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Centre name: Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College
Centre Number:14343
Candidate Name: Laila Msouhli
Candidate Number: 2508
Unit: G321

Final Pieces

Evaluation : Question # 7

Looking back at your prelim task, what do you feel you've learnt in the progression to the full task?

At the start of the year I was new to Photoshop and all the tools available as a media student however now I'm a lot more, for lack of a better term, tech savvy, as in I know more about the tech that I'm using my result is much better. I 've learnt that less is more; in my prelim task my cover and contents page was crammed with too much information. My final product however is nothing like that I used the space that I had wisely at the same time I didn't go overboard with the captions. In my prelim both contents and cover had background, in a magazine the background is hardly ever the focus so that idea went out the window in my final. My final lesson was in quality, as in image quality, there's a difference between taking a picture for memory and taking a picture for a magazine; the pictures in a magazine have to be professional in every way so that's why I took my images in the media studio not at home, although it would have been easier to take them at  home it wouldn't come close to the quality in the studio.

Evaluation : Question # 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt over the process of constructing this product that Photoshop is the most useful tool when it comes to editing images' it can sometimes be a pain but it's really comes in handy. Out of the many tools within Photoshop the one I used the most was the magic wand tool as it allows me to precisely select certain areas to do with as I please. A camera is nothing new to me, I chose Photography as an A-level however when in the studio my image quality was much better.

Evaluation : Question # 5

How did you attract / address your audience?

I addressed my target audience in a formal yet interesting manner; the wording I used was polite throughout the entire product as I didn't know the reader on a personal level however I tried to make it seem more relatable by using witty banter and a few play on words, how teens would speak nowadays without all the swearing and cussing.

Evaluation : Question # 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The intended audience for this magazine, as I have mentioned before is primarily teenagers in sixth form, However it might appeal to a younger audience as some aspects of the magazine is rather childish in a way; several quizzes are dotted throughout the magazine appealing to the young and would bring out the child in anyone. The targeted age range is 16 to 18 but I can't stop anyone older or younger from reading it. The magazine is aimed at those who prefer pop music above all else but there are some other genres within to try and gain a larger audience.

Evaluation : Question # 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?