AS media evaluation question 7

2. PRELIMINARY TASK SUMMARY
AS I HAD ONLY HAD A VERY LIMITED EXPERIENCE WITH THE SOFTWARE WE USED DURING THE PRELIMINARY
TASK, MY SKILLS WERE VERY LIMITED AND TO ADD TO THIS I HAD NO REAL CONCEPT OF DESIGNING A
PRODUCT FOR A SPECIFIC AUDIENCE. AT THE TIME I WOULD SAY THAT I DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE
MAGAZINE CONVENTIONS EFFECTIVELY IN ORDER TO MAKE MY MAGAZINE LOOK ATTRACTIVE AND APPEAL TO
MY AUDIENCE. THIS CAN BE SEEN IN MY FINAL PRELIMINARY FRONT COVER, THE FONTS CHOSEN WERE LOOK
EYE CATCHING AND CERTAINLY MADE MY MAGAZINE LOOK UNPROFESSIONAL. MY ACTUAL MAIN IMAGE
WASN’T THAT BAD CONSIDERING AT HAD AN EXPLAINED REASON FOR IT. THIS IMAGE TOOK SOME TIME TO
MAKE BUT IT WAS THE FINAL PRODUCT OF ALL MY TESTING ON THE IMAGE TO LEARN WHAT I COULD DO
WITH THE PROGRAM.

3. MAIN TASK SUMMARY
BY THE TIME IT HAD COME TO MY MAIN TASK, I HAD DONE RESEARCH AND PLANNING SO I ALREADY HAD A MUCH
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MY PRODUCT NEEDED TO BE. I STARTED MAKING MY FRONT COVER WITH A
ROUGH IDEA OF WHAT MY MAGAZINE WOULD LOOK LIKE. THIS ENDED UP BEING THE LONGEST PART OF MY
PROJECT BECAUSE I WAS STILL LEARNING HOW I NEEDED TO PRESENT MY MAGAZINE FOR THE AUDIENCE I HAD
CHOSEN. AS I BUILT MY MAGAZINE, I ALSO A SUFFERED A FEW SETBACKS BUT ULTIMATELY THIS HELPED THE
DEVELOPMENT OF MY MAGAZINE AS IT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO START FROM FRESH AND MAKE IT BETTER.
BY THE TIME I FINISHED MY FRONT COVER I UNDERSTOOD MY OWN WORK AND KNEW HOW TO CARRY ON THE
THEMES AND CONVENTIONS TO MY OTHER PAGES. NOW AT THE END OF MY PROJECT I FEEL THAT I CAN SAFELY SAY
THAT I COULD MAKE A PROFESSIONAL STYLED MAGAZINE USING BOTH MY OWN KNOWLEDGE AND THE SOFTWARE
PROVIDED.