G321 Media Coursework

Music Evaluation

Ella Frisby

In what ways does your media use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Followed conventions:• medium shot on front cover• Main photo on double page spread• colour scheme that is followed through out• contents page is simple

Challenged conventions:

• double page spread image not looking at camera

• Haven’t used a large image on contents page

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

• Represents a young social group as the audience can relate to the artists featured

• I used colloquial language throughout my article to appeal to my target audience. I used techniques such as clipping and deletion to give the audience a feel of inclusion.

• Look and age of artist

• Mise en scène – headphones, phone and clothing worn. These items are worn by the audience as well.

• Colours used represents the underground seen as it is dull and tense colours such as red and black.

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

• WHSmiths

• Supermarkets

• Newsagents

• At Music tours/concerts

My magazine would distribute my magazine because it is original, there aren’t any 100% grime magazines on the market. Most magazines only feature grime along with other genres.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Target audience: aged between 17-24 People that are interested in grime and upcoming music, and unsigned artists.Gender: both – Females that are also interested in fashion as well as music as there are female models featured. Males that are interested in Grime and urban music Nationality: mostly from UK as grime has been established in the UK

How did you attract/address your audience?

• Used disjointed fonts – this creates a feel that the magazine is informal and relates to the music genre and the audience as it casual but also Grime is sometimes seen as aggressive and so this factor can be seen with the font I used for the title.

• Edited photos of the artists to attract my audience – The model I chose to be my main cover is right for this magazine as the audience will be similar age to him, also with a similar style and they can relate to him. He is posed in a serious gaze and this shows how grime is taken seriously within the music industry and to the audience.

• Colour scheme – I used 3 main colours, red, grey and black throughout the magazine

• Features of magazine• Images

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this

product?

I used Photoshop to edit my images and design my front cover, double page spread and contents page.

Used camera professionally

Used the right location to create a high quality photo and background

Used PowerPoint as a presentational tool

Used this website to find fonts that related to my genre

I was able to upload all of my work through Slideshare to then put it onto my blog

I uploaded all stages of my music magazine onto my blog.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the

progression from it to the full product?

• How to use Photoshop to a sufficient level with editing and designing my magazine

•How to use PowerPoint in a presenting fashion

• How to take images to create the right atmosphere

I have also realised how important it is to plan, this means looking at the location of the shot and how important mise en scene is when planning images.