You will need to hand in your completed coursework by the end of today's lesson. If your bus has been cancelled due to snow, you will need to hand in your work in on Wednesday instead. Please come and sign the hand-in sheet at the English office.
Ensure that you have included the following pieces of work:
- Research and Planning Powerpoint
- Magazine Product - Front page, Contents Page and Double Page Spread
- Evaluation
Some are struggling to limit their word count to 800 words. Make sure you are writing concise sentences which describe what decisions you made. Avoid vague sentences like:
I made my magazine colourful to catch the eye of my target audience.
This is not going to add much to your mark. You need to explain why colour appeals by referencing what you have learnt about your target audience. It would be appropriate to comment on conventions of colour or even connotations behind your chosen colours. By being specific about the effect on the Target Audience or the aesthetic appearance of your product you can justify your choices using media terminology in order to secure the marks.
I used bright primary colours for my masthead font to appeal to a younger demographic. The BBC's CBeebies magazine uses the same bright yellow colour to connote fun and happiness, something that parents are keen to promote for their children. Young readers enjoy bright colours as they are familiar with them from nursery and feel confident that they appeal to them.
This would secure many more marks, as it uses media terminology and fully explains appeal and the things you learnt from the pre-production research and planning stage.
Task: Improve your evaluation
- Highlight all of the media terminology words.
- Check your word count is less than 800 words.
- Say what you did, why you did it and the impact on the final product's success with everything you comment on.
- Cut out vague sentences.
