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Evaluation Question 6

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

Throughout the process of creating my media product i gained the ability to use many different technologies. Before doing this actual product i had never touched Photoshop before so it was like a brand new experience. At first i wasnt confident at all with using Photoshop, however eventually i managed to be a lot more confident and i succesfully completed my main product with full confidence that i did a pretty good job. I also got a chance to use the Apple Macs, learning to control an Apple Mac computer was difficult at first because it was so different from using a normal computer and i have only really had a slight experience in using them in the past, this slowed me down at the beginning of the process, but after a couple of weeks of using the technology it gave me many advantages,  mostly because of the easy use of taking printscreens and the way it displays Photoshop.

Photoshop was the main technology I worked with over the creation process of my media product. This program was hard to use and get used to at the start and was very stressful throughout the whole process but without it the creation of my media product wouldn't have been possible. All the possibilities that Photoshop opened up to the creation of my magazine such as: the ability to edit my photos, add text and vital information and create my whole magazine! Overall the Photoshop tool came in extremely useful in the construction of my media product and was the most handy tool we were provided with.

We got to work with many other tools whilst constructing our product; cameras, Prezi, Animoto, Slideshare and other physical forms of technology such as video cameras, these are things thta i never knew existed before i started doing this course. The use of cameras (FinePix HS10 HS11) was huge in the production of my media product. The digital images i captured using the cameras we were provided with were the backbone of my magazine and helped me create a very proffesional approach.

Overall, throughout the construction of my media product i have gained the ability to use many different technologies which are helpful in the media industry, all of which came in unbelievably handy in the production of my magazine and will help with other things over time also.

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Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my magazine Image are 18-30 year olds. I am attempting to cater for a gap in the market, where people want to hear about music especially my genre of music as it has managed to find its way into mainstream music and has made it onto the charts in recent years making it a valuble genre that hasnt been touched yet. Which is why on the Front Cover and Contents Page I have included sell lines that could be potentially prove to be very popular with these readers, smart short and effective sell lines and main sell line all lead to attracting interest as the main attraction is the imagery itself, if you look at my cover that is a prime example of this.

Furthermore with my demographic, fashion is a key factor in a lot of their lifestyles, so the design of the magazine is essential in fitting with the audience as many of these people are electronic music fans. I have attempted to dress my artists in this way as sort of the everyday man that is quite fashionable as most electronic artists are everyday people who create the music as a hobby making my model very relatable to everyday people who may read the magazine. I created my work with a very set standard as if the magazine doesn't look good then the audience won't buy it, as looking good is just as important as a high quality magazine.

Though not stated on the magazine itself, my magazine is also available on a digital format since, my target audience are a little younger they would be more in touch with the newest technologies.

Evaluation Question 3

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

 Ideally I would like Bauer Media group to publish magazine, a lot of electronic DJ's are all european and seeing as Bauer Media is based in Germany it would appeal more to european fans who love the genre and magazine just as much as us in the UK.  I have Researched Bauer Media and it is an institution that has a broad range of magazines including Q and Kerrang which were very good at inspiring me while creating the magazine they only publish two very disctinctive genre magazines, which is great because all publishing houses that music magazines (except with women magazines) are the biggest sellers and if I was to introduce my magazine to Bauer Media there is a decent probabilty they might accept it because music magazines are a huge seller and  they only have 2 magazines thatr they publish in the category of music that both have their own distincitve gnere and they dont cover my genre.

I also thought that if my magazine were to be published nationally, the better option would be a publishing house that is UK based, since they would have more information about here, rather than a publishing house that are not UK based for example IPC Media.



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