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evaluation

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

To begin with I used an image of Liam Evans mixing on the decks as my front cover image this made the magazine instantly eye-catching and it also makes the viewer know what genre of music the magazine is about .i then made my masthead very big and clear making it easy for the audience to know the name of the magazine. The contents page should including little snippets of information about events then having page numbers next to the images or the text making it easy for the viewer to find. With my front cover I have created cover lines’ telling the audience what is inside .moving onto my contents page I had columns either side then images down the middle making the image the centre of the page which will draw the eye.

• How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I have shown images of people my age. My magazine is about drum and bass in general anything new happening in the scene and my magazine has it down it also focuses on up and coming DJs making for a more interesting read. The image on the front of my magazine is a photograph of Liam Evan’s my magazine feature mixing on the decks’ have also used imagery of Liam in double page spread because this is the main feature page and Liam is intended to be the main feature of this issue.

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

The magazine Mixmag uses bright contrasting colours to get across their points and to make there magazine stand out and be more eye-catching this is how I based my magazine so the people I would be most interested in distributing my magazine would be them because they are pretty similar in designs and work for the same reason.

• Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my magazine would be anyone who is into drum and bass if you mix mc or just like the music. The age group I am aiming for is ages 16-15 giving a large space for people to buy the magazine from.

• How did you attract/address your audience?

I used a black and white image of the magazine feature then I put slight traces of blue to fit in with the colour scheme this almost acts as a frame for the image and makes it look quite aesthetically pleasing.

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

I used Corel paint shop pro x3 to edit the photos and make them look stylish and professional the way in which the grey and white shows through the blue is very contrasting. I used a digital camera to make the images clearer therefore ending up with a nicer magazine. I have learned that it’s not that easy to put something together using different programs because all the different files.

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