question number 6 and 7 evaluation

      Question number 6  is about the use of ICT and question number 7 is about how I progressed from my first experience of creating a front cover.

      My progression in the biggest way is consist of improvement in using ICT, as i had a poor idea how to use it before. For creating my front cover I used Photoshop in pRTICULr and also indesign to crop and move the images. On the whole in photoshop I used tools such as -move tool, to move the image, brush, pencil and paint bucket to create the gradient effect and play with colors in my work. In my first work I found it quite difficult to understand, but as my experience in using Photoshop was increasing, I settled and felt more confident about everything I used- and this is a progression from my first work- confidence, as in previous work I was scared to do anything and the work did not look at a level in which I wanted it to be. Therefore, with my work for my media coursework O did more experiments and it looked better at every way. I also used tools such as Text tool to add some texts- layouts and other. I played with colors using foreground, background colors and it worked quite well. I was working with different layouts as Photoshop allows me to do it. Although I used a lot of tools, there a lot more to experience in Photoshop but for my work I used a big range of different tools in order to make my work be at a high level and I think I learnt quite a lot.
        The other app that I was using was an Indesign app. This particular app helped me with organizing my pages - i followed my mock-ups to organize my front cover, double-spread page and content page. With this app i found a place for every image and cover line and ensured that all of the staff is at a right place. The biggest impact that was made by this app if the change of fonts in order to follow the Rap genre fully and I used a wide range of fonts in my work. I also used a special website to create my main cover line and make my front cover, especially my tittle look amazing.

Another thing to consider as my improvement from the first task apart from the ICT improvements  is the use of media language, particular generic conventions to ensure that my music magazine follows the Rap genre. Before doing my media product i was unsure west generic conventions to use and did not know much about what media language is appropriate for the Rap genre. After the research and analyses i was clear about what forms of generic conventions to use and started working on my media  product without any trouble. I researched the mark scheme, suitable images, media language features and progressed a lot since my first attempt when i was doubling and did nit know what to use to be more successful and clear with my ideas.

question 1 evaluation

Evaluation question number 3

question number 5.

Evaluation Question number 2

Mock-ups

Here are my mock-ups for the covering, content pages and double-spread pages.

Evaluation question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?
       As the genre of my music magazine is Rap, my target audience is going to be teenagers at the age of 13-25. I consider this target audience as the generic conventions of my music magazine follows the interests of those most of all. Teenagers at that age are mostly interested in fashion, street style, clubs, their images, love, relationships,music and so on and all this is included in the content of my magazine. One of the biggest aspects of my magazine is the love story of a rapper and I feel like it is the most obvious thing that points out who is the audience for my media product. Love stories of artists are often followed by gossip, and it also shown at the pages of my magazine, as teenagers always like to read about dramas happening in artists world. Older people, especially men,  would find this information irrelevant to music, not important and won't appreciate this in music magazine at all. For them, there are a lot of different points, that they find much more interesting and important rather than gossip and love affairs. Teenagers, on the contrary, don't take life that seriously and listen to music, read music magazines more often for entertainment , not to find serious information or to get important knowledge. Another thing is that Rap, as a music genre is a genre in which younger people like teenagers are interested more than the others. For children the texts of the songs may sound too rude and cruel, rhythm of music is too strong and quick, so children won't like rap music as it does not suit their interests and hobbies. So my primary audience is going to be male and female at the age 13-25. My music magazine can appeal to both male and female as it includes interesting things  for both of them. Strong bright color scheme (red, black), images of the artists (mostly male, with tattoos, stylish clothes, haircut), information about new songs releases, artist itself, his style- those are all things that may attract male audience. For women it can be gossip news, love stories, style of the images of the female artists, fashion, dramas, etc. My music magazine has many features that interests both and that is why it is appealing to both.
        My secondary audience is going to be adults at the age older than 25, but younger than 50. Those adults may also be interested  in reading Rap music magazines and be true fans of Rap. For those there are also some interesting things included. Adults at the age 25+ are no longer interested in gossip  and more interested in music itself. For them there is an article about the history of rap music, top lists of songs to help them find new music easily. People in such older age are more interested in intelligent and cognitive information rather than gossips. People of both genders might find this magazine appealing to them.