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Looking back, the author has learned more about what is required to produce a believable magazine. For the preliminary task, the author was unsure about layout and the main image did not stand out. The contents page also had a lot of empty space that looked unprofessional. However, for the main task the author improved by giving the masthead a black background, filling empty space on the contents page, and using a consistent color scheme to make the magazine appear more organized and cohesive. Overall, the author's magazine-making skills have clearly improved through experience using design software and learning to manage empty space and visual hierarchy effectively.
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Evaluation question 7
The student learned several important lessons when progressing from their preliminary school magazine task to the final product:
They learned how to properly crop and adjust photos, organize content in a visually appealing layout, and use consistent and high-contrast fonts and colors. Specifically, they improved mastheads by using consistent fonts and high-contrast colors, organized side stories in a block style for clarity, learned to properly crop and light photos as the main image, and made the contents list more full and magazine-like. Overall, they gained skills in visual design, photography, and creating a more polished and professional final product.
Presentation q7
The document reflects on the progression from the author's preliminary task to their full magazine production. They learned new skills in Photoshop like changing picture effects and removing backgrounds. Their initial school magazine lacked elements like a compelling cover line and model's gaze, making it seem amateurish. However, their music magazine incorporated research, planning and elements like a direct model gaze that made it seem more professional. The author improved their skills in layout tools like InDesign and manipulating elements in Photoshop. Overall they felt their final music magazine was an improvement due to these added elements.
Question 7
This document discusses the lessons learned from creating two magazines - a school magazine and a music magazine. For the school magazine, the author did not properly layout the text and colors, making it difficult to read. However, in creating the music magazine, the author learned to use InDesign tools better to layout columns, line up text, add consistent colors, and make elements like stickers and photos stand out. The author also learned Photoshop skills like cutting out pictures to fit on pages. Overall, the proper use of layout, columns, colors and images were important lessons that made the music magazine look more professional compared to the initial school magazine.
Preliminary task
The document describes the process of creating a practice magazine as preparation for a music magazine task. Key details include:
- The practice magazine was school-themed to match the creator's school colors and include realistic stories.
- Care was taken to make the magazine look professional while capturing the theme of being a student publication. This included the title "The Desk" and tagline "straight off the desk."
- Refinements were made based on analyzing other magazines, such as adding a cover image and adjusting content to seem relevant yet intriguing to students.
- Lessons were learned about layout, use of images, and conveying the intended tone that would be applied to the music magazine task.
Q7 looking back to your preliminary task,
The document summarizes the learning and improvements the author has made from an initial preliminary task to developing a full product. For the front cover, contents page, and double page spread, the author notes improvements made in the second iteration like adding more information, proper formatting and layout, use of images, and color coordination. Overall, the author feels they have improved in magazine formatting and design to better communicate and simplify information for readers through enhanced layout, composition, and photoshop skills.
Presentation1
- The author reviewed their preliminary work on creating a school magazine and found that while the color scheme worked well, the thin and formal font used for the masthead and cover lines lacked interest and boldness.
- When reviewing their contents page, the author realized it looked empty with few page numbers and features listed.
- Comparing their preliminary work to the coursework, the author saw improvements in their Photoshop skills like editing images, but recognized cutting out images was still of poor quality. The coursework used a more minimalist and professional design.
Q7
In the document, the author discusses lessons learned from preliminary magazine design tasks that were applied to improve the design of elements like the front page, contents page, and double page spreads in the main task. These lessons included properly positioning photos and text, leaving no blank spaces, following a consistent house style, using colorful elements to draw attention, and featuring a single model looking at the camera to create more impact.
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
The document summarizes the design choices made for a music magazine. It discusses incorporating a recognizable logo using the color red like the magazine Q. The cover and contents page were designed with a clear layout of rectangular shapes in light grey, dark grey and bold colors like Q magazine. Photographs were selected that coordinated with the red and grey color scheme for the double page spread to emphasize a personal feel from artist interviews.
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Evaluation question 7
The student learned several important lessons when progressing from their preliminary school magazine task to the final product:
They learned how to properly crop and adjust photos, organize content in a visually appealing layout, and use consistent and high-contrast fonts and colors. Specifically, they improved mastheads by using consistent fonts and high-contrast colors, organized side stories in a block style for clarity, learned to properly crop and light photos as the main image, and made the contents list more full and magazine-like. Overall, they gained skills in visual design, photography, and creating a more polished and professional final product.
Presentation q7
The document reflects on the progression from the author's preliminary task to their full magazine production. They learned new skills in Photoshop like changing picture effects and removing backgrounds. Their initial school magazine lacked elements like a compelling cover line and model's gaze, making it seem amateurish. However, their music magazine incorporated research, planning and elements like a direct model gaze that made it seem more professional. The author improved their skills in layout tools like InDesign and manipulating elements in Photoshop. Overall they felt their final music magazine was an improvement due to these added elements.
Question 7
This document discusses the lessons learned from creating two magazines - a school magazine and a music magazine. For the school magazine, the author did not properly layout the text and colors, making it difficult to read. However, in creating the music magazine, the author learned to use InDesign tools better to layout columns, line up text, add consistent colors, and make elements like stickers and photos stand out. The author also learned Photoshop skills like cutting out pictures to fit on pages. Overall, the proper use of layout, columns, colors and images were important lessons that made the music magazine look more professional compared to the initial school magazine.
Preliminary task
The document describes the process of creating a practice magazine as preparation for a music magazine task. Key details include:
- The practice magazine was school-themed to match the creator's school colors and include realistic stories.
- Care was taken to make the magazine look professional while capturing the theme of being a student publication. This included the title "The Desk" and tagline "straight off the desk."
- Refinements were made based on analyzing other magazines, such as adding a cover image and adjusting content to seem relevant yet intriguing to students.
- Lessons were learned about layout, use of images, and conveying the intended tone that would be applied to the music magazine task.
Q7 looking back to your preliminary task,
The document summarizes the learning and improvements the author has made from an initial preliminary task to developing a full product. For the front cover, contents page, and double page spread, the author notes improvements made in the second iteration like adding more information, proper formatting and layout, use of images, and color coordination. Overall, the author feels they have improved in magazine formatting and design to better communicate and simplify information for readers through enhanced layout, composition, and photoshop skills.
Presentation1
- The author reviewed their preliminary work on creating a school magazine and found that while the color scheme worked well, the thin and formal font used for the masthead and cover lines lacked interest and boldness.
- When reviewing their contents page, the author realized it looked empty with few page numbers and features listed.
- Comparing their preliminary work to the coursework, the author saw improvements in their Photoshop skills like editing images, but recognized cutting out images was still of poor quality. The coursework used a more minimalist and professional design.
Q7
In the document, the author discusses lessons learned from preliminary magazine design tasks that were applied to improve the design of elements like the front page, contents page, and double page spreads in the main task. These lessons included properly positioning photos and text, leaving no blank spaces, following a consistent house style, using colorful elements to draw attention, and featuring a single model looking at the camera to create more impact.
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
The document summarizes the design choices made for a music magazine. It discusses incorporating a recognizable logo using the color red like the magazine Q. The cover and contents page were designed with a clear layout of rectangular shapes in light grey, dark grey and bold colors like Q magazine. Photographs were selected that coordinated with the red and grey color scheme for the double page spread to emphasize a personal feel from artist interviews.
Final evaluation
The student created magazine pages for a college assignment. They were happy with their cover page which included professional elements like a masthead, pull quotes and coverlines. For their contents page, they felt it looked good but not as professional as hoped and could have been more eye-catching with different colors and more photos. Overall they learned to manage time better and be more creative with the design software for future projects.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what
The author learned several things from their preliminary task to the final product:
1) The layout and color scheme should be tailored to the target audience - a school magazine required a more formal tone for parents, while their final product could be less formal.
2) For the contents page, research on existing magazine layouts is important rather than just placing information without structure. Following an existing magazine's layout led to a more professional result.
3) Photo editing skills improved from simple black and white to adjusting contrast, sharpening, and selectively coloring parts of images. Proper positioning of cover elements also made the final magazine cover look more polished.
Contents page statement of intent
The document discusses plans for a contents page for a music magazine. It will have a simple, organized structure that appeals to audiences. There will be a balance of text and images that work together without being overcrowded. The same color scheme from the front page will be used for consistency. While one main image will stand out, other smaller images will be included and spaced out to represent different articles hinted at by accompanying text.
Contents page statement of intent
For their contents page, the author wants something simple yet representative of music as an artistic creation. They want the contents page to be organized and appeal to audiences with images and text working together. Their main goal is to avoid overcrowding and have an appealing, adequate appearance. The color scheme will remain the same as the front page to maintain consistency throughout and appropriately reflect the genre of hip hop music.
Question 7
The document summarizes the learning from the author's preliminary task to their final product. In the preliminary task, the author struggled with using Photoshop professionally. The front cover had an unedited background around the main image. The masthead was plain text. There was too much whitespace on the contents page.
For the final product, the author improved their skills in cutting out images, adding effects to the masthead to make it stand out, filling the left side of the page to reduce whitespace, using a clearer color scheme, varying fonts, and arranging images and page numbers on the contents page to make it more visually interesting.
Media evaluation- School Magazine
The student created a magazine evaluation for their school magazine. They discussed various design elements of their magazine like the masthead, plugs, style, photographs, headlines, and contents text. They analyzed the tools they used to create and edit elements. They provided a pros and cons evaluation, noting what they did well like using puffs and images, but also areas for improvement like having a consistent house style and better image editing. Overall, the evaluation aimed to analyze the magazine's design and identify ways to make it more professional.
Final product progression
The document discusses improvements made to a magazine cover and contents page. The original designs were simple and unappealing. The redesigned front cover features a higher quality photo that better represents the theme. Fonts and colors were also updated to fit the dub-step music theme. The layout is now more professional without wasted space. The contents page was improved by adding pictures for visual interest and better organizing the text and page numbers. Various design techniques were learned throughout the redesign process to make the magazine more visually appealing and readable for the audience.
Evaluation Question
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
my response to the evaluation question
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13-15
The document discusses the differences between a preliminary task and final product for a magazine front cover and contents page. For the front cover, the preliminary task lacked professionalism with an unorganized layout, red barcode, word art text, and floating sell lines. The final cover had a left third, properly placed masthead, issue date and main story. For the contents page, the preliminary task used large text, word art over images, and block colors while the final page had modest text size, separated stories, and maintained a color scheme for a cleaner professional look. Overall, the author learned to create a more organized, visually appealing and professionally designed final product compared to their initial preliminary task.
Q7
By merging images and editing colors to look connected, the author learnt to make elements appear from the same magazine, though their preliminary work lacked this. It was difficult to choose readable color combinations but they improved for the final piece. Magazines avoid blank spaces and keep content varied, which the author's final product mimicked through attention to magazine conventions and inclusion of basic magazine features.
Recovered file 1
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Question 7
In my preliminary task for the school magazine:
- My front cover design was dull and some text was not aligned properly, showing my lack of experience with InDesign and Photoshop.
- My contents page only had one image and plain white background, making it less engaging for readers.
For the music magazine, I gained experience with the design software and conducted research on existing magazines. As a result:
- My front cover design was more professional-looking with aligned text and busy photo.
- My contents page included more images and colored boxes/text to attract readers in a busier layout with columns.
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The document discusses design choices made for a magazine cover and layout. Key points include:
- Adjusting curves to lighten and sharpen the cover image to make it bolder and match the bold font colors.
- Using red in the masthead to add color and draw attention, which worked well with the cold tones of the cover.
- Adding snowflake brushing and larger black snowflakes to highlight important cover lines and maintain the winter theme.
- Developing a color scheme of soft red and hard blue based on the masthead, and using consistent fonts and motifs.
College magazine
This document provides details on the design and layout of a college magazine cover and contents page. Key points include:
- The cover features a student photo with shapes and text overlaid to make him look like a model, along with varied colors and different font styles for the masthead and cover lines.
- The contents page uses multiple colors but may not clearly indicate the magazine contents as clearly as competitor Men's Health.
- Photoshop was used to alter the cover image and create shapes/text, while InDesign helped make the contents page by inserting images and formatting for export.
- Care was taken in image selection, layout, and font choices, though some elements could be improved for professional quality
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- Feature names and page numbers were added in black and purple to complement the color scheme.
- An artist image was placed in a gray box to stand out from the white, black, and purple colors.
- Additional elements like an editor's letter and contest details were included to engage the target audience of 16-21 year olds.
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The student created magazine pages for a college assignment. They were happy with their cover page which included professional elements like a masthead, pull quotes and coverlines. For their contents page, they felt it looked good but not as professional as hoped and could have been more eye-catching with different colors and more photos. Overall they learned to manage time better and be more creative with the design software for future projects.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what
The author learned several things from their preliminary task to the final product:
1) The layout and color scheme should be tailored to the target audience - a school magazine required a more formal tone for parents, while their final product could be less formal.
2) For the contents page, research on existing magazine layouts is important rather than just placing information without structure. Following an existing magazine's layout led to a more professional result.
3) Photo editing skills improved from simple black and white to adjusting contrast, sharpening, and selectively coloring parts of images. Proper positioning of cover elements also made the final magazine cover look more polished.
Contents page statement of intent
The document discusses plans for a contents page for a music magazine. It will have a simple, organized structure that appeals to audiences. There will be a balance of text and images that work together without being overcrowded. The same color scheme from the front page will be used for consistency. While one main image will stand out, other smaller images will be included and spaced out to represent different articles hinted at by accompanying text.
Contents page statement of intent
For their contents page, the author wants something simple yet representative of music as an artistic creation. They want the contents page to be organized and appeal to audiences with images and text working together. Their main goal is to avoid overcrowding and have an appealing, adequate appearance. The color scheme will remain the same as the front page to maintain consistency throughout and appropriately reflect the genre of hip hop music.
Question 7
The document summarizes the learning from the author's preliminary task to their final product. In the preliminary task, the author struggled with using Photoshop professionally. The front cover had an unedited background around the main image. The masthead was plain text. There was too much whitespace on the contents page.
For the final product, the author improved their skills in cutting out images, adding effects to the masthead to make it stand out, filling the left side of the page to reduce whitespace, using a clearer color scheme, varying fonts, and arranging images and page numbers on the contents page to make it more visually interesting.
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Evaluation Question
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
my response to the evaluation question
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The document discusses the differences between a preliminary task and final product for a magazine front cover and contents page. For the front cover, the preliminary task lacked professionalism with an unorganized layout, red barcode, word art text, and floating sell lines. The final cover had a left third, properly placed masthead, issue date and main story. For the contents page, the preliminary task used large text, word art over images, and block colors while the final page had modest text size, separated stories, and maintained a color scheme for a cleaner professional look. Overall, the author learned to create a more organized, visually appealing and professionally designed final product compared to their initial preliminary task.
Q7
By merging images and editing colors to look connected, the author learnt to make elements appear from the same magazine, though their preliminary work lacked this. It was difficult to choose readable color combinations but they improved for the final piece. Magazines avoid blank spaces and keep content varied, which the author's final product mimicked through attention to magazine conventions and inclusion of basic magazine features.
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Question 7
In my preliminary task for the school magazine:
- My front cover design was dull and some text was not aligned properly, showing my lack of experience with InDesign and Photoshop.
- My contents page only had one image and plain white background, making it less engaging for readers.
For the music magazine, I gained experience with the design software and conducted research on existing magazines. As a result:
- My front cover design was more professional-looking with aligned text and busy photo.
- My contents page included more images and colored boxes/text to attract readers in a busier layout with columns.
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- Adjusting curves to lighten and sharpen the cover image to make it bolder and match the bold font colors.
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- Adding snowflake brushing and larger black snowflakes to highlight important cover lines and maintain the winter theme.
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- The cover features a student photo with shapes and text overlaid to make him look like a model, along with varied colors and different font styles for the masthead and cover lines.
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- Photoshop was used to alter the cover image and create shapes/text, while InDesign helped make the contents page by inserting images and formatting for export.
- Care was taken in image selection, layout, and font choices, though some elements could be improved for professional quality
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The student learned several important lessons when progressing from their preliminary school magazine task to the final product:
They learned how to properly crop and adjust photos, organize content in a visually appealing layout, and use consistent and high-contrast fonts and colors. Specifically, they improved mastheads by using consistent fonts and high-contrast colors, organized side stories in a block style for clarity, learned to properly crop and light photos as the main image, and made the contents list more full and magazine-like. Overall, they gained skills in visual design, photography, and creating a more polished and professional final product.
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Q7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
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In the document, the author discusses lessons learned from preliminary magazine design tasks that were applied to improve the design of elements like the front page, contents page, and double page spreads in the main task. These lessons included properly positioning photos and text, leaving no blank spaces, following a consistent house style, using colorful elements to draw attention, and featuring a single model looking at the camera to create more impact.
Prelim task
- In the preliminary task, the font color was not clearly visible and the font looked plain, whereas for the magazine cover more care was taken to plan color schemes and select unique, exciting fonts.
- The magazine masthead was too boring and small compared to the colored squares, whereas more thought went into making the magazine cover grab attention.
- The preliminary contents page wasn't fully filled and looked unfinished, whereas ensuring the magazine contents page was busy suited the punk genre. Researching other magazines allowed adding more details.
- Layout and space usage improved from the preliminary task to the magazine, as skills and confidence with Photoshop increased through practice and development.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what
- The author believes their main task music magazine is an improvement over their preliminary student magazine. The main task magazine has more suitable colors that appeal to both genders and a more eye-catching banner, whereas the preliminary magazine had bland colors and only appealed to one gender.
- The contents page of the preliminary magazine lacked conventions, had too much white space, insufficient details and articles, and images that were not neatly ordered. In contrast, the main task contents page looks more professional with quality images, articles relevant to music, and a clear color scheme and text.
- The author's skills in Photoshop and InDesign have improved, allowing them to enhance images and text for the main task magazine, making
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- The masthead uses a serif font to look formal but the letters are thin and bold for modern look. A subhead is also included.
- The lead image could be improved with a lighter background to make the cover less dull.
- Cover lines use transparent black boxes to stand out against dark colors while maintaining a modern look.
- The contents page mimics the cover design but could have better pictures. Page numbers have creative treatments like circles.
- Comparable magazines like Vogue and Grazia inspired some design elements but with brighter colors. Overall, brighter
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Question 7
This document discusses improvements made to a student magazine cover and contents page from a preliminary version. For the cover, elements like the masthead, cover lines, photo size, strapline, sub-headline, pull quote, and competition details were enhanced to make the design less empty. For the contents page, changes like increasing the title size, including a scaled cover image, adding page number details, and a subscription box made the layout feel fuller. Images were also improved across pages for continuity and impact. Overall, the revisions filled out empty space and added more engaging elements to draw in readers.
Question 7
This document discusses improvements made to a student magazine cover and contents page from a preliminary version. For the cover, elements like the masthead, cover lines, photo size, strapline, sub-headline, pull quote, and competition details were enhanced to make the design less empty. For the contents page, changes such as increasing the title size, including a scaled cover image, adding page number details, and a subscription box made the layout feel fuller. Images were also improved across pages for continuity and impact. Overall, the revisions filled out empty space and added more engaging elements to draw in readers.
Evaluation question 7
The student feels they have greatly improved in designing magazine covers and contents pages from their preliminary task to the final product. In the preliminary cover, there were many flaws like unaligned text, poor image cutting, and a lack of consideration for layout and style. However, in the final cover significant thought went into mimicking industry styles, using statement colors, professional fonts, and carefully selecting imagery. Similarly, the preliminary contents page showed a lack of research and conventions, while the final version had realistic sections, aligned elements, and consideration for aesthetics and emphasis on the cover. Overall, the student learned the importance of preparation, research, feedback, and refinement for creating a polished magazine.
Evaluation question 7
The document reflects on what the author has learned from their preliminary task to their full magazine product. They discuss improving skills with Photoshop like using layers and photo editing. They also learned to properly plan photos by considering things like body positioning. The author improved at directing models, choosing appropriate outfits, and using colors and text styles fitting for their target audience. Overall, the author gained valuable experience in planning, design, and using tools like Photoshop to create a polished final product.
Evaluation question 7
The document reflects on what the author has learned from their preliminary task to their full magazine product. They discuss improving skills with Photoshop like using layers and photo editing. They also learned to properly plan photos by considering things like body positioning. The author improved at directing models, choosing appropriate outfits, and using colors and text styles fitting for their target audience. Overall, the author gained valuable experience in planning, design, and using tools like Photoshop to create a polished final product.
Evaluation Question 7
The document summarizes the learning progression from the author's preliminary magazine cover task to their full music magazine product evaluation.
In the preliminary task, the author felt they lacked knowledge of magazine conventions but learned through trial and error. Their second cover was an improvement but still had room for growth.
For the final music magazine, the author was happy with the professional results and clear improvements using skills learned in Photoshop. The front cover incorporated proper magazine elements. The contents page was well-laid out and consistent with the house style. The double-page spread effectively featured the article subject across both pages. Overall, the author gained valuable experience in magazine design that showed in the higher quality of the final product compared to the
Question 7 Evaluation
The document summarizes the learning and improvements from the author's preliminary magazine cover task to their final music magazine project.
In the preliminary task, the author's front cover lacked appeal and their contents page had some editing issues. They rated these 4/10 and 5/10.
For the final music magazine, the author applied lessons learned. Their front cover used proper magazine conventions and their contents page was professionally sectioned. They were able to effectively use Photoshop tools and rated the front cover 8/10 and contents page 8/10.
Their double page spread featured a blended background and sectioned text for a professional look. The author saw clear progression from their initial task to their final project in magazine
Question 7 Evaluation
The document summarizes the learning progression from the author's preliminary magazine cover task to their full music magazine product evaluation.
In the preliminary task, the author felt their front and contents covers lacked appeal and had some design flaws. They rated the front cover 4/10 and contents page 5/10.
For the full product, the author was happy with improvements using Photoshop. Their music magazine front cover looked more professional using conventions like mastheads and cover lines. They rated it 8/10. The contents page was sectioned into parts and kept the house style, rating it also 8/10. The double page spread followed the background and included cover lines, rated 7/10. Overall the author felt they
Question 7
The document discusses what the author learned from their preliminary magazine cover task to their full magazine product. They realized the importance of structuring the magazine professionally for their target audience. This included using coordinated colors that conveyed the right message, taking better photos, and addressing the audience more directly. They also learned key elements magazines include like barcodes and sell lines. Overall, the preliminary task looked dull while the final product looked like a realistic, high quality magazine through applying these lessons.
Question 7
The author reflects on improvements between their initial school magazine project and subsequent music magazine. For the school magazine, they were still learning the software and it showed with a bare cover lacking information, contents page with much white space and little detail, and dull overall design. For the music magazine, they applied what they learned and it shows with a colorful, busy cover; well-laid out contents page with location diagrams; and double page spread using layers and colors effectively like a real magazine. The author sees significant progress in their design skills and abilities.
Evaluation 7
- The student improved their Photoshop and design skills between the preliminary and main tasks. The preliminary masthead and images were basic, whereas the main task versions used effects like drop shadows and made more creative design choices.
- Both contents pages had similar structures but the main task version was more refined with additions like distinct section headings and a plectrum-shaped page reference.
- The images in the main task were of higher quality due to better equipment and lighting. They were also edited more skillfully to achieve specific aesthetic effects that fit the magazine genre.
- The typography and font choices on the main task cover were more strategically designed and executed to maximize readability and intrigue compared to the preliminary
Question7
The document reflects on improvements made from a preliminary magazine design task to the final product. For the cover, skills with Photoshop were improved, resulting in cleaner cropping and higher quality images. Audience research was also better incorporated, making the final cover more eye-catching with varied colors. The contents page was enhanced with a mix of images and text, gridlines, and manipulated photos. A double page spread proved most challenging but conventions from rock magazines, like fitting color schemes and using dark tones, were achieved.
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- 2. Looking back at my preliminary task, I have a learned lot more as to what is needed in a magazine and that I have used this knowledge to improve my way of producing a magazine. Back when I started, I wasn’t too sure on what was needed to make my magazine look believable. I felt like I knew what images had to be Included, however, I wasn’t too clear on the layout. The main image is what I wanted it to be but it doesn’t stand out as there is nothing to it to make it exciting. Also, I had a font in mind for the masthead for my student magazine, however, I was unable to find a font that was anyway similar to it and so I thought that the font used instead would be good enough. But looking back , I know realise that it looks very simple and there is nothing to make it stand out. On the main task, I gave the masthead a black background and stuck to a colour scheme so it doesn’t look disorganised.
- 3. The contents page that I produced for my preliminary task has been improved a lot. In my student magazine contents page, there is a lot of empty space and at the bottom of the page, it seems like I have tried to fill that in and failed to reach that aim. This has made my contents page look very weak and unprofessional. However, for the main task, I was able to fill in the empty space with names of artists and I found it to difficult to fill in that space as I was unable to do that for the preliminary task. I now know that I could filled up that space with names of subjects, teachers etc. Also, my music magazine has a more organised layout and is easier to read. It also sticks to the colour scheme used on the front cover which shows it is still the same magazine. Whereas on my student magazine, there is no colour scheme and so the contents page looks like it could belong to another magazine.
- 4. Overall, I have definitely improved my “magazine-making” skills. I used Adobe Photoshop and InDesign for both projects and it is clear that I have become more enhanced at using both software's. I am now more aware of empty space on a magazine and where to place images and texts to suit the magazine. I am also more able to find a suitable colour scheme so that each page in the magazine connects with one another.