Evaluation: Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you

feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full

product.

Looking back at my school magazine, I feel that my final media products for

my music magazine show a significant improvement. I have learnt how to

make my products look much better and also how to appeal to my target

audience. I am overall pleased with the outcome of my final products for my

music magazine and I think they represent the Rock genre of music well

and therefore appeal to my target audience.

The problems with the front cover of my school magazine are as followed:

-There is no background so the magazine itself does not get the attention from the audience.

- The text used is simple and does not vary meaning that nothing stands out to the audience

- The colour scheme is not constant, as it changes halfway down the page making it seem less organised.

- The title is not bold and does not stand out from the coverlines therefore becomes boring and dull.

- The main coverline is not eye-catching so does not attract any of the audience.

The ways in which I have improved my front cover for my music magazine are:

-I have made the title bold enough to stand out against the coverlines. Although the colour is still the same, I made it stand out with a different font to get the audiences attention

-The coverlines are organised and the titles are bold so the buyer can easily see what bands are in that month’s issue.

-Direct address and the right attitude from the main image means that it will be the main selling point of the magazine as this will really draw in the audience’s attention.

- I used a simple, yet eye-catching background which really makes my main image stand out.

Problems with the contents page of my school magazine:

- The colour scheme is not the same as the one on the front cover which makes it seem unprofessional

-There are not enough coverlines for the whole of the magazine suggesting the rest of the magazine is not very good either.

-There is too much space around the whole page which makes the magazine look a lot more boring

-The “Regulars” and “Features” are hard to distinguish from each other as they do not stand out

- There is only one image used on the page which could suggest the rest of the magazine will be just as bad, therefore a lose in interest from the audience.

The ways in which I have improved my contents page for my music magazine are:

-There is more than one image on the page, giving the audience a sneak preview in what is in the magazine and is also eye-catching.

-The content of the magazine has been organised into smaller sub-headings making it easier for the audience to find what they are looking for.

- I made sure I had way more features and regular this time around to fill up all the space that was left, without making it feel too cramped.

- I also did not use a colour background because I think it would have looked confusing with all the images as well.