Evaluation

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

In my magazine I used a masthead, coverlines, central image, pugs, puff, hose style. A front cover needs to include a masthead, coverlines, central image, puffs, pugs, serif, sans serif, brand identity house style, mode of address etc…

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

The social group I represented for teenagers, the colours and pictures are eye catching for teenagers.  The language I have used is informal so it was wrote more towards teenagers as teenagers wouldn’t want to read something with formal writing. The images I used stand out and would attract teenagers because they are related to teenagers’ lives. Also the text I use stand out to teenagers.

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

A company would want to distribute my magazine because its for teenagers and it’s for teenagers that like pop music and gossip, many music magazines are about rock music. There aren’t many about pop or drum and bass, or about nights out and parties.

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

My magazine would be for teenagers mainly for more females, the age would be 16-21. They would be students in college or at the beginning of university.

5.      How did you attract/ address your audience?

I included lots of pictures in my magazine to make it attractive to the audience. The front cover had to stand out because it’s the first thing the audience see. I had a big pictures on the front cover so people would see it straight away. It doesn’t have that much text on the front cover but its enough for the audience to want to keep reading the magazine. The contents page has three photos on it that stand out and make the audience what to read on and read the stories.

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

I have used blogger, indesign, Photoshop, digital camera. I have learnt how to used Indesign and how to play around with the things on it. Also I never went on blogger before and I learnt how to post things on blogger.

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 use programs more and how to make a magazine look more like a magazine than a poster. I’ve also learnt about how to attract the audience more.