3. Front Cover
Looking back at my school magazine to my music magazine I
feel I have learnt a lot. Firstly, on school magazine’s front
cover the model isn’t directly staring at the camera which I
know now is not very personal and not conventionally of a
magazine. However from research I found that using models
that are staring directly into the audience will grab their
attention so therefore I did it on Tune magazine. Also I learnt
that in many magazine, the headline for the model on the
front is directly put on them so it is clear to see – I did this on
the full task but now the preliminary task.
The colour scheme I used on the school magazine could be
described as random with no real theme however on my full
task I chose to only use three basic colours which were used
throughout the magazine to create a brand identity. On my
school magazine, it is clear to see I didn’t edit the image much
as shown by the background being relatively busy so therefore
looks unprofessional however when I started my music
magazine I knew more about the editing tools of Photoshop.
5. Contents
Comparing my school magazine contents page to Tune’s
magazine contents I feel I have learnt a lot. Firstly, I have not
used the magazine title ‘SFC’ on my contents page which is not
conventional of a professional magazine. Also, again in all my
images no –one is looking at the camera so therefore SFC’s
doesn’t seem personal however when doing my music magazine
the models are looking at the camera.
Similarly in my preliminary task contents I added a ‘editors
note’ and there is not a set order of how the audience should
read it so therefore in Tune’s contents I wanted a uncluttered
look and chose not to do a ‘editors note’ as my focus group
didn’t have a preference on it. Also, my school magazine
contents does not contain a subscription section which I have
learnt through research that most magazines do which meant
I added it to the full task.
7. Photoshop
• During the process of creating my music
magazine my skills on Photoshop and
InDesign have greatly improved. On my
school magazine, I only knew the basics
on Photoshop such as creating text, and
fill. However when I started my music
magazine I used many more effects such
as the healing tool and magic wand which
gave my magazine a more professional
feel. Also, I planned more when it came to
creating my music magazine so therefore I
felt more confident what I was hoping to
achieve when on Photoshop.
8. InDesign
• I also feel my skills on Indesign have
improved from the preliminary task to
the full task. Similar to Photoshop, I had
never used InDesign before so when
created my school magazine I only knew
the basics such as placing in images and
achieving a background. However in my
music magazine’s contents, I gave my
magazine a more professional feel by
using different coloured textboxes and
placing in text which I had edited in
Photoshop etc. Overall I feel that being
confident when using Photoshop and
InDesign dramatically improved my
school magazine to the music magazine.
