TASK 11: Planning the Evaluation

Task 11

·         Draft / plan evaluation answers

·         Evaluation – Chance to explain what you did and why, also what you learnt

 1. Media product = your magazine

Real media products = published magazines (case studies)

Forms + conventions = the things that are typical & expected
Font + sizes + housestyle + colours

Contents
·         Subscription
·         Contents
·         Editors note
·         Branding
·         Regulars
·         Features
·         Images

Cover

·         Masthead
·         Coverlines
·         Barcode + date + issue + price
·         Cover star + main cover line
·         Skyline

DPS

·         Cover star or star – big image
·         Q + A / Interview
·         Logo (branding)
·         Subheading

So – to answer – does your magazine follow/use these conventions or does it rebel (challenge) the conventions?

2. How does your magazine show (represent) the target audience (social groups)
Cover star – Costume and props

Is it a teenager? - Respresents age of target audience
e.g. colours to appeal to…
e.g. language used
e.g. actual contents + listings of features

Demographics - Ways of splitting the audience
Class + income
Internet
Age
Gender
Ethnicity

 

3. Media institution = publishers (people who make the magazine)
Distribute = getting it out to readers - e.g. Shops, mobile versions, websites etc

Explain your choice (of publisher) – So far e.g. they don’t have a magazine like it…
Say why

4. Who is your audience?
Look at target audience from pitch

Can create a “typical reader” profile – Gender, age, ethnicity, taste in music, occupation (e.g. Student), class + money

5. How did you address / attract your audience? Attract = Draw people in

Visuals – colour image + model

Language + writing

Coverlines + text

Address = how you speak to audience

e.g. Strong for teens – inference/ not formal language

 

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

What you have learnt and which bits used for e.g. Photoshop for cover + illustrator for masthead:
·         Indesign
·         Illustrator / Photoshop
·         Blogger
·         DSLR Camera + studio
·         Prezi
·         Internet research
·         TimeToast
·         Server Monkey
·         Video Cameras

 

7. What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

College magazine = (cover + contents)

What have you learnt
About magazine conventions + publishing

Technologies?