1. Evaluation
What have you learnt about technologies from the
process of constructing this product? /
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression from it
to the full product?

2. What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?

3. • As you can see the different between my college magazines to my music
magazine. The photography in my college magazine was taken with a digital
compact camera and didn’t take me long to do as I didn’t have to plan
anything, it was more like a ‘No think Do’ situation, while with my music
magazine I upgraded to the (Camera name) which I had to plan out my
whole photography shoot, outfits and image, having in mind I had to plan at
least 3 shoots for the layout of my magazine.

4. • Throughout my journey of constructing my music magazine, I developed
most of the basics from my first attempt of using the software’s such as
Photoshop and inDesign to create my first college magazine, which I had no
experience in using the software’s at all, all I had was one class tutorial on
the basics of using Photoshop and inDesign and I had to develop on from
there onwards. Photoshop on my first trail on the college magazine it was a
complete disaster, it was so confusing so I just did what I could do, but as it
came to the music magazine I experimented a lot to get a wide
understanding of the things I can do and achieve to make my magazine
twice as better as the first, learnt how to place my masthead behind my
image, tone the lighting of my image, airbrush tool ect. Also through the
making of my masthead I decided to try a different software to go about
making it, I developed my skills on adobe illustrator and that’s how I created
‘Checkmate’ but as the magazine went on I decided it looks to jam packed
so I made the title shorter, however even though I didn’t use my original
design I still developed another skill in another software.

5. • The use of InDesign on my college
magazine was also confusing, which
showed when it was coming about
to doing my music magazine; I
would have to practise and develop
my skills, which I did. I learnt to not
only use the ‘ruler tool’ to position
everything in my Photoshop front
cover but I used it also in my
After; Second
inDesign content page layout. I
attempt took ideas from other magazine
front covers to try replicating the
positioning to make it look like the
real thing.
Before; First
attempt

6. • Blogger helped make me take
notice of my journey to my final
product, the things that went
well, the things that didn’t, the
things I had to change and think
of new ideas. Uploading every
week sometimes everyday on
the outcomes of the lead up to
the final piece.

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

8. SECOND PHOTO SHOOT • Looking back on the preliminary, I feel I
have learnt a lot from when I started off
the magazine to its ending product. From FIRST PHOTO SHOOT
my first photography shoot that was a
complete rollercoaster for a matter of fact,
things just weren’t going to plan for me,
my second photo shoot was winged but
came out so much better than I expected.
After that I just kept getting creative and
imaginative ideas for my next shoot and
then on, that’s why I was very pleased with
the outcome of the audience’s feedback
on my photography. Also Photoshop and
inDesign helped me quite a lot I
development my skills a lot, learning
different techniques such as e.g. the
airbrush tool.

9. Looking back down memory lane when I first
started using Photoshop and InDesign, it was
a disaster, it always got me so frustrated I
didn’t know what I was doing and I didn’t
understand what I wanted to really achieve in
the making of the magazine, I wanted to
paint a picture in my head that I wanted to
follow but I had completely nothing. Even
after the class had a tutorial on the basics,
the end result just came out plain and
effortless, I wasn’t happy with it. But then I
knew I had to do something about it when I
began my music magazine, so I got the free
trail at home of the software’s and practiced
and experimented with different items on
the software and I got better and better and
I’m very glad on my final product.
From when I started I didn’t think I had no chance of it looking any
different from my college magazine but I’m very happy with the end
result as I really tried to use the skills I developed to fit the image I
wanted to achieve.

10. These are the three mastheads I have used in my work from
my college magazine to my music magazine; in terms of layout
By looking at the first they are very different in terms of the first time I started using
images of my college the software’s to the time I knew exactly how to use it.
magazine masthead, we On the other hand with the
can see that the words are third image it shows how I
balanced on top of each made the masthead work
other; I would say it is very with the layout of the
plain and straight forward. magazine. The improvement
comes from the layout and
the positioning on the page
Comparing it to the amongst other aspects. This
second piece of work balances the page perfectly.
you can see a vast The font is also very straight
improvement as I forward but strong, the font
used adobe has been used alongside
illustrator to create bold capital letters, this
the masthead looks more effectively
strong and stands out from
the page more. I have also
included a skyline on my
masthead to tell what the
magazine is based on.

11. • The case studies helped to give me ideas and helped me on expanding them, when I had the
image in my head; I just let my creativity and imagination run free on Photoshop, InDesign
and Adobe illustrator on the making of the front cover, content page and DPS. The making of
the masthead I designed on adobe illustrator which I experimented on also which I was very
proud of, but as my magazine started coming around, something didn’t look up to scratch
and even when I switched things around in different positions there was still something off
about it. Then my teacher took a look and told me to try cut down on some headlines then
he suggested that the masthead be simpler and similar to the magazine ‘Q’. So I took his
advice and tried it out and that was what was making the magazine looked packed and
jumbled up, everything just looked in place after.
CASE STUDIES
BEFORE AFTER

12. The colour scheme was the hardest part of the whole magazine I believe, I just couldn’t find the
right colour scheme to fit my magazine, I looked through magazine to magazine trying different
colour schemes, as usually magazine have three colours on their magazine, three just didn’t
seem to work with my magazine, so I cut it down to two. Only when it came to the end of my
magazine is when I took the colour from my models clothing and tried it and it just fitted. So I’m
quite happy with the colour scheme, as most people liked it but some thought it came off to girly
and perhaps didn’t fit the genre of my magazines. But I did state in my proposal that the
magazine shows the ‘beginning’ of the clubbing and raving scene, so in other words I wanted the
front cover to show ‘Before’ and the inside to show ‘After’ in the clubbing and raving
environment.
Experimenting on 3
Colours for the
colour scheme
Experimenting with
2 colours for colour
scheme

13. COLLEGE MAGAZINE
&
MUSIC MAGAZINE
From my college magazine to my music magazine, I believe I have improved a lot, and from my
audience feedback I believe they think I have also. As for my college magazine it showed how I
was just starting off using the software and I was just using the things I got the hand of first
sight. As for the music magazine I actually experimented on other stuff apart from the basic’s
and improved my skills and techniques.
The variation between the two cover images is heavily different; this is due mainly to the way
in which the photographs have been taken. If we look at my college magazine it shows that
the colour pallet is bright and the colours don’t seem to be working well with each other, and
the photograph is just plain passport picture photography, this is due to the location of the
picture. Comparing this to the main task however, the colour scheme is a richer tones and
more vogue. The photo was taken in a photography studio which I got to balance the light
tone and I used a prop of a fan to show effect, this makes the picture look more attractive to
an audience and it is therefore more effective.

14. Another aspect is the positioning of the models in the photographs. With my college magazine
the photo is not very focused on the model as in Photoshop I played with the effects and light
balance, this is because the model picture was taken in the building and she was shy as people
were around. In contrast, the main task features the model modelling and showing emphasis
with her eyes and also the model was positioned slightly to the left of the page to draw
attention to more of the headlines on the other side. This is more effective in two ways, the first
of which I would say is the connection the audience have with the character on the page with
the models eyes and full appearance. It’s as if she is leading you in to a trance with her eyes,
and the second being that with the model slightly off centre it creates a more interesting image
and allows a better use of the space.
In terms of the font used in both my college magazine and music magazine it’s quite a change.
The style of font is straight away a difference; the college magazine font is soft and far more less
effective. The music magazine font however is much more attractive and draws attention to the
page and using a bold font emphasises this more. I used capital letters to build strength in my
masthead. The college magazine I made it all capital and I made one of titles bold to show
emphasis, however it does not look very good as it looks spaced out. However, the music
magazine has used capital letters in a very effective way with the font style. As you can see, the
masthead and the main feature use capital letters, conforming the magazine and looking very
effective also , it is a vast improvement from the college magazine.
The colours of the font have remained very similar, I chose a white font because I believe it just
worked way better and stood out. Also it makes the colours on the main image stand out more
by removing the bright colours

15. My college and music magazine content page shows them vary styling of
content page layout. Firstly by comparing the text of the mastheads for
the page there is a vast difference. The college magazine uses the word
"contents “which is in fact straight forward but I placed it in three page
to make it less boring, Also looking at this, as discussed previously, the
use of capital letters improves the piece further.
The actual contents of the page is also presented very differently, from
my college magazine I’ve learnt that the style of my positioned content
page I couldn’t write as much headlines as it took up most of the space.
So for my music magazine I I needed to present the features of the
magazine in a better fashion, so I decided on giving them sections, also
needed to make the main aspect of the content stand out more to the
use of larger capital letters so I places a white box around the word
‘content’ and ‘issues
I included pictures as a way of presenting
features in my magazine. In my college magazine
only used two pictures as I didn’t have much
space to attach anymore as the word ‘content’
took much most of everything. As you can see
the college magazine I have used very small text
and I haven’t exactly followed my front cover
design. For my music magazine I used larger
page numbers and added much more pictures
and followed my colour scheme and it came out
very well.