Evaluation task 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full magazine?

The preliminary task was a good way for me to understand what makes a good magazine. I looked at the front cover and contents page of real magazines and analysed them, from the analysis I saw that for magazines to attract an audience they need titles that stood out, eye catching images and cover lines/ tag lines. Designing a layout helped me to make a school magazine and the school magazine was a starting point in learning how to make a magazine, so when I moved on to creating a music magazine I could develop the magazine further, because I had a better understanding of the conventions of a magazine.

Also before starting my music magazine I did a case study of 'ok' magazine, I analysed the front cover,contents page and double page, this allowed me to work out how to create my music magazine, as I looked at the colours used, the language used and the target audience. Looking at these features helped me to make a plan for my music magazine.

After making the music magazine I developed many skills from photoshop and if I was to do the task again I would know how to make my magazine quicker and much better because I've experimented on photoshop and developed a pop music magazine. Lastly after making my music magazine I understand the magazine production process,institutions and industry a lot better and the sort of software they use to make magazines.