This document evaluates a media product by analyzing several of its components: - The color scheme and fonts are used to make the magazine unique and highlight important parts. - A full bleed image on the cover gives focus to the model and what content will be about. - The target audience of teens interested in music is represented through an image of a music group. - Learning technologies like Photoshop and using a digital camera took practice but improved skills. - Reflecting on preliminary work, skills have increased in using software like InDesign and Photoshop, but further improvement is needed to make images clearer.

1. Evaluation

2. In what ways does the media
product develop or challenge forms
and convections of real media
products?

3. Color scheme:
Strap or cover lines: Set color scheme to make it unique. Full Bleed Image:
Used t give a brief enlarged , the top
but clear insight on half of body is
other features that always placed in
will be included in front of the
the magazine. masthead, giving the
reader focus on the
Manipulation of Fonts: model. Model is
From the cover of the portrayed giving
magazine there are direct eye contact to
different types of font the reader, which
sizes used to highlight tells the reader what
the most important the main content of
part if the magazine. the magazine will be
about.
Masthead : Date/ Issue:
Clear, short and Barcodes:
This is to simply tell the
sharp which makes By including a barcode the
reader when the
the magazine magazine portrays a more
magazine was
memorable for the professional look to the
published, moreover tell
audience. Fonts size customer, giving an insight
new readers weather
is large and bold. that the product being
the magazine is a
bout is worth value.
monthly or weekly issue.

4. How does your media represent
particular social groups?

5. NDubz is a great representation to show which
target audience my magazine will be attracting.
From the picture on the left we are presented with
a group of mature teenagers who were living in the
less wealthy areas. They did not have regular
income but still had passion for music

7. What kind of media institution
might distribute your media product
and why?

8. Why Bauer?
• Largest privately owned publishing
group => Great Profit income
• Worldwide, offering 300
magazines in 15 countries =>
Great accessibility to customers
• Has ownership of TV, Radio
stations and the websites =>
Popular, magazine has more
chance of becoming successfull
Built around together the biggest names on the
magazine stands such as FHM, Grazia, and Heat, and
not to mention the Bauer Media radio and TV
networks.v

9. Who would be your audience for
your media product?

11. How did you attract / address
your audience?

13. What have you learnt about
technologies form the process of
constructing the product?

14. Using a Professional Digital camera was a
struggle for me, as I wasn’t aware of how Microsoft word was very simple
it should be held and how I could get to to use I used the software since
the features e.g zoom. I have improved the age of 5 so no difficulties
but I still feel that I need more practice. I occurred during my time of use.
learnt to focus the lens and to set the This helped me produce my
scene for the particular environment. E.g interview, and double page
during my photo-shoot with Bluey I had spread.
to set the scene on 16 for “bright light”
Photoshop was one of the software's in
which I had never used. It was a struggle
using the features to edit the PowerPoint again was easy to
pictures, but got more easier to use use, the software was mainly
when I practiced using it at home. I used to create my slideshows
learnt how to add layers and how to use for my evaluation.
the crop tool when removing the main
image from the brick background.
Using In-Design was one of the
software's which I found easy to
use, the features were similar to
Microsoft word. I learnt how to use Word press was one of the most
the alignment (guideline) tool which difficult blogs to use. I had to
helped me keep my text look make multiple attempts to put
professional. my blog up and also had
difficulty in finding my work
Photo gallery, was very simple to use I which kept me behind at times.
have the software at home so I didn’t
learn any new skill using this.

15. Looking back at your preliminary
task, what do you feel?

16. During the preliminary task my skills were not adapted to the stage in which I 'am currently in. As my skills of using varied
software's improved, I was able to create a double page spread, using most features on “In design” and create an advert
using “Photoshop”. I still feel that there is much more room for improvement as my images are still not as clear as I would
desire it to be.

17. During the preliminary task my skills were not adapted to the stage in which I 'am currently in.
As my skills of using varied software's improved, I was able to create a double page
spread, using most features on “In design” and create an advert using “Photoshop”. I still feel
that there is much more room for improvement as my images are still not as clear as I would
desire it to be.

18. During the preliminary task my skills were not adapted to the stage in which I 'am currently in.
As my skills of using varied software's improved, I was able to create a double page
spread, using most features on “In design” and create an advert using “Photoshop”. I still feel
that there is much more room for improvement as my images are still not as clear as I would
desire it to be.