Magazine Evaluation

Magazine Evaluation

Our music magazine has challenged many forms and used many conventions within creating it. We used features such as a banner, a main image that related to the main cover line, a barcode, price and issue date, a strapline, a masthead, cover lines, mode of address and a secondary image. Our banner was at the bottom of the page although it varies of different magazines. Our main image didn’t seem to look right even though it was centre of attention, Pebbles (the girl in image) was looking away from the camera which slightly goes against the concept but again, this varies from magazine to magazine. The masthead is placed behind the main image and is centred to fill the top of the page. The cover lines and mode of address were two different fonts so each could be identified. The only thing we didn’t manage to add were boxed text and a graphic which we felt was not essential.

We chose our magazine genre to be a Classical R&B magazine, it’s based on music and artist from the 90’s until the 21st century. I would say that my magazines social group is targeted towards a young audience between the ages of 13-17 that love R&B. The front cover makes this clear when looking at the main image. In the main image the teenager represents youth, (relating to the audiences age group) and the violin she is holding represents classical music. She isn’t wearing anything different from what most teenagers wear on an average day, so the magazine is for anyone really. It doesn’t really have a specific social group, such as certain cultures or ‘groups of people,’ just anyone young that likes R&B music.

An institution similar to EMAP would be idle to sale my magazine as its record of selling magazines is quite high. My magazine could be purchased in a music store or by ordering online, it is not popular amongst the local corner shops. One reason for this is because it is a magazine that is not only released in England but America as well. It is not a magazine to be released weekly plus money rolls in when people pay extra for delivery. And it also promotes music stores with benefits both the magazine and music store.

The audience for my magazine would be would be for all kinds of teenagers (14-19) that like R&B music. This is because of the articles and advertisements ‘that is featured’. There were many colours featured on my front cover to reflect the many moods that teenagers go through. The title Diverse felt appropriate because of the genre of the magazine. Normally the R&B genre is very common within a teenage age group, but the title expresses a slight difference from what would be expected, a slight ‘Diverse’ from what the audience would expect in a R&B magazine.

As I was experienced with using iMacs and Photoshop, nothing was really different for me; therefore I had learnt nothing new. In fact using Photoshop in college seemed much easier to use then what I was used to. I had no problems what do ever.

I would have made sure the camera was working properly, before arriving to our set location for the photo shot. Our battery unfortunately ran out before we took any decent pictures. So walking a long distance didn’t benefit us in any way. I would have discussed beforehand who was comfortable with the camera and also what props and costumes to use. I would have worked with another genre such as rock or pop as they seem easier to compete with in Photoshop. Another thing I would of like to of done was use more of our own images rather than using the pictures of off the internet.