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

Since doing my preliminary task I feel much more confident in the use of different software’s. this is in photo shop as I have now learnt how to use many of the more advanced features which I didn’t originally know how to use. When I started the preliminary task I created the front cover in publisher, this didn’t have features that photo shop had so when I placed the pictures into the software, there wasn’t much editing that I could do. It took time to understand how to use photo shop to the best of my ability however, my class mates and teacher were there to offer help if I needed it. For some of the features I looked into tutorials on the internet, on here I found a variety of different websites which had guidance on how to get the effect you want, and how to make it look real. It gave examples of what people had done with photo shop which kept me motivated and wanting to learn how to use the more advanced features. For my index page in the preliminary task I used photo shop, but I didn’t use many features because I wasn’t sure on how to. Then for my final magazine the main effects I used was to give the font an outer glow. I also did this for images as I gave them a yellow outer glow. Using this feature helps to make it stand out much more. Something that you will want on a music magazine.

When I started to take pictures for the preliminary task we just took pictures that thought would go well onto a magazine front cover. We didn’t think about all the different aspects that could affect the final outcome of your picture, such as, weather conditions, lighting and how capable your camera was. Then when we came to take our pictures for the final magazine, we took all these different aspects in. We then tried to get the best possible picture we could by going to a variety of different locations. Also when we got pictures of more than one person for the preliminary task, we just tried to get their faces in so we could see them. Yet after looking at these we knew how to make them better. So from starting the preliminary task to the final magazine, I knew what you need to take into consideration to get the best possible photo you can. When we took the photos around school, we didn’t have much to work with due to many students walking between lessons, so overall I feel that the photos we obtained were good quality.

Another thing I feel that I progressed in was how music magazines work, how they format there magazines etc. and why they do it like that. An example would be using the main artist as their selling point. And how they can also cover their title with an image yet their target audience will still know what the magazine is.