3. Of Evaluation

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

If I were to distribute my magazine, I would probably chose Bauer media.

Bauer is a very well established company, from womens weeklies to film magazines, Bauer sells over 200 magazines in 15 countries. Bauer also own many different forms of cross media platforms, including radio, tv and online, because of this, I think it wouldn't take long for my magazine to become one of the top flight magazines.

Bauer also works closely with Frontline - a company who distribute magazines, this is an advantage in choosing Bauer as they could get my magazines distributed at ease.

There is a huge negative though. Kerrang. I think my magazine is too closely related to Kerrang, and because so many of Kerrang's readers already have their trust in Kerrang and are loyal to the magazine, I think it would be hard to gain any huge amount of readers, as probably most of the readers of my magazine genre, would already be interested in Kerrang, however, if they for some reason don't like Kerrang, they could trial 'Mosh!' 

There is also another I could chose. IPC. IPC are obviously in huge contest with Bauer, so they could be needing a magazine of  the rock/metal genre,(they already have NME, but that's more for indie.)

2. Of Evaluation

2.How does the media product represent paticular social groups

My magazine is targeted towards the age group 14 - 21 which is the rough age target for magazines such as Kerrang! and Rocksound  I feel I have made this point.

As you can see from a real magazine,  from the guy at the front, you can see that he's posing with a specific facial feature, this is also shown in my magazine with all sense of huge 'seriousness' taken out. I also think subsidiary image of the woman in the real magazine and the male on the right in my magazine are posing similar, completely by accident.

Their dress sense is similar, with the people on the cover of Rocksound wearing bright clothes of a 'pop punk' style, and the people on my magazine front cover are wearing informal clothes, and having logos on t-shirts, this goes against the stereotypes of metal and rock being 'dark' and 'emo' but maybe suggests the new sub-genres it's producing, which are more colorful

By looking at the use of the guitar and linking it to the masthead, one could instantly assume it's of a metal/rock genre 

 From the article, the sense of immaturity and 'no seriousness' is still shown, with dialogue like 'insomnia rocks' which is popular in modern rock bands and the sense of an easy-going atmosphere is shown, though 'Lew's terrible drumming' I think the target audience will appreciate the use of humor, which is also found in magazines of a similar genre.

From the contents page, you immediately get the idea that it's a contents page from a rock genre magazine, in the main image there is the same sense of wearing laid back clothes with logos, which is also the clothes of the target audience, the use of props of drum sticks and guitars also screams "rock!"

1. Of Evaluation

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

Contnts page Draft 5/final draft

For the fith and final draft, I've repositioned the photo of the guitar to the bottom, as It looked cluttered at the top, added a website to the bottom, also I've filled in the information for the 'Editors Corner' which i think stands out due to it's black outline surrounding.

Contents page draft 4

 For the fourth draft, I've repositioned alot of things, moved the 'posters' section to allow space for an additional image. I think the additional image is great as it really spices things up on the page. I've also added boxes around the information so it's easier to read, I've also created space for a editors corner and I've taken a shot of the front cover and postioned it very small in the corner. This also increases the aesthetics, and makes iteasier to view.

Contents page draft 3

For the third draft I've only added basic information added more page references, etc.

Contents page draft 2

For the second draft, I've added some more information (page numbers to be directed to, features information etc) and also resized alot of the work so it fits better on the page.

Contents page draft 1

For the first draft, I've re-used the image from the article(the article is a cover story so it gives the reader a idea of whats to come), added the heading with the issue date and issue number and used a smaller subsidary image, I've also made a start on the structure of the page and started to add some information in.

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