1. Reflection & Evaluation
Ways I could improve my preliminary task:
My evaluation is a good
My Preliminary task start but needs to be more
shows good ability to detailed critical and
research into analytical of work and
audience and plan approach to the
the pages of preliminary task.
magazine.
I need to consider the images,
typography and layout more
on both pages and to follow
typical conventions.
4. The difference between my draft &
final product.
As you can see my final product and drafts are
not the same, it has made me realise the effect
the drafting has on the final product, so for my
music magazine I have created more than one
drafts so it can be easier to create the final. I
have made my ideas clear so it will easier for
me to evaluate later on. However I understand
that sometimes the final product may differ to
the drafts due to my ongoing reflection during
the construction process.
5. Comparisons
My college magazine looks similar to this as it follows
similar conventions to me. I have the key image in the
middle and the masthead at the top so it can be eye
catching, I have placed the cover lines around the key
image. I think I could’ve done better. Also the color
makes the fonts stand out and makes it clearer, the
layout of this college
magazine is similar to mine.
The colors stand out and it also matches her top. The
barcode is in the same position similar to mine.
6. Comparisons
This is another college which I think is very poor
magazine compared to mine it looks dull and
boring not really eye catchy, where as mine the
colors stand out and makes the audience want to
read it, in my own opinion I don’t think it’s a good
picture to put on a front cover maybe include it in
a contents page, however I find it quite
interesting because its different compared to
most front cover, she looks chilled out and it links
to the cover line ‘All work & no play’ so she’s
trying attract the audience attention because it
does relate to them.
11. My ideas
For my new music magazine I want it to look something
similar to this, I want the key image to be in-front of the
masthead but slightly lower different compared to the vibe
magazine, because I want the audience to establish the
magazine brand. My color for the masthead is red also. Also
the selling lines will be placed around the key image. I want
the key image to be the main focus of the magazine that
attracts the audience to buy the magazine. My model will be
looking directly into the camera so the audience can be
engaged.
12. Type of conventions
The type of conventions I have used is informal
language, barcode, medium close up shot, cover
lines, selling lines all these elements make the magazine
stand out and makes it successful, I have also made the
house style the same throughout the whole magazine so
every time the audience look at the college magazine they
would know what school it’s from and be used to it.
I have also done the same for my music
magazine, included, barcode, masthead, cover line, selling
lines and I have made my shot type clear for my front cover
it will be a medium close up shot and for my contents page
& double page spread will be long shot, I’ve created two
drafts of each so I chose the best one to make my final
product.
13. Drafting Process
• The drafting process has helped me in many ways for
example when I was creating the draft for the college
magazine it gave me many ideas to help me create my
final product.
• My drafts compared to my final product of the college
magazine are not the same there are some changes
that I made to the final product I only created 1 draft
so the final product was hard to make so I had to keep
restarting which caused a lot of confusion. Therefore I
have created more than draft for my music magazine to
make it easier for me to finalize and experiment the
ideas to see which one works best.
14. The Final Drafts
The main things that I have found successful about my drafts is the
masthead and cover lines my strong areas are my front cover & contents
page I have created it just the way I want It to be eye catchy and
something the audience would love to read but my weakest spot is the
double page spread which needs more work hence the reason why I
created another draft so it can give me more ideas, the more drafts I make
the more better my double page spread looks and comes to live.
I think I have met the audiences needs, by following what colour they want
on the front page and the house style through out the magazine, which is
red and blue also the audience prefer to read articles in the music
magazine so I have decided to create my own R’n’B artist called Jermaine
Carter and talk about his successful life. I have conducted a primary
research which enabled me to find out my audiences needs.
