Media magazine

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

The video above is of the progression of making my magazine

 
Through out the process of making this magazine I have learnt a lot, and it has improved my knowledge massively. My progression is visible when comparing my prelim to my final magazine cover.
It's noticeable which magazine has had a lot of research and work put in to it, as my final piece looks more professional than my school magazine I did at the beginning of the course, as it uses standard conventions and the 4 F's.

From the start of creating my school magazine my knowledge of using programmes such as pixlr and editing skills in general have increased considerably. For example I now know how to make elements of my magazine stand out more by using drop shadows and cropping skills. 

 I've also learnt how to download newer more interesting fonts from dafont.com and many more websites, increasing the visual appeal of my magazine.

I feel I have used more of a variety of techniques than my preliminary task. For example, I have included quotes, barcode and more information to appeal to the audience where as my preliminary task lacked this.

 The images used for the preliminary task I feel didn’t give as strong as impact as the main task, as I took the photo myself and took the time to edit it. 

when taking the photo I had also thought about the mise-en-scene, costumes and props into much more detail than the preliminary task.

Overall my understanding of many software's has improved greatly throughout this project because at the start I'd barely used software's such as pixlr now I have produced a professional looking magazine using it.