Candidate Name: Jessica Rose Church
Candidate Number: 6015
Center Name: Wilmington Grammar School For Girls
Center Number: 61119
Candidate Number: 6015
Center Name: Wilmington Grammar School For Girls
Center Number: 61119
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Evaluation Question Seven
Looking back at our preliminary task, what do you think you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at my preliminary task I have learnt many things including how to use In Design and Photo Shop for my music magazine. Going into my preliminary task I was very unsure on the task and of how to complete all the aspects. After completing the product I decided to start organising and planning my work for my main task.
In my main task I was focused and knew exactly what I needed to do in order to create the desired magazine cover. I have become familiar with blogger and the idea of posting all of my work, at first it was confusing and I found myself losing work; however, after asking other members of my class how they were coping I began to understand the concept.
I have learnt how to layout texts and images in a magazine format which makes them easier to read and simple to understand. I was able to create a double page spread which contained images and text which matched well together and I was proud of.
Overall, I feel I have created two very sound peices of work and when looking back and comparing my work, I am happy with the outcome.
Looking back at my preliminary task I have learnt many things including how to use In Design and Photo Shop for my music magazine. Going into my preliminary task I was very unsure on the task and of how to complete all the aspects. After completing the product I decided to start organising and planning my work for my main task.
In my main task I was focused and knew exactly what I needed to do in order to create the desired magazine cover. I have become familiar with blogger and the idea of posting all of my work, at first it was confusing and I found myself losing work; however, after asking other members of my class how they were coping I began to understand the concept.
I have learnt how to layout texts and images in a magazine format which makes them easier to read and simple to understand. I was able to create a double page spread which contained images and text which matched well together and I was proud of.
Overall, I feel I have created two very sound peices of work and when looking back and comparing my work, I am happy with the outcome.
Evaluation Question Six
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I constructed my product on a program called In Design. At first I was not very aware of how to use this program, it was completely alien to me. However I began to familiarise myself with the program, and learnt the functions of each button. I am pleased that I was able to correctly do this, in order for my magazine to reach it's best potential.
I edited my photographs in Photo Shop
One of the main tools I became accustomed to using was the 'brush size' tool as I was using the 'clone tool' to take away the majority of the imperfections of shadows and disfigured lighting in my photography. I changed the brush size to fit my image, and the opacity guide made it far easier to control the density of colour I was manipulating with.
These are the three tools I mainly used; The Eraser Tool, The Paint Brush and The Clone Tool. I used the eraser tool on my models hair to erase stray bits of baby hair and loose ends, it was very helpful and I doubt my magazine would look as it does without using this. I used the paintbrush to keep the background of my images clear without shadows; this was a great way of readjusting my photographs. The main tool I used was the Clone Tool. I became aware of this in my Preliminary Task and I was astonished at the difference it made to my photographs.
I used these function boxes on In Design to change the fonts of my magazine. It was really easy to understand compared to the other functions, I found In Design much easier to use than Photo Shop also. Each box contains a different tool to change the shapes and texts on my magazine.
Evaluation Question Four
Who would be the audience of your media product?
The target market for my media product would be teenagers from fifteen to nineteen or twenty year olds; mainly the people who are interested in festivals, mainstream chart music and celebrity gossip. I chose this age because I am in this age bracket and so I already know the types of layouts that people my age would like and understand. I did not want to make my magazine cover too girly, however after looking back at my research, none of the magazines had a set colour for each one, and the colours varied on the artist on the cover.
The target market for my media product would be teenagers from fifteen to nineteen or twenty year olds; mainly the people who are interested in festivals, mainstream chart music and celebrity gossip. I chose this age because I am in this age bracket and so I already know the types of layouts that people my age would like and understand. I did not want to make my magazine cover too girly, however after looking back at my research, none of the magazines had a set colour for each one, and the colours varied on the artist on the cover.
Evaluation Question Three
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
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