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Centre Name: NORBURY MANOR BEC
Centre Number: 14343
Candidate Name: ISHLA OWUSU
Candidate Number: 9533
Unit: G321

Final product

My front cover

My contents page

My double page spread

Evaluation 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Here are the images from my preliminary task (left) and my final task (right and below). In this Soundcloud MP3, I am talking about the contrasts between the two tasks and what I have learnt and what I could have done better.

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

I used Serif Movie Plus to create this movie. It was very easy to use.

Evaluation 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

I started off by using an app called educreations (top). This app allowed me to record my moves whilst annotating. However, it did not allow me to upload it onto YouTube so I used another app on my iPad called 'Vittle'. This app had a 0:01:00 minute time limit so I felt restricted when annotating,

Evaluation 4: Who would your audience be for your media product?

Most of the models on my magazine are males. Because of this, I think my magazine is more suited for the male audience as they have a lot they could relate to. However, I could also argue with this because it could be mainly for females who are interested in these male hip hop artists and what to get to know more about them. It's like this... More men would be reading a magazine full of female models in prerogative underwear. And more women would be reading a magazine full of handsome topless male models!

I used Serif Movie Plus to create this video. It was really fun using this programme and I feel like my editing skills benefitted me also.

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

Harris Publications Inc. is an American consumer-magazine publisher in New York City, New York that publishes over 75 titles, including Juicy, XXL, King Dog News, 0-60, Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement, Small Business Opportunities, Men's Workout,Exercise & Health, Celebrity Hairstyles, and many more. Seeing as they are based in New York, this means that it is distributed over a large amount of places. I would like my magazine to be a part of this as Hip Hop is a very popular genre. My magazine would have to be well known just like XXL and King magazine. 

King is a monthly men's magazine geared toward African American and urban audiences. It features articles about hip-hop and R&B as well as sports and fashion. The magazine is published by Harris Publications and was a spinoff from XXL.

My magazine would be distributed in a shop like WHSmith as this shop sells magazines from every music genre. 

On the WHSmith website, I checked to see if they sold the magazine that my product is based on and inspired by. As the XXL magazine is sold here, I think it would be appropriate for my media product to be sold here.