Overall EvaluationMagazine: Blue Rayne

By: Christina Worby

The Development of The Magazine

End Result of The Front Cover:

End Result of the Content Page:

End Result of the Double Page Spread:

In what way does your media product develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

I attempted to keep with the inspiration of Kerrang! For the masthead but instead of having it in the background, I placed it in the foreground and brought out the colours to coincide with the gothic/rock genre of dark hues. The cover lines I kept simple and articulate, using Dafont to find fonts which would keep with the genre of music I have chosen for the magazine. The colour/font schemes I used were based around the gothic/rock genre. I debated over whether to use curlicue script for the Blue Rayne masthead but decided upon the bolder and more ‘dripping’ effect of these fonts. Adding colour to bring it to the foreground but not unbalancing the colour schemes of dark hues. The skyline gives insight on the freebies of the magazine. Adopted by Kerrang! I kept it to a black strip and white writing, but altered it to a slight wave to catch the eye.

For the content page, I kept to the conventions of page numbers, an editor note and additional information on each article. I included images to catch the eye for each article and additional information at the bottom to get in contact with the magazine via a website or email. I also kept with the colour schemes of dark hues and white for the text.

For the article I kept to simple articulate columns of text, with the questions in red and the answers in white. I have used an introduction to the article to give the reader a simple overview of the band before delving into more detail within the actual article. I added quotes in lime green to get the interest of the readers and used a sort of eroded font for the title of the article. I only used 2 images to keep it simple, focusing more on the article and kept to the gothic/rock genre via the darkened hue of the images and the style of clothing the ‘model’ is wearing.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?The Images/photography coincide with the gothic/rock genre of music I have aimed towards. Using gamma and altering the hues and saturations of the images to make them darker and less focused. Adding to the ‘mysteriousness’ of the ‘model’.

The colour schemes of blacks/purples/lime greens etc are associated with the gothic/rock genre of music; adapted to fit with my music magazine.

Along with the contents of the magazine, basing it around bands which are from the gothic/rock genre of music.

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

WHSmith

HMV

Tescos/Morrisons etc

Bauer Media Group

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience would be those into Goth/rock music

& Teenagers between 15-20 & Young Adults (20-35).

How did you attract/address your audience?

I used a survey made on surveymonkey and sent it to various friends and family between the ages of 15-45. The results back have shown that they each believe that the magazine does target the gothic/rock genre of music. However, instead of it being targeted at just teenagers, results have shown that it can also be targeted at young adults as well. (the results will be shown on the next 2 slides)They also agree that the conventions I have used (e.g the masthead, cover lines, skyline etc) each apply to the genre of music I have chosen and appear articulate and easy to read.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Results Part 2

Comments: “It does give an insight into what the magazine

provides but it needs slight more detail as it is very plain” (from my brother doing a Car Design Course In Coventry)

“This is positive: the black background for the interview makes it easy to read and the quotes taken out are in a bold colour that makes them stand out” (from a friend)

What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I’ve used Photoshop and learnt about layers, how to alter images and fonts to best suit what I want. Along with Powerpoint to show results from Surveymonkey. Along with using the internet side of things, such as Blogspot.com (for the coursework presentation), Surveymonkey.com (for survey making), Dafont.com (for fonts), Issue.com and Google.co.uk (for my research).

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

I feel that I’ve learnt to develop my ideas to keep with the guidelines I set myself, sometimes needing to differ from the first drafts in order for the idea to work out. Along with developing skills in Photoshop and how to post up information on the internet via Surveymonkey.com, Blogspot.com & Issue.com.