Evaluation Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task (the school magazine task) what do you feel you have learnt in the progession from it to full product?

I have learnt so much since I did the preliminary task because when I did the first task I was so inexperienced and unfamiluar with the programmes like Photoshop and Indesign but after I have been using them regularly for a few months I feel I know the programmes quite well. I feel that I have learnt more about the media industry as I now understand that the audience is the main theme behind any media product as you have to provide the right genre for the right audience.

I put a lot more work into my music magazine and had to do a much greater amout of research into music magzines to become more familiar with them and understand how they work etc. In my research I used different ideas from various music magazines such as Qmusic and NME I used them for the layout of my front page and contents page.
I did a lot of planning before actually arranging my magazine all screen as I wanted to achieve the highest grade possible and I learnt from the lack of planning that I did for the priliminary task, I hope this shows when my magazines are being graded. I saw the priliminary task as a piece of work that was just a preparation task for the music magazine, allowing us to become familiar with using Photoshop and Indesign. My research consisted of reseaching music magazines front pages and contents pages. I also researched what bands look like to see what sort of clothing I would need my models to wear.

I have definitelty noticed a clear change and difference in the quality of my work, from my priliminary task to my music magazine which I am very proud of seeing the change as it shows how much I have learnt and progressed over the course since September.