Evaluation

In what ways does you media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of school magazines?

My media product, the school magazine, challenges the conventions of usual school magazines firstly because of the image that I have used. Normally a school magazine may use a photo of a student or a group of students, however I have used a picture of the school building instead. The reason for this is because a photo of the school building links in with my anchorage text and cover lines so I thought it was appropriate to use the school building. Another aspect of my media product is the masthead. I have positioned the masthead at the top of the magazine because this is where it will be most visible and will be able to attract the most amount of people. This conforms to the conventions of a typical magazine cover due to most magazines having the masthead at the top of the cover to attract the maximum amount of readers. Another part of my magazine cover that conforms to the conventions of a usual school magazine is the colour scheme that I have used. I have used a lot of red, black and white which are all colours which are typical and bold and can be used to attract an audience, but not only to attract people but so that the audience reading the magazine find it attractive to look at. As well as this I have tried to link the colour scheme in with the colours of the school so that the magazine all ties together making it more recognisable. Another aspect of my magazine cover which conforms to a common magazine is the puff text that I have included in the corner of the cover. Magazines will use this kind of text to pull in the audience, and give them more of an incentive to pick up and read the magazine. They can also feel like they are getting something for free which will always appeal to people. Many magazine will use this technique as it is very simple but affective, and usually it is placed in the corner of a cover so that it is clear and will stand out.

Evaluation

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

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Who would be the audience for your media product?

I decided that the audience for my media product would be the students, ages 11 to 18. The reason I chose the students as my audience over the students parents etc. was because i believe a school magazine should be aimed to those who are going to be most interested and also affected by what's in the magazine. Also, if I were to aim the magazine at the students, I have a lot more content to put into the magazine which is suited to them, such as revision tips and guides, the new build of the school, help for year 7's starting school etc.

Second School Magazine Design

This is my improved school magazine cover. I have made all of the cover lines and the anchorage text larger so that they are clearer and stand out more. As well as this I have changed the colour so that they stand out more, but also so it stops the confusion of cover lines and anchorage text. So by making them different colours this stops the confusion. Also I have rearranged them to make the magazine look neater and more professional.

Self Assessment

For my self assessment I have marked myself 35, which is a D. I think that the things that went well (WWW) so far is that I used ICT appropriately for the tasks set and also I showed an understanding of conventions and layouts. However that I need to improve my photography skills and also I need to show awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text sizes. I will continue to do my what went wells but will improve on my EBI's to aim to get my target grade of a C.

School Magazine Contents Page

This is my school magazine contents page. I have kept it plain and simple because it is important that the contents page is not confusing as this is where the reader will go to find a certain page or article, so if this page was messy and hard to read, it is not doing the job it needs to. Also as this is a school magazine I have added images which are going to interest the reader 11-18 year old as they are involved with the school and things which are going to affect them so they will be interested.

First School Magazine Design

This is my first magazine design. I have included a masthead, cover lines, anchorage text, puff text and main image etc. My audience for this magazine is 11 - 18 years old, which is all the ages of students.