Evaluation: comparison between preliminary task and final coursework piece

Shown below is a comparison showing the developments I have made from my preliminary school magazine task to my music magazine task.



Evaluation: Music magazine questionnaire feedback and analysis

Below is a copy of the music magazine questionnaire that I produced and distributed:

I distributed 15 copies of this questionnaire to people within my target audience, 8 to females and 7 to males. Shown below is an example of a person's response and the feedback they gave.

I then analysed the data from all of the feedback from the questionnaires and came up with the following findings.

As shown above, out of the 15 questionnaires distributed 13 said the magazine does appeal to them and 2 said it doesn't. The 2 that said the magazine doesn't appeal to them were both male and their reasoning for this was that they prefer the iconic male prominence within rock music magazines and so would have preferred a male artist to feature as the main article. Such as in the Kerrang magazine example shown below.

All the artists that feature on this front cover are male bar the lure for the poster of 'The Pretty Reckless' inside the magazine.



Other comments about my music magazine

"looks very professional"

"striking and effective colours!"

"I love it, but perhaps include a free CD give away?"

"At last, more than a token female on the front."

"Needs more pages, I want to read on..."



Evaluation: what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

One of the main ways in which I attracted my audience was the use of iconic codes and conventions that they would be comfortable and familiar with. Shown below is a deconstruction of the magazine codes and conventions I used.

However, to improve my magazine and ensure that my audience do recognise it as a  professional product, I could include more codes and conventions such as: captions, cover lines, editorials and straplines.

Evaluation: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

How does your media group represent particular social groups

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