Evaluation

Looking back at my practice magazine cover and my final magazine cover i have learnt as much as i could in the period of time I had develop my knowledge and understanding of photoshop. I had never used photoshope before taking up Media as a subject, so i am very happy with the final outcome of the final project as a whole. I understand that my proliminary task for my magazine was a lot less professional looking, due to lack of knowledge of photoshop and me being unable to use photoshop to a high standard. Learning more about photoshop enabled me to make my final project more professional and lot more realistic compared to my practice magazine cover. I have learnt a lot about technologies during my time constructing my final magazine which mainly includes a MAC computer, the amount of applications available to use on the mac is unbelievable. I had never used a MAC before and had to adapt to the difference of it to a normal computer. Photoshop has influenced my project very heavily and i have now developed a huge understanding of the software.

this is the camera i used to produce the images for my whole project, it's an 14 megapixel camera so i was able to get a good quality image to use which increased the quality of my magazine. As if i were to use a low pixel camera i wouldnt have much to work with on photoshop and the images would be blurred.

Evaluation

NME magazine is a similar magazine to the final project I have produced. The famous NME magazine is publised by a woman called Tracy Cheesman, she not only publishes NME magazine and NME website she also publishes Uncut magazine and Uncut website which are very much like NME and my magazine IMW. NME sits alongside other magazines suchas Q and Kerrang! which all deal with similar music genres and audiences, these are those interested in the alternative, rock and independent music genres. Although NME focuses mainly on the independent music genre it also caters for those audiences into pop and rap music as it includes artists such as Nicki Minaj on an occasional basis. My magazine is very similar to the NME magazine in this sense also as it will not only cater for that one audience.

Distributions of NME is very wide set as it not only offers a paper copy which is sold within local newsagents, supermarkets and book shops. You can also access it through the internet on http://www.nme.com/ as well as this you can also subscribe to the magazine ensuring you to be able to get the magazine and save a total of 40%. You are also able to access the magazine via apps on tablets such as iPads and Kindles making it easier for the product to reach a wider audience. Finally, you can not like the NME pages on social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, this is making sure the magazine can reach its target audience of the age range around 14-40.   Due to the success of NME magazine, I would follow the same route to the distribution of my product, IMW. Allow the product to be easily accessible online, through tablet apps and also to be sold within shops which would finally ensure me to reach a wider audience for those unable to connect to the internet. With my target audience being between the age of 14-40 I think it would be wise to advertise on social networking sites due to young people spending most of their time on these types of sites nowadays.  

Evaluation

there are many similarities and a few differences between both of the magazines when representing a particular social group. firstly he body language of both people are similar, using a straight forward look inviting the audience in. Jake Bugg however, one main difference is sitting down whereas in my magazine i have positioned Jack as standing. This gives off the impression that the particular social group represented in both magazines are inviting and friendly, in this case the social group is similar to the MODs/Rockers of the 1960's with the music genre of the independent/alternative sound. Jake Bugg has a very serious expression on his face, whereas Jack has a little half smile helping represent the social group as a the more happy group rather than the serious way in which they were represented back in the 60s. The angle of the shot is straight on with both the people looking directly at the camera, inviting the customer in. Both magazines are very light, even though dark colours have been used for the effect on the NME addition it is still very light and warm by using brighter colours for the writing and headlines. This gives off a positive representation of the type of people featured in the magazine as optimistic people looking on the bright side of everything. Fans may look up to the young artist featured in both of these magazine due to the fact they have brought success on themselves from the hard work and persistence put in to achieve it, many young aspiring musicians can look up to this and feel optimistic that they will one day catch a break. On the NME addition it states "0% alcohol 100% for real" this could show he is T total and shows that his ideology is that you don't need alcohol to have a good time/have the confidence to become successful. This can also link to why readers/fans will look up to Jake Bugg as many young musicians tend to only join in the industry for 'the party' but Jake is well and truly in it for the music. 

Evaluation

the title of my magazine stands for 'Rated Music Weekly' I have chosen to abbreviate it to 'RMW' for it to take a similar approach to the world famous NME magazine. The colours used are also a similar use of the NME magazine, using a bright red for it to appeal to the target audience and catch the readers attention. Costume and props used in the magazine are sending out the impression of an indie look, matching the genre of my magazine, by using guitars for the double page spread it shows that the music and artists that will feature within the magazine will be alternative/independent. Throughout the whole magazine, i used the same fonts to ensure a more professional look, I made the more important parts of the text on each paragraph bold to make it more eye catching maybe making the reader stop and want to read the whole article. The layout for my front page and double page spread almost duplicates the style of the NME magazines to help suggest that it is in fact a independent music magazine rather than a pop or rock genre. However, the layout of the contents page is different to the NME style as I thought that it would look more out there if i were to put all the featured content of the magazine together rather than be set out about the space of the page. The person I took photos of for my magazine looks more of an individual rather than one who follows mainstream culture, which is the type of people i aimed by magazine at so using this person shows that those are the people i am aiming my magazine at.

Analysis of photoshoot images.

Cover Page image.



Contents page image.

Double page spread image.

 

I have chosen to use these images for my magazine as they match the genre I am aiming for when completing the front cover, contents page and double page spread. I believe that the images will fit perfectly for the layout of my magazine and that they will be quite easy to edit the images to be in contrast with the colours red and black in which i have chosen for the colour scheme. When it comes to making my magazine i will edit the images light balance to ensure that only the person and props are in the image in present, the white screen will not be showing however, within the double page spread image i am going to make the shadow present in the magazine as it gives off a sense of realism. I am aware i will not be able to have a different colour background on the magazine front cover or any of the pages now i have taken the images as it will be very difficult to change the balance of it as i used a white sheet as a screen.