This document discusses the progression of the author's skills in creating magazines from their first school magazine cover to their final magazine project. They felt their first cover was good for a school project but saw room for improvement. For their final magazine, the author conducted genre research, used new fonts, appealed more to their target audience through consistent style and color scheme, and made full use of the page space. They included banners, a magazine convention, that were not in their preliminary work. This demonstrated growth in their skills and ability to create a magazine following industry standards.

1. Question7
`This image belowismyfirstfrontcoverfora magazine,the magazine whichIhadto create wasfor
a school magazine. Lookingbackat this I can see that mynew productionworkhas movedonand
improvedalot. At the time I made thismagazine Iwaspleasedwithhow thisfrontcoverlooked.

2. Question7
The three imagesabove are of my final magazine.
I feel thatI have made a vast amountof progress
due to the fact that I have completedgenre
researchand alsolookedatthe conventionsfora
rock magazine. Anotherwayof improvingmy
workis byusingresources suchas Fontspace
whichallowedme tousedfontsnotavailable onprogrammessuchaswordor publisher. Another
wayI feel Ihave made progressisby appealingmore tomytarget audience,bydoingthisIhave
stuck to a house style andgone witha particularcolourscheme whichispresentinothermagazines
of mychosengenre.Furthermore Ihave usedthe full space onthe magazine,bydoingthisisitis
more visible tothe targetmarket.Onmy final musicmagazine Ihave usedbannersthese are
conventional forthe majorityof magazineshowevertheyare notpresentonmypreliminarytask,
thisshowimprovementtowardsmyfinal piece.

3. Question7
Skills that I learned
How to take
betterpictures
usinga digital
camera.
I’ve improvedmy
skillson
PhotoshopasI
had to cut
backgroundsout
of myimages.
How to use
programmesIdidn’t
know before sucha
Prezi andsurvey
monkey.
That I can get a wide
range of differentfonts
off websitessuchas
Fontspace anddafont.
Howe to appeal toa
specifictargetaudience
and make a magazine
basedon thatgroup of
people.
I have learn
the
effectiveness
of havinga
goodlayout
and howit is
appealing.
I’ve learntwhatmakesa
goodbackgroundand what
doesn’t,thiscanbe either
an image or a solidblockof
colour.