68/100 MARKING COMMENTS

Research & Planning 17/20:
This student worked impressively with all tasks related to research and planning. There is excellent research into similar texts and target audience. Organisation of the production was well managed with photos taken at early stage. There is strong evidence of drafting and work in progress. Time management was impressive in view of constructing the magazine but more time could have been spent on improving the double page spread in particular. The student's use of digital technologies in the presentation of work is very good.

Text 37/60:
A strange submission from a candidate who clearly has not spent equal amounts of time on the three elements of their completed artefact.  The cover and double page spread are aesthetically very good but perhaps are not wholly suitable for the music magazine medium.  There is proficient technical skill exhibited in the composition and the photographs used.  The candidate benefits from having what appears to be an accomplished and willing model!  The material at times is appropriate for the target audience and task but this is only proficient as we as markers felt that it looks more like a woman’s glossy magazine than a music magazine, the genre is muddled (both musically and within the medium).  The contents page really does let this submission down, it seems rushed and hackneyed with little cohesion to it.  The images seem to have come from a variety of sources but don’t seem to have any link to them, a real shame.  ICT has been used to a proficient level and there is proficiency in the ability to integrate the text and images (the watermarked background to the double page spread is particularly successful).

Evaluation 14/20:
This is slightly disappointing evaluation from an able student. This work is a proficient evaluation of the production in which the student shows a good understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions of music magazines. The student shows a good rather than excellent ability to reflect on choices made and she communicates effectively via a range of means in the Blog.