LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FINAL PRODUCT?

EVALUATION QUESTION 7

Preliminary

Actual

Actual

What the preliminary task taught me

The preliminary task enabled me to gain a basic understanding of how to create a front cover and contents page, It meant that I could experiment with photoshop, using different fonts, colour schemes and edit pictures and identify the different conventions of a magazine that fit my genre of magazine. The preliminary task gave me an insight in to taking an image-using the different lighting, camera angles and shot types I was able to identify what works well and what doesn’t work well. I explored different conventions of magazines which was very useful because it meant that I could use these in my magazine to attract a certain target audience and identify a certain genre.

What the actual task taught meAfter the preliminary task, I had a good idea of how to use

photoshop, take images and present my magazine, the main task meant that I could enhance my photoshop skills by editing images using the spot healing brush tool and the range of filters that the application offers and also creating a unique text style that is easily recognisable and of a premium quality using drop shadows and outer glows. The main task enhanced my skills meaning that I was able to create a high quality magazine that meets the majority of aims that I set out to achieve. This taught me more about the conventions of music magazines, so I can now Identify the different connotations of a certain magazine genre which meant that I could clearly attract a certain target audience in order to create a magazine that suits the given genre this is good because I now have a clear understanding of the different conventions of a music magazine.

Comparisons - Images

In comparison to my actual task, I think the preliminary task is very basic in terms of the images, in my preliminary magazine I only took one image and it showcased the subject wearing white on a white background, looking back at this I realised I had made an error in that it doesn’t look very effective to have the subject wearing white on a white background because they don’t stand out very well in that the outline of the subject is not very clear. In my actual task I took images in multiple locations and focused on how I present the people I am photographing; I ensured that the subjects were not wearing white when I used a white background in my images and dressed them according to the genre with use of a semiotic in one image.

Comparisons – use of fonts

I think my use of fonts in both magazines is quite good, however it is clear that I was much less adventurous in my preliminary when experimenting with my text because I wasn’t using a range of fonts and nor was I doing anything to the fonts to make them unique and recognisable, during my preliminary task I didn’t really have a great grasp of how to use photoshop very well so I just downloaded some fonts of dafont and used them on my front cover, for my actual I did the same but I edited the text to make it stand out, look unique, recognisable and make it look more professional, I did this by adding outer glows and drop shadows to the text and by angling some texts. I think in comparison to my preliminary production I have enhanced my skills dramatically in using fonts to a more effective manner. As you can see from the images, my use of font on the preliminary task is very basic and doesn’t really stand ouy very well in terms of it being a recognisable brand and I think I have definitely enhanced my use of texts from the preliminary task.