Sunday, 3 April 2011

Evaluation;2-How effective is the combination of my product and ancillary texts?

Looking back on my preliminary task i believe that i have made massive improvements since then. When i was asked to first create a school magazine in Photoshop, i didn't really know my way round Photoshop or how to use some of the tools. Comparing my preliminary task to my music magazine you can see that there are some big changes of ideas and skills. At the time of creating the preliminary task i remember believing that i completed the task well and didn't think the school magazine i had made, looked that bad. At the very start i had no idea how hard it was going to be, it took me some time to start my preliminary task as i was rubbish with Photoshop! As i started finding things easier and my way around Photoshop i thought i had got the hang of it and created a good piece of work. Now i believe that i didn't know half as much as i do now with Photoshop. My image that i used on my front cover school magazine is also not as high standard as the ones i used for my music magazine. Although we spent a day with a photographer in school with him teaching us some of the skills he has and idea, i still feel that i wasn't at all ready to create a magazine that would be really successful. I now feel more comfortable when taking images and adjusting them in Photoshop as i have new improved skills.
When i look back at my preliminary task i believe i didn't use any thought about the conventions i could have used on the magazine. I don't think i took any of the 'media side' into account when creating my preliminary task, such as not using rule of thirds, the golden line lures etc. My front cover wasn't very evened out and the quotes and cover lines weren't at all attention grabbing. The colours i used wasn't the best as i didn't think about any conventions. I also did not include a logo in my preliminary task and didn't think about the magazine name with alot of thought. 

I believe my music magazine is a great success compared to my preliminary task, i used good conventions, put thought into it and used some good images. 




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