1. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the
full product?
2. Here are both my preliminary front cover (left) and
final product (right). As mentioned before there are
clear differences, firstly it is clear the target audience
differs which therefore reflects the type of image(s)
used. In reference to images I choose not to include
sub-images as for the simplistic ‘less is more’ I was
wanting to create in the final task, this didn’t fit the
look.
More implicitly the techniques used such as colour
gradient and changing the exposure/hue. These subtle
changes have helped create depth in my final product
rather than making the image look flat.
I refrained from including a skyline in my final product
because what I noticed most was the empty space it
left and space it removed from the cover.
The preliminary task did not even have a real
masthead, it wasn’t unique or catchy – simply the
school name. I wanted my magazine to have meaning
and become rememberable within the industry.
3. Here are both my preliminary front cover (left) and
final product (right). The main differences are the
picture quality as I have incorporated shape around
the edges as well as a gradient line with the main two
colours used for the fonts to separate the main
heading.
The page numbers are smaller as they don’t need to
be the centre of attention.
I removed the masthead and instead included a page
number, website and date which are more likely
conventions on a contents page. The articles featuring
in the magazine are more thought out and include
different aspects other than music such as fashion.
The page background also isn’t stark white as I felt it
was too overpowering and therefore chose a greyish
white with a silhouette. Creating a silhouette was
something I have created before however, not from an
image that is my own and therefore the challenge was
to create a silhouette from scratch including changing
the colour and opacity of the image.
4. What did I learn from this experience?
In my preliminary task I included a puff on the front cover – I feel that for a music magazine of the style and
audience I was aiming for, it wasn’t appropriate.
I have also learnt that you don’t have to include every magazine convention you know of to your magazine. My
preliminary cover had a barcode in the bottom left corner, my final product of ‘FAMOUS’ didn’t include one at all.
This didn’t make my product look any more/less like a magazine but instead created a different look which suited
the text and image I used.
From the contents page I learnt how to position text against images which I developed in the making of my final
product. This enabled my magazine to look more professional and allow room for a silhouette background. I have
also learnt from this experience to include different images on the contents that are of different articles in my
magazine to allow the audience to see in more detail what features will be included in this edition of my magazine.
A personal outlook on this has experience has made me become more critical with images and strict to follow a
specific theme to therefore create a house style. I have refreshed previous skills in making magazines such as tools
used on an iMac.
Have I still got more to learn? Yes, there are many skills that I wanted develop in the making of final product such as
looking a colour and tones of images as well as different font styles.
Photography:
From the preliminary task I figured out what angles would create a more personal look and therefore connection
between the model/audience. The pictures used in my final product are much clearer, well thought out and suit a
music magazine.
