This document provides a preliminary evaluation of a media product: 1. It compares the forms and conventions used in the student's media product to real media products, noting similarities like a masthead and date line, but also differences in layout and design choices. 2. It analyzes specific pages like the cover and contents page, pointing out similarities and differences in elements like image placement, use of color, and styles of text layout. 3. The student learned about technologies needed to construct the media product through the process of creation, gaining insight into design principles and formats of real media.

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PRELIMINARY TASK
EVALUATION
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.

2. * In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
THE FRONT COVER (SIMILARTIES)
DATE LINE
MASTHEAD
LIST OF CONTENTS

3. * Differences between front covers
AGAINST
The position of the
masthead on my cover is
more spread out. It is not
just in a small section of
the page. This is more
likely to catch the
attention of my target
audience because it
stands out more.
The use of
different sell and
cover lines. This
is so my magazine
it relates
intimately with
my target
audience. The
students of the
college.
The use of
colour. There is
more then two
colours being
used on my
colours to make
it look vibrant.
Or active like a
student normally

4. *
THE CONTENTS PAGE
The text layout of
the date and
contents in the top
left-hand corner.
The main image is
to the left of the
page and quite big
to show one of
the main features
of the magazine.
The use of a list of
features to show the
significant new
articles. Also a list of
a regular articles to
show original content,
is still available
The use of
subordinate images
to illustrate other
articles in the
magazine.

5. * Differences between contents pages
The
background of
my contents
page is
coloured
green. To m
make it stand
out.
The variety of
images used.
The other
magazine images
vary some are
black and white
some are
coloured. Mine
are all the same
graphically and
do not vary as
much.

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