Preliminary Task - Evaluation

Preliminary Task - Evaluation

Question 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge conventions of real media products?

My media product uses conventions of real media products as I have put the masthead at the top of both my home and contents page. Also, I have included images/pictures on both my home and contents page, which is another convention that real media products use. Also, another convection that I have included on my media product that has also been used on real media products is real life photos. I have not just gotten pictures of items that are related to my magazine, but I have taken real life photos with a camera of people posing for pictures to make my magazine look more friendly and safe.

Question 2. How did you attract/address your audience?

I attracted/addressed my audience by having a friendly colour scheme; I only used bright colours so that it would draw in customers, as they would look at bright colours and think it is a nice, friendly magazine. Also, another way that I have attracted/address my audience is with my photos. I told the 'posers' in each of my photos to have a friendly face on, e.g. a big smile, so that my audience would not be put off, and they would feel more safe reading my magazine.

Question 3. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt about many technologies from the process of constructing this product, one of them being how to use Photoshop. I did not know how to use Photoshop before I started this project, and now with the help of my teacher and peers, I now know the basics to get around using Photoshop. Another technology I have learn about is Prezi. Again I did not know what Prezi was, or how to use it before this project, but now I know exactly how to use it!

Question 4. What are the strengths and weaknesses of your final product?

The strengths of my final product are that use of text/images are used effectively. I have tried to used these two things together to try and portray my website, and to try and make it look attractive and friendly to my audience. Another strength is that my colour scheme is very friendly, therefore again attracting my audience to my magazine, to think of it as a nice, friendly magazine. Finally, another strength of my final product is that I think I have used the photos I have taken effectively to be used to their full potential. However, my final product also has many weaknesses. I have not used up all of the space as effective as I could on my final product, and so there are some blank spaces. Also, the layout of my final product could have been done better by me, and so it doesn't look the best it could be.