Evaluation of the preliminary exercise.

1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of a school magazine?

-My magazine uses a medium close up image which is very conventional for magazines of its type.
-I used some conventional fonts for the more unimportant information on my cover and contents page whilst using unconventional fonts to highlight the more important information so that they get all of the detail needed.

2) How effective is the front page of your magazine in focusing on the ethos of the school?

- My front cover is effective in focusing on the ethos of the school as it shows as the main picture a student in smart uniform dressed appropriately, this shows the schools strict uniform rules and how they are followed by pupils.
- Secondly the small picture on the bottom left shows a student working hard on a computer, this reflects and focus' on the hard working side of the school.

3) What have you learned from your audience feedback?

- One person who looked at my magazine cover and contents page commented on the blandness of the contents page compared to the front cover, I have learned that I need to add more to the contents page so that it does not go from a lot going on to a little going on.
-The same person also commented on the amount of detail used in both pages, I have learned that I need to explain more on points and contents of the magazine.

4) How did you use media technologies in the construction and research planning and evaluation stages?

- First of all I researched existing magazines by using the internet and other school websites to see what they have produced this gave me a good idea of what to add in my school magazine.
- Secondy i used fireworks to produce my product, fireworks allowed me to manipulate and create relevant images and shapes in order to complete my product.