The document discusses the learning and improvements the author made from their preliminary magazine design task to the final production. Some key areas of improvement included laying out a more professional design, incorporating a wider range of unique fonts, using professional lighting and backgrounds for images, and developing skills in Photoshop. The author learned how to make text appear 3D and enhance text to stand out more. They also improved their masthead design to be bolder and developed image composition techniques like shallow focus.

1. QUESTION 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel
you have learnt in the progression from it to the full
product?

4. PROGRESSION
There was many improvements I wanted to make to my preliminary task, they are as follows:
As you can see on the previous pages, in my preliminary task I used a very basic layout and did not
experiment with layouts and skills within technology programs. Furthermore I was not happy with
the fonts I used, I kept it very basic and from my codes and convention research I feel to create a
professional looking magazine you need a vast amount of fonts present within the construction.
However I did like how I kept the house colour of green the same, I took this convention and
developed it in my final production. Finally with the images I used in my preliminary do not use
professional lighting and all look very dull and not of the highest quality.
As you can see from the images on the left
Of my final production, in both pages I made
Important changes. Firstly I improved my
Design to a more professional, ‘urban’ layout
And design to suit my target audience and
Look more like a magazine. Furthermore I
Improved the font by incorporating a wider
Range which were more unique and clear. Finally
For my main images I shot them behind a
Professional white background with professional
Lighting which I arranged to enhance my models
Features. The programs I used which developed my skills
And design were mainly Photoshop and VSCO cam in this
case, as I created the whole production on Photoshop
And edited my photos on VSCOcam.

5. LEARNING
A main skill I feel I learnt from he preliminary task to my final production, is the use of
Photoshop. At first was not skilled in the use of Photoshop but from looking into
Video tutorials and research I soon developed skills. The picture above shows how I
Learnt to make text 3D, I did so by looking up a video tutorial on YouTube as I found that
Practical videos were easier to follow, refer back to and remember.
I also learned how to enhance text in Photoshop, which made the text stand out more
On the page. I used a very light drop shadow on my masthead, as it enabled my text to
Appear clearer against the image.
DROP
SHADOW

6. LEARNING

7. LEARNING
Another concept where I improved
My skills was the Masthead. On the
Right is the development of my
Mastheads from the preliminary task
To my my final production. My
Preliminary task Masthead was not
Bold and did not stand out against
The background image. I took this
And developed my masthead
Throughout my construction period,
I chose bold fonts and used drop shadow on the two last mastheads. I decided to
Change my masthead again [from the 2nd to 3rd] because I felt the second one did not
Suit my genre of an ‘Urban’ music magazine. I was pleased with my last masthead as
I felt it stood out and was bold. I based my masthead on CLASH magazine as this
Magazine is of the same genre and from feedback from my focus group[ aged 16-25)
People had a preferred reading of Clash’s design. Finally I also adjusted my sell line in
My preliminary task you can barely see the line as it is in black and fades into the
Background, whereas in my final production I made it white which stood out and in a
Bold effect.

9. LEARNING
Concerning the image for all pages, from feedback and skill learning I was able take an
eye catching image, that used direct address and created a personal relationship
between the artist and audience –[Uses and Grat]. I re searched into common model
poses along with how to gain the highest quality picture, which meant adjusting the ISO
and lighting. Furthermore into this for my double image at first I took some of my DJ duo
outside however these were not f the best quality and were slightly blurred. From this I
developed my idea and changed my DPS to a single male artist ‘Hunter’, I positioned him
in front of drum kit with a guitar to depict the music genre and used shallow focus to
allow my model to be fully in focus with the drum kit behind blurred. I felt this gave off a
unique effect and made the page very interesting along with appealing towards my
target audience.
DEVELOPMENT

10. CONCLUSION