Magazines: Front cover production task - learner response

 Create a new blogpost called 'Magazine cover learner response' and complete the following tasks:


1) Add your finished magazine cover as a JPEG image.





2) Type up your feedback from your teacher. If you've received this by email, you can copy and paste it across - WWW and EBI. You don't need to include a mark or grade if you don't want to.

WWW: You have created and submitted a solid magazine cover that is definitely recognisable as Four Four Two and I also agree with your evaluation in terms of how it could be improved. The cover image is strong in terms of camera shot, direct address and pose – it is just lacking the football kit as you point out in your blogpost. I love the fact the image obscures the magazine title too – an excellent professional touch. The cover lines also read pretty well and tone/style is so important when it comes to creating an authentic media product.

EBI: One key issue is the size of the page – yours isn’t A4 portrait and is more square than the real Four Four Two magazine. It’s really important to get basics like that right when creating media products. Although the cover lines read well, they need to be positioned on the page in a more professional manner – for example, consistently right- or left-aligned depending on which side of the page they are on. There are also questions in terms of text size and what relates to the main story / cover image (e.g. who is the ‘rising star’? There is nothing to contextualise that or anchor the image). The red text on the cover isn’t always legible either and that is a crucial aspect of design.


3) Consider your mark against the mark scheme above. What are the strengths of your production based on the the mark scheme? Think about magazine cover conventions and the media language techniques you have used to communicate with your audience (e.g. mise-en-scene, camera shot etc.) Notice the focus on narrative in the mark scheme for Media language.

-the cover image is strong in terms of camera shot, direct address and pose and the magazine is recognisable as fourfour2

4) Look at the mark scheme again. What can you do to move your mark higher and, if required, move up a level?

a4 portrait and more similar to fourfour2 and answer the question of who is the rising star 

5) What would be one piece of advice you would give a student about to start the same magazine cover project you have just completed? 

one piece of advice is I would tell them to start the cover early to be able to adapt it and improve later on

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