1. Q7
LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY
TASK (THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE TASK), WHAT
DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION FROM IT TO FULL PRODUCT?
2. Looking back at my preliminary task, I have used basic skill in terms of
typography, photography and QuarkXPress as well as Photoshop Adobe CS6
however my skills have improved throughout the process of achieving my final
outcome.
First of all, for my preliminary task I have created a magazine cover and contents
page with a simple white background. At this point as I had never come across
Photoshop or Quark therefore my preliminary task turned out to be awful in my
opinion however it did provide me valuable practice and an introduction as it
provided me the freedom to experiment with tools, font and style of my
typography as well as the layout, I found the software program very difficult to
use at first as you can most likely acknowledged though the image of my friend
on my preliminary task cover page presented with rough edges and lighting
which could have been improved by adjusting the contrast and brightness on
Photoshop. In regards to Quark, during my preliminary task I did not find it as
difficult to use as Photoshop, however I have also improved my skills on this
software program as well in terms of importing images, layout, text font sizes and
style which have defiantly improved my project……
3. Looking back at my preliminary task, I feel that I have become increasingly
aware of the codes and conventions of my magazine which is incredibly useful
for building and construction a convincing magazine. Due to the R&B music
magazines such as XXL and Vibe i have analysed for my research as well as
though questionnaires, I now understand the codes and conventions such as
clothing attire and how gender if represented, language used and what the
audiences are genially interested and what draws them in to purchase
magazine. Another example of this is the skyline on the magazine. Skylines
usually provide factual information or persuasive language to draw the
audiences in, however I have used artists names such as Tinashe and Chris
Brown instead which i believe is more powerful in terms of attracting the
magazines audience as it has some mystery behind it. I believe that just by
addressing the names of the artists themselves, it triggers curiously within the
audiences as they would want to know how the artists are featured in the
magazine specifically; it provides the reader a slight information which can be
important later on in the magazine. I have learned a considerable amount of
featured from my preliminary task to my final outcome through analysing other
magazines as well as R&B videos that have helped me to achieve a somewhat
professional look which appeals go the eye of the viewer/audience.
4. Nevertheless, I have also improved my skills in terms of photography. I think that
my main photo shoot progressed much better then in my preliminary task. The
reason for this could be due to the fact that I had planned my Photoshop and
have researched into poses to give my models an idea of how they should look
like. Here are the photos I have given to my models to inspire them:
The reason I have planned my photo shoot is because it allowed me to use a
variety of poses which i then had to pick and choose from my photographs
therefore I could visually see what kind of an impression I want to give to my
audience though my magazine in contrast to my preliminary task where I did
not researched or used poses in order to inspire my model for my school
magazine. More-ever due to my misguidance and organised photo shoot of
my preliminary task, I have learned that I have to organize my photo shoot
properly in regards to clothing attire, lighting and cameras in order to meet the
conventions of R&B magazines. However I have chosen smart clothing for my
artist Young-Z, instead of him being topless as I wanted my magazine to be
different as the usual poses attract the audience while still addressing some
codes and conventions of the R&B genre.
