Evaluation 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Evaluation -
Having a good look back at my preliminary task that I completed at the start of the year, in comparison to my newer product I find that there is a great difference between the two, with the final product obviously being the most professional and appealing to look at.

Prelim -

In comparison -

Special Effects & Image/Photo (s) -

The images within my prelim task, in most cases are evidently done in poor lighting or have had little thought put into their appearance or such. I believe that in my final product I have built upon this mistake and produced some better images, with the use of effects and lighting, also I believe in the later product that I had a longer time to plan the images and also put a lot of thought into them, so that in the end it achieved a better appearance. I think that with the factor of images in mind, in the time between my final product and my prelim task I have learnt a lot in the way, such as good lighting by use of fake and natrual, also I have become better adapted with the use of photoshop and such, due to the use of it in media and my other subject; graphical art.

Layout -

The layout within my preliminary task is very focused to minimalism, with little activity going on in eiter the front page or the contents page. This I believe is something which I have built upon due to personal experience, research with the focus group and more time, I have been able to perfect the layout so it represents that of a professional product. I believe considering the layout I have learnt many things since the prelim task, such as priortising objects so they attract the audiences attention, or to size objects correctly so as to achieve a professional look.

Text, Font & Colour (s) -

The fonts and text colour used within the prelim task are all mostly of the same size and quite boring in their presentation and not really suited to the idea of the magazine, which was to be a college magazine. The use of fonts, colour and sizing of the text is something I believe I have learnt since the prelim task at the start of the year, as I have analysed media texts I have developed the idea within myself that certain texts, colours and such suit a certain genre or idea, such as yellow being happy and probably suited to a childrens magazine. The text within a magazine, is something I believe to have gained skill within the past year due to media studies, this may due to my extensive analysis of media texts, but my comparison my final product and prelim shows this to be true, as with the final I have managed to pack it with appropriate text. Of course since the prelim I have learned to write as a journalist as shown in the DP, this is due to workshops with media, looking at professional products and my linked subject in english language.

In evalution I believe that during the time between the prelim and my finished final product I have gained a lot of experience in how to present a magazine, such as keeping in mind that you are always representing someone with a media text, how to layout a magazine, how fonts and colours represents certain things and how to write as a journalist.