches over 19 million people. Therefore i think Bauer would be better to represent and be the institution for my magazine. They produce many popular music magazines like Kerrang and Q. I have noticed they don't already have a magazine which is aimed at both sex's, i have also noticed they don't offer a magazine which genre is based on mainstream chart music which shows theres a gap in the market for it. As Bauer media has alot of experience in this proffesion and already has loyal customers my magazine could get off a good start.

My magazine would be based around the idea of the old classic magazine 'Smash Hits' which was last distributed in 2006. This magazine institution was EMAP Metro. My magazine will differ and be more of a success than this magazine as my magazines contains new ways in developing and engaging the reader to their target audience and gives the information they want to know. For example upcoming festivals which are becoming more popular and offering the conventions of a puff which grabs their attention to the magazine. Compared to before this decode is also more engaged by the world of music and more young people are more involved with listening to music of the charts of programs such as itunes and you tube and buy items such as headphones and ipods.

An existing music magazine which my magazine would also be based around is Billboard. This is another reason why i chose Bauer Media rather than their institution which was prometheus global media as this instituion already contained a magazine of this genre therefore there was no gap in their institution for mine. Therefore they would unlikely distribute my magazine compared to their already existing success one.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I have represented young people within my magazine. The photos i took give a sterotypical view of how we see today's young artists in the world of music. For my front cover the person I used represents the body language young people tend to be represented by with his facial expressions and body posture. He is being represented as being confident, fun and the type of person who doesn't care about anything around him which gives him a chilled out cool look. The same look is being represented on my double page spread photograph. I wanted my photos not to be to extreme which might a niche magazines might do to interest their small viewers. A magazine like Kerrang show people in the magazines with a particular interest to rock. As my magazine is a mainstream chart music magazine i didn't want to limit it to a specific genre of music. As my magazine is mainstream it needs to appeal to most people and not a particular social group for example emos or goths. Instead i went for my photographs being casual and not to obsure which will appeal to a wider audience. I also added an extra lightning effect in my photographs which adds to the stylishness of the person. Overall i think these elements of the photo represents is conformed to the sterotype of youth in today to appeal to a mainstream target audience.