Friday, 1 April 2016
Friday, 25 March 2016
Evaluation part 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full magazine?
Looking back at my preliminary task, I can see a huge transition of skills I had at the beginning of the course, and at the end of the course. My abilities have far exceeded my expectations. Although I had a vague idea of what magazine I wanted to create, I didn't have the sufficient resources or skill-set to create what I had planned. However, thanks to the creation of my final magazine I have learnt many skills that has helped me and will help me in the future. I was able to create many different drafts of my magazine, and experiment with different colours and styles. This gave me more of a broader level of skills which I have used through my course. I have learnt to be less safe with my ideas and take risks, which I have done for my final magazine. Ultimately it has led to a much better product which will appeal to my target audience. Photoshop is extremely useful as it allowed me to change my magazine's look COMPLETELY. This was very time-consuming but proved worthwhile in the long run. I knew the idea that I wanted my magazine to have and that was simplistic, with the use of minimal writing and the main image in the middle of the page I knew that research would pay off. Although my magazine genre is Indie, I was able to make it appeal to all audiences, by using different techniques such as different font styles and differnet background colours. Colours also helped me differentiate my work, as I was able to research the different meanings of colours. Red is passion and love, yellow is energy, green is nature etc. Finally, the terminology used throughout the course was very new to me. I didn't know what conglomerate institutions were, but now I have learnt it's meaning I am able to use it in my Media exam work. These conglomerate institutions has one sole leader,(like Time Inc), but controls many smaller brands to further extend profits and audiences. This is all information I was able to obtain subconsciously throughout the course. Finally, I was able to look at how the editor was able to connect with the reader, whether it was with colloquial language or formal text, it allowed me to absorb some of the traits, which I could then go on to use in my magazine. Learning about different aspects of the magazine was really helpful when creating my final piece as well. Things such as sidebars, mastheads, coverlines and more features allowed me to experiment with my magazine and convert my mental knowledge in to physical work easily. This was helpful and allowed me to further apply my knowledge to my work I had already done to make it look much better in my final piece.
Looking back at my preliminary task, I can see a huge transition of skills I had at the beginning of the course, and at the end of the course. My abilities have far exceeded my expectations. Although I had a vague idea of what magazine I wanted to create, I didn't have the sufficient resources or skill-set to create what I had planned. However, thanks to the creation of my final magazine I have learnt many skills that has helped me and will help me in the future. I was able to create many different drafts of my magazine, and experiment with different colours and styles. This gave me more of a broader level of skills which I have used through my course. I have learnt to be less safe with my ideas and take risks, which I have done for my final magazine. Ultimately it has led to a much better product which will appeal to my target audience. Photoshop is extremely useful as it allowed me to change my magazine's look COMPLETELY. This was very time-consuming but proved worthwhile in the long run. I knew the idea that I wanted my magazine to have and that was simplistic, with the use of minimal writing and the main image in the middle of the page I knew that research would pay off. Although my magazine genre is Indie, I was able to make it appeal to all audiences, by using different techniques such as different font styles and differnet background colours. Colours also helped me differentiate my work, as I was able to research the different meanings of colours. Red is passion and love, yellow is energy, green is nature etc. Finally, the terminology used throughout the course was very new to me. I didn't know what conglomerate institutions were, but now I have learnt it's meaning I am able to use it in my Media exam work. These conglomerate institutions has one sole leader,(like Time Inc), but controls many smaller brands to further extend profits and audiences. This is all information I was able to obtain subconsciously throughout the course. Finally, I was able to look at how the editor was able to connect with the reader, whether it was with colloquial language or formal text, it allowed me to absorb some of the traits, which I could then go on to use in my magazine. Learning about different aspects of the magazine was really helpful when creating my final piece as well. Things such as sidebars, mastheads, coverlines and more features allowed me to experiment with my magazine and convert my mental knowledge in to physical work easily. This was helpful and allowed me to further apply my knowledge to my work I had already done to make it look much better in my final piece.
Evaluation part 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
From what I can see by looking bat at my preliminary task, I have been able to exceed my limitations and further learn a wide variety of techniques which has helped my create my magazine at the optimum level, throughout the course. The most common application I have used, and the one that has consistently been able to exceed my expectations is 'Photoshop'. I have used this frequently as it has a wide range of techniques on it which I was able to experiment with. When I first started creating my magazine, I was limited with what I could do with it, in the sense that I didn't know of many options I had. However, when I used 'Photoshop', it allowed me to express my ideas in a way that I didn't think was possible. I had completely re-worked my magazine cover page, which I was only able to do with the expertise that 'Photoshop' had to offer. I was also able to change an ordinary image of my model into something that looked classy, and inspiring.
It was good to have such a variety of options available. This is relevant as I was able to create a much better looking magazine, rather than a magazine that I didn't like the look of. It was useful to check what kind of style I like the most as well.
To conclude, I believe that having a wide variety of platforms to create your magazine on has been useful to both make your magazine better, and to expand your knowledge for future products. With my evaluation, I used a variety of platforms, and some of which I hadn't used before. To be given the chance to use it has allowed me to push myself further and to get the best possible outcome.
From what I can see by looking bat at my preliminary task, I have been able to exceed my limitations and further learn a wide variety of techniques which has helped my create my magazine at the optimum level, throughout the course. The most common application I have used, and the one that has consistently been able to exceed my expectations is 'Photoshop'. I have used this frequently as it has a wide range of techniques on it which I was able to experiment with. When I first started creating my magazine, I was limited with what I could do with it, in the sense that I didn't know of many options I had. However, when I used 'Photoshop', it allowed me to express my ideas in a way that I didn't think was possible. I had completely re-worked my magazine cover page, which I was only able to do with the expertise that 'Photoshop' had to offer. I was also able to change an ordinary image of my model into something that looked classy, and inspiring.
To conclude, I believe that having a wide variety of platforms to create your magazine on has been useful to both make your magazine better, and to expand your knowledge for future products. With my evaluation, I used a variety of platforms, and some of which I hadn't used before. To be given the chance to use it has allowed me to push myself further and to get the best possible outcome.
Evaluation part 4
Who would be your audience for your magazine?
My target audience for my magazine is young adults and teenagers aged 16-25. This is due to their outgoing nature and their interest in both music and reading about their hobbies. Audience' is a very important concept throughout media studies. All media texts are made with an audience in mind, ie a group of people who will receive it and make some sort of sense out of it. And generally, but not always, the producers make some money out of that audience. Therefore it is important to understand what happens when an audience "meets" a media text.When a media text is being planned, perhaps the most important question the producers consider is "Does it have an audience?" If the answer to this is 'no', then there is no point in going any further. If no one is going to watch/read/play/buy the text, the producers aren't going to make any money or get their message across. Audience research is a major part of any media company's work. They use questionnaires, focus groups, and comparisons to existing media texts, and spend a great deal of time and money finding out if there is anyone out there who might be interested in their idea. Whilst conducting my research I have found out that the main target audience is 16-25 year olds, just like my magazine. Research also shows that these individuals are more engaged in social media, thus allowing to spread the latest trends and even the latest music magazines.
My target audience for my magazine is young adults and teenagers aged 16-25. This is due to their outgoing nature and their interest in both music and reading about their hobbies. Audience' is a very important concept throughout media studies. All media texts are made with an audience in mind, ie a group of people who will receive it and make some sort of sense out of it. And generally, but not always, the producers make some money out of that audience. Therefore it is important to understand what happens when an audience "meets" a media text.When a media text is being planned, perhaps the most important question the producers consider is "Does it have an audience?" If the answer to this is 'no', then there is no point in going any further. If no one is going to watch/read/play/buy the text, the producers aren't going to make any money or get their message across. Audience research is a major part of any media company's work. They use questionnaires, focus groups, and comparisons to existing media texts, and spend a great deal of time and money finding out if there is anyone out there who might be interested in their idea. Whilst conducting my research I have found out that the main target audience is 16-25 year olds, just like my magazine. Research also shows that these individuals are more engaged in social media, thus allowing to spread the latest trends and even the latest music magazines.
My magazine genre is Indie, and my target audience is relevant to my genre as the majority of Indie music fans are in this category. It isn't stressed enough flexible this age group is, due to the ever changing society, and the growing use of social media. Although my target audience is this specific range, my subculture is aimed at middle class people aged 21. This is, I believe, the optimum group which can increase my magazine's popularity and distribution across the country, and potentially across the world.
This shows my targeted subculture and it shows what kind of things they enjoy doing. For example, music and shopping. This is relevant to my magazine as my music magazine is easily obtainable, since it is free to obtain. Although middle class people are seen to be rich, it is convenient to have a free magazine. Also, the music that is featured in my music magazine is to be played in clubs, which my first picture shows. Going to clubs will be seen as 'edgy' and will immediately accept an individual for the stages that they undergo to join that subculture, such as going to a club.
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