Evaluation question 7

Question 7: Looking back at the preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to a full product

 

Since doing my preliminary tasks I have improved my skills vastly which has helped me to complete my product. One of the main aspects that I have learnt is the typical conventions of a music magazine, by understanding this my knowledge of how my music magazine should look has improved and I now know what should and shouldn’t be on it and how to capture the attention of the audience. A perfect example of this would be the first magazine front cover that I done which was a while ago, in comparison with the most recent one I done which is better in many ways; the angle of the model and the context of the magazine itself.

Also, the main tool that I personally think I have improved on drastically is Photoshop. This is because before the process of creating any of my products, preliminary and final pieces, I wasn’t confident with using Photoshop; I lacked a lot of Photoshop skills. But over the process I have gained a lot of experience with the software and I am confident enough to conduct a good product, for a example my music magazine front cover, double page spread and my contents page. By improving my skills on Photoshop the quality of my magazine is more professional standard.

Similarly, over the whole process I understood how my magazine should look by looking at professional magazine conventions. I was able to use Photoshop successfully and follow the right sizes of my double page spread, front cover and contents page. For the front cover I had to use international A4 paper, which I also used for my contents page.

Additionally, I came to grasp with using a wonderful camera, Cannon E05 4005 Digital. With my preliminary task I did not really know how to use the camera properly and was taking pictures in the wrong locations and at the least convincing angles, but now looking at my final pictures you can tell the difference that my final pictures look more professional and appealing to the audience.

Finally, I learnt how to attract and appeal to the right audience of my music magazine which I think I did not do to the best of my potential. I also learnt how to portray a specific type of genre of music through my models, camera angles, props, clothing and the masthead and cover lines.