AB3 - EVALUATION

AB3 - EVALUATION:

After completing the production of your magazine, you should summarise the process and assess your success in a written evaluation. The word limit is 800 words – significantly more or less will mean you drop marks. Some questions to help you evaluate your work are outlined below:

• What is a magazine? Start off by giving a definition.
• What is the name (and what are the connotations) of your magazine?
• Who will your magazine appeal to? Age, race, gender, occupation, social class, etc.
• Where can your magazine be bought / read? Don’t forget to justify why it would be sold in these places.
• A vicarious audience might read the magazine for free in places like waiting rooms / libraries / youth clubs. How will you make the magazine appeal to new readers (who might buy it from then on) such as these?
• Which company would publish your magazine and why? Research companies such as EMAP and Bauer (anyone who publishes a similar magazine to yours).
• What programmes did you use to create your magazine and what media skills did you develop?
• How did you appeal to your target audience on the cover?
• How are people usually represented in magazines such as yours? Did you reinforce these representations or subvert them?
• How did you choose to organise your contents page?
• Why did you choose to create the feature you wrote for your magazine?
• Did you follow a house style from an existing magazine or create your own layout? Why?
• What would you do differently next time?
• What have you learnt about the magazine industry as a whole?