Friday, 13 May 2011

Foundation Portfolio

Presentation of Planning and Research
1. Annotation of 2 music magazines (front cover and contents page and double-page spread)


2. Detailed analysis of one music magazine; analyse the relevant four pages.

3. Analyse some student magazines

4. Prelim task and evaluation

5. Mock up of magazine and flat plan

6. Uses and gratifications of magazines

7. Proposal for magazine

8. Questionnaire

9. Results of questionnaire

10. Masthead with analysis

11. Magazine moodboard

12. Breakdown of institutional features


13. Screengrabs throughout of Photoshop and DTP

Construction

Magazine Front Cover

Magazine Contents Page

Magazine Double-Page Spread

Evaluation (Plus Feedback)

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
8. Audience Feedback

Monday, 9 May 2011

Student Analysis

College Magazine                                                                                                   

Breakdown of Institutional Features

Circulation Figures of Music Magazines January 2010 - December 2010

General Weekly Periodicals
1.Q         -  511,000 (General Monthly Magazine)
2.Kerrang - 404,000
3.NME     - 301,000

Magazine Analysis

Magazine Analysis

Masthead Analysis

Masthead Analysis

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Evaluation Question 3

Media Evaluation Question 3