Evaluation Of College

MagazineKATY BOAL

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and

conventions of real media products?

Masthead

Cover lines

Main

Cover

line

Barcode

Price

Direct mode of address

Puffs

Sublines

Masthead

Strap Line

Pull Quote

Main Cover Line

Coverlines

Barcode

Magazine

Title

Page Numbers Article

Information

Editors Note

Plug Ins

Main Image

Regular Articles

Page Title

Page Title

Main Images

Editors Note

Page Numbers

Article Title

Article Title

Article Information

Subscription information

Secondary Images

How did You use media technologies in the construction of your media

product?

I used a limited amount of colour on the front cover as typical magazines only use 2-3 colours. I also chose to use colours similar to those in the image.

Front Cover

I also added a stroke onto my text as this would make the text stand out to the audience.

I also added my barcode onto the front cover as typical magazines have the barcode o the front cover.

I also added a puff, as magazines sometimes use these as an incentive to persuade someone to buy the magazine.

Contents Page

I set the layout of my page as a 3 column layout structure as this is typical of real media products.

I added the regular content first, as these are the articles that will appear in each issue, therefore these would be most important to the audience.

I also put the second heading as ‘feature articles’, as in conventional magazines, they are separate from regular content.

I also put in an editors note as this is a good way for the magazine to connect with the target audience.

I also added social network links (plug ins) as the target audience is college students, therefore most of them would have access to sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

I aslo added an image to the contents page that was relevant to one of the articles.

I made the page numbers stand out by making sue they were the second largest text on the page, as this is where the audience will find the articles they are interested in

I also added article information, so that the audience will know what they can find in each article

I used black for the text as it was one of the primary colours on the front cover. I did this as magazines have a strict colour scheme that they follow throughout each issue.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of both the product and you’re use

of media technologies?

Strengths

I already knew how to use Photoshop, so I was good at manipulating the image I wanted to use and add text to the image.

I learnt how to add images to the front cover, such as the barcode.

I was good at adding effects onto the text to make it stand out more.

Weaknesses

I could of added a pull quote, as this would have given the target audience a taste of what to expect in the article.

I could have added a skyline, as this would have made the page look more professional.

I could have changed the size of some of the cover lines, as this would make the most important ones stand out.

Front Cover

Contents Page

Strengths

I followed the conventional 3 column layout of contents page structure

I separated the feature content from the regular content as this is a typical convention of magazines

I included a main image.

Weaknesses

I could of added more images as magazine contents pages typically have more images than text

I used the same colurs font, I could of changed this to make it look more professional.

I could of included images of the Twitter and Facebook icons into the social network links to make them stand out.

Action Plan

I will add more images to my contents page as this will make it look more

professional, and it will look more interesting to the audience as it wont be

dominated by text.

I will add a skyline to my front cover, as this will also make it look more like

a professional magazine front cover.

I will also change the font and text styles as this will make it look unique

and stand out from other magazines.