Question 7

Question 7

• 2.
  Looking back atmy preliminary task, I have a learned lot more as to what is needed in a magazine and that I have used this knowledge to improve my way of producing a magazine. Back when I started, I wasn’t too sure on what was needed to make my magazine look believable. I felt like I knew what images had to be Included, however, I wasn’t too clear on the layout. The main image is what I wanted it to be but it doesn’t stand out as there is nothing to it to make it exciting. Also, I had a font in mind for the masthead for my student magazine, however, I was unable to find a font that was anyway similar to it and so I thought that the font used instead would be good enough. But looking back , I know realise that it looks very simple and there is nothing to make it stand out. On the main task, I gave the masthead a black background and stuck to a colour scheme so it doesn’t look disorganised.
• 3.
  The contents pagethat I produced for my preliminary task has been improved a lot. In my student magazine contents page, there is a lot of empty space and at the bottom of the page, it seems like I have tried to fill that in and failed to reach that aim. This has made my contents page look very weak and unprofessional. However, for the main task, I was able to fill in the empty space with names of artists and I found it to difficult to fill in that space as I was unable to do that for the preliminary task. I now know that I could filled up that space with names of subjects, teachers etc. Also, my music magazine has a more organised layout and is easier to read. It also sticks to the colour scheme used on the front cover which shows it is still the same magazine. Whereas on my student magazine, there is no colour scheme and so the contents page looks like it could belong to another magazine.
• 4.
  Overall, I havedefinitely improved my “magazine-making” skills. I used Adobe Photoshop and InDesign for both projects and it is clear that I have become more enhanced at using both software's. I am now more aware of empty space on a magazine and where to place images and texts to suit the magazine. I am also more able to find a suitable colour scheme so that each page in the magazine connects with one another.