Evaluation of the Project

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

My cover uses the media conventions of real covers by having a header, main picture and subheader. The contents page uses the conventions of the real contents pages by showcasing a list of the items in the magazine in an orderly fashion as well as conforming to those magazines that might not be so regimented.


How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My products represent the social groups of parents and teachers by providing a respectable cover that showcases the wonder of the school throughout the years and is disciplined in its approach instead of a cover aimed towards the students that would invariably feature a more haphazard style, common with most young minds.

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

I'd like to think that an institution of ordered, schoollike magazines would distribute my product as I believe my product reflects, simplistically, standards set my many of the competitors in the media world.


Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my media product would be the parents of students and the teachers as it is a respectable school magazine which is normally read by the parents rather than by the students. Therefore the style of the cover was chosen to reflect the target audience, if it had been students, I would have gone for completely different stylistical choices such as brighter colours and more modern phrasing for the subheading, as it was parents and teachers I felt the antique style reflected this target audience.

How did you attract/address your audience?

I addressed my audience by making sure my choices would reflect that. In order to check this, I asked my parents and grandparents for their opinion to which they stated that a simplistic feel with little clutter would appeal to them more, whereas a garbled cover definitely appeals more to younger kids.

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

I have learnt how to use photoshop on Macs as well as InDesign and IPhoto, skills that I am sure will become useful again as this course progresses. I have also learnt how to use digital cameras in order to take clearer and better photos, how to edit photos and how to manipulate the photo to achieve what I want. Furthermore, I have learnt how the Macs work and feel confident using one again soon.

Audience Feedback

When I showed my cover to family they said that they liked it's simplistic styles and sepia tones but felt that some aspects could've been improved, which in hindsight I feel that they are completely correct. However, despite these minor grumbles, I feel that I made this project at the best of my abilities at this time as I'm still learning new skills and next time I am sure that I'll be able to do a lot more than when I first started the year.

In Conclusion...

It has been a lot of fun doing this project as well as a lot of hard work and I can only hope that my perserverence with this has paid off in my end results. I look forward to the next project and feel that I can leap at it with both hands!