G321 Media Studies Evaluation

G321 Media Studies Evaluation Alexandra Jonczyk from Alexandra Jonczyk

Final product

Feedback on coursework response

I am very pleased with the feedback i have received from my teacher. This feedback helped me as now i know what can be improved in my magazine in order to make sure that it is successful. At the moment my only improvements are to do with spelling errors (lack of capital letters in some places) and adding more content to my Q&A article. Every other criteria from the mark scheme has been met, meaning that i am on the right track to making my magazine successful. The genre of the magazine is determinable, which is important as the audience need to be aware of the genre straight away, my teacher has spotted that the genre is rock, which is correct. I am also very pleased with my contents page as no improvements have been suggesting, which means that my contents page has everything it needs to have. To improve it a little, even though this wasn't suggested, i might add a couple more features as in my research i have discovered magazines such as kerrang to have many features in the contents page. My front cover is 'generally fine' but in my opinion i need to improve the main headline and see if i can make it look more realistic. I am happy with the use of the colour yellow but i possibly need to look around for a different font for anchorage text (i think it doesn't really match any other font in my magazine). My interview lacks in content therefore i need to add more information. Another thing, is that i want to change the intensity and brightness of the red colour in the article as i think it is too bright. Choosing a darker red colour could be more effective as it wouldnt be as contrasting.

Feedback on coursework (from teacher)

This is the feedback i received from my teacher about the final draft of my magazine:

1. All elements - front cover, contents page and double page spread - have been submitted
2. there is a minimum of four photographs
3. essential conventions have been applied: dateline, price, URL, bar code
4. The immediate genre of the magazine is determinable - Rock genre
5. Front page cover lines (main/supporting) are consistent with the contents page
6. There are enough features to the contents page 
7. The double page spread page numbers correlate with the contents page
8. the font size is 8/9
9. Some capital letters are missing

Front cover: Generally fine

Contents page: No improvements suggest

Double page spread: Interview lacks content

organisation: final draft survey responses

I have asked my audience if they think that the Q&A article on the double page spread is long enough. 14% said that it is not, therefore, i have to consider adding a bit more Q&A's to the article in order to satisfy all of my target audience.

All of my audience said that there are enough features on the contents page, therefore the contents page matches the amount of things the audience want to see in the magazine.

All of my target audience have said that the magazine matches the target audience of teenagers and young adults, which means that the magazine is suitable and can attract people of these age groups. This means that the magazine can sell and make profit.

This shows me that i may need to put more cover lines on the contents page, as 43%, nearly half, of my target audience has said that there aren't enough cover lines on the front cover. Furthermore, adding more cover lines can help me get rid of any negative space which makes the magazine look less professional.

All of my target audience have said that the front cover picture is effective. I think that the use of the guitar, darker clothing and make up helps to build up the rock theme of the magazine, making the picture contribute to the theme. The picture could be effective in showing the darker music of the band as well as creating cohesion in the magazine in terms of the magazine having a rock theme.

All of my target audience have said that they like the red and black colour scheme, and have said that it is suitable. This is good as is the target audience like the design on the magazine they are more likely to be interested in it and buy it. The red and black also contribute to the rock theme of the magazine as these colours are usually used on rock magazines (as shown in my similar product research).

All of my target audience have also said that the black and red colour scheme help to build up the rock theme of the magazine. This enables the audience to automatically see that the magazine has a rock theme.

organisation: Final Draft Survey

i am going to hand out this survey to my target audience of young adults and teenagers in order to see if the final draft of the magazine matches their expectations. This is important as the magazine needs to appeal to my target audience so that it can interest them, and then sell. It is important to know what my audience think of the magazine at this stage so i know what i need to improve in order for the magazine to be appealing to the target audience. If it does not appeal, it is less likely to interest them and less likely to sell. Along with the survey i am going to show my audience printed off pictures of the final draft so they can look at the magazine and assess it at the same time.

organisation: What i think needs to be improved about final draft

• the main cover line - i think i need to work on the main cover line a bit more to make it look suitable. I think right now it looks somehow effective, but for it to give the best effect of attracting the eyes of the audience on the magazine, i need to look around for more colours and font styles.
• Front cover picture - i think this needs to be made bigger so it appears as the biggest and boldest on the page, there is still a bit too much room between the cover star and the masthead
• selling line - i have added a selling line but i need to work on it's placement underneath the masthead so it fits the theme of the magazine, i also need to explore fonts for this
• contents page - there is still negative space in the contents page that i think needs filling with more features