AS Media Coursework

1. Question 7 – Progress with
Preliminary Task
Preliminary
Task – School
Magazine
Since the start of
the course I have
learntabouthow
to use the
programson the
computermuch
betterto create a
more appealing
magazine,Ihave
learntthe
conventionsof the
genresandhow
importantitis to
knowthe target
audience tobe
able to attract
theirattention

2. I have made a much more appealingtitle of my
magazine byusingcolourand usinga more
effectivefont
More effectivewayof writingadescription
type for inside the magazine
Betterplacingof the
price of the magazine
and actuallyincludesa
barcode
I improvedonmy
image takingskillsof
the personfeaturing
on the frontcover by
changingthe angle
and makingitlook
more professional
I made more use of the space
and didn’tleave large empty
gaps like this
Overall more effective
and more appealing
layoutof the magazine
frontcover
More effectivewayof
writingthe personfeatured
inthe image through
coloursand fontstyling
My understandingof the layoutof a magazine
has developeddue tothe amountof researchI
have done,whenIcreatedthe preliminary
task yesI dida little researchonhowitshould
lookbutafter doinga lotmore researchon
Hip Hopmagazine layoutsandalsofindingout
whatwas effectivetomyaudience the layout
had become extremelyimproved.

3. Skills I have
developed
Better use of
programmes to create
the final magazine
Making it more appealingto my
audience through conventions,
such as, font styles
Improveduse of researchto
findout what type ofthings
wouldattract my audience
and the conventions,such as,
colour schemes
I have improvedon my
camera work; the image
anglesand effects
My Photoshopskillshave
improveda large amount from
not reallyknowing how to use it
to becomingquite familiar
I have developedonthe
effectivenessofthe layout and
foundout how important an
appealinglayout is
I focusedmore on the Mode
of Addressand made sure
everythingwas more
accurate for my audience
The use of more attractive fonts have
improved,with the school magazine I
only used‘Word’fonts which are not
as appealingas using‘Font Space’
The skillsof knowing
the most appealing
background has
improvedalso
Knowingwhat would
appeal to your audience
and knowing the target
audience has helpedto
improve the look ofmy
magazine