Coursework Deadline

All coursework must be submitted by Friday 18th March.

This includes all work for the Magazine, Print Advert. You will be given your Print Advertising coursework folders on Monday 14th March, which will give you a week to improve your work.

We will be starting the ACTION ADVENTURE exam topic on Monday 21st March. Therefore it is in your best interests to meet the final submission of coursework deadline, as there will no longer be any lesson time to improve your coursework. Think very carefully about how you prioritise your time in lessons and indepependently at home in the coming week. COURSEWORK IS WORTH 60% of your overall GCSE grade.

Magazine Evaluation (800-1000) words

This is the final task you need to complete for the Magazine Unit. Please read the questions below and use them to structure your magazine evaluation.

1. How have you met the aims of the production?

·         Explain your coursework brief – what were you asked to create?

·         What did you do in terms of research and planning before you started creating your magazine?

·         What were your initial aims for your magazine – what is the genre of your magazine? Who were your primary target audience? (state the gender, age range and interests)

2. How have you applied appropriate codes and conventions?

·         Print screen each of your magazine pages (front cover,contents page and double page article)

·         Label the codes and conventions you have used on each page and explain how they reflect the genre/style of your magazine as well as how they appeal to your audience.

3. How does your magazine represent people?

·         Analyse the images you have used in your magazine and explain how you have represented the person through the camera shot and mise-en-scene (clothing, body language and facial expression).

·         Is your representation stereotypical? Or have you challenged familiar stereotypes?

·         Analyse the text in your double page article. What is the overall message of the article, how does it contribute to the representation of the person featured?

4. Where would your magazine be published and when?

·         Which shops would sell your magazine and why? How often will it be published?

·         Will you have an online edition? Will you include any additional features e.g. competitions in the online edition? Will you publish the online version more frequently than the print edition?

·         What is the advantage of having an online edition?

5. What regulations and controls might be applied to your magazine and how have these been taken into consideration?

·         Are your magazine images original? If you have used a mixture of original and found images consider how the impact of copyright law could effect your magazine.

·          Carry out some brief research into the PCC, which is a regulatory body for magazines and newspapers. Give two examples from their code of practice and consider how they may be applied to your magazine.

6. To conclude sum up the overall strengths and weaknesses of your magazine, in terms of production design, as well as how it meets your audience needs.