Friday, 22 April 2016
Evaluation Question 6
6
- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this
product?
At the start of the construction of my magazine I
created a blog to log my development through the project and show my progress
with the pages I was developing. To make some of my posts more interesting and
show a range of media understanding, I used applications on the internet like
Prezi and SlideShare on my blog. I also used a series of photo editing and
design software to create my magazine.
Firstly, I used a website called blogger to blog my
project. At the start this website was new to me so had no experience using it
and therefore did not know how to use it. My first post was a test where I
learnt the basics of how to use blogger. As you look through my blog you’ll
notice the progression with the techniques and confidence it took me to learn
how to write a blog.
I used Prezi and SlideShare perhaps not as many times
that I should have throughout my blog but they did help make my blog less
boring. The two programs allowed me to present my work in a different form to
usual which is good because plain text logs can get very tedious. The two
programs made my work my interesting through the layouts and their interactive
designs.
Furthermore, I used Serif PhotoPlus. PhotoPlus is an
image editing software which I used to help me make my masthead and edit all
the images in my project. I had a basic knowledge of how and what you can do
with the program as I used it during my GCSE graphic design course. Now looking
back on my progression, I have learnt a lot more than I was capable of doing at
the start of this course. I now would say I can use the software much more
professionally than at the start.
The main program I used for the making of my front
cover, contents page and double page spread was Serif PagePlus. PagePlus is a
deskstop publishing program that enables you to create professional looking
pages. When I first used PagePlus I understood the program to an extent because
even though I had not used it before, it was fairly similar to PhotoPlus. This
gave me an advantage but I still had a lot to learn. I understand the software
a lot better now that I have finished all my work with it and I believe that my
work would be a lot better if I were to start again as in my first few pages I
did not understand fully how to use the program to its full.
Evaluation Question 4
4
- Who would be the audience for your media product?
As I have said before, the age of my target audience
is roughly between 15 and 30. This range may seem a bit wide especially
considering this age group is during the stage of the most developing a person
will go through throughout their life. But I want my magazine to attract all
youth which can range into the late 20s. I based my pricing around this as I
believe £2.50 is inexpensive enough for a student and young adult to afford regularly.
My target audience would most likely be slightly dominated by males but it
would be aimed at both boys and girls. As my magazine is a rock magazine I am
expecting my audience to be into rock. I can also imagining my audience being
musical through playing instruments such as the electric guitar. As my audience
are young, I expect them to follow rock artists and bands perhaps on social
media or just through magazines. As my magazine ranges from indie rock to
heavier rock, I cannot establish exactly the type of person who would read my
magazine. This is because indie rock in particular is becoming even more
popular amongst the A and B socio-economic groups. Those in my age group are
still young and would be much more interested in festivals than any other age
group. Festivals will be a good topic for my magazine to use because it will
interest the readers and provides them with what they want to read.
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