My Evaluation..x

Me and My Partner's Magazine, used conventions of a normal music magazine, depending mainly on the genre, the conventions can be changed.
On most music magazine the conventions are:
-A Main Cover Image
-Subheadings
-Main Cover Story HeadLine
-Date, Issue Number, Website, Price
-Barcode
-Other inside images
We followed these, but as we did a pop magazine genre, we researched the genre by looking at the pop magazines such as 'Top Of The Pops', and a convention that most pop magazines have are free gifts, we added this to our convention list, by giving away a free cd with 5 exclusive pop songs on it.

Our music magazine cover represents different social groups. It represents different people that are interested in the latest celeb gossip, are into pop music , and celebrities that are in the pop industry.
As the genre of our magazine is 'Pop' the social group is aimed at is mainly girls, this is represented by pictures of pretty woman in glamorous high fashion expensive clothing, in the pop industry that they inspire to be like, and have what they have.

A place were our pop magazine can be found and bought is local shops, WhSmith's , Woolworths...etc
This is because it is a diverse market that will read the magazine, so it has to be in shops were lots of people can buy it, and it is easier for people to get hold of and find if it is sold in different places such as Woolworths and Local Shops, rather than selling them via the internet , as that restricts buyers of an age to buy the magazine, and that it is harder to find and get hold of.

The Audience for 'Poppin' Magazine is targeted at 'Teenagers'.
We decided to have this as our target audience because teenagers are easy to appeal to, and are most likely to enjoy the content of a pop magazine.
An audience profile of our target audience would be :
-Mostly Girls.
-Aged between 13-19.
-In Full Or Part-time education, and may have a part-time job.
-Basic reading skills to be able to read the magazine.
-There goals in life would be to be as famous and rich/ successful as the people in the magazine.
-Our target audience would mainly be interested in Music, Fashion, Celebs and Friends.
-Things they would do in there spare leisure time would be sociolising with friends; in a park, at the cinema or at each others house..etc, Watchin Tv such as MTV, and TMF, Going shopping in places such as Primark and New Look..etc.

The way we attracted the audience was;
-By using pictures of a celeb as the front main image.
-By using sub-headings, that makes the audience want to to read the inside stories, inside the magazine.
-By using bright colours and different fonts that attract the audience visually and make them want to pick up the magazine,and read what its about.
-A MOBO Award Special, With exclusive pictures inside and embarrising moments on celebs and there downfalls that make the target audience feel better about themself, which they love to read about.
-Free Merchandice , We added a free cd with 5 exclusive songs on it, this appeals to the audience as they are music mad, always wanting to hear a exclusive songs , and alot of people buy magazines for the free gifts come with the magazine.

I have developed my skill on Adobe Photoshop, by trying out different font and styles of writing working on the front cover. I also learnt how to airbrush images of people, to smooth out skin tones, like in magazine adverts, this is achieved by using the clone tool, my partner taught me this technique when we were airbrushing the main image of my face, to take away the spots and smoothing my skin tone, so it was all one tone, but still looking natural.

If i had a chance to re-do the front cover, i would have planned the photoshoot better and in more detail, so that i could achieve more picture to use, with different people init, with different props and clothings ..etc.
I would also like to have more time on photo shop to manipulate the images better , and to explore the ins and outs of Adobe Photoshop Properly.

I am pleased with the outcome of The Poppin Magazine Front Cover, and Inside Content Page
My Partner and I, Worked Hard, and achieved a Good Outcome of Our Magazine, to the greatest of our abilities for the task in the time limit we had.

This is the finished Front Cover and Content Page Of The Poppin Magazine .

http://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo/full?photo_id=1517600667

http://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo/full?photo_id=1517600664