Evaluation Question 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

From my preliminary task i feel that i have improved a lot at all areas; construction, research and development. When creating my preliminary magazine i felt that i had a better understanding of Adobe Photoshop and it's features. For example i had better understanding of the 'Magic Wand' tool which highlighted areas which i clicked on and in that area i could delete the contents of it or edit within it. And also the 'Blur' tool which i used to blur outlines to make the whole image look smoother and professional. For my research i did a lot more and in more detail than i did in the preliminary task, i searched things such as history of a pre-existing magazine, fonts, the way things are presented etc. I also researched many different R&B magazines and music for a wider range of knowledge for the R&B genre and magazine. On my blog i posted a lot more than i did for the previous task to clearly show what i was doing and i have analysed a lot more on my  posts. When researching i found that it is important to keep the same colour scheme and use the same fonts throughout my magazine for a more professional and neat look. I also learned that not just any fonts or colours can be used when creating a magazine for a certain audience and genre, for example for R&B magazines they use plain and simple fonts, except sometime for the masthead. And the colours used are unisex colours such as purple, blue, red (light and dark). This is to make the magazine eye catching for their audience. 

Evaluation Question 6 - What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Through the course of creating my music magazine i have learned a lot about technologies and they have greatly helped when making my music magazine. During this time i have regularly blogged my progress and the answers to my evaluation. I used many technologies during the creation of my magazine such as Adobe Photoshop, DSLR Camera, Olympus Viewer 3, Microsoft Powerpoint and Internet Explorer. Photoshop was used to create my magazine, it was extremely useful when putting my magazine together as it is easy to move images around, change colours, create shapes, make the background completely white and easily add text. Without this it wouldn't have been possible to create my magazine so it looks professional and neat. A DSLR Camera was to take images of my model to be on the front cover, contents page and double page spread of my magazine. Using this camera meant that  my images would be of a good quality and i can instantly see what my images look like. Because i can instantly see my images i can decide whether i liked the image i took or not. I used Olympus Viewer 3 to edit the brightness and contrast and i also used a setting called Tone Corrections which made my images more vibrant. I used Microsoft Powerpoint to answer some of the exam questions and to put my progession images on one image. I used Internet Explorer for reasearch and documenting my progress. It was extremely useful for this and to clearly show my work on my blog. Overall technology has helped me to create my front cover, contents page and double page spread, without these my magazine would be of poor quality.

Evaluation Question 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation Question 4 - Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my magazines are girls and boys from teenagers to young adults. It would mostly be aimed at the girls but boys as well because R&B is more for the younger generation in general. Many R&B magazines feature a mix of male and female celebrities which help to expand on their readers. I think because of the colours i used, purple,  in my magazine it also attarcts both male and female as they are quite unisex colours. My magazine would contain concert, festival, gig etc. information and reviews, this could attract a wider audience, people who like going to live events and want to see information about them.

Evaluation Question 3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation Question 2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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

The images on my cover page, contents page and double page spread are of the same model. This is the typical way R&B magazines will put their images, and also the images are of a young, fashionable girl. This will relate to the main audience. She is wearing simple but fashionable clothing, which is also a popular colour at this moment in time, this also relates to the audience. Also, she is wearing simple makeup, but with bright red lips, like in a typical R&B magazine, bright but simple. The name of the magazine is B-Side, it is the name for the bottom side of a record. I chose this because it is unusual, which will make people remember it and records were what some people bought to play music on when the R&B genre first established. On my magazine i used two fonts, this is typically what R&B magazines will do. They are a simple, plain and bold font. R&B magazines only use simple fonts because R&B music tends to be slow and simple and not too upbeat.