EVALUATION Q2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I have decided to do part of my evaluation on go animate because it is much more fun.

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My product represent the social group girls between the ages of 11- 16 interested in pop music.It does this by having colours typically associated with girls.
Looking at the images below it shows examples of where I have used colours to represent the social group/stereotype.
 My magazine represents stereotypes in pop music artists too. Looking at how Lucy has been portrayed throughout the magazine is flirtatious. Flirtatious images and poses.
The image I have put in my magazine also make Lucy look very girly. This is backed up again by the colours that I have used. The magazine makes Lucy (the pop star) look glamorous through using the glittered background.
I think that the media product in general represents what people around the age are interested in. Things such as fashion, pop music and gossip. 
Looking at the example of my target audience it shows that she is interested in pop music and this has been met in my magazine.

I don't like the idea of stereotyping the audience too much but I'm fairly sure that the example of my target audience goes towards most girls at that age. If I was 11 I would by this magazine (providing that I had the money)

Q3: How does your media product represent particul by Isabel Worrell on GoAnimate

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EVALUATION: Q3 What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

 

 

EVALUATION Q3: What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? from IsabelWorrell

 

EVALUATION: Language Analysis of my Magazine

Language - Front Cover - The photograph on my front cover is composed so that it gives of a flirtatious, girly feel. It is a medium close up  which sticks to conventions as most front cover images are medium close ups. The connotations of the front cover image is that Lucy is obviously blowing a kiss. It gives off the girly pop star image and shows that she is very much on the pink and fun side to pop music. The masthead shows that the magazine is clearly a pop music magazine and has a fun twist in the name. The position of the image is centred as this makes the magazine stick to conventions. The connotations of the font is easy to read. The font isn't expensive looking or posh looking. It targets my younger audience. The colours stick to the theme. The colours pink and purple are colours typically associated with girls. This should attract my audience and make it easy for them to identify that this magazine is targeted towards them. I have used conventional elements such as mastheads, plugs and pull quotes.

-Contents Page- The images on the contents page again show off the pop music feel. I especially feel that the backgrounds I have used really shows off the  pop feel. As the font is the same as the front cover it provides continuity within the front cover and contents page. The font is easy to read, an interesting and modern style that to me as a comic feel about it. It doesn't break conventions and the connotations to the font is young and fun. The colours of the font I have used on the front cover is either black or pink. It leans more towards a female audience. I chose to use different coloured fonts because it makes the magazine contents page have a variety of different colours, therefore making it appear less boring and also for example... putting pink text on top of a yellow background wouldn't make it as easy to read. The background is glitter which gives off a luxury vibe to the magazine but also a girly feel.

- Double page spread- The image on the double page spread is similar to the image on the front cover. This was done on purpose to make both the front cover and double page continue the theme. This case being a flirtatious kiss. The large title of the article 'lucy spills' is joined up and i felt it had a flirtatious feel to match the image. The colours that I used i felt showed that it was a girls magazine. When associating kissing with a colour, I initially thought of the colour red. However I found that this was too mature as a colour to use to i decided to use pink instead.

EVALUATION:Q6 What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

(The video in the powerpoint doesn't work :( .... so here's a link)




A typical process would be working around a main image. I think it's important to have a plan and various drafts before starting the work. I have learnt that not understanding how to use a certain programme can hold you back a bit so it's important to take time to understand how to use the programme. Also it is important to take the advice given by teachers and ask for help.

If I where better at Photo shop I would of edited all the images better off. I would have given Lucy a better coloured hair that fitted to the pop genre more. Probably pink or purple. I didn't do this as I felt that putting an image of Lucy with dodgy hair editing would make the front cover look much less professional. I also would have added more professional looking text to the whole of the magazine.

EVALUATION: Q5 How did you attract/ adress your audience?

EVALUATION: Q5 attracting the audience from IsabelWorrell

Slide 2 (  a part got cut off at the bottom. It says that having a subscription keeps my customers coming and is a way getting more issues out there. It would also cut the costs of getting the supermarkets to supply my products)

 

EVALUATION Q4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

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

PowerPoint and video for this question. I got my younger sister to tell me what she thought of the magazine as she was my target audience.

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My little brother, 11 years old does a brief evaluation of my magazine and explains to me why being a boy would not make him want to buy the magazine. His interests where not what I would have taken into consideration whilst making my magazine as he does not fit the stereotype that I was aiming at. I suppose this shows that his stereotype (a boy that likes hockey, athletics, minecraft and nerfguns) would not be interested in my magazine. Also he refused to do the video unless it was in fire mode.

EVALUATION: Q1 Double Page Spread

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