Evaluation of construction

1. Evaluation:
IIn whatt ways does yourr mediia prroductt use,, devellop orr challllenge fforrms
and conventtiions off rreall mediia prroductts?
In my magazine I have used the conventions of a masthead, the left
third, a cover line and a main image and these are all things that I saw
commonly in market research. The cover line of my magazine is along
the base of the cover, which is a development on the main cover line
being next to or directly related to the masthead. For the text on the
cover I applied a glow overlay to make the text a lot more readable
against the background. I contained most of my information within the
left third and did not go against this convention as I felt that keeping the
text on the cover in mostly one area kept it looking a lot cleaner than if
the text would be spread out over the cover as I had saw in one of my
real media examples.
I kept a consistent house theme across the cover and the contents page,
following the same red/white colour scheme and banner layout. I used
the same font for the masthead and also the header of the contents page
to differentiate it from the other text on the page. I could have looked
into finding ways to make the other text more interesting in terms of
font and design but I did not due to time restraints.
I used the convention of a large main image as the background of my
cover, which I had seen done in my real media however those images
were of people whereas I used a location, in this instance the sixth form
building.
How does yourr mediia prroductt rreprresentt parrttiicullarr sociiall grroups?
My magazine mostly represents the Sixth Form in quite a general way,
with no particular representations of groups other than it just trying to
appeal to Sixth Form students. Somewhere I would like to improve if I
were to do the task again would be to find ways to represent more
groups within Sixth Form rather than just the Sixth Form itself.

2. Whatt kiind off mediia iinsttiittuttiion miightt diisttrriibutte yourr mediia prroductt and
why?
The magazine would be distributed by the Sixth Form itself to the students
as this would be the easiest way for the magazine to reach it’s intended
audience.
Who woulld be tthe audiience fforr yourr mediia prroductt?
The audience for the magazine would be Sixth Form students, age range 16-
18 who attend Nicholas Chamberlaine.
How diid you attttrractt//addrress yourr audiience?
I tried to have a somewhat modern design to suit the 16-18 year old
audience the magazine is aimed at. The masthead and cover line are
both in a modern font, I also decided to change just ‘Sixth Form’ into
‘6ixth Form’ as a more interesting way to title the magazine. The content
of the magazine is geared towards being Sixth Form relevant so that it
suits its purpose for the audience, of giving them information and pieces
relating to the Sixth Form. I tried to have a range of information with
things relating to fashion and art that may appeal to different students
interests but if I were to do the project again I would try to have more
content aimed specifically at certain interests to attract the audience
with those interests more.
Whatt have you llearrntt aboutt ttechnollogiies ffrrom tthe prrocess off consttrructtiing
tthiis prroductt?
I have learnt a lot more about using Photoshop to create media like this, such
as finding fonts, manipulating and adding borders to images, manipulating
text and overall just general photo-shop skills. I used slideshare as a way to
upload my R&P and Evaluation, something which I had also not done
before.