Evaluation question 2: How did I represent social groups?

Evaluation question 1: In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Amended Final Products

These are my final redrafted products:

In light of teacher feedback, I have improved my final products, incorporating real media conventions to a higher standard. I have:

• Redesigned my contents page layout and page references, also adding more captions to the images I have used.
• Added in a subscription box to my contents page, filling up the space as I changed the font size.
• On my double page spread I have formatted the bulk text, making it slightly smaller, and making the questions red and the band members names in bold. I have also made the drop cap and quote bigger.

Final product

Improvements to DPS

To change my double page spread I have changed the background colour to black and the text to white. I have also added a banner at the top, telling the audience it's an exclusive and also credits the images and text to make it look slightly more professional.

Then I changed my main image for the article which makes the band seem more fun to the audience.

Next, I changed the font of my main sell line and also changed it to "We decided to just go for it" as it gives a more personal touch to the reader as it's as if the band is talking to them.

I decided to get rid of the black background due to issues with layout, on my first page I have instead added more images to fill the white space. I have also added page numbers and captions to the images.

To make the font stand out against the white background I changed it, also adding a shadow for extra effect.

Underneath the title I have also added a summary of the article, adding a gradient feather to the red fill to make it look more professional and draws the readers attention to what the article is initially about.

I have rearranged my article and added a drop capital and a quote centred in the middle of my text to give it an air of professionalism.

Overall I'm now happy with the layout and contents of my double page spread. This is my overall product:

Improvements to contents page

To begin with, I have re-organized my contents images and changed their page references as I changed some things on my cover. This included moving my banner at the top of the page to make more room for my images.

I have resized the image of Cara and added a stroke to the image to make it stand out as if it had been stuck on. Then I inserted another image and done the same, tilting both images and making the fonts slightly smaller.

I have used yellow to reference the page numbers as it is prominently used in Kerrang's contents page. This also adds more to what's happening on my page rather than having it all one block colour.

Improvements to my front cover

To improve my cover I have inserted a tag line to my cover and used a different font but edited the tracking so that the letters were more spaced out.

I have added a stroke to my mast head to add depth to it.

On my banner for my main sell line, I have bevel and embossed it, also adding an outer glow to draw attention to the audience, making it clear that this is the main story.

I have taken out my banner as it doesn't fully match the house style and looks slightly out of place. I have replaced it with a new font and stroked text to make it readable for the audience as my main image is quite dark. I have also added a stroke to "Watch out. She's back!"

I have changed my additional sell lines at the bottom to make them run as one line.

Finally, I have added a poster special to the cover to fill in the rest of the space and make it seem much fuller.

This is my overall piece that I'm now happy with.