I've improved each evaluation task at least twice if not more from the comments and improvements I've been told to make from Mr Smith and Mrs Hammond.

Evaluation Task 7

Evaluation Task 7

Evaluation Task 6;

Evaluation Task 5

Evaluation Task 5

Evaluation Task 4

Evaluation Task 3 (voiceover)

Evaluation Task 3

Evaluation Task 3

Evaluation Task 2;

How does your media product represent 

particular social groups? 

My magazine represents the particular social group, pop. I’ve made and designed my magazine to fit in with the genre of pop, by using band names like “One Direction” and “Little Mix” on the front cover, and also by dressing my artist like a pop star, not a rock artist, and having the colour scheme pretty and pink. My magazine is very similar to Billboard and Seventeen, which are both US magazines, as both of these magazines are the same type of music my magazine is based on. I’ve used the colours, pink, baby blue and black for the writing, because the colour pink is very girly which is the type of social group my magazine is based at. My artist of the front is a young girl, dressed in pretty dress, which is very stereotypical because young pop artist are usually known to were that type of thing. She’s wearing her hair down (I used a model with long hair because the artist who Inspired me Carly Rae Jepson had long hair) with natural make up, but red lipstick. This fits well with the genre of my magazine.  I think I’ve represented my artist positively on the front cover, as she looks like the perfect role model for young girls who would be interested in her music.

There are a couple of similarities and differences between the two magazines;
Similarities; they’re both wearing bright red lipstick, which stands out and is a bright colour. Although their clothing is different they’re both dressed like pop artists. They both have long hair, which is below their shoulders. Both use bright colours, which stand out and are bright. Both F models. The title is at the top of the page.

Differences; Carly Rae Jepson is angled differently and has a shot from her hips up, whereas Yazmine is angled straight on from the chest up. IBSN is on the right for mine and is on the left for billboards.

My contents page represents the ‘girly’ social group, by what’s on it, and the colour of it. The layout is very simple and easy to read, there isn’t too much going on and it looks all neat and in place. The photos in the middle are of James Arthur and Little Mix who are both artists, which are featured in the charts. This gives the reader a good idea of what type of music is inside the magazine and who it is based on. I’ve used the same pink for my contents page as I thought it worked well on my front cover as its very girly colour, which the readers would like as it would be mainly girls. The writing is very simple and easy to read. My contents page is full of artists who are very mainstream and who are all pop artists or bands, as all these bands and artists are all very popular within the social group.

My double page spread represents young female social group, mainly because of the title “Little Miss Perfect” and the photo, which I have used. As well my artist is made to look innocent, sweet and very girly, which is something young girls associate with. The outfit which she is wearing, really suits my artists and as she is representing this young, sweet look, at lot of young girls are going to be interested in reading her interview and wanting to buy the magazine. The artist fits well into the range of the target audience, she represents the social group well. I’ve written the interview how those in that 

particular social group would speak and act and said the type 

of stuff young girls would want to hear. 

Evaluation Task 1

Presentation1 from Faye White

Evaluation Tast 7 (Draft);

Task 7 Draft

Evaluation Task 6 (Draft);

Evaluation Task 6

Evaluation Task 5 (Draft);

Evaluation Task 5 Draft;

Evaluation Task 4 (draft);

Evaluation Task 4; - draft

Evaluation Task 3 (Draft);

Evaluation Three Draft

Evaluation Task 2 (Draft);

Evaluation Task 2 (draft)

Evaluation Task 1 (Draft);

Evaluation Task for Media-1

Photoshopping & Discussions;

As I have photoshop at home I did a lot of photoshopping at home to make my artist look flawless because of the cover of most pop magazine the artist looks flawless and I wanted mine to look the same. I used the blemish tool to touch up any bits that needed doing, and the spot removal brush over a couple of parts. I also used the light tool to make the background and my photo to look a little lighter and this also helped get ride of any dark shadows. I then used different tools to get ride of any fly-away hair on the pictures.  I spent hours cropping out different pictures and placing them in different places on the contents page to see which one looked better, in the end I decided on two different photos for both my front cover and contents page. I spent a lot of time choosing different fonts and colours to see which looks better with which colour and which stood out better, in the end I decided on a final font "Times" which i used a lot throughout the whole magazine.

I originally wanted to keep my front cover roughly the same to my draft magazine as I really liked the photo of the front cover, however Mr Smith thought that my artist needed to look more poppy and her clothes didn't suit the genre of my magazine. I felt that it would be a lot easier to use that photo as my front cover, because its one all of the teachers originally liked and so did I. Also because after doing another photo shoot where I didn't get any ideal photos for the front cover, I thought it was the easier option. Then I did some more pictures which Mr Smith thought she was dressed more like a pop artist, however her hair was different than before which shaped her head differently. I picked out two different dresses, a white flowery one and a dark purple one, and then a crop top and some high waisted shorts.  I then took some more photos, and after asking several different people me and Mr Smith decided on two different photos for my front cover.

Evaluation Task;

For the final 20 marks of the project, you must complete seven tasks on your blog, posting them in this order, with the question heading at the top of each task. Make sure you answer each question as well as producing the visual elements. Try not to write more than 1500 words in total.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music magazines)

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups ?

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

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

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

7. Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Final Magazine!

Week 8

week 8;

FINAL WEEK.

I took some more photos because I wasn't too sure with my last photo shoot I did. I finished my article and made some final tweaks to my magazine. I couldn't decide between 5 different magazine covers, and a couple of photos for my contents page.

Front Cover font and colour ideas

I tried different colours for the writing on the front cover; I found that yellow didn't work as you can see the writing, purple works but it looks quite dull and pink works the best.

Front Cover final Ideas

Front Covers;

These photos are taken from my second and third photo shoot. As i wasn't sure about which photos I preferred, I choose the five best photos and asked on different peoples opinions. 

3 people said this one. 

1 for this one.

5 people said this one.

None. 

None. 

Third Photo Shoot

fayekathryn's photostream on Flickr.

3rd photo shot

I re-took the photos for a third time, because I felt that the 2nd photo shot I did, none of the photos worked on the front cover or the contents page. As I liked my original front cover photo, I tried to reanact the same pose. I also liked a photo from a contents page from billboard magazine, which I tried to to do as well.

Week 7

                                

Week 7;

I've changed my initial idea for my contents page as before I didn't even have a layout for it, but now I've decided on one from the magazine billboard.
I also took some more photos this week, I choose three different outfits for her to wear;

I thought that these outfits were more "poppy" and suited the genre of my magazine as before she was styled like a pop artist.

I also made more tweaks to my final magazine.

Second Photo Shoot

fayekathryn's photostream on Flickr.

2nd Photo Shot

I re-took my photos as I needed to dress my artist up more to the genre of my magazine which is pop. I dress Yazmine in two different dresses, a dark purple one, a white flowery one which you'd wear in the summer, and a crop top which some high waisted shorts. I think the outfit makes a lot of a difference, as now she looks more like a pop star.