2. When I attempted the Preliminary task, little planning took place as it was a
build up task to the full product. I learnt that planning is key to produce a
well structured magazine that fits the requirements, thoughts need to go into
the writing, lay out, photo’s and representation of Indie’s in the music
magazine.
Minimal planning of
the layout.
I only trialled a few
shots for the
preliminary
task, meaning I
lacked a variety of Here’s a comparison of my preliminary task against my
potential photo’s for final music magazine contents page. The array of
the front cover of the negative space in the first contents page informed me
Student magazine. that I should fill as much space as I could when It cam
The location for the to producing the music mag. As I had already practiced
shoot was using InDesign for the preliminary task, that knowledg
spontaneous as were of the tools used aided me in the final production
the poses by the stages. Before adding the text and images, I practiced

3. As for time, I opted on using
Google+ calendar as I can
access it while online and
update it efficiently. When I
did the preliminary task, I
made little effort to plan out
my work progress therefore
was unsure on which areas to
tackle first, where as my full
product time planning was
useful and organized. I
worked out how much time I
was going to dedicate to the
work and when I was going to
achieve each task, for
example designing the
contents page then producing
-Finish research
it-Plan contents way of
a week later. This From the preliminary task, I acknowledged the fact
time management was that I needed a structured time plan in order to finish
-Photo shoot
successful as it allowed me to
-More photo’s to be my full product on time. Moreover, I could apply the
complete the work to the best
taken
of my ability within the time required amount of time spent on each section of the
-Edit photo’s
constraints. As a result, I product, so that there’s consistency of effort and
-Write double page
completed my work in time Initially, I
quality throughout my work.
for the deadline.
article decided
-Design front page the order
-Write contents of work
-Complete double page
then
-Review all work
-Add all work to my entered the

4. This photo for the Here’s another photograph
preliminary task was I used in my double page
basic and unplanned. spread. Using the same
The poor lighting and model as the front cover, I
background was featured a medium close
inappropriate for a up with her cat, as my
professional style research informed me that
magazine. I took this the stereotype of an Indie
into account when girl is a ‘cat-lover’. I
photographing for proceeded to edit this
my final photo so it was more
I created my own perception
task, choosing a day of the Foam style
interesting to the
where the lighting
As it was a sunny day, I took the
audience. using background and
covers,
a wider angle than typical
opportunity to photograph the complimenting
was magazines.
landscape as well as the model. model as
to the
This decision arose from my many of my shots
research into magazines as were taken outdoors.
a
magazine called Foam magazine
used interesting backgrounds to
frame the model, as shown far
right. The preliminary task taught
me that lighting was key, therefore
I opted on using the setting sun as
a backlight to illuminate Martha.
The angle I chose for the front
This was the photo I decided on
cover was just above the models
eye line so I could show her using for the front cover of the main
clothing (as it relates to the Indie project. I liked it because it
theme.) Moreover, I used a body incorporated an interesting

5. = +
From YouTube tutorials on Photoshop and
Image manipulation skills, I produced the
‘supernova cat’ for my Contents page. This
involved various tools from Photoshop that I
was unable to use when making the Student
magazine.
I incorporated many
different effects on
I did very little editing of the my photo’s used to
photo’s for the preliminary task give a selection of
as I was uncertain of how to
use each tool presented in
interesting images
Photoshop. It’s clear from the for the audience.
above images that I mastered This differs greatly
editing over the period of time
between the end of the first
to the contents of
task and the final product. For my Student
the final double page spread Magazine, therefore
photo, I edited it to give it a
vintage edge as I had
I have improved on
previously practiced using the meeting the needs
tools appropriate on other of the target

6. I believe the biggest thing that I have learnt from undertaking this project is
how to effectively use the software offered and the tools included in Photoshop
and InDesign to achieve a professional-style magazine for an Indie audience. I
now understand how to use the software provided to edit photo’s and create
contents pages and double page spreads. Over the period of time from the start
of the preliminary task to the final product, I have developed my skills in
Photoshop & InDesign so that I can produce media suitable or a
chosen genre of audience.
I used the
magnetic lasso
tool to cut out
my model.
A combination of
Photoshop and
InDesign resulted
in this contents
I added filters to page. All the
many of the images photos were
for a vintage, film edited using many
camera effect.