Evaluation question seven

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

School magazineBy looking back at my school magazine front cover, it is obvious to see that I have improved a lot. I think I could make my school magazine a lot better if I was to use the techniques I know now.

The front cover is too bare and some of the writing is quite difficult to read. I think the main picture would have looked better with a background, the original picture has a wall behind it so I could have used that. I think I did an ok first attempt of a front cover.

Research Material

My front cover

School magazineI prefer my contents page to my front cover because it’s got more on it, however I still think I could improve it a lot using the techniques I know now. The pictures I used weren’t very planned out and the poses were spontaneous which is clear to see. I like the fact that the pictures are good quality images. I like my music magazine contents page because I can fill it with text and pictures.

Front coversBy looking at both front covers side by side it is easy to see that I have improved a lot. I have added more text onto my music magazine cover which has made it look less bare. I used a similar layout for both front covers and based both of them on Q magazine. On my school magazine the main picture is very white which makes it blend in with the background slightly where as the picture on my music magazine has sharpened and clear colours to make it stand out. The text on my school magazine is too small and some of the fonts are really difficult to read but on my music magazine they are all bold and easy to read.

Contents pages Seeing these two contents page next to each other again it is clear to see that I have improved a lot. I based both contents pages on Q as well in order to keep the same style throughout the magazines.

The most obvious improvement between the two contents pages is that I’ve included an advert onto my music magazine, I did this to make it look more like a real magazine. I looked at lots of different adverts and felt that the Kings of Leon one would appeal most to my target audience. I also kept in the original background for the main picture on my music contents page because I felt it made it look more complete. My school magazine contents page looks empty without a background.

Double page spread I used similar a similar style and similar colours throughout my music magazine. I made the picture black and white so that it contrasted against the white background, I did that using Photoshop Cs6.

When I started making my double page spread, I had all the knowledge of the editing software after making the rest of my magazine. I kept the same colours and style throughout the whole of my magazine.

To concludeBy making my media product I have been able to learn how to use photoshop and indesign properly. I personally think that my magazine has gotten a lot better over time. Looking back at the preliminary task it is clear to see that my designs have matured over time. Whilst making and evaluating my media product I have used many different technologies for the first time.

Thank you, I hope you enjoyed my answers.