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Question 7
Evaluation Question 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
This is my preliminary production
of a school magazine:
And this is my finished music magazine media product:
I think that the difference between the school and music magazines are amazing, and that after all the research we did before starting the production made a massive difference.
For example, my skills with both photoshop
and QuarkXpress have both increased dramatically,
and I have learnt a lot about the use of both programmes
Even though I have had previous
experience with photoshop, I still learnt new
techniques that I could apply to this magazine.
For example manipulation
of the image
and the use of colours to
create specific connotations
Also with QuarkXpress, my skills using
the four primary tools increased, allowing me
to experiment with the layout more freely
Also, before creating the school magazine
I did not have any research of codes and conventions of front covers or contents page
For example:
- Overall layout of the contents page
- Main image should fill the front cover
- Size 11 font inside the magazine!
(More detailed analysis of professional front cover)
My music magazine therefore:
- Looks more professional
- Is much more attractive to an audience
- Is much more 'stylish' and creative
- Addresses and represents a specific social group
- Uses technology better to create a better presented piece of work
Also, when we started the preliminary exercise, we had no audience. This meant that it was not targetted to anyone. This meant that there was little reasoning to do anything, it was more of a case of doing it.
The research into the target audience
Showed us what we should include in our media product
For example
Colours
Images
Content
And Tone
I.e. Informal, friendly, taboo language, colloquialisms
Both
Were made through spontaneous creativity alone
And had no evidence to support the decisions made
However with my music magazine there was much more
Such as:
- Audience Research
- Publication Plans and Planning Production
- More drafts and sketches
- More time spent
- Higher attention to detail
This is how I feel that my media product has progressed, from the preliminary task to the music magazine