LOOKING BACK AT YOUR

PRELIMINARY TASK

(COLLEGE MAGAZINE)

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT IN

TERMS OF PROGRESSION

FROM THAT TO THE FULL

PRODUCT?

Evaluation Question 7

PRELIMINARY TASK

PRELIMINARY TASK

For my preliminary task, I created a college magazine, including a front cover

and a contents page.

When I went into the project, I didn’t do much research into the area of

magazines and therefore did not have a good idea of what I was going to prepare

Also, I did not do a full plan, only a rough sketch of what I wanted it look like in

the end, I did not put a lot of thought into making it interesting.

When I did the photo shoot for my college magazine, I did not put a lot of

thought into what would look the best on my magazine, I only took to looking for

something that looked like it belonged in a college.

When I started editing my images and background, I did not have

a lot of knowledge of Photoshop, so I did not know what to do to

make my magazine look more like a magazine and look effective. So I

basically used basic editing for the images and simple colours and font

to go on the cover.

MUSIC MAGAZINE

When beginning the creation of my music magazine, I put a lot more time

into researching existing magazines and planning what mine would look like. I

looked into three particular magazines to see what features they had, that

appeared frequently, to see what type of things I could put into my magazine.

I also did research into audience, starting with creating an audience profile

to see what a certain type of person would like to see in a music magazine.

Following this I took on board audience feedback and changed things to make

it right for my audience.

Unlike in my preliminary task, I put a lot of thought into what my images should look like,

where they would be placed on the pages, and how they would be edited. I did this by looking at

my style model, Playbill, and sketching rough plans of what I wanted the final result to look like.

While doing the photo shoot for this magazine, I took more photos than I could have used

in my final piece and played with which ones looked best and edited the best before choosing

the correct ones.

Along with getting more research and planning done, I also learnt many new skills on

Photoshop while editing my magazine. I now know how to edit on a more advanced level than

previously, meaning I can create something more effective than I could during the preliminary

task.

Overall, I think I have become more confident in using

Photoshop as well as cameras, as I did not have any knowledge

when I started the course.

I think this is clear when looking at the differences between my

first magazine and my final music magazine.