Magazine Research, Planning & Evaluation - Jasmine Aldridge

GCSE Media Studies Coursework - Magazine research and planning from Neill Ford

Poster Evaluation Questions

You need to answer the following questions in as much detail as possible. This is a very important part of this project.

Answer each question in as much detail as possible. Add examples from all parts of your work.

As guidance, the commentary should be around 350–750 words in length; or 5–10 slides if using a PowerPoint style presentation.

• How effective was your research into similar posters and relevant target audiences. What did you learn from your research into these two areas? In what ways did this shape the creation of your posters?
• What creative decisions did you have to make at the different stages of your poster production? How did your posters change as your work progressed?
• How closely does your poster follow the forms and conventions of existing posters? Give examples of real posters you referenced.
• How successful is your finished poster? What are its strengths and weaknesses?

Poster Evaluation - From The Specification

The production exercise should be supported by an evaluative commentary, reflecting on decisions made and explaining how codes and conventions and media language have been employed to convey messages about representation. As with the comparative analytical assignment, the commentary may be written or submitted as a podcast or a slide presentation such as PowerPoint.

As guidance, the commentary should be around 350–750 words in length; or 5–10 slides if using a PowerPoint style presentation; or around three minutes for a podcast.

In the commentary, the following areas must be covered in whatever form the candidate has chosen:

• an account of the research and planning carried out
• how the production is targeted at a particular target audience
• an explanation of the ways in which media language has been used in the production exercise to communicate representation
• an explanation of the ways in which codes and conventions have been used in the production exercise to communicate representation
• an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses within the finished production.

10W - Work To Do (Monday 5th December - Thursday 15th December)

This week (5th - 7th December) your lessons are with Miss Marvin (Monday period 1) and Mr Ford (Wednesday period 5).
Next week (12th - 15th December) your lessons are with Mr Ford (Monday period 5 & Thursday period 3 ) and Miss Marvin (Tuesday period 2).

You should have already done the following:

• Completed all the research tasks here
• Completed audience profiles here
• Flat plan/ mock up of both posters (teaser and full)
• Added all your text to both posters
• Found an appropriate background image to use on both posters
• Found appropriate images of actors (make sure images are large)
• Added the images to your posters (pay attention to size of each image)
• Decided who your own star will be
• Taken photos of your star (take at least 20 photos)
• Added the star image to  your posters

You need to use the first three lessons this fortnight to finish your draft posters.

The final two lessons will be devoted to answering the draft evaluation question.

ALSO

1. Remember to use your checklist - tick off the different pieces of work as you complete them and add them to your folder.
2. Keep looking at real posters for ideas
3. Keep looking at real posters for size comparisons of text and images

Draft Poster Evaluation Questions

Answer the following questions. Refer to both your draft posters (teaser and full poster)

You need to include as much detail as possible for the following areas:

• Colours - Why did you choose them? What effect/mood do you think they create?
• Text - Consider its placement and the decision making process you went through. Why did you place it where you did? Why did you choose those fonts? What size worked best?
• Images - Write about the styling of the image, either on the photoshoot or in post production with PhotoShop effects. Why did you place the images where you did? How did you decide on the background imge? Are any images found images and not original? Why did you choose them?
• How can the audience tell that this is a poster for an action/adventure film? 
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of your work?