Magazine front cover - Learner response

 1) Add your finished magazine cover as a JPEG image.

2) Type up your feedback from your teacher. If you've received this by email, you can copy and paste it across - WWW and EBI. You don't need to include a mark or grade if you don't want to.

WWW: Shymia, you have produced a satisfactory front cover for a Vogue magazine. You demonstrate satisfactory examples of media language through your choice of narrative (humble fashion icon), colour scheme and typography choices. These elements have been selected to communicate clear meanings throughout the product and would be recognisable to the intended audience.

EBI: Firstly, your masthead is somewhat different to the original, I think, yours is quite narrow and closely spaced compared to the original. Secondly, it’s too high and needs to be brought down to mirror the original design of their magazines. Finally, I know you went for a minimal front cover, I do think some more cover lines would have made your front cover stand out more. 

3) Consider your mark against the mark scheme above. What are the strengths of your production based on the the mark scheme? Think about magazine cover conventions and the media language techniques you have used to communicate with your audience (e.g. mise-en-scene, camera shot etc.) Notice the focus on narrative in the mark scheme for Media language.

Strengths:

-Satisfactory front cover

-Use of media language

4) Look at the mark scheme again. What can you do to move your mark higher and, if required, move up a level?

-Making sure my masthead is correct

-Better cross media production

5) What would be one piece of advice you would give a student about to start the same magazine cover project you have just completed? 

Ensure you know and understand all the fonts that are used within your media product