1. AS MEDIA UNIT G321
PRELIMINARY TASK-
COVER AND CONTENTS OF A
COLLEGE MAGAZINE
PRELIMINARY TASK
EVALUATION EXAMPLE
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms
and conventions of real media products?
2. What have you learnt about the technologies from the
process of constructing this product
BY JACK LOACH

2. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
THE FRONT COVER-SIMILARITIES
Masthead
Cover Lines
Rule of thirds
background
Main image
Barcode/
price/website
BY JACK LOACH

3. DIFFERENCES WITH FRONT COVER
The use of different
sell and cover lines.
My college magazine
The sell lines help
catch the readers
eyes and persuade
them into getting it.
The main image of a
student also helps
catch the audiences
eye.
The bold and bright
colours I‟ve used
will further help
draw the attention of
the reader.
The use of a medium close up
and a friendly, warm smiling
face will appeal to all students
as they almost will feel invited
to read it.
BY JACK LOACH

4. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP
OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA
PRODUCTS? CONTENTS PAGE
Initial of
magazine
masthead
Highlights
front cover
features.
Text layout of
„contents
making it easy
to spot the
pages you
want
Uses sub
headings to
help reader‟
The use of
columns
makes it
structured and
easy to read BY JACK LOACH

5. DIFFERENCES WITH CONTENTS PAGE
The choice of
contents within the
magazine, adding
a wider range and
also making it
easy for all readers
to understand
By using more than 1
image, it is easier to
give the reader an
idea of what is within
the magazine, and the
caption explains the
image. On the other
hand, the black and
white image in
drummer, looks very
sophisticated and
perhaps for the main
task I could use such
a technique to
enhance my magazine BY JACK LOACH

6. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE
PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT
Adobe in design
and photoshop;
The use of moodle to gain creating
resources. documents on a
double page
spread, and
changing images
Digital
cameras; shot
types, angles.
The preliminary task has taught me a lot about
the various technologies available and I will be
BY JACK LOACH
carrying these through to the main task

7. Using the digital camera, i could ensure that My
image was an MCU which dominated the frame. I
also left space at the top for the masthead and I
observed the rule of thirds. Really I should have
moved the image more to the right so that the left
third had more space for cover lines. I told the
model to smile and look happy!
I use Adobe
Photoshop to make an
ordinary student into a
“model” for a college
magazine.
This is how I used photoshop to manipulate
the image so that it will appeal to a large
audience:
•I changes the brightness of the picture so
that the model would stand out more and
people would be drawn in by the friendly face
•I also used the red eye tool to make my work
look a lot more professional
BY JACK LOACH

8. I made a box at the top of the
USING IN-DESIGN FOR MY CONTENTS PAGE page that was the same colour
as the front cover with the same
text so that there is a familiarity
throughout the magazine.
I made shapes that all interlink in the background
which gives the contents a modern edge. One
problem is that some of the writing does not fit the
box and therefore makes the contents look slightly
unprofessional.
I did use columns and I think I used text quite well. I
also experimented with colour to add variation. I
think Indesign was quite hard to use because I’ve
never thought about the design/layout of a page
before and this has helped me to understand how
important this is
BY JACK LOACH