Evaluation

• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Key conventions of front cover- Headline, mast head, cover lines, full page image, and price.

Key conventions of contents- Images that link to the text, page numbers and text.

My magazine follows the conventions for the front cover as it has the price at the bottom right hand side, it has a mast head and cover lines, however it does not have a head line as there is not a main article.

My contents page follows the conventions of text and images that link, with page numbers although it slightly goes against convention because of the bright colours used.

Also shown in the examples above my magazine has one main image but the colour scheme and cover lines suggest that it is targeting both genders wheres as the left hand is not, its only targeting women. The left magazine overlaps text and the main image and this is quite common, i avoided this by putting the cover lines by the side of the main subject in the photo this allows the viewer to concentrate on the image and hopefully it will attract their interest.

• How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My magazine represents teenagers as it is written in an informal style with language that is relevant to them and it also talks about things that will interest them e.g. technology, new films, music and games. The magazine has an overall modern look and so will automatically appeal more to the younger age groups.

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

My magazine focuses on things that are interesting for teenagers that are boys and girls, whereas other magazines available do not do this. Also as it is a student magazines colleges would be the distributor of the magazine.

• Who would be the audience for your media product?

Teenagers aged between 13-19 both boys and girls; anyone who likes to keep unto date with films, music etc. I have tried not to stereotype teenagers although this may happen when they are a target audience, i have made the magazine so that it appeals to many people so both genders and a range of ages i have done this by mentioning different subjects such as politics, entertainment, technology and fashion. 

• How did you attract/address your audience?

The front cover uses very bright colours, written by teens for teens and so uses informal language and commonly used terms such as 'Uni' instead of university. The price is fair for what the magazine contains which is good as many of my targeted age group will not have jobs. Uses relevant images, and mentions subjects that are interesting to teenagers. i made sure i got some audience feedback: The audience liked the use of colour for my magazine as it is eye catching and looks modern which is suited to the overall subject of technology. They also liked my chosen draft layout although I changed it slightly  for the final front cover and contents page.

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

I have learnt how to edit colour using coral after taking the pictures with a digital camera at different angles/styles. I have used publisher to actually create the pages and rearrange text and images. Also i have learnt how to use a blog and its different features.