Moderator note

Below starting from September 2015 you will find my Research and Planning posts. But after this you will find my evaluation posts (questions 1-7) and my completed music magazine products. I have attempted to make my layout clear and easily accessible so that it is easy for you to read and look over.

Enjoy, Many thanks, Lewis

Final products

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?

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

This is an example of me using photoshop in this example I edit the image of Bradley Cooper by removing the white background behind him so I am able to put the picture anyhwhere I like without a background. 

This is another example of me using photoshop here I edit the model image by changing his eye colours.

 This is another example of me using photoshop in this example I edit the model by giving his face a lift and imporving his features.

This is another example of me using photoshop in this example I edit the model by giving him whiter teeth as it looks a lot better.

This is an example of me using blogger and uploading something to my blog.

This is an example of me using indesign to try and make a magazine, as you can see I am not very good at this software compared to photoshop.

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

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

Below I have placed a drawing of a figure I would deem to be parf of my target audience which is very stereotypical and the text around it explains why they are the specific target audience and who they are.

Evaluation: Question 3- What kind of institution might distribute your product? And why?

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

Below is a gif I created to show how my music magazine represents a particular social group

Similarities of images:
The similarities of the images are: The facial expressions displayed are very similar, both aiming to intimidate and show power by using a powerful stare, similar lighting used in the background to make both artists clearly stand out and visible, both are wearing flashy jewellery, hand placement and posture is also very similar (leaning a certain way with hands placed near the lower part of the body which emphasises that they don't care.


Differences of the images: Clothing is different in both images (one is wearing a loose top with chains around his neck and the other is wearing a red jacket looking like a JD model in some elements), the shot type is very different the image of Jay is more of a long shot which shows all of his body but the image of my artist displays half his posture, the posture is also slightly different as Jay leans back but my model leans forward and also lastly the hair; my model has lots of hair whereas Jay-z goes for the 'no hair no care look'.

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

Question 1 from Lewis Parfitt

Research and Plannning- Complete magazine front cover

This is the finalised front cover for my music magazine and is an improvement from the previous drafts (below)

Research and Planning- Finished Double page spread

This is the final draft of my music magazines double page spread, it has come a long way from the last draft, it now looks a lot neater, cover lines are in line with each other, cleaner fonts and font sizes and the colour scheme looks much better than the previous post, I used the inspiration from the magazine featufing Wiz Khalifa to improve the double page spread and make it look a lot more professional.

Research and Planning- Progress post contents page finalised

This is my finished version of my contents page and is constructed by my audience feedback, research into rap magazines and conventions and comparing it to a real professional magazine example (below), also looking at my previous contents page post I took into account all of the criticisms and improved it a lot since the second drafted contents page.

Similarities:
- page numbers
- layout of cover lines and text
- title layout
- colour scheme
- some stories inspired from the magazine contents page