Task Brief

For our AS Media Studies coursework, we were asked to produce a front cover, a contents page and a double page spread for a new music magazine aimed at our chosen audience. As well as create, we were asked to research and plan for our music magazine to ensure that it suited our chosen genre and audience well.

Completed Front Cover

Completed Contents Page

Completed Double Page Spread

Ongoing Production log - Entry 22

Today I checked through all my coursework to ensure I had everything on my blog and also, I wanted to make sure all my work was to a high standard and was in chronological order. I made any amendments and I then decided to upload my rejected photos so that my examiner knew why I chose the photos I did and why I didn't choose others. This I feel was a successful part of my project because I was able to make a decision as to which photos suited my audience and genre and which did not. However to improve I will take more photos with different backgrounds as one problem I found with my current photos is that they all had quite similar backgrounds hence showing how I would improve my images.

Ongoing Production log - Entry 21

Today I managed to complete all my evaluation. Looking back at my process, I feel that I chose suitable formats because they are all creative and different hence they make my blog look really interesting and individual. They also all use different ICT skills and they all use different software; some of this software was new to me thus again showing how they were suitable formats for me to use because I managed to learn new things and gain new skills which I can use in the future. As well as this, some of the questions were easier to do and others I found rather challenging and difficult because it required further research and effort. Overall however I feel that my evaluation was a successful part of my process because I managed my time effectively and I created a creative and interesting evaluation which I can now publish on my blog.

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