Guide for Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms conventions of real media products?
· Use media terminology e.g. title block, central image, layout
· How did you stick to the typical layouts
· How did you challenge it? Why?
· Give specific examples

How does your media product represent particular social groups?
· Sub-cultures?
· Age groups
· Positive/negative
· A sense of belonging?
· Uses & Gratifications

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
· Name a company
· What other magazines do they publish
· Audiences
· Why?

Who would be the audience for your media product?
· Age, gender, interests, location
· Are they being catered for by other magazine? Gap in the market?
How did you attract/address your audience?
· Central image/mode of address
· Title block
· Colours/fonts
· Special offers

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
· Blogging
· Photoshop – list the skills you have developed


Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
· Skills audit
· Construction of images?
· Understanding of layout conventions
· How to attract an audience?

Evaluation Questions (1000 words)

Your evaluation must answer the following questions:

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

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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

Who would be the audience for your media product?

How did you attract/address your audience?

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

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Level 4 - A Grade Marking Criteria for Research

Level 4 16–20 marks

*There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience.

*There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.

*There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.

*There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning

*Time management is excellent.

Level 4 - A Grade Criteria for the Production Work

Level 4 48–60 marks

There is evidence of excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:

*framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;

*using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;

*shooting material appropriate to the task set;

*selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;

*manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and resizing;

*accurately using language and register;

*appropriately integrating illustration and text;

*showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;

*showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;

*using ICT appropriately for the task set.

Regarding Final Deadline

Will be

Tuesday 4th May.

Interim Deadline 2

Monday 29th March

The following MUST be on your blog:

1. Analysis of 4 J-Lo front covers focusing on the way the images are constructed
2. Research on Magazine publishers
3. Analysis of 2 magazine front covers
4. Analysis of 4 title blocks
5. Magazine proposal and questionnaire
6. Questionnaire results and conclusions
7. Post your possible title block designs and ask people to vote
8. Analysis of a contents page
9. Analysis of a feature article
10. Up to 1000 word feature article for your mag
11. Detailed layout for your pages
12. At least 10 photographs that you have taken for your magazine cover/contents/feature
13. Edited image for front cover
14. 1st draft design for your front cover
15. Edited images for your contents pages
16. 1st draft contents page

Remember that you should record all your planning too. This could include photographs of possible costumes, props, locations and settings. If you plan to use the theatre for your photoshoot you need to contact Mr Hitchenson in the music department.

Good luck!

Drafting of work

Please ensure that you post all your drafts. For example:
*page layout plans
*first draft with comments on how you will improve. I will also provide comments if you post this work.
*all good photographs that you take. You need evidence of your original images!