Notes From Looking At Others Blogs

Claudia Carr AS Media Blog

• Labels different parts of the evaluation in separate blogs
• A mixture of of different media e.g. video, writing, prezi
• DON'T DO 'DEATH BY PREZI!'
• Try out different front covers (drafts), making them different, then evaluate which works best
• If making a video with writing, make sure the slides are timed long enough to read
• Compare and give both images of the prelim task and the drafts of the music magazine before showing the final magazine
• Insert some images of sections of the magazines that show which parts you believe have progressed the most
• Time management? How well did I cope?

How did you attract your audience?

• The Masthead and Tag line - add images
• The positioning of these
• Conventional themes?
• Sell lines and Bursts (there to attract an audience) (promotional offers)
• Describe your target audience (what you said in previous blog)
• The main image
• Double page spread
• Enigma code (makes the audience question whats going on)
• Pull quote (maybe add this to the double page spread?)
• Conclusion

What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing?

• Macs/laptops (don't just have a picture of a Mac - boring, maybe me working at a Mac?
• Pixlr/ Adobe Photoshop
• Talk about things that have gone wrong, how did I solve them?
• Safari
• Blogger
• Prezi (explain why you have never used it before, was it difficult?)
• My camera  Canon DSLR/school camera
• Did i enjoy it?

Who would be the audience for my product?

• Socio-economic group
• Age (picture of friend?)
• Gender (NRS website?)
• Ethnicity
• Lifestyle (how they socialise)
• Who isn't? (images?)

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

• Definition
• Gender
• Style model (Q)
• Colour scheme? Why did you chose that colour?
• Age - how is it represented? Negative stereo types of young people? Do I go against that?
• Ethnicity (people more likely to listen to a similar ethnicity as them?)
• Class (price on the front?) (free tickets to get other classes involved)
• Lifestyle (model representing the age and lifestyle)

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

• Who I want to distribute and where do I want it to be sold?

In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challenge forms...

• The front cover style models (Q)
• Contents page (follows conventions? Colour scheme kept?)
• Double page spread