Jack Evans evaluated his media product by analyzing how he used, developed, or challenged conventions of real media products. He used Photoshop for the front cover because he was familiar with it, though placement of cover lines could be improved. Quark was new software and took longer to learn, limiting formatting options for the contents page. Overall, he followed conventions but has room to better challenge real magazines and learn new software.

1. Evaluation
By Jack Evans

2. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms of media real media
products
• I followed codes and conventions of real life products
• I took full advantage of them
• I developed my use of codes and conventions
• I didn’t make my cover stand out enough compared
to real magazines I need to challenge them more
• Although I followed conventions I didn’t follow them
correctly for example the cover lines cover too much
of the models

3. How did you use new media technologies in the
construction of your media product?
• I learnt how to use new products for example
quark and ones I was already familiar with e.g.
Photoshop
• I used Photoshop for my front cover
• And quark for my contents page

4. How did you use new media technologies in the
construction of your media product?
• I used Photoshop before the task therefore I
was faster
• I wasn’t very familiar with it this is because I
wasn’t used to placing items
• For example my cover lines are too high

5. How did you use new media technologies in the
construction of your media product?
• I hadn't used quark before so my contents
page is not at its best.
• For example it took me longer because I didn’t
know how to fit pictures and text in to the
boxes and this wasted time.

6. Strengths of front cover, Photoshop and quark
• I have used direct address and correct camera
shots
• Photoshop was familiar and I saved time
• I learnt new tools on Photoshop and it helped
• I followed codes and conventions
• Quark was hard to use but it was very helpful
when I had learnt

7. Weaknesses of front cover, Photoshop and
quark
• The cover lines covered too much of my
models and may put people off buying the
item
• At first Photoshop was hard to use and get
used too.
• I couldn’t use image boxes on quark

8. Strengths of contents
• I used enough images
• I used codes and conventions like putting in
columns and running text round images
• I also used features and regulars.

9. Weaknesses of contents
• The images are not all the same shape and
some are wrong
• I feel my options were limited
• I didn’t know the software so I had to repeat
work that I had made mistakes on.