Evaluation of Preliminary Exercise

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of a school magazines?

In my magazine I have used a conventional shot of a medium close up. I used this because it will stand out on the page making it the centre of attention. The mast head I have also positioned in a conventional way due to it being at the top of the page. This is because it is important for people to see the name of the magazine so will be one of the first things the audience will see.

 

2. How effective is the front page of your magazine in focusing on the ethos of the school?

The front page of my magazine is effective on focusing on the ethos of the school because it shows a student at hard work on a computer showing that the school has a hard working ethos. Also it shows a picture of a person kicking a football. This shows the school has a sporty and healthy lifestyle to its ethos.

 

3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?

From my audience feedback I have learned that it is best to cover as much blank space as possible on the cover of the magazine. This is to make it seem less dull and so the magazine gives more information out to the audience. Also I have found out that the fonts which I have used are suitable due to them being easy to read so therefore the audience will not be put off by strange fonts making it hard for them to read.

 

4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

I used Macromedia Fireworks whilst creating my cover and contents pages. I learnt when constructing these pieces of work many new effects such as cropping images. I used this so that the picture which was cropped fitted into the magazine page making it look more professional. This is a good tool to be able to use due it making your pictures on the magazine look like they fit better on the page and gives it a more professional look. Another thing which I learnt was importing fonts. I imported the font which I thought would most suit the magazine cover to give it more of a professional look, where as if I had just of used a random font it would have looked out of place and unprofessional due to it maybe not suiting the style of which the magazine is.