Evaluation Questions

AS Foundation Portfolio Evaluation

The evaluation is an important part of the Foundation Portfolio. You must evaluate and reflect upon the creative process electronically using your blog.

In the evaluation the following seven questions must be answered:

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?

Double Page Spread Task

Write a draft of the article for your double page spread.

The article should be completed on Word and printed out for proof reading.

Deadline: Tuesday, 3rd February 2015

Example of Draft Cover Page

Music Magazine Planning Deadline

You will need to create rough drafts of your cover and contents page by the following date:

Monday, 19th January 2015

 

 

You should present your rough drafts using Prezi or Slideshare.

 

Remember to focus on the details on your pages by annotating your work carefully.

 

Take photographs of your rough drafts and explain the decisions that you have made about content, layout and design.

Research and Planning

Foundation Portfolio

Research and Planning

Tasks

 

1. Complete your analysis of music magazines. (3 x covers, 3 x articles, 3 x contetnts pages)

 

2. Carry out audience research and post on your blog:

· You must create a questionnaire in order to carry out market research about your target audience.

 

3. Evaluate the findings of your audience research and post them on your blog. – e.g. Slideshare.

 

4. Create a mood board for your magazine.

 

5. Create an audience profile for your magazine.

 

6. Create a draft plan for your music magazine pages.

· Masthead

· Fonts

· Cover-lines

· Image plans

· List of contents

· Etc.

 

7. Create rough design drafts of your magazine pages.

 

8. Create all the images for each page of your magazine.

 

 

Deadline: Friday, January 9th 2015

Coursework Deadlines

Main Task

Coursework Deadlines

Preliminary Task – 7^th November 2014

Research and Planning – 5^th December 2014

Main Task: All Music Magazine Pages – 6^th March 2015

Main Task Evaluation – 24^th April 2015

NB – The final deadline for all the elements of the coursework to be completed and uploaded onto your blog is:

1^st May 2015

School Magazine Covers