Evaluation

Q1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge the forms and conventions of real media products?

Q2How does your media product represent particular social groups? [power point]

Evaluation question 2 from thespacecowboy

Q3What kind of media institution might distribute your mediaproduct and why?
What kind of media institution might distribute your from thespacecowboy



Q4 Who would be the audience for your media product?

Readership and target audience of my music magazine from thespacecowboy

Q5 How did you attract/address your audience?(use audience feedback video and discuss it)

The audience in my video in a whole were rather pleased on how i portrayed the magazine I had developed. The audience also commented about the magazines boldness and contrast making it interesting. The colours and the model fitted in well with its chosen genre. they were very pleased how I still kept the same colour scheme I used throughout each page of the magazine. However, one thing they recommended me changing towards the contents page was of adding another photo to correspond to one of the other leading story's and making the editors note title bigger. They said that the positives were the colour scheme and the images used and the front cover and editing and negatives were maybe choosing more images to go into the magazine.

Q6What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?[powerpoint]

Q6 what have you learned about technologies from thespacecowboy

Q7Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Audience feedback

Audience research video showing a selected number of people discusses the advantages and disadvantages of my magazine.

Finshed front cover, contents page and double page spread

front cover
 

contents page

double page spread

Text for doublepage spread article

First page:
-EXCLUSIVE:
-quote: "Theirs nothing sweet about me"

Second page:
intro-The doors open of ACID studio, “Good morning Miss Doll” one of our assitance say, she returns the favour by giving off her iconic smile. The new face of house music has entered the building and ready to make an impression. ACID have honour to interview to one and only Cyber Doll.-Interviewed by Catherine Broadbent.
Interview- 
Q: Hi CyberDoll, A great start for 2012 we see here at  ACID
A:Oh yeah, definitely! i feel like this years has gone passed in a blur; But in a good way!
Q:You seem excited when you say that
A:Well ofcourse! who wouldnt be when your llife gets turned upside down?
Q:Would youl ike to describe how you got famous for the readers?
A:Well, yeah. I started getting my self out there back in spring 2006. I would perform for clubs, of course, i wasnt as popular then as i was now but i took a different stage name then.
Q:Oh, what was this name?
A:<Laughs>God, its so old, The name was like, Techno chan?
Q:Techno chan? sounds fairly japanese?
A:Yeah, i was a bit of a loser back in the day, sort of an obssession, i’m glad i changed it though now.
Q:So, we heard you have been just signed to Ed Banger records, notable for musicians such as Uffie, Mr Oizo and justice.









A:Yeah, its such and honour just to be apart of a label which has held some really good musicians and i hope i can deliver to be just as good, infact even better than them. I want to be better than the people who inspired me, and thats a promise









Q:That sounded very determined and competitive.
A:<Laughs> Yeah, i’m pretty bad for being like that. people think i’m innocent and such because of my stage name, but infact Theres nothing sweet about me.
Q:Have we found the fiesty side of Cyber Doll?
A:Oh,gosh no! i’m a really nice person actually, i mean lets hope so! I like to be as nice to people as i can ever be.
Q:Well you wouldnt be lying when the one and only Daft punk quoted that you were “the most kind hearted Dj out there”
A:Well, they are pretty kind themselves, it was a pleasure working with them on their new album.
Q:Maybe they were programmed to be nice?
A:<Laughs> No, i don’t think so, thet may wear robot helmets on stage, but their as real as anything!
Q:so, you have released your new album, would like to tell us whats it called?
A:Oh, ofcourse, my new  album is called Sweet Delight.
Q:And why is it called sweet delight?
A:Well, <laughs> you know  me, i’m kinda into all things cute and sweet, so i guess its an album that reflects my persona. especially when you have put all you work into something you really enjoy, that really shows.
Q:Ofcourse, it would make sense to create something like that. Does this reflect on the japanese cutesy persona?

A: Oh ofcourse! that essence is still in me! I adore japanese things, i’m just not obssessed with all of it. Here, look at this <Gets up and shows a a label on her skirt> This is a one of a kind Baby the stars shine bright design, And that a japanese fashion company!
Q:Funky, you must have a very unique style to ther musicians and DJs?
A: Well, i would like to think i am one of a kind, i do like to give people help in the music industry.
 Q:Do you have any advice to people wanting to become a DJ?
A:Oh, ofcourse! Never give up and always work on your mistakes, eventually you will get there. Deliver your best and be original.
Q:Thanks for taking your time out to talk to us and inform the rwaders about your self
A:its a pleasure, i hope i have adressed the fans aswell as the interviewer! I hope everyone enjoys the new album i created in the studio iveworked so hard on it
Q: Dont worry Cyber doll, i’m sure the fans will love your new album.
A: Thankyou and i appriciate this interview that has token place, i enjoyed it thoroughly!



Above:: Cyber Dolls new album “Sweet Delight”, check out Page 12-13 to see our review on it. and make sure to buy it on in store or itunes and give it a Like on facebook or tweet it on twitter.

Pull quotes-
”I took a different stage name then”
“i was a bit of a loser back in the day”
“It was a pleasure working with them on their new album””
“Never give up and always work on your mistakes”

Sketches and Designs

Draft of front cover

Draft of Contents page

Draft of Double page spread

Written Plans for magazine

Ideas and mood board image of photoshoot:

Information on photoshoot:

Name of shoot: The electric mistress
Model: Hannah
Time: 16:00-17:00
 people present: Hannah and myself
Prop:
.Headphones
.Viynl(optional)

Costume style:
.Casual and quirky t-shirt
.Heart pattered jumpsuit
.U.S printed highheels
.Heart shaped lips coloured in light pink lisptick
.Bright green and hazy purple eyeshadow coated around both eyes
.Green dyed fringe


Front cover:
.Model on front cover
.Masthead, "Acid"
. Main interview with cover model titled "Cyber Doll"-"interview with the new face of housemusic"
.Other storys include "Part around the Globe" "House fashion" "Top ten concerts of all time" and "Featuring"
.Promotional freebies on front cover

Contents:
.Letter from the Editor
.contents title
.More colour scheme (5 main colours)
.Images holding the page numbers
.Title of magazine
. Columns with main content in them

Double page spread:
.Article featuring front cover star
.Small introduction of article
.One big picture on the left hand side of the double page spread
.Interview styled article

Main photoshoot - Contact sheet

The Production plan

From account and ideas of my Audience reasearch, i have created my final Production plan:

Title: Acid

Positioning statement: House music; With a twist!

Distibution: News agents, supermarkets, Music shops, Main gigs.

Rationale: The Magazine is distibuted towards the house and electronica genre of music. It will contain some mainstream artists/DJs and also some underground artist. Typical conventions of the magazine consists of interviews and reviews on the genre.

Style: Normal styled vocabulary with and addition of electronica slang I.E "Madchester, Scouse house,ect" It contains contrustive critism on some artists and bands and offers a fair amount of grammar and well structured sentences.

Regular content:
.Editors letter
.Forum board
.Regular reviews
.Fashion buys
.concert reviews
.band/musician reviews
."what are you wearing?"
.Entertainment page

Featured content:
.Interview with chosen cover star
.Top ten best dressed house musicians
.Party nations: the best party citys in the world
.How to succeed at the warehouse project

Audience Research

questionaire i used:

My questionaire results:

Here is the result of the Tally:

Here are the results put in a selection of Barcharts:

Results of questionaire from the-spacecowboy

Case study notes on 2 existing music Magazines

Case study on mix mag magazine from the-spacecowboy

Case study on dj mag from the-spacecowboy

Initial ideas and plan of magazine

  Ideas for magazine:

.House music (preferably ambient, acid, underground house music)
.Electronica (is more of a wider audience, so covers anything Dance)

 Final idea of genre:

.House music magazine.

Target Audience:

.Age: 18-25
.gender-Female
.social Class-Middle class
.Ethnicity- Diverse
.Music interest: dance, house, funk, acid , electronica ect.

Price:

.Free

Frequency of Publication:

.Monthly

Issue size:

.75 pages

typical content:

.Contents page(s)
.interviews
.album reviews
.concerts and concert reviews
.fashion page
.fashion and/or music buys
.song reviews

Research into the music magazine market

Genres of mainstream Magazines in the UK:
.Dance music Magazines
. Alternative music magazines
.Rap/hip hop magazines
.pop magazines
.ect

A list of the biggest music magazines and their genre and audience:

Magazine title                     Genres                        Target audience

Artrocker                         modern                         18-30
Big cheese                       rock/punk                      14-18
Black Velvet                   rock/punk                       16+
Clash                             modern pop                     16+
DJ Mag                         Dance/Electronica            18-25
The fly                          Alternative                        16-25
Kerrang!                      Pop punk                          14-20
K Mag                        electronica/Dubstep           16-25
Metal Hammer            Heavy Metal                      16+
MixMag                     Dance/House                      18-25
Mojo                         Classic Rock                       30+
NME                         Indie                                   18+
Q                              Mainstream Indie                 16-30
Rock-A-Rolla           rock metal/Experimental       18-30
Stool pigeon             Indie                                     20+
Terrorizer                Metal                                    35+
Top of the Pops      pop/chart music                     12-16
Uncut                     Rock/Indie                             25-35

Magazines under Media Publishers:

IPC:  NME, Uncut
Bauer: Kerrang!, Mojo, Q
Future publishing: Metal Hammer, Classic Rock , Rhythm

Magazine Circulation Figures:

The Fly(free)- 108,827:  8.4%
Mojo- 85,149:  -2.4%
Propaganda(free)-  76,339:  68.8%
Q- 64,596:  -19.7%
Uncut- 63,003:  -4.5%
The stool pigeon- 54,588:  N/A
Kerrang!- 40,203:  -6.6%
NME- 23,924:  17.6%

evaluation

  Evaluation   
 1. How do your magazine pages conform to (or depart from) the typical Conventions of magazine design.                 

The magazine I have been working on (in which it centre's around a college magazine for Priestley)  has many conventions which have been played by the rules and also some which haven't. For starters, my magazine provides the typical masthead of the conventional magazine and also uses techniques like the left third( which is the majority of text on the front cover of the left hand side). Of course, My magazine also includes a model with an close up shot in the middle of the page and it also includes many over devices like prices and bar codes, slogans and minimal colour. Unlike my front cover, My contents page differs slightly from it. More colours have been used, there is staggered images in spaces and text filled in the columns, and there is a use of convergent media.ia.

2. How are young people represented in your magazine?

Considering it is in the theme of a college magazine, young people are definitely going to be portrayed in an optimistic way. Usually in newsletters surrounding schools/businesses, there is always something to be  achieved by students/workers. Unlike in the popular media where most of the time teenagers are portrayed with a reputation to party and drink, College/school magazines shine in a completely different perspective. Unlike the pessimistic portrayal of teenagers in which its view is over exaggerated,  the college magazine portrays teenagers in a good way but yet it is rather subtle.

3.What have you learned about technologies in the process of producing these pages?

Being introduced to new software I have never used before or barely use, you can easily pick up vital basics in creating things. For example, I have never used Quark before and have barely used Photoshop a lot, but slowly after a couple of weeks i got a good grasp on it. At first, the production and software seems a bit hard, but by using it frequently, I managed to develop a decent looking piece of work considering OI was a beginner.

Final outcome on magazine contents page

Final outcome of magazine front cover

Steps in creating a contents page in quark

Steps in creating my Magazine cover

concept sketch for contents page

Concept sketch for magazine cover

Notes on doing a photoshoot

-Make sure there is a good source of light in your pictures.
-create as many photos as you can so you can pick out a good selection of film.
-direct your model to do various poses you want.
-Talk to your model so both you and them can become more relaxed in the process.
- make sure you have a good background; something simplistic and not too busy is perfect.