Finished Skills Audit

1. Name AlicjaZofiaMorawska
Whichis yourarea of interestforyourFMP? Graphic Design
If you had to choose rightnow,whatwould
youmake?
Provide some basicdetailsonthe project,
style,format,etc
Rock Music Magazine basedinthe Northof England,website andcontentpotentiallyamusicvideotofeature on
it,social mediacontent,potentiallyaphysical CD/Vinyl
Covers, ContentsPage, Advertising,Reviews,Articles,Original Photography(bothlive performanceandstudio),
Interviews,Tourdates,website design,social mediaco-ordination, digipakandphysical aspects,festival line up,
posters, albumreleases,musicvideo,
Style wise I’ve exploredandexperimentedinmagazinesthatare closerinappearance to2010s Kerrang,as well as
1970’s Fanzines,andalthoughbothof those projectshave helpedme massivelyinunderstandingthe
developmentof rockmusicmagazinesI’mthinkingaboutmakingsomethingabitmore contemporary,much
cleanerthanthe previousstyles. Iwanttomake thisprojectfor an olderaudience thanIhave before whilststill
gettingthe culture of the genre across to the reader,takinginspirationinpartfromwhat Rock Soundlookslike
today.
I wantthe contentof the magazine tobe casual in writingwhenitcomestointerviewsandreviews butstill
holdingontothe professionalismthatwouldbe expectedbymyoldertargetaudience.
What productiontechniquesmostinterest
you?
Photographyisgoingtobe a major part of thisprojectthat I know I’mgoingto have to reallyfocusongettingright
throughoutthe entire process.CreatingbrandidentityissomethingIknowI’ve struggledtogetstartedwithin
previousmagazine projectswhichiswhyIwantto make sure that I planahead withitthistime,notlosing
productiontime onthingslike fontandplacements.Due tothe stylisticdirection,Iwanttotake this infor an older
audience,Ireallyneedtofocusonmypage layoutsandhowI compose everythingtogethersothatthe
typographyandphotographystill make areallystrongimpacton the page withoutitbeingtoocrowded.
If I domake a musicvideotofeature onthe website andsocial mediaIknowthatitwill be a simplyedited
performance video,butknowingthatvideoisn’tmymainareaof workit’sstill goingtobe somethingIneedto
explore andresearch,especiallygettingthe tone rightdependingonthe song.
What are yourinspirationsforyourproject? For thisprojectinspirationiscomingfromoldercopiesof Kerrangfromthe early90’s, as well asthe much more
recentdrasticstyle change that Rock Soundhasgone through,creatinga much cleanerlookforitself todirectits
salestoan olderaudience thanwhattheyhadbeentargetingbefore.

2. I am good at
this
I am OK at this I am not confident
Team Working Joining in discussions
Working in a group
Influencing others
Accepting the opinions ofothers
Learning from others
Knowing my roles and responsibilities
ProblemSolving Analysing facts
Understanding why things go wrong
Finding solutions
Working to therequirements ofa brief
Self- Management Meeting deadlines
Getting to class ontime
Being responsible for mycoursework
Working productively in class
Not using my mobile phone inclass
Communication and Literacy Asking questions
Listening toothers
Being accuratewith spelling, punctuationand grammar
Speaking toa group
Communicating my ideas and concepts for production
Speaking formally and informallyin appropriate situations
Writing clearly
Applicationof IT Using computers to file andstoreinformation
Using Adobe Premiere
Using Adobe Photoshop
Using basiccomputerpackages likeMicrosoft Wordand Excel