1. Evaluation
Larissa Nascimento
Music Magazine

2. Conventions on music magazine
my music magazine NMF’s music magazine

3. How is my magazine different form the others!
• I think my magazine is fairly different from other rock
magazines out there, the one thing that I was focused the
most would be that I didn’t want my rock magazine to be
dark and harsh, most magazines out there is like that now,
which again is one of the conventions of a rock magazine. I
used the colour red which again in one of the convention of a
rock magazine (RED= DEATH) it is a very strong colour so I
thought it would go well with my magazine.

4. How does my magazine represents in particular
social groups
• I think when people look at my magazine they will be a bit more
open minded because its not dark and scary like the other rock
magazine, but in the other hand I think people that are really into
hard rock would really enjoy reading the magazine, some of the
rocks magazine can come across as really gothic , so I wanted to
kind of change that convention, a rock magazine doesn’t need to
be aggressive to be able to sell well. I know many people that their
parents wouldn’t let them buy a rock magazine because it can be
very aggressive and it can sometimes have unpleasant words, but
overall I think my magazine fits into all social group, even because
the magazine its not all about rock, it also has information for
people that are interested in R&B.

5. What kind of media institution might distribute
your media product and why ?
• I think IPC media would be a great distribute for my magazine,
with more than 60 iconic media brands, I think it would be a
great deal also because IPC media is committed to working in
partnership with its consumer.
• Also sitting alongside the publishing divisions is IPC advertising,
which would allowed me as a client and the agencies to purchase
bespoke advertising solutions across all of their brands
• As the UK’s leading consumer magazine publisher IPC engage
with 26m UK adults.

6. Audience for my magazine
• I think my main audience would be teenagers and young
adults, because they are the ones that are more into rock, and
they are the ones that have more spare money to spend on
things like magazines, I think girls would be also the main
audience because the main image on the front cover is a girl
and colour of it is red, so I would think the females would
connect more to the magazine than the boys.

7. How did I attract my audience
• I focused it on my front page a lot, because that is what attracts people to
buy it, so I wanted to make sure that it wasn’t too plain so I made the
front page quite bright so it would get peoples attention.
• I made sure that the picture was the main attraction on the front page,
because I think the main image is one of the first thing that people look
at.
• I also made sure that it had a Facebook link so people on Facebook could
find us and get more people to know about the ‘R’ magazine.
• I also used quotations, so it would link to the questionnaire on the double
page spread.
• I also made sure that the letter ‘R’ really stood out so people would
recognize the magazine when they see it.

8. What I have learned about technology
• When I started using Photoshop I didn’t know a single thing, it was my
first time, at the beginning I was a bit worried but after I started
experimenting with different types of things I got use to it very quickly
and I really enjoyed myself using it.
This is the first image that I fixed
on Photoshop (the one on the
right), after I started practising
even more I got to know even
more different things that I
could do by using Photoshop.

9. Difference between my magazines.
This is my college magazine, the this is my music magazine, my
first magazine that I have ever second magazine.
done.

10. Changes I would make on my front cover
• If I could change anything about my
front cover I would probably change
the colour, and instead of red I
would probably use a darker colour
so it would be more suitable for boys
as well, and also try different fronts
with the letter ‘R’, other than that I
am happy with the results.

11. Changes I would make on my content page
If I could change anything about my
content page I would probably add
more picture instead of just one, I
would try to put one picture for each
topic, but I really like how the
background looks, it looks very clear
and easy to understand, also I would
have a darker colour, because the
current colour is quite simple and doll.

12. Changes I would make on my content page
If I had more time to change
anything on my double page spread
I think I would work on different
types of background, I felt like it
would be better for me to keep the
background simple because of the
two pictures and the red writing I
didn’t want to over do it, so I kept it
simple and easy to understand. I
think the double page spread is the
one that enjoyed doing the most, I
had a great time taking the pictures.

13. Final evaluation
• At the beginning I wasn’t really sure about my ideas, I was also very worried about
working with Photoshop because I never worked with it before, but as soon as I started
working with it I learned a lot of different things what I could do and change.
• I took my pictures in the studio and I had a great time, it didn’t take much time to get the
shots that I wanted, so I was really happy about that.
• The reason that I chose to do my magazine based on rock is because I am into different
types of music so I focused my main aim on rock because I felt like I could learn different
things that I didn’t know.
• Overall I really enjoyed myself doing the music magazine. I learned a lot that you have to
be carful with the picture you take and the colour you use because it really does affect on
the target audience,
• If I could do this project all over again I think I would organize myself more, and maybe do
a video of what people thing of my magazine instead of the questionnaire.