evaluation

1. My preliminary task was to create a front cover and contents page for the
college magazine. As you can see it is very simple and basic in contrast
to my final magazine given that I hadn't done any product research and had
very little knowledge on the Software/ Hardware I was using.

2. When looking back at
my preliminary task I can see all the
different things I have learnt since
then.
I have learnt how to
prepare for creating a magazine
and all of the different aspects you
have to take into account. I
researched my target audience and
adapt my planning by using Mise-en-
scene. I planned what models I was
going to use, where to take the
images and what they would
wear. Even though I didn’t follow the
exact images I planned to take they
were very similar, I had various ideas
when it came to taking the
images that I could use to improve
the photos . Meanwhile in my
preliminary task I did not plan anything
before taking the images therefore they
turned out unprofessional and the
images for my music magazine turned
out much better.
When doing my preliminary task I had
no knowledge whatsoever on Photoshop
or InDesign. I have since
improved and discovered many things
about each Software. For example how

3. I have improved my images a lot since my first task to my final product. In
my preliminary task I hadn't really used a professional camera before and
didn’t know what setting to take it in or what lighting to use or where to
take it. Meanwhile in my music magazine I learnt which setting to use
and used studio lights to ensure the images were bright and good quality.
Once I started to get more confident with the camera and knew what I was
doing the images started to come out much better. I took most of my
photos in a studio as it is much more professional. The models changed
outfits various times to ensure I had options when choosing which images I
would use in my magazine.