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1) 1) Type up your  WWW/EBI feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: - Good effort with this assessment Jibril, well done! -Brilliant effort with unseen media product analysis (Q2) -Top Response with (Q3) really well answered with strong focus on British cultural/ Social issues EBI: -Develop knowledge for OMO CSP (historical, social and cultural contexts) see Media Macguffin or mark scheme for indicative content. LR: SEE BLOG   Media Assessment Q1: 2/2 Q2: 9/12 Q3: 8/8 Q4: 2/2 Q5:6/12 3) Did you get any  media terminology  wrong in the assessment? If yes, make a note of the right answer here for future revision: Add Reception Theory to Q5 4) Look specifically at  question 2  - the unseen media analysis. Pick out  three  points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your analysis of the Grazia magazine cover. # Sense of exclusivity and appeal to the audience – ‘Royal Update’. The behind the scenes story

  1) What is a convention of a magazine cover? Give an example from   Tatler .  [2 marks] A convention of a magazine cover s what makes the magazine what it is. Examples are: 1. Title of publication – placed in the top third so that it is easily visible, particularly when stacked with other magazines in limited shelf space. 2. Slogan – a short, catchy statement or phrase, intended to ‘sum-up’ the magazine’s image and to stick in the reader’s mind.  4. ‘Flash’ / Cover Line / Sell Line – Text placed around the image telling the reader what is going to be in the magazine (stories).  5. Free offer – magazines sometimes come with small gifts or product ‘promotions’ attached. To be effective, these gifts or offers need to be closely targeted at the magazine’s core consumers (target audience). 6. Colour scheme – in order to avoid a cover becoming too ‘busy’ and therefore difficult to ‘decode’, designers tend to stick to a limited colour scheme. Certain colours are generally felt to work well