1. 7. Looking back at your Preliminary task, what do you feel you
have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I found the preliminary task not too challenging. The only task I had problems
with was the deadline as it was so short. I chose images that didn’t need
much editing and kept the background white. I felt this made it clean and clear
for its target audience of high school students. It is a magazine about the high
school therefore I kept the subject upbeat and informal for issues concerning
students. This hopefully makes it a light read and more likely to become a
popular buy. I made decisions quickly with this magazine because the time
scale was tight and it is a preliminary task. Exact precision and detail I thought
weren’t needed 100%.
Comparing this task with my cover, contents and article they were more
complicated. Obviously the dead line for this media product was a lot longer
and there were 3 elements to it not just 2. Detailed planning had to be
factored in for success.
I had to make decisions throughout the process and sometimes more than
one decision on one issue. I also had to take a lot more images as to have a
range to choose from. This was to insure the cover reflected the mood of the
magazine and the images matched the article. I used images of ‘Kenny
Chesney’ using a recording studio and instruments to high light the article.
This shows the reader at a glace what the article was about.
I used a long shot for my cover in the preliminary task as I wanted the
folders the model was holding to been seen and the body language to be
shown as relaxed and calm. I took this technique over to my country music
magazine with the cover to show off the guitar and the models outfit. This
achieved the result I was aiming for.