This document contains an evaluation of Rebecca Bowles' media product portfolio. It discusses the product's house style, color scheme, masthead, and layout elements like cover lines, images, and credits. It addresses how the product represents its target audience of 15-25 year olds interested in R&B music. The document suggests it could be distributed by magazines publishers like Bauer Media or IPC Media. It also discusses how the product attracted its audience through current artists, its eye-catching masthead, and cover image. The document reflects on technologies learned like photo editing in Photoshop and layout principles. It concludes with noting successes in consistent house style and images while identifying improvements in needing more images and adjusting the front

1. FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO
EVALUATION
Rebecca Bowles

2. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE,
DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND
CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

3. HOUSE STYLE
My house style is similar to the NME with 2 main bold colours for the house
style. Also the mastheads are similar both being bold and capitalised.
Colour Scheme: Masthead:

4. Masthead
Cover star
Cover Lines
Model Credit
Main Cover
Line
Barcode and Price
Additional Image

5. Secondary
Image Masthead
Direct
Address
Main List:
page
numbers
and titles
Additional
cover lines
Colour Scheme Cover Star
follows house
style

6. Branding
Cover Star/Direct
Address
Secondary Images
Pull Quote
Kicker
Design Masthead
Balance

7. HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT
REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?
It represents teenagers and or young adults aged 15-25 both male
and female who are interested in the R&B genre.

8. WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT
DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?
Bauer Media sells magazines such as Kerrang,
Heat and Q.
IPC Media sells magazines such as
NME and Uncut
&

9. WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR
MEDIA PRODUCT?
What Age Range Are You
In?
16-25
25-30
30-45
45-60
60+
Favourite Genres
Pop
RnB
Indie
Dance
Rap
Rock

10. Would you be more likely to
buy a magazine if it had a
free gift?
Yes
No

11. HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS THE
AUDIENCE?
I attracted my audience by using popular, current artists such as
Rihanna, Drake, J Cole and Nicki Minaj.

12. My masthead attracts the audience
as it is bold and eye catching.
My funky I used direct
image of the address on
Cover Star my contents
attracts the page to
audience. address the
audience.

13. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS
PRODUCT?
Rule of thirds:

14. Picture Editing:

15. I used Photoshop to brighten the image of the model. I
used the brightness and contrast tool. I then slightly
changed the saturation and exposure effect to make the
image more vibrant and to match the genre of the
magazine. I also cropped out any dead space from the
image.

17. LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT
DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE PRODUCT?

19. CONCLUSION
Success: Improvements:
-Consistent house style -More images needed on
- Images contents page
- Double page spread layout -Front cover layout