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1. Lookingback at yourpreliminarytask,whatdoyoufeel youhave learntinthe progressionfromitto
the full product?
Whenlookingbackat my preliminarytaskitisclear thatI have beenable todevelopmyknowledge
of musicmagazine conventionsthroughoutmyplanningandproduction. InmyplanningIanalyseda
frontcover,contentspage and double page spreadof a musicmagazine.Thishelpedme to
understandhowproducersof these mediapublicationsuse differentfeaturesandtechniquesto
attract and draw theiraudience in. Featuressuchasthe images,fonts,layoutandcolourscheme are
veryimportant.Whenstarting todevelopmymaintaskI noticedsome interestingconventions
purelyjustfromlookingatothermusicmagazines;suchas the subject/subjectsinthe images
makingeye contact,language techniques(buzzwords). Itissoimportantthat I’ve learntthe
conventionsdue to the mainfocusof my productionbeing thatmymagazine appealsmytarget
market.
My preliminarytaskwasverysimple,aspectssuchasmise-en-sceneweren’tthoughtaboutproperly.
The image qualitywasof a poorqualitydue tohavingto enlarge the image greatly.Thiswasbecause
the image wastakenhorizontallynotverticallythisalreadygivesaveryunprofessional appearance.
The cover lineswere boring,nobuzzwordsincludedtokeepthe audience interested. Ialsodidnot
use rulersto sectionmypage intothirds;splittingthe page intothirdsisconventioninwhich
magazine producersuse itmakesthe texteasiertoreadfor the audience italsomakesthe page look
neat. I usedverydull coloursonfor my colourscheme (blacksandgreys), Ididn’tuse anybright
colourschemestomake the mastheadstandout, andnot usingan appealingcolourscheme will not
attract my target audience.
I have alsogreatlyimprovedanddevelopedmyskillsonAdobe PhotoShopgreatly,like previously
mentionedIhave usedthissoftware inthe pasthoweverIonlyhadusedsimple toolsforexample
changingthe exposure andlevelsetc.Inthe productionof mymagazine Ilearntmanynew skillsand
I was able todevelopskillsIalreadyhadknowledge of.TheseskillsthatIhad learntwere veryuseful
whenI wasproducingmyfront coverand contentspage.Itallowedme toachieve more complex
and professional appearingfrontcover. Ifoundthatin my preliminarytaskIcoveredthe main
image withtextwhichmade itappearmessyandunprofessional.Ialsolocatedall the textonthe
bottomhalf of the page thismade the front coverlookuneven. AlsoonmypreliminarytaskIused
an image that hadlockersinthe background,I foundthatthis made ithard to choose a successful
colourscheme.ThisiswhyI chose to use a studioshotfor my maintask.
The image I usedon mypreliminarytaskwasn’tsuccessful orwhatI had intended.Thisisdue tonot
planningmyshoots,Ipurelyjustimprovised.The some of the shoots formymaintask weren’tas
successful asI hoped.Ifoundthatthe shootsoutside of the studiowere the unsuccessfulones.It
was hardto make themlinkwell tothe theme of the magazine.The shootsformy maintaskwere
alsomore successful because Ihadplanningof anglesandlocations,Itriedtogetthe imagesasclose
to perfectaspossible thismeantthattheywouldnotneedmucheditingbecausesometimesediting
the imagestoomuch can ruinthemand make themlookunprofessional.Inmymaintask I planned
the attire that my modelswouldbe wearing,Iplannedthisrelatingtomytargetmarketand what
theywouldwearor like,howeverdidnotplanthe gesturesIfoundthat justmovingaroundand
beingmore relaxedinsteadof stagedgave me more successful photos.