Presentation question 7
- 1. Evaluation Question 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the main task?
- 2. Research For the research and planning in my preliminary task it was very limited and I only did magazine research. However whilst producing my final product I carried out research on music magazines, audience, font, articles and photography to ensure my magazine constructed representations and fitted my chosen genre of music. I used the internet to collect secondary data about my audience – what their interests are and how other media producers produce music magazines. My research skills have developed which have benefited my work because researching is a crucial part into creating a product which easily falls into the ‘rock genre of music’ and conforms to a certain stereotype and social group. I produced work more in line with professional practices as I have a more detailed understanding of the conventions of real media products.
- 3. Planning My preliminary planning and production schedule was a lot simpler and quicker process; magazine research, photo shoot then construction of magazine. For my final product I managed my time better and my work was planned well. The planning for my final product was done over a number of weeks and included a lot of dates to make sure I kept to a production schedule and met deadlines. My planning went as so; similar magazine research, audience research, constructing flat plans, photography test shots, flat plan feedback, model costume/makeup research, location reece, photo shoot plans, article research, article drafting, photo shoots, model release forms, location hazard and risk sheets then finally construction. The skills I have learnt and developed from my preliminary task to my final task have allowed me to produce a product that looks professional and fits the rock genre of music and attracts my target audience.
- 4. Construction From the images of these two front covers you can see that I have developed a lot of new skills and techniques and a lot more effort has been put into the production of my final product. For the preliminary task I did little research into what style fonts would be used for a college magazine. As you can see the font I used was plain, block text where as in my final product I did a lot of research and chose different fonts that fit my rock genre. I also used a house style colour theme or red, white and black. Regarding photography my final product uses photography that constructs representation and portrays a certain message to the reader. For example my model has a serious/fierce facial expression to represent her character whereas in the preliminary task I didn’t plan what facial expression, clothes and makeup my model would be wearing.
- 5. Construction Comparing the mast head of my two products. Developing my Photoshop skills I was able to create a more professional masthead the rock music genre. The brightness and overall quality of my photographs have In the final product I have used a range improved dramatically as my Photoshop skills have developed of Photoshop skills that made my over the two projects. I also put a lot more thought into the product look more professional and like mise-en-scene of my photograph as I aimed to represent a a real magazine. For example certain genre. Which from my research was dark, edgy bold downloaded fonts, image layers and looks. In the prelim task my mise-en-scene was well thought photo editing. In the prelim task I was out it was generalized to just a young audience not a certain unaware of how to use these tools so genre. my product didn’t look as professional.