Note to the Examiner

Hello, I hope you have enjoyed reading through my blog. Throughout the course I have learnt a lot of the processes involved in the creation of music magazines and my creativity has improved drastically. The course has been an enjoyable experience for me and I look forward to A2.

Thank you, Reece Johnson.

Final Products

Final Evaluation 7- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Evaluation 7 Script

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

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

Evaluation 5

Final Evaluation 4- Who would be the audience for your media product?

Final Evaluation 3- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Eval 3 from reece_333

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

How does your media product represent different social groups?

I am comparing the band that I created for this project, The Genesis (Right), against Two Door Cinema Club (Top Left) and Foals (Bottom Left).

First of all, all members of both bands I am comparing mine to, are male. Both my members are male and this show I have followed a convention in the Indie/Alternative genre, as most artists are male. Male artists will appear to both male and female audiences and will be able to attract large audiences.

Also, the hairstyles of the band I created are also very similar to those of the existing bands with the member on the left of my band having a long fringe which is a conventional hairstyle for this genre as proven by several of the members of both bands also having long fringes.  This point proves that my artists are being portrayed as Indie/Alternative artists.

Furthermore, the member on the right of the band I created has facial hair. I found this to be a common convention during my research and planning section of the course and therefore I chose a model with facial hair to comply with this convention.

The image of Two Door Cinema Club is taken against a brick wall, I have noticed this to be a common backdrop for photos of artists in this genre so I have incorporated this element into my final product when taking the photos of my artists as this shows the audience that the genre of the magazine is Indie/Alternative.

The difference between the two existing bands and the one I created is the amount of members in the bands. I opted for only two members in my band as I think this works better on the cover as too many people in a band would lead to too many people on the cover and this could seem overcrowded and make the front cover look messy. I have been unconventional with this choice and I believe it to have paid off as my front cover is not over crowded and has some neutral space.

The artists I have created will positively influence people (particularly with the target age range of my magazine 16-30) within the music industry to succeed in what they are striving for. My artists are positive role models as their story featured in the double page spread will encourage people to continue with music. However, I have photographed my models smoking as I believe it adds to their entire persona and completes the look I was trying to achieve to attract the target audience but this factor may be considered a negative influence to readers of the magazine as smoking is considered bad for peoples health. On the whole, I would consider my artists to be a positive influence to those who read the article featured on the double page spread.

Final Evaluation 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music magazines)

Evaluation 7 (DRAFT)

Evaluation 7 Draft

Evaluation 6 (DRAFT)

Eval 6

Evaluation 5 (DRAFT)

Evaluation 5 Draft

Evaluation 4 (DRAFT)

Evaluation 4 Draft

Evaluation 3 (DRAFT)

Evaluation3 Draft

Flickr Photostream

reecej3's photostream on Flickr.

Evaluation 2 (DRAFT)

Evaluation 2 Draft

Evaluation 1 (DRAFT)

Evaluation 1

Work Progress Update

Upon receiving feedback for my draft products, I realised a lot of improvements were needed. Before I began my improvements, I spent some time commenting on my peers' blogs and giving them some feedback on their drafts which would help them to improve and I also received comments from my classmates. Then, I decided that I was going to completely redesign both my front cover and double page spread whilst making some minor alterations to my contents page. Firstly, I decided I needed new photos for every page of my magazine as the photos I had did not quite work. For these photos, I decided a needed new models for the members of The Genesis that looked older as I felt the two previous models looked slightly too young to fit the band description. After taking many photos, I set to work completely redesigning both the front cover and double page spread. It was this task that was the most time consuming and took me around 2 weeks to fully complete. I then went onto making a few minor adjustments to the contents page that make the page look more professional in its entirety. During the course of these adjustments, I was also putting together a playlist of songs that fit into my genre on Soundcloud. I created a cover for this playlist and uploaded it to my blog.

Final Front Cover

Final Contents Page