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Evaluation!

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

Well the conventions of a music magazine are things to do with music obviously, but in a music magazine there would be things like free posters of bands and members of bands found somewhere in the magazine, there would be something on the front cover to tell you there will be free gifts included with the magazine. Interviews would also be a key ingredient in a music magazine because bands and music artist have to be interviewed to see where they are in their musical career, if they think they're sucessful, are they bringing out any new albums, usually just general information about themselves and their band members. Front covers are one of the most important parts of the music magazine probably becauase the front cover is the first part people will see, so it will have to have something on there to attract them to read this magazine. The front cover will have to include obviously whats going to be in the magazine, big storys, free gifts, general things but not trying to give them to much information because they'll have to buy the magazine to find out the full story and to get everything out of the magazine itself. The double page spreads that i've seen are usually one big picture on one side them a lot of information or content on the following page, contents pages on the other hand are usually collums with all the things that are going to be included in the magazine put into subheadings with some text underneath it, explaining what the subheading is advertising. On my contents i have put my headings into one collum to keep it tidy and easy to read, however i have not put text underneath to explain what the heading is talking about because of spacing and to make people want to read the articals even more. I've done a typical double page spread, one large picture on the one side and the text on the following page.

• How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The social group that i have represented is rock music fans and i think the name for my magazine represents this well enough, as well as some of the pictures i have used, such as the two people on my front cover, they both look like two people who would be interested in rock music, but they're both members of a rock band for my magazine so they're obviously interested in rock music, also the way they dress would suggest that rock would be their preferred choice of music over other genres.

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

The magazine 'Metal Hammer' is a magazine which is like mine and is already on the shelves, in a sence my magazine is very similar to Metal Hammer but mine is cheaper and comes about weekly as the Metal Hammer magazine comes out monthly. The content inside the magazine would be similar to but that shouldn't be a problem. I think the company should distribute my magazine because metal fans would get weekly magazines too read instead of having to wait a month for the next issue of Metal Hammer.

• Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my magazine would generally be teenagers up to middle aged adults that are interested in heavy metal music.

• How did you attract/address your audience?

In my magazine i have included a competition which allows you to win an amazing guitar or bass guitar every week, guitar lovers would be sure to enter this competition to try get their hands on one of the guitars, there would be an entry fee, but it's not very expensive so anyone could enter the competition. I've included an interview with a new heavy metal band which has resently made it into the music industry and also i have added another interview with a band called Avenged Sevenfold, who not that long ago lost their drummer who died with no warning, to see how they're holding up and to see what they've done with their musical career since the death of their drummer/best friend. There would be a lot of people who are intreseted to know whats happening in Avenged Sevenfolds life since the REV has been gone.

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

Throughout my time creating this music magazine i have learnt how to use publisher a lot better than when i created my student magazine, also this is my first time making a blog so it's been a new experience doing this finally i know where and how to create polls now so in the future if i ever need to make a poll i know where to make one.

• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I would have to make my final magazine pieces look more professional and maybe use a different software other than publisher which really limits what you can do with your magazine.

Final Double Page Spread

Textural Analysis: DPS

This is a double page spread taken out of the Kerrang magazine, there isn't really much to this page other than an extremly large picture of Green Day and a lot to do with them, talking about their albums and that they should be taken to serious. The little box 'Back Track' names three of their well known songs, which if people are new to green day then they can check these songs out to if they're any good.

Final Front Cover

Final Contents Page

Contents page so far