D' Funk Music Mag Evaluation

My Music Magazine Evaluation

For our magazine we had to chose a genre, in my group we decided to do funky house this is because we wanted it to be different and attract peoples attention. We wanted people to walk into a shop and straight away notice our magazine and buy it. Also we knew that everyone else in our class was going to pick hip hop or RnB. I think choosing funky house made it more challenging because no one else picked that idea and it was knew to everyone. We chose bright neon colours to fit our funky house theme.

The target audience for our magazine cover was aimed at teenagers mainly under 21s. We chose this type of audience because these days it is the young teenagers who are interested and buy funky house music. We mainly wanted it to be for anyone who has a passion for funky house music and want to read about the new upcoming tunes. So that they can know what the latest funky clothes to buy and what raves/parties they can go to during the summer time.

My music magazine doesnt repersent a certain social group but it is for everyone and anyone to read. On the front cover of my magazine i chose a young black boy this is because he is wearing funky clothes and glasses. The clothes he is wearing is in trend and everyone loves a pair of cool glasses so i tjought it worked really well. The reason why i chose him over a celebrity or a star is because i want people to feel that anyone can be like them. The boy on the fromt cover is holiding a phone to take the picture and is posing with two fingers. Originally the phone in the picture wasn't suppose to be there but i couldnt crop it out so i had to make use of it. The shot i used is a medium shot, just of the waist and above. I used this because it is better for the magazine and you can see what he is wearing. There isnt a location of my picture but it has a bright neon purple background which contrasts with his pink t shirt.

My music magazine develops or challenges forms and conventions of real magazines this is because it uses several conventions. First of all, the mast head which is also known as the main title. In my magazine my mast head was called D’Funk which was bright yellow to catch the readers attention and to stand out from the rest.I created my magazine like this so it was very unique and versatile. I used a graphic so it can highlight a special offer this helped because the readers would instantly notice it and would want to buy it. The main cover image of my magazine was a teenage young boy who dressed really funky. In the image he is directly looking at the audience I think this is really engaging to the readers this is because it is as if he is looking directly at them. I used this because I thought it fitted the funky house genre. The main cover line on my page is ‘Introducing the newest funky magazine’ the font is really big this is because it is the biggest and main story of the magazine. On my magazine I have a lot of cover lines which is on the left hand side of the page. At the bottom of the magazine I have a bar code, price and a issue date.
The D'funk magazine also has special offers where you can win a free funky house cd inside the magazine. I chose to do this because i thought it would be a really good idea to give the audience something exciting and differen to listen to. By the cd being free alot more people would want it and actually go out and buy our magazine. For our magazine each issue has the same fonts but has a different theme or layout. We came up with the word D' funk because alot of teenagers these days use slang and we thought it directly appeals to them. The word D'funk is another way of saying the funk, it is a short, easy and catchy way of saying it. I think it is very cool and different because of the way you spell it. Our catch phrase was where did d'funk go or d'funks back.

The type of media institution that might distrubute my magazine cover is probably an independent publisher. I would say this because it is different form the rest and has just came out so it is not known yet. They would might to get their hands on it first compared to the rest. Whereas if it was emap being the best institution for magazines everyone will know about it and will be a success. Due to the fact that most of the top magazines are distrubuted by them.

Technology these days made the making of our magazine very easy and effortless. This is because we had the use of the Apple mac computers and Photoshop. It helped us to construct and see the final version of the magazine. These great facilities made it quick and easy to access and change our magazine whenever we wanted to.

From making the magazine, I have learnt how to use the Apple Macs Computer. At first i found it really challenging because i had never used one before but after a while i got used to it and it became much more easier. This made it more exciting and meant i could get more of my magazine done.During the process i also learnt how to use photoshop which i had never used before but because people in my group were well experienced at it they helped me along the way. By using photoshop i managed to learn and gain new skills such as cropping, fonts, inserting pictures, different fonts, cutting and adding in pictures. I think this helped alot because i became much more focused and relaxed and i produced a really good front cover. In additon next time i can use my skills and help other people in my group.

If i was to make another front cover of a magazine, Next time i would take more time to plan what is actually going to be on the magazine. I would have a rough idea or sketch in my head of how i would like it to be and look like. This would make it much more easy and save alot of time.
I think it is very important to know about the genre you are trying to sell, so i would do more research about the funky house genre and put more attractions on my magazine. Also i would maybe change the picture of the front cover of my magazine this is because it was a last minute thing and i think putting more time and thought into it, i could of come up with something more attractive and appealing to the readers. Lastly i would change the genre of the magazine this is because it was the hardest to do and no one knew much about it. Maybe if we had done a different genre like hip hop or pop everyone could of connected to it and use the best of thier ability. This would of made the magazine much easier, appealing and successful.
Overall, I think my front cover came out to be really good and it captured the funky house theme and should appeal to alot of readers.