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Question 7: Looking back
at your preliminary
task, what do you feel you
have learnt in the
progression from it to the
full product?
In my school magazine [preliminary task] I used the most basic
conventions which made the front look plain and simple. During the
process of making my school magazine front cover, I didn’t in
counter my target audience and the formatting, as the formatting
changed as there is three formats just on my front cover. Also, the
colours which was used was also plain and didn’t catch the
audience eyes. Whereas, in my music magazine front cover I
changed all those things which helped enchase and catch the
readers eye. The formatting was kept the same throughout thefront cover and the colour
theme was kept the same
as well. Also the front cover
look more professional than
the preliminary because I
took the photography on a
white background which made it easier to manipulate and
enchase the image also I didn’t have to crop out the background
because the worked well with the image. The colours on the
music magazine are far more eye catching as it contrast nicely
with the main image (black & white). Furthermore, the masthead
is more effective and links with the genre of music; the name of
the masthead ‘Clique’ links well with strapline ‘be as one’.
Overall, all the conventions that I used will attract the R&B
audience.
The content is very simple and doesn’t attract the reader
(meaning it is less effective); this is because the background
isn’t that appealing to the audience. The photography’s on the
content page wasn’t my own photography’s which didn’t help
me distribute my photography and editing skills. Also, in my
preliminary you can tell that I didn’t know all the conventions
plus I was new at Photoshop. Whereas, in my music magazine
content page I
followed guidelines of
the music magazine
conventions, as it
improved my skills to
refining and improving
my music magazine to
excellence. From
making a music
magazine I’ve learnt
more technical skills with Photoshop as I was introduced to
new conventions because its appealing to an world wide
audience (had it look more professional). Therefore, there
was more work had to be applied to the music
magazine, because up had to take the photography’s
yourself, design a double page spread and contents; and
also the research involved in doing a music magazine
Producing a
double page
spread was fairly
challenging since I
haven’t produced a
double page
spread before.
Therefore, I had
research other
music magazines
double page
spreads, to help
me learn all the
conventions I need
for the double
page spread such
as, the title, page
reference, etc. Photoshop was very in producing a successful double page and music
magazine, for instance putting the quote on the main image and the effect in the artist name (the
gradient from red to black which linked well with the theme of the music magazine).
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