Magazine Evalution

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Name: Vibes Genre: Dance magazine Target audience: male and females aged 16-26

USP: creating a magazine which combines dance music with the industry side of the production Main purpose of my magazine, what I want to achieve is…… my aim is to produce a magazine which keeps my readers up to date with the latest clubs and best scenes when going out. However, it will also educate and inform the readers on the music industry.

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When asked if the audience would make any improvements the results were: “Maybe a more vivid use of colour.” “Less blank spaces and bigger writing.”

How I …. the forms and conventions • Used. In my research I found that the most professional magazines use to the

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tool of forms and conventions. However, by using and analysing the forms and conventions of leading brand magazines I was able to adapt them to make my magazine unique not stereotypical, making it have an edge on rivals. When using the forms and conventions I added my own ideas to the creation. Challenged. I challenged some forms and conventions as I thought that some didn’t suit my design for the magazine. I also found that following the typical setup means the product is liking to be like many others. So, if my magazine was similar to other dance magazines, it would raise the question, “Why should the audience choose my product instead of the leading brand?”

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My social group • Reader Profile • They are first to recommend new tunes and the first on a new fashion trend. They're the best informed about the top DJ's and upcoming music scenes. They don't just care about the music but how it was made and developed. • The median age is 18 and they tend to urban •

I created a mood board with colours and synergy that represented my social group

Synergy- gold is a known Colour for wealth and style, and dance, the readers are all keen dancers.

Rich, presents the social background, doesn't specifically mean well off but has Disposable income.

Colour- pink, Black , gold, Yellow and Turquoise

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Institutions that might distribute my magazine • Small independent company that is interested in creating magazines that inform and entertain. • IPC media- creates many well known magazines • But I would choose

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The prelimary task helped me immensely!

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What I have learnt from the prelimary task •

From the prelimary task to completing the magazine production I have learnt:

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Media skills on Photoshop- manipulating images, adding text and effects Being able to create a document in Publisher Even though I didn’t like the idea of the blog, I now have the skills to publish images, documents and comments I would have liked to use the blog more effectively, perhaps by adding pole so that followers could vote for their preferences on ideas.

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What I really like about the whole of my magazine product and improvements • The main aspect of my magazine that I like the use of colour, as I have tried to capture the atmosphere of youths. • I think that my article is the strongest point of my product, perhaps because I had the most inspiration for the content and layout. • Creating the ideas, stretches and planning • I would have liked to improve the contents page, doesn’t fit with the standard

• Took more photos, wider range