EVALUATION QUESTION 7

By Thomas Pyle

Research & Planning

This has benefitted greatly as when I did my preliminary task, I only specifically looked at one magazine to help my production. I basically only took into consideration the layout of the products and missed a vast amount of techniques including photography, audience feedback and social groups represented.

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Instead of only taking into account the layout of a magazine, I looked at other aspects too such as how the photos are laid out and the Mise-en scene of them such as props, costumes and positioning. I also got an insight into how various magazines of a similar genre to mine are set out. Rather than looking at just the one magazine, I looked at a variety which increased my knowledge of what types of aspects should be included in my products.

Another key factor from the preliminary task is that I learned from these mistakes by recording audience feedback on my products. This enabled me to see how they would react to my product, outlining the advantages and disadvantages. I also outlined my production process and explained in detail what I was doing with my products and why

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When looking at other magazines, I found that both Kerrang! And Rocksound magazines always follow the three colour palette rule. Therefore, I decided to incorporate this technique into my own products to help conform to the needs of the intended target audiences. By using the three colour palette rule, this made my magazine look more organised and professional. I believe that this helps connote the genre of the music represented within my magazine as by using the same colours throughout will help make the audience identify what genre my magazine represents and connotes.

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. This enabled me to gain experience and knowledge when taking photographs and editing them.

. This helped me take notice of factors such as lighting, location and positioning when taking my actual photos for my products to help portray the genre or image I want to the audience.

Time Management

Time management for my preliminary task was a minor problem. The models intended to be used for my photo shoots originally were unable to fulfil this as our free time in and outside college differed greatly. I overcame this by rearranging my models who were free when I was which allowed me to carry on with the production of my products.

For the production of my coursework, I made sure beforehand the models I assigned could fulfil my requests which made my time management much easier.

Preliminary Magazine

Final Products

Final Products

Construction

My final products in comparison to my preliminary products are much more detailed in terms of the layout and pictures. Looking at the fonts on my prelim, they seemed really basic and plain which made the whole products unprofessional. However, on my final products the fonts I used differ greatly as I did specific research into fonts and spent a lengthy period considering which fonts to use. I created a detailed analysis outlining the strengths and weaknesses of specific fonts which I felt represented the forms and conventions. I took inspiration from the both Kerrang! and Rocksound when researching fonts for my own magazine, I did this to help make my magazine fit the forms and conventions of these professional magazines as my magazine intends to have a similar target audience.

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For my front cover, I decided to use only one image similar to my prelim. I felt that the photography for my music magazine was much more prepared and organised as I used the three point lighting set up which was missing when producing the photography for my prelim. The professionalism of the photography for my music magazine is prevalent as I planned the shots both effectively and efficiently by taking positioning and lighting into account whereas in the preliminary task I didn’t.

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The layout of my final products in comparison to my prelim products differ greatly. The layout of my final products were based around the photography, specifically for the front cover as I positioned the mast head, sell lines and other features based on the positioning of the image. This was apparent on the contents page as well with the text accompanying the background image, thus emphasising it to the audience.

When looking at the colours used for my final products, in comparison to the prelim they don’t differ that much as they both follow a limited selection of colours as they use the three colour palette technique. This makes the products appear much more organised and professional to the audience.