1. Preliminary Task
Evaluation
Scarlett Rowe

2. Questions
1. In what ways does your media product
use, develop or challenge forms and conventions
of real media products?
2. What have you learnt about the technologies
from the process of constructing this product?

3. COVER AND CONTENTS
OF MY COLLEGE MAGAZINE

4. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
SIMILARITIES (COVER)
DATE LINE
MASTHEAD
COVER LINES
MAIN IMAGE
(Rule of Third)
BARCODE

5. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
DIFFERENCES (COVER)
Red magazine masthead is
only in the top third but
College Experience covers
two-thirds of the top.
Red magazine’s main photo is
a mid-shot, whereas College
Experience has a medium
close-up.
Red magazine has a tagline
underneath the masthead
but College Experience
doesn’t.

6. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
SIMILARITIES (CONTENTS)
Both labelled
contents at the
top of the page.
Page numbers
stated next to
info about article.
Both use smaller
images at the side
of the contents to
illustrate article
info.

7. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
DIFFERENCES (CONTENTS)
Rock Sound includes
the magazine title at
the top of the page.
The layout of Rock Sound is
more professional looking
and includes more graphics
and design.
More articles and
pages included in
Rock Sound.

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

9. Digital Cameras
• Buy using a camera I could make sure that my cover image was
medium close up (MCU).
• I kept in mind the rule of thirds and made sure that my masthead
and eye line for the main image was kept in the top third as much
as possible.
• I picked a professional looking photo to make sure my cover looked
as good as it could.
• I used the camera to take images of the college to be used
in my contents. I took a range of images that shows
students/ readers what they can expect from the college.

10. Photoshop
• I used Photoshop to correct
red eye on the student on my
cover to unsure that the
photo looks professional.
• I used drop shadows on all of
my text to make it stand out.

11. InDesign
• I used the InDesign to
generate the same colours
used on the cover and to use
the same fonts.
• I set out the smaller images
as I thought was appropriate
to make sure that the
contents looked up to
professional standard.
• I kept the words and numbers
in set columns to keep the
page clear and neat.