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

Within my time creating the magazine I have learnt how to space out the time that my work was done, as normally in my work not enough time is spent on it however by doing this task I had to do the task’s set to me in time limit, so therefore by doing this task it helped me organised the time I had to do the task’s and work provided to me. Also within this task I had learnt new equipment and also learnt how to use these equipment’s. The equipment used help me understand how a good picture is taken and what is needed in order for a image taken to be bright and professional and by knowing how to use these equipment it helped me take reasonable professional images.

Within the process of this task I have learnt a number of technical skills and I think the most important skills that I had learnt was knowing what camera’s and lighting to use and also how to take the image because without this if a normal image was taken and it was dull and dark then it will make the magazine look unprofessional and also project to the audience that this is a fake magazine where as the impression I want to give is that this magazine is real. Moreover I have also learnt other technical skills and that is being able to edit images in Adobe Photoshop. With these skills I was able to edit large, small, portrait and landscape images in order to make the image suitable for a magazine. Skills that help a lot involve being able to import text and editing the font so its readable and visible, by editing the font also helps makes the magazine more appealing.

As much as choosing the right model to stand and pose in the right position it is also important on what font should be used, because the different type of fonts can determine if people are attracted to the magazine or not. Normally people will be attracted by who’s on the front cover however if the font is in a stylish way then it will help attract people to purchase the magazine as it will look good and professional. Choosing the correct font is very important because if it was plain and simple then it won’t be attractive therefore no one will be interested in the magazine.

The magazine that I created has a lot of strength’s and only a couple of weaknesses.

The strength that my front cover has is:

Looks professional
Like the use of matching colours (writing font and bandana)
Font chosen is good
The background matches well with the font chosen
Like the way the final front cover looks

The weakness that my front cover has is:

The layout of the text
The brightness of the cover lines
Too much cover lines with different font colour

The strength that my contents page has is:

The text stands out
Easy to read
Font chosen
The star design at the bottom of the page

The weakness that my contents page has is:

Doesn’t look professional
The design looks plain
The layout of the text
Should of used more of a mixture of pictures

The strength that my double spread has is:

Presentation is good
Well chosen colours (matching with front cover and contents page)
Layout
Text is easy to read

The weakness that my double spread has is:

Could of added more text
Black hoodie blends with the background