final draft contents student mag

final draft front cover student mag

Some Edited Photo's For front cover

Evaluation Student Mag

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

• I have put a picture of a fellow student on the front and that is what often features on the front cover of a student magazine
• The colours used are bright to give a friendly vibe
• The image itself is of someone who is smiling so that the readers feel like they are being welcomed to read it
• The cover lines used are of relevance to what a student would want to read about
• Not too complicated to navigate
• The contents is not too crowded and the features are put under headings so it is easy to navigate and they can get straight to the feature they want.
• On the contents page I have used images as well as text to show what is featured in the magazine

 How does your media product represent particular social groups?

• The cover lines I have used are aimed at my audience as they are subjects that a typical student would want to hear about
• I have also put an offer on there to win tickets to Alton towers theme park, this is something that teenagers are generally interested in and find exciting. If I aimed this at older people it may be free spa treatments or tickets to a concert or performance for example. 
• The language is informal as teenagers generally do not want to read a formal piece of text in their student magazine. 
• Image of student is of the same age range as individuals who would read the magazine

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


 As many colleges already have student magazines available I would have to show how mine would be better. Having a vote carried out by the students would show if my magazine would be suitable to publish or whether the students are already happy with the service they are already getting from their current student magazine.


 Who would be the audience for your media product?

• 16-19 years
• Male and females although females may be more inclined to buy the magazine.
• They like socialising with friends and college bashes. 
• They will have an interest in their college
• They will have an interest in their studies and how they can get extra help
• They would like to know information about universities
• Some may have worries about ema

 How did you attract/address your audience?

• It is eye catching with bright colours
• Images appeal to the audience
• I would make it neater if I did is again and use a different colour scheme and maybe add more images of students
• I made it affordable as my audience are students

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have used publisher and gimp. I have learnt how to use them more effectively however I believe if I had more skill in these then my magazine would have looked a lot more professional. For my final task I aim to better my skills in these programmes.

First draft front cover

Contents

First draft contents page...

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