1) This document is Rachel Kaur's reflection on her progression from a preliminary school magazine task to a final music magazine product for her AS Media Studies course. 2) In her preliminary task, Rachel did not extensively edit photos using software like Adobe Fireworks, but for her final music magazine, she learned to edit every photo in some way using new skills in Photoshop and Fireworks. 3) Rachel feels she has improved her editing skills and ability to effectively use design software from her initial task to her final product.

1. Name: Rachel Kaur
Candidate Number: 0413
Centre: 29210
OCR: G321: Foundation Portfolio
AS MEDIA STUDIES

2.  EVALUATING MY IDSALL SCHOOL MAGAZINE
Technologies used:
-Adobe Fireworks
-iPhone 6 camera
-Altering/manipulating photos
LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

3.  FRONT COVER:
LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION TO THE FULL PRODUCT?
Bold green title –stands
out from the white
background
Cover lines on the
magazine to encourage
readers to read inside
and to fill space. A
change of font colour
draws the reader to the
text, as well as keeping
within the colour theme
of the school.
Logo of the tree- using
the inset boss, glow, &
sharpen filters to make
it look different.
Motto of the school clear and
large at the bottom of the cover.
All the text is the same font ‘Berlin Sans
FB Demi’ to keep the magazine branded
and loon professional.
White background
makes the cover easy
to read, and the use of
orange, green, and
black- Idsall’s colours-
to create brand identity.
Use of the puff to entice the audience to
read. A soft yellow glow & drop shadow
added to make it more visible.
Use of a soft
green glow filter
behind the white
text/cover lines
to draw attention
and to make it
more visible

4.  PHOTOGRAPHY:
LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION TO THE FULL PRODUCT?
I have used mid shots for both of my images,
showing firstly, the student playing the keyboard &
the outside of the school.
I used PowerPoint to make the images into certain
shapes but have not done anything to edit them
extensively on Adobe Fireworks as I did with my
music magazine.
None of these were edited slightly were edited. This is
something I have progressed on greatly for my music
magazine as every image that I have used on there has been
edited one way or another.

5. LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

6. LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

7.  CONTENTS:
LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION TO THE FULL PRODUCT?
An orange large heading on the page
to signify what the page is, and a
drop shadow filter so it’s almost 3D
like and stand out
Contents listed/separated into subheadings
show readers what’s inside with a green
box behind so that it is easy for readers to
see
Images with contents in orange to
highlight certain articles
Dateline, name of magazine & logo to
create brand identity
The same colours & font
used to create brand
identity and keep the page
looking part of the same
magazine.
Page number at the bottom so the reader can
find it easy to navigate their way through
All the text is
the same
font ‘Berlin
Sans FB
Demi’ to
keep the
magazine
branded and
loon
professional.

8.  PHOTOGRAPHY:
LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION TO THE FULL PRODUCT?
I used an image of the Fitness
Suite for something extra show
on the contents page
(establishing shot)
I used an image of the library to
highlight the events that are
taking place here.
Only two of these images were edited slightly were edited.
This is something I have progressed on greatly for my music
magazine as every image that I have used on there has been
edited one way or another.
I took an image of a Sixth
Former, using a long shot angle.
I used PowerPoint to make the
secondary images into certain shapes

9. The original image of the fitness suite
was very dark and unappealing.
Using Fireworks, I brightened the
picture and made it more saturated.
As this image was also a bit dark, I
used Fireworks to brighten it so it
looked more appealing to be used as
a background for the contents page.
I also used a ‘Raised Emboss’ filter.
LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

10. LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION TO THE FULL PRODUCT?
Overall, I definitely think that I
have improved in my editing
skills from my preliminary task.
In my preliminary task of
making a school magazine, I
did not do any extensive editing
on images using Photoshop as I
did for my music magazine. Previous to doing this task, I
didn’t know how to use
Photoshop or some of the
tools on Fireworks; this is
something I have definitely
used in the progression to the
full product of a music
magazine.