Writing your evaluation
Before you start your evaluation, you need to gather some audience feedback. Ask other people (from your target audience) to look at your final pages and give you some comments - both positive and negative. You will write about this feedback in section 3
You need to write an evaluation for your portfolio. The evaluation should be between 500 - 800 words long and it should be word-processed. Your brief and the title of your production should be stated clearly as the heading of your evaluation
As you write aim to analyse and evaluate throughout. Do not repeat anything (eg if a bullet points are similar and you have already answered the point, don't write it again) and always say WHY you did something, not just that you did it. DON'T MOAN! The examiner will not respect your work if it just moans about the software etc!
Part 1 Research and Planning
Part 2 Construction
In this section you need to give an account of the actual making of your magazine.
Part 3 Evaluation
(In this section do not say that your work is good or bad - explain what is successful and why and how)
Marking Criteria - Evaluation
Level 4
* There is a detailed evaluation of the monitoring of decisions and revisions
* There is a detailed discussion of how the brief related to research into similar media texts and target audiences
* There is excellent understanding of the forms and conventions used in the production
* There is excellent understanding of the significance of audience feedback
* There is excellent ability to communicate
* There is a thorough evaluation of the success of the finished media text in meeting the original brief
* There is an accurate command of appropriate medium-specific terminology
Before you start your evaluation, you need to gather some audience feedback. Ask other people (from your target audience) to look at your final pages and give you some comments - both positive and negative. You will write about this feedback in section 3
You need to write an evaluation for your portfolio. The evaluation should be between 500 - 800 words long and it should be word-processed. Your brief and the title of your production should be stated clearly as the heading of your evaluation
As you write aim to analyse and evaluate throughout. Do not repeat anything (eg if a bullet points are similar and you have already answered the point, don't write it again) and always say WHY you did something, not just that you did it. DON'T MOAN! The examiner will not respect your work if it just moans about the software etc!
Part 1 Research and Planning
- Explain your aims in your production - what did you want to achieve?
- Who is the target audience/s for the magazine? (including age, gender, income bracket if relevant, and other interests)
- What research did you do and what did you learn from your research? (What texts did you analyse and what did you discover? Which of these were inspirations for your production? What audience research did you carry out? Why did you choose that method of research and what did it teach you? (be specific!))
- What are the conventions (the typical ingredients) of magazines and how do you know this?
- Describe the stages of planning that you went through including brainstorming, mock ups and drafts, and explain how this was useful for your production work
Part 2 Construction
In this section you need to give an account of the actual making of your magazine.
- An explanation of how you made decisions when you took the photographs (framing/position/ lighting etc
- An explanation of choices of mise-en-scene, shot, music, fonts, colour, logo, etc. and how these choices fitted in with generic conventions - remember to ANALYSE
- An explanation of how these choices were intended to attract the target audience
- Problems and how they were overcome - discuss genuine specific problems such as the positioning of images etc (do not write about system failures, or not liking the software etc - you can't get any marks for moaning, but can get marks for explaining how clever you were to deal with specific problems!)
Part 3 Evaluation
(In this section do not say that your work is good or bad - explain what is successful and why and how)
- Identify and analyse the strengths and weaknesses of each page of your work with specific examples
- Audience feedback on your final pages -evaluate their responses - do you agree with them or not? Explain why audience feedback is important
Marking Criteria - Evaluation
Level 4
* There is a detailed evaluation of the monitoring of decisions and revisions
* There is a detailed discussion of how the brief related to research into similar media texts and target audiences
* There is excellent understanding of the forms and conventions used in the production
* There is excellent understanding of the significance of audience feedback
* There is excellent ability to communicate
* There is a thorough evaluation of the success of the finished media text in meeting the original brief
* There is an accurate command of appropriate medium-specific terminology