Preliminary Task - Evaluation/Final Product

Finishing Off.....

As I have finished my preliminary task, creating a front cover and contents page for a school magazine, I will evaluate what I have done, which could help me create a better final task - which is to create a music magazine

Here is my final product;

Q1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge conventions of real media   products?

     

Q2) How did you attract/address your audience?

Q3) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

When making my school magazine I used Photoshop to edit, and a camera to take pictures. When photographing, I learnt to take pictures away from the light otherwise I would get a shadow on the person I was taking a photo of. Also, I learnt different kinds of shots, medium, long etc., which helped with the final product. Photoshop was challenging to start off with but I eventually got the hang of it towards the end of the preliminary task. I learnt how to size the page, creating it to an A4 size. I also learnt how to cut bits of photos off such as the main image in the front cover. Also throughout this preliminary task I have learned how to use internet products such as Prezi.com, which was useful for creating my school magazine analysis. Hopefully for the main task I will be able to use more of the tools in photoshop to make a better final product.

Q4) What are the strengths and weaknesses of your final product?