1. Research and planning – My skills have improved greatly in communication and production wise, this is because I have learnt how to plan my actions, direct photo shoots and the most beneficial would be the use of Photoshop. I now know how to manipulate peoples looks, such as (in the evidence of my post of production screenshots) I can make people look skinnier by using the liquidize tool. I have definitely produced work in line with professional products as I analysed them to their smallest details to make certain things stand out, such as drop shadows and aligning the text. I found it hard to manage my time but it was then redeemed when I put a lot of time together produce my magazine. My work was well planned with the help of technology I could be as creative as I wanted to produce a lot of evidence in work without too much writing.
2. 2. Construction - include images of your prelim and main task and compare them. How did your skills develop using software and hardware and how has this improvement evident in your work? Think about; Photography composition Page Layout and design (alingment, curing and leading, text to image ratio) Use of Fonts Use of models and selecting more appropriate mise-en-scene Content of the magazine