Evaluation 5.

How did you attract/address your audience?

To attract my audience, i used bright and bold colours such as pale pink, pale blue and pale purple as i felt as if this would attract the younger generation of my target audience 13-17. I kept the colour scheme plain and simple throughout by keeping the background on all of my pages white and just changed the writing to pink, blue and purple. I felt as if this worked affectively on my magazine pages as the writing is still clear and able to read which also attracts the audience as it means there is no trouble with them reading it. I chose the option not to use props during my photo shoot as i wanted the main focus to be on my actors and their attitude. When i started making my front cover, i didn't know what colour scheme i wanted and what would fit best to my music genre. Ad i experimented with colours as well as looking at style models i thought that the colour scheme of pale pink, pale blue and pale purple best suited the pop genre as they are all bright and bubbly colours. 

Evaluation 4.

Who would the audience be for your media product?

The audience that i have set my magazine to be aimed at is within the age range of young girls from 13-17. I feel as if the colour theme that i have set my magazine is very suitable for the age range and the gender that i have chosen. Throughout my magazine i have used simple yet very "feminine colours. All my actors that i used in my magazine are females which is why it also comes across as a girls magazine. Inside my magazine, it contains pictures of a popular girl band called Little Mix and a popular artist Ariana Grande. I feel that my audience would be drawn in due these artists as they are very popular and big in the music industry, i think that this would make them want to read on. I believe that the colour theme has a big impact on showing that this magazine is a pop magazine, i selected the colours pink, blue and purple as they are bright, bold colours and the colours are the type that my audience would be attracted to and the colours that are eye-catching and make my target audience feel drawn in. My main image on my front cover is the band my magazine is focused on who are known as "Equalize", i feel as if my main image would play a huge part in my audience being drawn in as it states their attitude clearly and if the readers of my magazine are fans of the girl bad"Equalize" they would want to see what is inside my magazine. Also i feel as if the footer of my magazine would play a huge part in why my audience is drawn to my magazine as it gives away some information what is inside the magazine such as Little Mix, Puzzles and Ariana Grande. 

Evaluation 3.

What kind of Media Institution might distribute your media product and why?

The genre of my magazine Shake It Up, is pop. I chose a pop genre for my magazine as it attracts the audience with the bright, bold colours and considering my magazine is aimed at 13-17 year olds, bright and bold colours will catch their eye. I also chose a pop genre as many artists in the music industry are pop artists, i done plenty of research into pop magazines before i began to create my magazine and also looked at several style models for ideas and inspiration.

"We love Pop" is aimed specifically at the younger generation and they used bright colours also to draw their audience. The magazine style model that i used "We love Pop" have very similar price range as both our magazines are aimed at young teenagers and need to be affordable.

I have made a decision to be sold and distributed in popular and big supermarkets such as Asda, Tesco, WH Smiths. I made this decision as i want it to be as convenient to my audience as it possibly can and easy for them to find, which a big superstore is where they would suspect my magazine to be. I will also be selling my magazine online as it could increase sales and popularity through doing this, just like my style model, We Love Pop.

My magazine will be available to purchase once a month, a subscription is available at the back of my magazine which means the magazine will be sent to my audience addresses automatically every month as they would have already paid their subscription. I feel as if this is a good decision as it turns out to be cheaper in the end, which is a good idea as the audience that my magazine is targeted at are only young. This will have a positive impact on my readers as they can keep up to date with our magazines and don't have to worry about missing out on a issue.

Evaluation 2.

How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

With my magazine, i chose to aim my magazine at girls with the age range 13-17. I thought that creating rectangle boxes on my front cover using my theme colours, and putting text in with what is inside the magazine such as competitions and tour dates, also some information on the band, such as awards that they have won. I feel as if this would work well as on mostly every magazine that i seen during my research had some sort of information of which the magazine contained. I feel as if my magazine states clearly that it is aimed at girls to the girly, colourful theme. Also, my actors are three young girls and they also fit into the age range that my magazine is targeted at. Within my magazine the other bands/artists that are included are also girls. I also feel as if my magazine suits to be aimed at young teenagers as my magazine is only £2.50 and is affordable for them. 

Evaluation 1.

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Magazine Similarities

I think that my magazine front cover is similar to this magazine cover example that i have found on the website weebly. The example and my magazine are similar because they are both pop related and look as if they are aimed at the same target audience.

Research for Evaluation 1.

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

Masthead.

 For my front cover i have used a bold, eye-catching title to grab the readers attention. The title is one of the main features that people see on the magazine so it is important to have a bold title that readers will remember by. In my research, every magazine has a bold, visible title as it shows how well or poor the magazine is presented. I places my title at the top of my front cover which i feel makes a bold statement and means i am able to fit a lot of features in below it. I chose the name for my magazine "Shake It Up" as i feel as if the name is original and makes a clear statement for my magazine. During my research for style models i didn't come across a magazine with the name "Shake It Up" or anything similar. 

For my masthead, i used the font "Myraid Pro" in the size 349.05 as i think it looked very professional, also very clear and stated across the top of my page. Because the font isn't to fancy, adventurous and the words are clear it has made my front cover look professional and simple. This way, the magazine wont look too much or overdone. I used three different colours throughout my magazine and kept the theme the same. The three colours i used are pale pink, pale blue and pale purple. These three colours keep my magazine light and airy. 

Main Headline.

During my research, i knew that i wanted to keep my main headline sweet and simple. So knowing what i wanted, i just kept my writing white without any fancy writing as i wanted my readers to be able to read it clearly and understand what was written on my page. I kept my main headline the same font as my title and kept the font the same throughout my magazine to set the theme like the three colours. The only part of my headline that i changed was the size of the font which i changed to 302 so it was visible and clear to my readers. Although my main headline may come across as simple, that is the affect is wanted so my reader weren't put off by fancy writing that they were unable to understand. By writing "Band of The Year!" underneath "Equalize" gives the readers a little inside of what will be inside the magazine.

Costume, Props and Makeup.

Costume; In my magazine my actors are all wearing different outfits to each other, i chose this option to show that they are individuals in the band. Ellie, who is my main actor and is stood slightly infront of my other actors is wearing a pale lilac t-shirt, and dark blue denim jeans with a pair of black and white converse. Rachel, who is stood slightly to the right side of Ellie is wearing a white top, pale blue denim jeans and a pair of all white leather converse. Kate, who is stood slightly to the left of Ellie is wearing a bright orange/red flow vest and some white jeans and simple white pumps.

Makeup; Each of my actors all had simple makeup as i wanted it to suit the simple theme of my magazine and didn't want it to take over the theme of the magazine. They all had simple layer of foundation, Kate and Rachel both wore a pair of false eyelashes whereas Ellie went with a thin coat of mascara. 

Props; As i wanted a simple theme throughout my magazine, i went with the decision of using no props and for my actors just to stand in a strong pose to create the attitude statement that i wanted to create.

On my contents page, i set my imagine of my actors at the bottom right of the page, this is so i could fit my text around it and so my text was clear and visible. I put my text into three different columns and three different sections so my readers are able to find their pages easily and without any problems. I also put two pictures of two different artists so draw the readers attention and so they know what is inside the magazine before they even read the contents, i thought this was effective as if my readers like the artists that are shown on the contents page, it will draw their attention and make them want to read on. At the footer of the page, i displayed the magazines web link, also the Facebook and Twitter logo so they can follow us more often for more news on the magazine.

During creating my double page spread, i have made several changes to it to improve it bit by bit, i set my text into columns to make it look more like a double page spread. I placed my image slightly to the left so i had room for my texts and wouldn't overlap my image too much. Like my contents page i have placed smaller images at the bottom left of the page but this time used three images of my band that i took during my photo shoot.