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Evaluation Question Seven
Looking back at your preliminary task,
what do you feel you have learnt in the
progression from it to the full task?
How have my skills developed and what benefit has this had onmy work?
O My Researching skills have definitely improved whencompared with my initial print task. During my initial printtask, I was too general with what I wanted to research into.School magazines was a vague topic so it was hard toresearch into conventions.
O I think the biggest improvement is the detailed audienceresearch I did prior to planning. The key thing I found out waswhat GENRE, and ARTISTS interested my audience. Thisallowed me to specifically research around therepresentations and conventions of the most popular choiceswhich is why I feel I have really improved when compared tomy previous efforts during the initial print task.
O During the real print task, I also took on board any critiquesand improvements, which is what I was hesitant in doing onmy initial print task research and planning.
O In summary, I have definitely planned and research in moredetail which has helped me improve and adapt my designthrough every stage of my print task coursework.
Did you produce work more in line with professional practice as youhave a more detailed understanding of the forms and conventions ofreal media products?
O By finding out what my target audience read and liked the
most – Indie magazines – I was then able to research into
Indie magazines (NME, Q, REWIND) and see how they
represent the lifestyle and music. I was then able to
challenge these conventions when designing SOA
magazine, adapting their ideas and representations
around mine – through planning and detailed research.
O In contrast to this in the initial print task I did not research
into other college magazines, so I didn’t have a great
understanding of the conventions. I felt this was an area
for big improvement, so made it one of the most
important elements that must be done, improved and
experimented more during the Print Task Coursework.
DID I MANAGE MY TIME BETTER?
O During the initial print task coursework, when
reflecting back on it, I felt I had rushed my
work to get it out of the way before any
deadlines.
O This time around I feel like I have spent more
time on my work. Audience feedback and
critiques I have received – I have dealt with,
trying to make my work the best that it can
be.
O So far I have managed to reach all of the
deadlines on time….
Was my work well planned?O I feel I have planned my work well. I am happy that I
chose to do my audience research straight away, as that
allowed me to plan my planning and research really
easily!
O I also set a check list with what had to be done by
certain dates. This made the workload much easier and
manageable – especially though the research and
planning stages.
O I have placed everything in an appropriately
manageable order on my blog, tagging and categorizing
every post so I can refer back to them.
O The use of software such as Timeglider, Gliffy and Voki
allowed me to summarise my audience feedback, and
plan what needs to be done ahead using online flow
charts and timelines.
CONSTRUCTION
Comparing the initial print task, with the Print task coursework.
FRONT PAGE - COMPARISON
SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES – front coverSOA MAGAZINE THE SIXTH ISSUE
Photography Medium close up which has
been edited on photoscape.
Taken on a high quality DSLR
camera
Medium close up, edited on
microsoft publisher and
photoshop. Taken on iphone.
Composition Black white red colour scheme.
Colour images.
Black white red grey colour
scheme. Black and white images
Page
layout/Design
Model the main image. All
information on the left hand side
listed.
Model the main image however
background is in view. Features
and short summaries also
included. Small section beneath
the photo
Fonts Wide variation of fonts that look
like unique band names.
Important features irregular from
most of the white writing and are
in black and red.
All the same standard microsoft
font. Some features such as
“FRESHERS” vary.
Mise-en-scene Bright, unique, quirky Black and white - dark
Content INDIE MUSIC
MAGAZINE
SIXTH FORM
MAGAZINE
CONTENTS PAGE - COMPARISON
SOA MAGAZINE THE SIXTH ISSUE
Photography Photo window of “Winners
pictures” with their instagram tag
as a caption. Taken on a high
quality DSLR camera edited on
Wide shot, edited on microsoft
publisher
Composition Black white red colour scheme.
Colour images editied on
Black white red grey colour
scheme. Black and white images
Page
layout/Design
Picture window, features broken
down under “Features” and
“regulars” section
Centre image, all contents listed
and a small convergence link
showing magazine availability on
iphone
Fonts The same font, in a variation of
sizes and styles (bold italic etc)
All the same standard microsoft
font.
Mise-en-scene Bright, unique, quirky Black and white - dark
Content INDIE MUSIC MAGAZINE SIXTH FORM MAGAZINE
SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES – front cover
FRONT
COVERFor my Print task coursework, the software I’ve used
enables me to experiment more with my magazine designs. I
used Adobe-In-Design, Adobe Photoshop and photoscape.
This software is a lot more complicated than the basic
Microsoft Publisher I used for my initial print task.
The physical hardware has also improved the quality of my
magazine. My front cover image for the initial print task was
taken on my 4 megapixel iphone4 camera, where as for the
Print Task Coursework, I borrowed my friends professional
DSLR camera which improves the quality of the images.
I have also experimented with my own fonts. The initial print
task one used is a standard font, which is kept throughout
the running theme of the magazine. On SOA magazine, I
used a wide variation of fonts, as well as experimenting with
them on my masthead.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Like the front cover, I used some more interesting software when
compared with the Initial print task Microsoft publisher. On my
front cover I edited them on the social networking application
Instagram. This allowed me to incorporate a modern new social
edge to my magazine by linking the images to Instagram users.
Also similar to the front cover I used DSLR images, and digital
disposable camera – this improves the quality as well as making
it more appealing and striking towards the audience.