Q. 4,5 & 6

1. Evaluation
Kate England

2. Questions 4 & 5

3. Reader Profile
• This is Sophie Guerin who enjoys listening to
pop, soul and R&B
• Sophie is 17 years old and is in sixth form at St.
Peters high school and works at her local pub
• Her favourite artist is Rihanna
• Her idol growing up was Whitney Huston due
to her and her mum listening to her whenever
they could
• Sophie enjoys listening to other artist and
bands such as Beyoncé, Ne-Yo, Jennifer
Hudson and The Blacked Eyed peas
• The last album Sophie bought was Beyoncé's latest album ‘Platinum Edition’
• Sophie love going to concerts as much as she can but can be hard finding time between work
and sixth form
• Sophie’s last concert was Christina Aguilera’s last concert tour in 2006
• But Sophie loves finding new bands/artist in her area whenever she can to find new music and
interesting bands/artist

4. Target research
• For my target research I asked a couple of my friends and
family what sort of magazine they like to buy, how much they
buy them for and how they purchase them
• Most of them said they enjoy Q magazine but did enjoy
others such as Billboard, Rolling stone and vibe
• Most of them bought them at their local shop but a few did
say they would be up for paying for a subscription
• The magazines are £3.70 but can get a subscription for a
whole year for £30 roughly
• I also asked them what they liked
in a magazine
• Most of them said they liked bold
writing, clear images and colour
schemes
• Others said they liked having
popular artists/bands but liked
new artists that are upcoming
Colour scheme
Clear images
Bold writing

5. Question 6

6. The technology I used
• For my music magazine I used lots of different
hardware and software
• The hardware I used was key as I needed to get the
right technology so I could get the best quality
• The camera that I used to take my photos was the
Nikon D3100 Digital SLR which was easy to use and
gave out good quality photos when I was shooting
for my magazine
• Another piece of equipment I used was the
horseshoe which triggers the flash on the strobe
lights
• The room/studio we used had strobe lights called
Hemisphere 300
• Which lit up the model I was using to get the best
light possible

7. The technology I used
• When I had taken a photo I used sort boxes to disperse the
light and give it a softer tone
• I also used a white back drop to make my photo’s easier to
edited if I wanted to change the background for the photo I
had taken
• Also so I could get a clearer image and better light
• The light also had the same timing as when the photo
was taken which made the image have to darkness or
any shadows depending on the angle
• This make it easier to edit the image after I uploaded it
to Photoshop
• Some of the software I used was Firefox
• PowerPoint
• YouTube
• Slidershare and Wordpress

8. The technology I used
• For the computer I used an iMac
• I had never used an iMac before but found it easy to
use as it was all nice and simple
• To upload my images from the camera to the iMac I
used a SD Card which I put into the iMac
• This then was on my iMac for my to save then use in
Photoshop
• I also used other software for my magazine
• These all helped me make my magazine to best
possible standard I could
• I learned how to use Photoshop well which helped
me create my cover and contents page
• Another program I used how to use was Adobe
Illustrator CS5
• This helped my create my article
• It helped me create the right layout and how
everything would fit on the magazine