Plumtree

Natalie, there is some good research and reflective thoughts on your prelim task on your blog. Look at how little blank space there is in the music magazine compared to your product. Think about this when it comes to your own music magazine and your use of space.

Double Page Analysis

Contents Page Analysis

Front Cover Analysis

Evaluation from the Preliminary Task

Evaluation of Preliminary Task;

Did you plan your magazine? If not, what have you learnt about the importance of research and planning?

I knew what the magazine had to be about but I wouldn’t say I planned out what I was going to add onto it. From not planning out what I was going to add has taught me that it is important if you want to make the magazine the best you can. If I had planned I wouldn’t have sat around thinking about what to write onto it to make it appropriate to the task.

What technology did you use to complete the task and how did you use it?

I used a camera to take pictures for the front cover of my magazine, I also took some extra ones that I could possibly put into the contents page. I used the software Photo Plus X8 to edit my photos, I used this to crop and get rid of the background of my photos. I also used Page Plus to make my magazine, this allowed me to play around with different tools to make the magazine look good.

Did you encounter any difficulties? If so, what were they and how did you overcome them?

I found some parts of the task hard but not all of it. It took me a while to get use to using the software as at first I didn’t really understand what I was doing but as soon as I looked at the hand out book I then got the hang of how to use the software and how to use it correctly.

How successful was your magazine? Please identify what worked well, and with hindsight, what would you improve/do differently?

I think that my magazine’s final page was good but if I had to redo it I would make sure I put a lot more detail onto and fill the page up more as there is a lot of space around the page that I haven’t used. I think my photo turned out good and it fit perfectly on the front page but I could improve on the detail around it.

What have you learnt from completing this task? Looking ahead, how will this learning be significant when completing the rest of your foundation coursework, do you think?

From this task I have learnt that I need to plan ahead with what I am going to add onto my magazine front cover so I’m not just putting anything onto it at the end of the day. I will make my magazine look interesting and not boring with just a couple bits of writing on it.