Evaluation point 7
- 1. Looking back at my preliminary task, I have learnt that that my magazine needed to consist of a good colour scheme that needs to attract the customer eye and link to the genre of the magazine in order for them to notice the magazine and be interested in what it has to offer when comparing my fonts I used a much better font on my real production that consisted of those things, where as in my preliminary task, my fonts were boring and didn’t consist of these things overall making the magazine look dull. I have also learned that my magazine has to include appropriate models that relate to the genre and both intrigue and catch the customer eye although the model on my preliminary task included an appropriate model (a student) it still didn’t compliment the rest of the features on the magazine. I also learnt that I needed to use a range of computer techniques in order to create a range of effects on the actual magazine such as creating shapes and banners for example, I used a banner on both my preliminary task and my actual production but I used it in a more effective way on my production as I included information in the banner that was relevant to the page such as the ‘exclusive gossip only at boom’ in the banner on the contents page. This message was obviously referring to the content on the contents page. Also effects on the photos I use like changing the colour of the picture and stretching back grounds. Looking at my preliminary task, I didn’t use a range of computer techniques to create better features to go on the magazine. For the progression of the magazine, I have learnt that we need start off with researching about what you want your magazine to be about and looking at other examples for inspiration, you also need to research about features that you want to include in your magazine and perhaps get inspiration from other magazines for that as well. You also need to plan what you are going to do including what you want to include in your magazine so for example deciding if you want to do an interview on your double page spread or just simply information about a genre or an
- 2. artist you also need to decide on a suitable colour scheme to go with the theme of your magazine. Then finally, you need to start the actual production of the magazine which is putting all your researching and planning together, by using sites like Photoshop and InDesign you can achieve the look that you have been planning for.