AS MEDIA UNIT G321AS MEDIA UNIT G321

PRELIMINARY TASKPRELIMINARY TASK

COVER AND CONTENTS COVER AND CONTENTS OF A COLLEGE OF A COLLEGE

MAGAZINEMAGAZINE

PRELIMINARY TASKPRELIMINARY TASKEVALUATION EXAMPLEEVALUATION EXAMPLE

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

2. What have you learnt about the technologies from the 2. What have you learnt about the technologies from the process process of constructing this product?of constructing this product?

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

products?products?

The Front Cover And Its SimilaritiesThe Front Cover And Its Similarities

Masthead

Cover Lines

Dominant Image [rule of thirds] & Plain background

Barcode/price/website

Differences within the front coverDifferences within the front coverThe two covers differ in audience readers, as my own magazine is to do with college lifestyle and has a student as its from cover model, whereas the ‘Red’ magazine is more celebrity based and has celebrities as its front cover model.The use of different colours was also used to attract all types of readers, wit any gender and age. Both magazines used different colours too as they both have different target audiences.I have used a male student

for my front cover shot which is also a medium close up. He is there to show a representation of the college. However the other magazine is more style based so it has a long shot to show the whole image of the two celebrities which represent the ‘Red’ celebrity lifestyle.

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

products? CONTENTS PAGE