Evaluation

In what way does you media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of media products?
My school magazine challenges the form of convention by being a landscape magazine rather than portrait. This is because it suited the low angle medium close up shot I took. Due to it being a landscape front cover it appears to resemble a photo more than a magazine. The masthead is bigger than it would be on a normal magazine which challenges the convention I wanted the masthead to stand out which was also the reason why the model had green eyes. I have also not included a bar code due to it being a school magazine; the school does not have the facilities to scan the barcode and the students who will be purchasing it will not have to buy it. With all that has been said which challenges the convention there are the normal elements that would be in a magazine such as covelines and it has a sell line. The fact that it does not have a issue number also challenges the convention of magazines; the reason for this is there wasn’t a need to have one for a school magazine in my opinion as it is not something consumers would want to keep track of in case they missed a issue or wanted to browse for a specific issue. The contents page does not contain any images and uses one type of font. This challenges the conventions of magazines as the contents page normally has images showing topic which will be shown in the magazine. I have used page numbers to direct the audience on what type of editorial content will be shown on that specific page. The colours which I have used on the content page are the same as the colour scheme used on the front cover. I did this to keep a relationship between the front cover and content page.

How does your media product represent certain social groups?
I think the target audience for my magazine will be students who are entering the school as it contains certain items which appeals to them such as the school map or clubs/activities which they can join. The parents of the students may be interested in the magazine but it is mainly for the students to get an idea of what the school has to offer and the views the students who have been there for a while have. Parents may be interested in the magazine to see where they can purchase the uniform or to see what other students thought of the school. What kind of media institution might distribute you media product and why? A school would distribute my magazine due to it being a school magazine specially made for that specific school. They would distribute the magazine on a term or year basis. This is because I don’t think a school would be able to run a weekly magazine that was free so a term or yearly one would be more convenient and affordable for them.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The front cover of the magazine shows a person about the age of 15 upwards; this was used to exclude people beyond that age as it is aiming for a specific age group. I wanted to show that the school was one which allowed students to be an individual which is why the person on the front cover is not wearing a uniform.

What have you learnt from technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt that in order to make things stand out the use of computer programmes such as Adobe Photoshop help this to happen i.e. the green masthead and green eyes which was included to help the masthead stand out. Although I did not use other tools such as the Magnetic Lasso Tool when doing other practice tasks I found that they could be very helpful in removing some unnecessary things which are included or things which you don’t think suites the image. Overall I think I have learnt that editing is a key feature which help the overall product look good and takes the most time for this process to happen.