Evaluation: 7.What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from your preliminary task to the full product?

Evaluation: 6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Evaluation: 4. Who would be the audience for your media product? & 5 How did you attract / address your audience?

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

Evaluation: 2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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

Final User Reviews

*Screenshot of D.P.S is old stage however the print outs I handed to sample group were of the latest versions of the pages, I had prepared this post before hand so that I could quickly fill in the results before posting.*

After finally completing my media product I asked the sample of young people in my target audience category to review my project once more to see what they thought of it. Overall, my target audience sample liked my spread a lot and the majority said they would buy it if they saw it so I do believe it is a successful media product as it does appeal to people aged 16 - 19.

Would you buy this magazine?
13/16 said Yes
3/16 said No

Do you think this is a successful media product?
14/16 said Yes
2/16 said No

Does this magazine look interesting?
12/16 said Yes
4/16 said No

Do you think that the models have been presented fairly, and not in an offensive or objectified manner?
15/16 said Yes
1/16 said No

Which is the most successful page?
8/16 said the D.P.S
6/16 said the Cover
2/16 said the Contents

Do you have any further comments?
5/16 said Yes *Below are some quotes from these*

11/16 said No

P1: "I think this looks like someone professional could have made it. My favourite page is the cover because it looks cool."

P2: "The magazine is actually good. I would definitely buy it."

P3: "I can't think of a weakness so I can't tell you how to improve it, but overall it's a good magazine."

P5: "It looks real. I really like it, even the way the article is written seems like it was written by a professional. There's nothing boring about your magazine."

Double Page Spread Feedback

P1: Female, aged 16, Year 12
This person suggested that my introductory paragraph was sized too small.

To resolve this issue, I made the font size bigger. This meant that I then had to edit my byline once more, I removed the date and made the yellow bars shorter to allow more space for the bigger text to fit in.

I asked my sample of 16 students to give me feedback once more and the results were very positive, I believe my double page spread is the strongest part of my media product as I received positive feedback from everyone in my sample. 

Contents page feedback

I once again presented the sample of 16 students at my school my media product and asked them for their comments, below is a selection of  some quotes on what 6/16 students responded.

P1: Male, aged 18, Year 13
"I think the photographs are good I really like the poses. The models all have an attitude that makes them look hard- just like they are supposed to if they are rappers."
"The articles look very interesting to me, I like that there is a wide range of topics even though they are all about music or musicians. It shows the writers creativity"
"I think it looks quite edgy and tough. It does look like a hip hop magazine to me because there are rappers down the side and her hoop earrings."

P2: Male, aged 17, Year 12
"This page looks really cool."
"My favourite thing on the page is the background, I like the triangle and the colours."

P3: Female, aged 16, Year 11
"The photos are really nice, I like that you have used different angles to get different pictures. It's like looking at a gallery."
"I think the genre is hip hop because of what the models are wearing, how they are posing and also because of what the text on the page says."

P4: Female, aged 17, Year 12
"I like the article titles they seem like they would be interesting."

P5: Male, aged 16, Year 12
"I like the lay out of the page."
"I really like the little splashes of red it makes the page more vibrant and less purple."

P6: Female, aged 18, Year 13
"I like it."
"The text is nicely put together."

Overall, I have found that my contents page does appeal to my target audience. They especially liked the colours, photographs and range of articles.

Final audience feedback for cover

I showed 16 students at my school the cover and asked them for their comments, below is a sample of  some quotes on what 6 out of 16 of them said in response.

P1: Female, aged 17, Year 12
"I like the colours and the half blue half pink looks cool."
"I would buy this if the articles inside were good, the cover would make me pick it up to check it out anyway though."
"I think it looks quite edgy and tough. It does look like a hip hop magazine to me because there are rappers down the side and her hoop earrings."

P2: Male, aged 16, Year 11
"Yeah I would buy it, it's got some of my favourite rappers on the cover."
"She looks cool but also like she has a lot of attitude. I think that's a good picture of her, it suits hip hop because everyone's supposed to look 'hard'."
"My favourite thing about the page is the picture I really like the effect it makes the magazine look different to others."

P3: Male, aged 18, Year 13
"I would definitely pick up this magazine in a store or something. I think it looks cool. It looks artistic but at the same time I can tell it's hip hop."
"I think this would cost around £4? I wouldn't mind because you said it comes out once a month and it looks like it would be good quality so it would be worth it for sure."

P4: Male, aged 17, Year 12
"It looks good I like it."
"The best part is the title of the magazine; in my opinion. I don't think I've seen a magazine with a title that goes down the side before so I like that, it seems creative."
"I would maybe buy it if I had money. It would definitely notice it though."

P5: Female, aged 16, Year 12
"This cover is really good I actually really like it."
"I don't really know how to improve it...Maybe add colours to the text instead of black. It looks nice like this though. Really professional."
"Yes, I would buy it. It looks unusual, I really like how you got the model to look at the camera she looks cool- like she doesn't care."

P6: Female, aged 18, Year 13
"I like it."
"The colours are good, the text is nicely alligned. I think it fits the conventions of music magazines well. Welldone."
"I don't know if I would buy it but I would probably pick it up and look inside."

I asked 10 more students at my sixthform and secondary, the answers were along the lines of those above. Overall, I have found that my magazine cover does appeal to my target audience. They especially liked the colours and the half/half effect.

First audience feedback for cover

"Would you buy this magazine?"
7/10 said Yes
3/10 said No

"Does this cover look complete?"
6/10 said Yes
4/10 said No

"What genre of music do you think this magazine is for?"
6/10 said hip hop
3/10 said R&B
1/10 said EDM

"Do you have any further comments or feedback so I can improve?"
5/10 said Yes
5/10 said No

Here are some quotes from 3/5 students that voted Yes.
P1: Female, aged 16, Year 11
"This is a good cover but I don't know if I think it looks real, as if it was made by a professional."
"I think to improve it you should change the writing size."

P2: Female, aged 18, Year 13
"It's a good first try but you can definitley improve it. The colours look too bright and it makes the overall cover seem kind of...cheap?"

P3: Male, aged 17, Year 12
"I like the picture. Maybe the writing is a little too close to her. But as a whole I like the page for sure."