Your evaluation must be between 500 - 750 words and you must answer the following questions in your response:
- What research and planning did you carry out before you made your CD cover?
- In preparation for producing my CD cover, I carried out the following research tasks ...... This helped me to find out... Also, I planned out my CD cover by....
- What audience is your CD cover aimed at and how have you made sure that it will appeal to them?
- The CD cover I have produced is aimed at (be specific with age range, gender etc)... I have tried to make it appeal to them by including... this will appeal to them because...
- Looking at your final CD cover, explain how the media language represents gender? (consider camerawork/framing/mise-en-scene/layout/font style/colours)?
- My final CD cover constructs a representation to show that women are ... I have constructed this representation through the media language I have chosen. For example, the camerawork.... (then explain how the camerawork shows this etc).
- How does your CD cover follow the conventions of a typical CD cover?
- My final CD cover follows the conventional layout as I have...
- How does your CD cover follow the conventions of the genre and what impact does this have on the representation of women?
- My final CD cover follows the conventions of the genre because I have included... This has an impact on how women are represented in my cover because...
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of the CD cover?
- The strengths of my CD cover are... because.... The weakness of my product are... because...
- If you were to make the CD Cover again, how would you improve it?
- If I were to improve my CD cover I would change... This is because...
MARK SCHEME:
Level 4 (16–20 marks)
- There is excellent reference to the ways the production is aimed at a target audience.
- There is an excellent understanding of the ways in which media language has been used to construct representation.
- There is an excellent understanding of the ways in which generic codes and conventions have been used to construct representation.
- The evaluation is excellent, with a clear sense of reflection on the work.
- There is an accurate command of medium-specific terminology
