This is my evaluation for my AS Media Preliminary Task.

1. AS Media Studies Preliminary
Task Evaluation
By Lizzie Mitchell

2. Front Cover Similarities
When making my front cover, I tried to use
all the usual features a normal magazine
would have including:
Masthead + Header
Cover Lines
MCU of a person using the rule
of thirds
Price in a flasher
Footer

3. Front Cover Differences
The main image on the Kerrang front
cover is very different to mine. My
image is of a friendly student who
represents most of the population of
the college. The Kerrang image has
frowning men which creates a more
tough, unfriendly look. I didn’t want
this for my magazine because I wanted
it to appeal to my target audience.
The colour scheme on my
magazine is blue and purple to
represent the college colours and
look appealing to all genders. The
Kerrang cover has blacks and reds,
which are more masculine colours,
and fit with the genre of rock. My front cover has no
barcode, because it is free
so it is not needed.

4. Contents Page Similarities
Magazine Title with Contents
Images of Students/image relating
to magazine.
Features with page numbers
Editors Letter
Features separated with different
headings

5. Contents Page Differences
No magazine title
Editors Letter – mine is
on the right hand side
and Kerrang’s is at the
top
Several Images were
used in Kerrang with
page numbers
relating to that
feature next to it
Colour scheme is bright and eye-
catching in mine, and Kerrang’s is
white, yellow and black which is
more subtle.

6. The technology
Adobe Photoshop
One of the main programmes we learnt how to use was
Adobe Photoshop. We used this for image manipulation so we
could make the students in our images look more like models
to suit our magazines. Before this task, I had never used
Photoshop before, whereas now I have a fairly good
understanding of how to use it to manipulate images.
Adobe InDesign
Another program we used was InDesign. We used this to put
together our contents page and layout our front covers. Again, I
had never used InDesign before this task, but now I am
confident in using it to create and edit magazine pages and
laying out structures of pages.
Digital Camera
I had to use a digital camera to take photos of the
students, then upload them to the computer before
manipulating them in Photoshop.

7. Stages Of Development

8. Evaluation
I think I did relatively well in this
task. I had a good, bold colour
scheme that ran throughout my
contents page and front cover,
and the same font, so I had a
good house style. I tried to make
it look professional by adding a
header and footer to my front
cover, and using as many cover
lines as I could to fill the space
without overcrowding. I think I
manipulated the images well in
order to make them suitable
for a College magazine. I thought my layout on my contents page was clear and easy to
read, and it was easy to find all the right information.

9. Peer Evaluation
• I asked my peers to evaluate my Front Cover and Contents Page. Heres the feedback
they gave me;
The feedback was constructive; they said they liked
my images and clear font on my front cover, and the
way I had blurred out the background.
To improve, they said I could have made the
Masthead stand out more, as it wasn’t very eye
catching or memorable. I could have also used more
cover lines to fill the dead space.
For my Contents Page, they said it was bright and
easy to read, with a consistent house style and
good detail. However, the bright colour scheme
wasn’t to everyone's taste, so I could have used
paler colours to attract more students. I could have
also used a few more images and a few more
features/page numbers to fill the dead space.