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Evaluation & Tuesday 12 January

Now that you have all completed a first draft of the evaluation and received feedback your next task is to complete a more detailed draft for each question.

Email me a copy of your drafts. No need to wait till you've finished all of them - it's better to email one or two at a time. In your draft please also indicate which technology you are planning to use to answer the question.

In terms of word length there isn't a minimum or maximum for each question. Some questions you'll have more to say than others. I would say at least one side of A4 is a rough(ish) guide, though.


Pool F for our lesson on Tuesday 12 Jan remember to:
Export a copy of your final magazine pages onto your blogs.
To do this:
File
Export
Save as Type =  Jpeg
Export Spreads
Change the quality to higher settings e.g. quality maximum / resolution 350ish
Export

Then upload as a picture file on to your blog.

I will check these on Tuesday evening so please ensure your work is uploaded during the lesson.

Evaluation Question Seven

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from

it to the full product?

This question is all about your skills development. Compare your music magazine with your 

student magazine and identify areas that you feel that you've made real improvement in.

Student Examples 

http://indiajonesmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/evaluation-question-7.html

http://holliegittins.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/question-7.html

 

Evaluation Question Six

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

You could take a picture of the different technologies you've used e.g. camera, tripod....etc

Drop the image onto your blog and annotate it, adding all the programs and other technology you have used as screengrabs and what you learnt about it/from using it. Your written text need only be minimal. You could include reference to all the online and computer programs you have used such as flickr, blogger, facebook, indesign photoshop, vimeo, scribd, slideshare etc. 

Please don't just list the different technologies - you must explain the strengths and weaknesses of ALL of the different technologies that you have used. 

Student Example:

http://natalieclarkelcas14.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/evaluation-question-6-final.html 

Q6 eval from Emily Ratcliff

Evaluation Question Five

How did you attract/address your audience?

Analyse your magazine pages and explain how you've created them the appeal to your target audience.

It's a really good idea to get some audience feedback on your final magazine pages. Print out your magazine, fold it so it looks like a real world magazine then ask your target audience what they think of your competed magazine - video their responses too! 

Student Examples:
http://indiajonesmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/evaluation-question-5.html

http://emzrat.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/evaluation-question-5.html

http://sashasmileysmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/question-5-how-did-you-attract-or.html

http://katiethomasasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/question-5.html

Evaluation Question Four

Who would be the audience for your media product?

You need to provide a really detailed profile of your target audience. You can refer to your pitch and / or your audience profile blog post.

This handout should help you frame your response:

 

 Add some depth to your audience profile:

http://www.uktribes.com/

http://tribes.channel4.com/

Student Examples:

http://indiajonesmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/evaluation-question-4.html

http://beaawoodland.wix.com/evaluationquestion4

http://katiethomasasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/audience-profile.html 

Evaluation Question Three

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


Here you need to refer back to your pitch. Which institutions already publish magazines like yours?   

Or perhaps you might mention an institution that has a gap in the market. Why would a company want to publish and distribute your magazine – what does it offer? What is it's Unique Selling Point? (USP).

A really detailed (excellent) Soundcloud response:

http://katiethomasasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/question-3-what-kind-of-media.html

Some other good student examples: 

http://sashasmileysmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/3-what-kind-of-media-institution-might.html

http://laurenboltonlcas14.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/evaluation-question-3-what-kind-of.html

http://matthewhopkinslcas14.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/final-evaluation-question-3.html


 

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

Evaluation Question Two

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

This question is quite tricky as it involves you putting some critical distance between you and your magazine.

Firstly, consider the different social groups you have represented in your magazine. Think in terms of:
Age
Gender
Social Class
People who are associated with a particular music genre.

Then consider how you have represented them. Have you represented them in a stereotypical way? In a way which conforms to dominant ideology. Put very simply is the representation fairly typical for the social group - is it repeated and reinforced throughout the media. If not you have challenged the stereotype and produced a representation which suggests more of an emergent ideology - something more positive....

You need to explain how you have constructed the representation through elements of media language - be really technical e.g. shot type, mise-en-scene.

Why did you construct the representation in this way? E.g. to appeal to your target audience? To conform to the expectations of the institution that's going to publish your magazine. For example you maintained dominant ideology as you magazine is published by a mainstream institution who would not want to risk their profits by producing a product which challenges or rocks the boat!

Question 2 from katiess07

Some links to other very good responses to this question:

http://brontewoodlandlcas14.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/evaluation-question-2-draft.html

http://jackgreenlcas14.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/evaluation-2-how-does-your-media.html

http://natalieclarkelcas14.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/evaluation-question-2-final.html

http://megkielylccw13.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/evaluation-question-2.html

Evaluation Question One

For this question you need to consider how far you've:

• Used the conventions of music magazines e.g. made a magazine which has followed the rules / it looks like real world magazines.

• Developed the conventions e.g. used some conventions but not all of the time.

• Challenge the conventions e.g. purposefully defied the rules of magazine design.

One approach is tackle each of your magazine pages individually and identify instances where you've used, developed or challenged conventions. Alternatively, you could analyse key features and compare them with real world examples of magazines. There is no model approach. But however you decide to answer the question you need to explain why you made those decisions and in addition to this reflect on how successful then end results have been.

Evaluation Q1 from indiajonesmedia

Question 1 from katiess07

Evaluation: Question 1 from chessromeo

The Evaluation

There are Seven Evaluation questions

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

2.     How does your media product represent particular social groups?
 
3.     What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
 
4.     Who would be the audience for your media product?
 
5.     How did you attract/address your audience?
 
6.     What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
 
7.     Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

 

The Evaluation  is marked out of 20

The Mark Scheme

·        Excellent skill in the use of appropriate digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.

·        Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production.

·        Excellent ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.

·        Excellent understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.

·        Excellent ability to communicate.