Tutor feedback for magazine front cover analysis task

--------OCR Cambridge Technicals in Digital media Unit 3: Creating a media product

Student Name:  Theo Bebbington    Class:     12x              Minimum Target Grade for task:    Pass         Personal Target Grade for task: Pass

Assignment: KTA 1: Analysis of a magazine front cover  

Task interim Key Tracking Assessments	Work to complete	Yes/No ✓/✗	P	M N/A	D N/A	Feedback and Upgrades Required to reach a … grade (TEACHER TO FILL)	(SELF ASSESSMENT) What do I need to do to complete the upgrades? FILL IN THE BOX BELOW IN RED
KTA 1: Analysis of a magazine front cover	Analysis of a magazine front cover of your choice to include: Denotation (key conventions) Connotes (effect on the audience/ genre of the magazine)	- x	Overall grade is: R			P  ·         You have labelled your magazine front cover correctly	Need to analyse the magazine instead of just listing parts of it. Use connote and denote
						I ·         You have not analysed your magazine using key terms. You have mainly labelled your magazine. ·         The analysis is very generic – link the specific examples to the effect on the audience based on the magazine you are looking at. i.e stereotypes of hip hop / male target audience
						N ·         Use the improvements listed above to complete the self-assessment section. ·         Post this feedback sheet on your blog under the heading ‘ Tutor feedback for KTA 1’
Literacy/ Numeracy/Oracy Assessment	·         P   - Use of key terms
	·         I   - Write in sentences  throughout not bullet points.
	·         N  - N/A

Grade awarded for this task:  REFERRAL

Starter Task: Conventions of a magazine

Rearrange:

Annbre - Banner - A block of colour (can have sell lines, cover lines etc)

Ellisne - Sell lines - Sell the reader something (story, merchandise etc)

Shtyoesuel - House style - Things the magazine consistently uses (colour scheme, graphics, brand etc)

Nchgaroea - Anchorage - Picture with text

LO1: Mindmap of ideas

LO1: Sample materials

I like that, in all but 3 of the magazines, the masthead is kept white. This means it's easy and simple to read, and blends with the cover image well.
In the 3 mastheads that have colour, it is used to connote something about the subject ('Gold' they won gold, the black stand out, like the boxer), or used to include house styles to make the magazine cover look more appealing.
The use of a main mastehead, with a subheading underneath is effective in that the masthead connotes the topic of the article, and the subheading explains it for those interested, both methods getting people interested in the article and so the magazine.
Placing parts of the image either in front or behind parts of the cover image blends the two together, as 3 of the magazines do, making the design less clean cut, but more applealing to the eye.

LO1: InDesign introduction

LO1: Photoshop introduction

Lesson 2 - Starter Task

Lesson 1 - Media Sectors