Coursework evaluation
- 2. How did I use my time whilst making my project? I did tasks as they were set and kept my blog up to date with things we did in the lesson.
- 3. I gave myself a lot of time to research other magazines so when it came to making my own I had ideas on how to lay it out and what things to include.
- 4. I concentrated on each magazine separately so I didn’t get confused between the two.What was the project about?Creating a College magazine front cover a contents page that included a picture of a student somewhere along the way.
- 5. Creating a Music magazine front cover, contents page and a double page spread that has to link back to the key image in the front cover.
- 6. There must be a minimum of 4 images in each magazine.
- 7. For my music magazine, I also researched double page spreads and picked up on things I needed to then include in my own.Research and research methods To start with, I researched several different magazine front covers and then I went on to research contents pages. I stuck the front covers in my scrapbook and annotated around them, same with the contents pages.
- 8. I also used the internet to look at other magazines and made notes on things they all had in common.Target AudienceCollege MagazineThe target audience for my college magazine is obviously college students. To make my magazine suit the target audience I had to ensure I did certain things, such as; made the front cover very bright to attract the students, use persuasive language in order for them to buy it and give it a fun element so it wouldn’t bore them.Music MagazineMy music magazine is a Dubstep special edition so it is aimed at anyone who is interested in Dubstep and Dubstep artists. Again, to make sure it was suitable for my target audience I had to make sure the magazine showed the reader that is was a Dubstep edition. Neither of the magazines are aimed at a specific gender as both genders may read college and music magazines.
- 9. Use of SoftwareCollege MagazineFor my college magazine, I used a very amateur programme called GIMP. The majority of the class used miscrosoft publisher but I find that programme too basic and boring. GIMP allows you to do that little extra than publisher as it uses layers similarly to Photoshop.
- 10. I had a few problems with the software as it closed down a few times on me, luckily it recovered my work and I was able to continue from where I left off.Music MagazineAs I wanted my music magazine to be a lot more advanced than my college magazine, I decided to use a much more advanced programme. Photoshop was my choice as I knew my way about it very well... I am able to complete tasks well and fairly fast as I am a good user of the programme.
- 11. Luckily, I didn’t have any difficulties with the programme which meant I was able to make my music magazine smoothly without any hassle.InfluencesCollege MagazineI didn’t have much influence for my college magazine because I pretty much knew how I wanted it to look in my head.
- 12. I did use the internet to look at other professional college magazines which influenced me on using the paper texture as the background. Music MagazineAgain, I didn’t have much influence with my music magazine either. After I completed the front cover I did ask other people’s opinions and one person in particular did influence me in using the paint splatter effect. I am glad I listened as I believe it really finished off the front cover and made it look extremely effective.
- 13. I used the basic layout of an NME contents page to create my own, but I didn’t want to copy it exactly as I wanted to produce my own work.I am happy to accept people’s opinions but I have to agree 100% with what they are saying in order for them to influence me.