EVALUATION OF PRELIMINARY

STUDENT MAGAZINE

MEGAN WARD

1. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT, DEVELOP OF CHALLENGE THE FORMS AND CONVENTION OF MEDIA PRODUCTS?THE SIMILARITIES OF THE FRONT COVER

Bold masthead

Model for main images

Cover lines to the side

Reference to the genre of magazine

THE DIFFERENCES OF THE FRONT COVER Date line and edition

Puff

Barcode and price

Medium shot

Anchorage

HOW I FOLLOWED THE CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF THE FRONT COVER?

I followed the codes and conventions of a front cover because my masthead is at the top of the front cover and not placed somewhere else. The cover lines run along the side of the front cover , which is a convention of a magazine. I included a puff to advertise the magazine because it was the magazine first edition so it needed another selling point. The puff is a discount code for Costa that applies to the target audience, Solihull Sixth college students, because the canteen has a Costa. The main images is of a model that is reference to the educational genre as the model is college student. This is a code of magazines that means the target audience will know the magazine is aided at them as they would relate to the model and the Mise-en-scene of the main image.A convention I used on the front cover was an edition number so the reader would know how long the magazine has been running and a date line to inform the reader that the articles are relevant.

*features of magazine

HOW I DEVELOPED THE FORMS AND CODES OF THE FRONT COVER?

*features of magazine

I developed the form of using a medium shot on the main image so I could include more of the background of the college environment. I did this so the target audience would know the magazine was about the college as they would recognise the surroundings used. This development adds to the college Mise-en-scene.

The code of using an anchorage to explain of the main image , I did not include as I wanted to use a model of a college student but my main article was general guide to the Sixth form made by the students. Therefore, using a college student as a model was important but there is not direct referencing to the main image.

COMPARISON WITH THE DRAWN DRAFT.

1. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT, DEVELOP OF CHALLENGE THE FORMS AND CONVENTION OF MEDIA PRODUCTS?THE SIMILARITIES OF CONTENTS PAGE Contents

title Picture with

page references

Page numbers

Different colours for different articles

THE DIFFERENCES OF CONTENTS PAGES No date

Paragraph instead of

small sentences

No website

The page numbers are before the subtitles

Multiple pictures for contents. Not one

main image.

HOW I FOLLOWED CODES AND CONVENTIONS WILL THE CONTENTS PAGE?

I followed the codes and conventions of magazine while I was making my College Days contents page. One way I did this was I used direct address in the contents page to attract the college students as it makes the target audience feel like the magazine is personally important to them. I have also used page references on the pictures which is a convention of contents pages as it helps the reader to relate the pictures to correct articles and visualise the articles. Another code I used was I placed the content page in chronological order , this code is extremely important because it means that reader can easily find the articles they want to read.

A convention I included was using different colours for different articles. This means that the page is visually exciting and the reader is able to tell the difference between each article. This makes the content page easier to navigate.

*features of magazine

HOW I DEVELOPED THE CODES AND FORMS OF THE CONTENTS PAGE?

A code I changed was putting the page numbers in front of the subtitles of the articles. Instead I put the page reference behind the article subtitles.

I did not include a website because the magazine was on it’s first issue , so there was no need for a website.

*features of magazine

COMPARISON WITH DRAWN DRAFT.