Time management- evaluation

Now that I have done many drafts of contents pages, front covers and DPS', I will be moving on to the evaluation.

The evaluation is separated into seven sections. They are individual questions about my media product.

The questions are:

1.    In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?   

2.    How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

3.    What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? 

4.    Who would be the audience for your media product? 

5.    How did you attract/address your audience? 

6.    What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? 

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

Audience focus group

 I have joined a group on Facebook where I could get feedback on the magazine work from other people (not counting my media studies lecturers), this group was created by my media class so we could look at each others work and give some constructive criticism. So I have posted my cover, contents and double page spread to see what feedback I would get.

Family feedback

I have got my mother to look over my blog posts. She has helped out a lot in that she has pointed out any grammatical errors. So I have edited some of my older posts.

My Father has done the same. looking out for grammatical errors and putting them right.

Thanks to them my blog looks a lot better now.

DPS draft 3

This is the latest draft of my double page spread. I had received feedback from my lecturer and some things had to be changed. She said the article needed to be longer, the columns had to be wider, the fonts for the "exclusive interview" and "I'm joining IKE damage" had to be changed as they seemed unfitting to a rather formal layout for the page, Another caption to be added, the picture to be moved to the bottom and the text to be the same colour all the way through. I have been on Photoshop and fixed these problems.

The reason I made the text different colours was to help people distinguish who was speaking in the interview, now I have changed this with how bold the text is. The bold sentences are from the interviewer and the italic sentences are from the celebrity being interviewed. I have also added a bit more to the article, I included 2 more questions and made him sound more shocked and surprised. I have also included one small bit at the end of the article. The title fonts have been changed to the revolution font, i now think the DPS looks better.

DPS draft 2

This is draft 2 to my double page spread.

After draft one I got some feedback, a few things needed improving. this included the columns being too wide, the page numbers being too big, the sizes of the headlines etc.

Many things remain intact such as the red M in the background, the article remains unchanged, and the layout is mostly the same, its only a few small things that are different.

Firstly the placement of the image of "Mortdog" is now in the middle and is much bigger, this is to make the image look less like an afterthought like it wad in draft one where it's just at the end of the article. The text is a darker blue to make it blend better with the white and red background and to make it easier to see. The  big page numbers at the top have been exchanged for being small on the bottom, I did this to make it look more like an actual music magazine. The star with "exclusive interview" has been removed and changed to a red banner at the top because I think it makes the page design look more professional. Finally the columns are more compact and the opening paragraph has been included, this was to add more to the column.

DPS draft 1

This is the first completed draft of my DPS (double page spread)

Firstly, the article is set out like an interview which is why the text is in different colour for the individual person. I have also set it out for those who are colour blind that at the beginning of each paragraph there is a letter to indicate who is saying what e.g. M stands for Mortdog and Q stands for question. Overall I think this setup is helpful for the reader.

The title for the article is a pull quote, I see this being used very often in music magazines for their articles as it grabs the reader with a line from the article that can shock the reader. I also Included a rhyming slogan, why? just to include something catchy, that and a few articles Include them.
The opening paragraph has a drop capital as i's almost a requirement to have one, all of the articles in music magazines I've read have one. The opening paragraph gives context and goes into more detail about the story. I've also ordered the interview into columns, like any article in magazines.

Other things I've done are the giant M in the background, a different take on the giant L, the design is similar to one of my influences. The M is red because that is one of the primary of my magazine. I have also included captions, one is a notice to get the readers to turn to the next page and another is a rhetorical question. Overall I think this is a good first draft.

Draft of DPS article

I have drafted my article for my double page spread. The article is an interview. I made the text colour different when its a certain person talking, but if the reader is colour blind there is letter to show the different person speaking. In here I included a pull quote as the kicker, the reason it is that quote is because its the most important part of the article. There is a drop capital at the beginning as that's a common occurrence in magazine articles in general and it helps the reader keep track of where the beginning is.

When I include this in my double page spread I will organize it better into columns. There are signs of alliteration and a rule of three joke in the article as well.

The only criticism I got for the draft from my lecturer was a certain part in the article where the interviewee, Mortdog, criticized the band and to include some more DPS conventions. When I copy this onto Photoshop I will change and alter these elements.