Evaluation

EVALUATION CRITERIA
Candidates will evaluate their work electronically. This MUST contain an element of audience feedback and may be either integrated with the presentation of the research and planning material or may be presented separately. Where candidates have worked in a group, the evaluation may be presented individually or collectively but the teacher must allocate a mark according the contribution/level of understanding demonstrated by the individual candidate.

The questions that must be addressed in the evaluation are:
1.In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2.How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3.What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4.Who would be the audience for your media product?
5.How did you attract/address your audience?
6.What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7.Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Level 4 16–20 marks
Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production.
Excellent ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.
Excellent understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.
Excellent ability to communicate.
Excellent skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation

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

Some of the main conventions that I have included are a bar code, price and a date for the magazine. I tried to make these realistic by researching it beforehand. I have created a house style. I included an advert, which is a big convention of a magazine. I have included page numbers in the same colour at the bottom of every page to make it look professional and to stick to media conventions of a magazine.

 

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

The social group that would most likely be interested in my magazine would be average teenage girls that is interested in gossip and music.

 

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

I think that Bauer media would distribute my magazine as they also distribute Q magazine and Mojo magazine. I have looked at both these magazines closely and have even emulated them in some parts. I used the black and white theme of Q magazine on my second double page spread. I used the layout on Mojo for my front cover with the white text spread out across the picture to let the audience know who it is.

 

4.Who would be the audience for your media product?

Mostly teenagers and considering my interview it is most likely to attract girl’s attention more.

 

5.How did you attract/address your audience?

I included an advert that would appeal to them. I wrote an interview that I believe they would be interested in and would like to read. I focused my main article on one famous individual that may appeal to that age group.  People have commented how they like the layout of the second double page spread and they like the individuality of the contents page.

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

I have learnt a lot about Photoshop and Indesign. I learnt how to use photoshop and different effects on the program through practice with my preliminary tasks. Indesign I found very easy to use and extremely useful when it came to adding my text and continuing it on to the next page.

 

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

I have learnt how to direct a photo shoot to get the picture I want. I have learnt how to use various tools in photoshop in order to get the effect I was looking for. I have also learned how to use the column tool in Indesign so it is easy to continue on to the next page without cutting anything out.  I have learnt how to set out a magazine front cover and make the contents page interesting. I have learnt how grid references work and how to stick to them. 

I decided to keep the image mostly on one page with it just going on to the next. I put more writing on this one as I think it makes it more interesting. I also kept the quote as i think this deffinatly encourages the reader to read the whole article if the quote is good. Kept the questions in a differeent colur to the answers as it makes them stand out more but I didn't put them in red as this is a very demanding colour and attracts all the readers attentionwhere as I want the reader to focus more on the image.

I also created the double page spread. I just added colour to the one above but used the same effects.

More Ideas for my Double Page Spread

I created another Idea for my double page spread. This time I went for something that is simple but effective. I think as there is less things going on the page looks less crowded and the main focus is on the image and the only writing on the page. I put the quote in a bubble so it stands out and and encourages the reader to read the whole article. I got the image off the internet and took the quote from the real article.  I put the name of the artist in different size font as I believe it makes it stand out more. I also kept the colours to just black and white so it is even more simplistic.

I created this one just as the one above apart form I kept it in colour but not vibrant colours. I think the quote from the interview really stands out a lot on this one.  

Double Page Spread Design Idea

I created a template for my  double page spread by using the article I will use in my real thing and using images of the internet of musicians and bands. I decided to include a lot of writing of the interview. I used a main image as the centre piece as this is the first thing the reader will look at.  I also included other images so the page looks interesting and easy to read. I put the questions in a different colour as i wanted them to stand out from the answers and also to make it clear to the reader which is which. I created this in ID. However I have no included a house style. 

Brainstorm

These are my grid references.

In order to think of a good magazine name that people would remember. I typed into a search engine the word 'music' and collected all the words associated with it. I then chose the one i liked the most, this was 'Tune'. I think it is short and catchy.

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First of all I tried out my name of the magazine in many fonts to see if I could create a eye catching logo. I then chose my favorite two and tried them out on a magazine and just put my new logo on top of the old one in order to see if it looks good. I then chose the 3rd picture as I believe this is the most eye catching and memorable.  

Fashion

I have researched in too what girls in bands or girl bands wear on stage and in public so I can dress my model accordingly.

Baggy tops are very popular with girls who are in bands and girl bands. Wearing baggy tops with skinny jeans and heels is popular and what most of the new up to date bands are wearing.

I have looked at many music magazines and the most common thing I have found is that girls who are in bands tend to wear skinny jeans with heels. I believe this is because it is the most up to date fashion item and wearing heels with them gives you stage presents.