Contents Page Feedback

People said that the contents page looked good because of the bold colours and it looks like it would appeal to my demographic. They also said that they could easily see what the magazine contained. Although, they did say the columns looked a little messy but others said it still looks professionally.

Evaluation: Conclusion

Conclusion

In conclusion Rock Portal appeals to my demographic well because of it’s darkened colours and informal language. It is also draws the reader in well because the photos connote that the magazine is “cool” by having the male staring away and the female looking towards the camera. This shows that the band is looking ahead in their future but also looking at their fans for support throughout their career. On the other hand there are a few adjustments that could be made, for example, the contents on the contents page is almost all in one section, when looking at other magazine it is noticeable that the contents is in sections with titles like “Regulars” and “Specials”. This would have made the page look more interesting. But all in all,  the magazine was successful because of it’s quality and it’s attractiveness.

Evaluation: Question 3

This is my PowerPoint for Question 3 of my Evaluation that I uploaded to SlideShare:

Evaluation: Question 3

Evaluation: Question 6

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

I learnt about a lot of different photography skills during the process, such as mise-en-scene and the connotation and denotation of certain camera shots. Also, about how each shot and people’s body language will affect the reader in a certain way. I learnt about eye contact and about what it means if someone is looking away or looking straight at the camera.

In Photoshop, I learnt about the different effects you can add to a photo to make it look a specific way. For example, my front cover photo was originally very dark, so I brought up the brightness using Photoshop. Also, I learnt about stretching a photo’s colour at the edge to make it bigger or to move the people to one side of the photo. In InDesign, I made my double-page spread. I learnt about the construction process of making a double-page spread, for example there are construction lines that you can follow so the product looks neat and tidy. Also, I learnt about the different ways in which you can show text. For example, you can carry the text on to another box by syncing two boxes together.

I had to overcome a few tricky challenges, such as, learning how to use InDesign straight away as I hadn’t used it before. I also had to overcome the times when the font I had used for most of my text had gone from the system. Picking a similar font helped in this situation until the font came back after I restarted the program. I learnt a couple of things about some technologies, for example, before the task I had never really used a Mac before, so I had to get to grips with the software and hardware.

There were other technologies that I learnt about, such as Blogger. I had never used Blogger before, so therefore I had to learn everything about it. I had to learn about uploading different texts to Blogger and how to get a blog set up. This meant that I could add videos, pictures and text to a post and then put it into the list of posts in my main blog. Another example is SlideShare. This was to put my PowerPoints on to Blogger I had to make an account so I could upload PowerPoints to the site, and then copy the link to Blogger.

Evaluation: Question 2

Question 2 video:

Evaluation: Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The photographs represent men and woman as un-stereotypical because the girl on my front cover seems to be un-“girly” and the male on the front cover has make-up on. They are representing the different genders as being different and going against social convention which is what my target audience enjoy seeing. Their body language represents the idea that they are proud to be different and enjoy wearing darker clothing.  The female’s hair is straightened and dark which represents the rock genre. Their facial expressions are plain which attracts the readers because they look like they are strong emotionally which some wish they could be. This is because teenagers are emotional and almost respect people that can control their emotions well. My front page photograph represents young people as “cool”, un-caring and rebellious. This is because they have a rebellious style and that goes against social convention. My double page spread photographs represent older people as still “cool” and making the same kind of music as younger people. This gives a positive message to my target audience. The genre of my magazine is represented by the style of the people of the front cover but also by the instruments that the band is using on my double page spread. Also, the colour (black, red and white) and the style of text represent rock as they have a jagged and anarchic look to them. I have equated people who listen to Rock music as people who where darker clothing by showing some of my target audience in photographs but at the same time showing other people wearing other types of clothing. This says that my genre doesn’t have a specific style but if it did it would be people wearing darker clothing. There are no people represented in my magazine who are just interested in mainstream music as my genre has a wider, more eclectic range to its music tastes.  There aren’t any genres in the magazine that don’t represent a kind of rock. All in all, my media product represents rock social groups as a wide range of eclectic and different people. But also says that there isn’t a certain stereotype to the genre.

Evaluation: Question 4

This is my PowerPoint for Question 4 of my evaluation that I uploaded to Slideshare:

Evaluation: Question 4

Evaluation: Question 1

This is my Prezi for question 1:
Evaluation: Question 1