Final Front Cover

Final Contents Page

Double Page Spread

Evaluation Question 7

Evaluation Q6 Part 2

Additional programs I used in the making of my magazine 

I also used PowerPoint, Microsoft Work, Prezi Slide Share and of course blogger when creating my magazine. 

I decided to use various programs as I thought it would make my blog look professional and original to everyone else.  

However, the main reason I decided to use these is because I knew the bases of each of them which made it a lot easy to do my research on. 

PowerPoint and Microsoft Word were the easiest as I use them on a day to day basis. However, the only thing I didn't know on these programs where how to change the file to an image to be able to place on my blog. However, I soon learnt that you had to make it into a JPEG. 

Prezi Slide Share was fun to use as it had features that the rest of them didn't. It makes my work look more presentable and in a way relates well to the music genre as it has different variations which music does too. 

Evaluation Q6

Question 5 P2

Evaluation Q5

Evaluation Q4 Part 2

Evaluation Q4 Part One

Evaluation Q3 Part 2 - Institution Ideas

I decided not to go with Justified as my institution as I felt it was not music orientated which is a factor I feel is significant when representing a particular product. Additionally, if my product where to be a part of this institution I don't think it would stand out nor be recognized to any audience as my magazine is music based and this is not. 

I decided not to go with Beautiful/Decay as my institution as I felt like 'Justified' it wasn't as music orientated then I wanted it to be. I feel this is an important enough factor not to chose it as I feel music's the most important part of my magazine. Additionally, I feel this magazine is targeting women predominately and my target audience is both male and female.    

Evaluation Q3

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

I feel as though my magazine would be best to be published by independent publishing company Q. This is because I feel the ideology of my magazine and of this company match more that similar magazines NME and Kerrang as they are different genres of music. Unlike Q, they base they're genre of music around indie bands. 

Although I've used not used just Q as my main sources of inspiration for designing my magazine, I feel I want the ideology of my publisher to be this particular one as it's popular, successful and relates well to my target audience. 

To me, it's obvious that a passion for what you're publishing is important when creating a music magazine.  I would want my magazine to be published by people who know what indie music is about. If you're a fan of the music yourself, you're going to know what to put into the magazine. Furthermore, the ideology of Q matches the rebellious ideology of indie music; being independent, individual, and having a true passion for music. 

 Another advantage of having my magazine published by Q is that the other magazines they appeal to an older audience due to the genres of music that they focus on. This is good because my magazine is more likely to reach the older audiences that I want to sell to, but also because it won't be in constant competition with the other magazines that Q publishes. Although my magazine tries to appeal mainly to a younger, having an older audience gives it a variety. This fills the gap in the type of magazine that Q publishes, which would in turn be economically advantageous for the company as their sources of profit would be expanded to an older market.