Final piece evaluation

In what ways does your Media product use,develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My media product includes many conventions of a real college magazine, such as a masthead, price, bar code, issue number and date of distribution etc. It has a medium close up of two rugby players as the main focal point. Also with the main image being rugby players it anchors to the masthead "Vocation". It also has an advertisement for NUS at the top right of the magazine.
How does your Media product represent a particular social groups?
The main and most important social group that the magazine represents is Wyke college students, also sports students within the college as the main image is of rugby players, this making it more appealing to this group.
What kind of Media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The main media institution that would distribute my magazine would be Wyke college itself, distributing around the college to the students and teachers.
Who would be the audience for your Media product?
The main audience for my magazine would be the students of the college, also teachers, visitors, parents and guardians. Anyone linked with the college.
How did you attract/address your audience?
I aimed to attract and address my audience by giving the magazine a pretty simple layout, making the main focus the medium shot image. I put sub headings on my magazine that i knew students would be interested in such as the wyke college party and the rugby charity fundraiser, yet keeping these sub headings short so as to make the consumer want to read on. I could have made the font i used a brighter colour to stand out more against the background image as it can be difficult to read.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Through designing and constructing my magazine i have left a lot about the technologies. I have learnt the many different conventions of magazines that i would have to include and also how to create them so as they appeal to my target audience. I have had more practise on things such as photo shop and Microsoft publisher which has widened my knowledge on both of these, hopefully helping in the production of my future products.
Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I feel i have learnt a lot more about the conventions, styles and topics of magazines and this will help me in creating my music magazine. I have also learnt how to use different programs better and more effectively on the computer such as adobe photo shop etc.