Evaluation - What kind of media institute might distribute your media product and why?

Final Draft of Magazine

Production Log!

This week I have started re-drafting my magazine applying the feedback that I got from my questionnaire. I have re-designed the masthead for my front cover making it a bit more mature and I have changed the background and layout of my front cover. I have also changed my pug design so it matches my colour scheme more. I have edited my secondary image by blurring out the edges to give it a softer look. Next week I will need to take some more images and add them to my front cover next to the cover lines.

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I have also started to redraft my contents page applying the feedback I have received. I have changed the masthead style and what it says to make it more individual to the genre of pop music. I have kept 

the layout the same, however I have changed the colour scheme slightly to add more of a variety of bright girly colours. I have also changed my font type as I feel it is now less repetitive and more of a unique design.

Audience Feedback

Production - Production Log

This week I have finished my first draft of my pop music magazine. I have created a front cover, contents page and double page spread which I feel mirrors the music genre of Pop well. I also feel it appeals to my target audience of young girls as the colour scheme is pink and white and the contents of my magazine is 'gossipy' and girly. I found it difficult editing my photos as it was time consuming and required a lot of patience. I decided against the lipstick background as all of our images have to be original. I also decided to add the apple music/itunes logo onto my double page spread as I feel apple music is a big part of the music 'charts' so it links well with my story of my magazines top 10 review.

Production - Magazine First Draft

I feel my front cover will appeal to my target audience of young girls as it is brightly coloured in pink and is busy and packed with stories on the front of gossip about pop music. I feel as though having an attractive female figure on the front will stand as a role model for young girls.

My contents page also appeals to young females as it follows the girly colour scheme of pink, however it is less cluttered than the front page. I included an editors letter as I feel as though they are a common part of teen pop magazines.

My double page spread appeals to young girls as it also mirrors the colour theme of pink. The content of the story also appeals as it is about pop music which is my chosen music genre.

Production - Production Log

This week I have started creating my contents page and editing the images I took in the studio by editing out the green screen. For my front cover I have decided to experiment with a lipstick mark background as it links in with the fashion element of pop magazines also it appeals to my target audience of young girls.

I also created my contents page and decided on a theme and layout which mirrored my front cover.

Also I began editing out the green screen of my double page spread and contents page images. Next week I intend to experiment with different backgrounds I can use. I also need to create a house style for my magazine.

Production - Production Log

This week I went down to the studio and took photos of my models which will be used in my magazine. I first took photos of my models against the green screen with the key light and fill light to create a warm glowing effect. My models wore heavy make up and had fairly volumised hair to mirror the fashion side of the pop genre. I experimented using 2 models when taking mid and long shot pictures and then 1 model when experimenting with close up angled pictures. I then experimented with different lighting such as I moved all the lighting to one side of my model's face when I took away the green screen to create harsh shadows across one side of my model's face. I also experimented with the exposure and how much light the camera would let in to create quite bright images such as the last image shown below.
 


I also carried on creating my front cover by deciding on a masthead style and creating my contents page. I experimented with different font styles for my contents page and wrote the editors letter.

Production - Production Log

This week I went into the studio and practised photographing a model with different lighting. I first used key light and back light all around my model. This created a bright, warm and even look which made the model look warmer and glowing. I then experimented with the lighting by moving all the light to one side of my model creating a shadow on the right side of my model's face. This created a different feel and made harsh shadows making the model look a lot stronger. These photos show my practise of the lighting on one side of my models face creating very harsh shadows.

I also started creating the front cover for my magazine by creating the masthead and experimenting with different ways of displaying it. I also experimented with different shades of pink to use as my theme throughout before deciding on a bright, hot pink as I felt it mirrored the pop music genre most. I also experimented with different text sizes and where they will be placed on the page.