Plantsbrook magazine improvements from first draft- Evaluation

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

It challenges conventions of school magazines as the majority of magazines are in colour, however my approach was to create a black and white school magazine to express the professionalism and simplicity of the school magazine. The black and white approach was to be creative as there are not many school magazines out there that follow this style and may draw attention because it is completely different and innovative. It is a form of media product as it's purpose is to deliver and provide information about the school, containing up coming events, general information and a student friendly atmosphere and raise awareness for Plantsbrook school.

1. Who would be the audience for your media product?

My audience for my school magazine would be targeted at upper school, Year 11's to Year 13, as the addition of my magazine aims to support and give information about what to do after GCSE's, university and apprenticeships and is student friendly

1. How did you attract/address your audience?

I used a bright red masthead to attract readers attention, my cover lines contains the contents of this issues magazine that are relevant and relatable to students of this age category in everyday life

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

I have learnt different functions on Fireworks, e.g. the magic wand feature that can eliminate unwanted area. The use of importing images and changing it by using the filters provided to add shadow effects and used different websites e.g. cool text to use to create my masthead, this also allowed me to use bold outlining to make the masthead title more strong and powerful.