1. Question 7
Looking back at your preliminary
task (College Magazine), what do
you feel you have learnt in the
progression from it to the full
product (Music Magazine)?

2. I always began approaching my
tasks with research. I think it is
very important to do this to
enable you construct a clear,
innovative idea. This allows you
to be able to find clear
conventions that apply to a
particular magazine. For my
college magazine I looked at
‘College Magazine’, to aid me in
creating my magazine
effectively. For my music
magazine I looked at ‘NME’,
which caters for the audiences of
indie/rock music.

3. The first obstacle I came
across was when it came to
editing my photos, because I
originally used another
model, however due to the
fact the background being a
similar colour to her hair I
struggled when it came to
editing the pictures. This
meant that later on I had to
make the decision to do a
whole new photo shoot. This
was still a problem because it
meant I was unable to use the
DSLR camera, my pictures
still weren't of a high quality.

4. Organising my human resources
proved a lot easier during the
preliminary task, as I used my
peers, which made the process
afterwards, a lot more efficient.
As, this was different when it
came to creating my music
magazine, I ended up spending
more time on gathering my
resources than the production
itself. Because of this, I had to
spend more time doing my
planning to make sure I was
more organised with things such
as, costume and location.

5. My management for locations and
equipment for my music magazine
was more effective, as I was more
independent with my planning
and set-up and allowed me to
have more control over the
aesthetics. This is because, during
my preliminary project, I had used
the BOA studio, with professional
equipment, that had already been
set up for me to take the photos,
whereas for my music photo shoot,
I used a different location with
limited professional equipment.
However, I think my costume
choice for my music magazine
worked because it fitted with my
genre and the mis-en-scene of my
magazine, which made my
magazine more visually
interesting.

6. I believe I could have
managed my time more
successfully, However I was
able to produce all of my
work and meet each
deadline. I think I was set
back, after my first photo
shoot proved unsuccessful,
and I had to take time out
of my production stages to
re-organise my entire
magazine. I am happy
with the work I have
produced, and feel as if I
have conformed to the
conventions of an
indie/rock music magazine.

7. The skill, I would say I have
developed most is my ability
to use Photoshop. This is
because I have never used it
before and I had to use it to
create a professional looking
project. I used the image
adjustments to make the
main image on my front
cover black and white. I also
used royalty free font from
dafont.com and then used
the background eraser tool
to remove the white
background. On the main
image, I used the magnetic
lasso tool to remove the
background from around my
models shoe, as the colours
were to similar to use the
background eraser tool.