Looking back at my preliminary task, what have I learned in the progression from it to the full product?
I also learned through my research, and analysing 3 music magazines the general conventions of magazines in general, and also in particular music magazines that matched the music genre I had chosen for my product.
When I began the process of planning to make my full product, I had to go through 3 stages before it could be make, and finished; research, planning, and production.
In my research, I did various things to find out the conventions of magazines. I analysed three other magazines, I created a survey to help me with my audience research and I also looked at the typical audience for other music magazines. When creating my first task the college magazine, I did no research at all, and just began to make the magazine. I have learned that research helps a lot to understand not only the conventions, but being able to aim it at a specific audience and demographic based on these conventions.
When I planned my magazine I went through many processes to make sure that my magazine was thorough, and well though out. I created a pitch giving information on my target audience, flatplans to roughly draft out my magazine layout, a stylesheet to give me various options on fonts and colours, planning photos and writing my article. When creating the college magazine, I put a minimal amount of planning into my work. The result of this was not very good, compared to my final product. Through this planning stage I have learned planning too is very effective when creating work like this too.
I also learned to write articles for the style of music magazines, and the specific target audience. I learned through research and planning whether to use formal or informal language, and I learned how to address my audience through this text.
In the production stage, I feel I learned the most about creating a media text. I learned about image manipulation - changing an image on a computer program, text manipulation and layout design & manipulation.
Here are the things I have learned about manipulation, and using technology in my work:
Firstly, I learned how to cut out an image on paintshop. I used the lasso tool to cut out the person in the photo so she could be on a white background. Before this task I didn't know how to do this, but I learned to do this, and used it a few times with some of the photos I used. I did not use this in my college magazine, I just put the whole picture on the front, and because of this my college magazine does not look as good as my actual product.
Another thing I learned was how to layout my page so that it looked authentic, and would appeal to my target audience. I firstly learned about magazine layouts in my research, and then put this knowledge into my planning - my flatplans. Then when it came to producing the actual product I had an idea of what to do, to make it look properly like a magazine. I feel I progressed from my first task, because although the layout was similar to a magazine, I feel I didn't plan enough, and I hadn't researched fully how magazines were set out, and why.
Since my preliminary task, I have learnt a lot about addressing target audiences while creating a media product, the conventions of typical music magazines for various genres and audiences and also how to use different technologies to create my product.
When I began to create my preliminary task; the college magazine, I did not really address my audience, I just began to make the front cover and contents page without putting much thought into the way it looked, or the way the text was worded. However, after studying many products that relate to my final produce I learned that media texts should address a specific target audience,in the way they are presented; using fonts, colours, writing style to appeal to this audience.
When I began the process of planning to make my full product, I had to go through 3 stages before it could be make, and finished; research, planning, and production.
In my research, I did various things to find out the conventions of magazines. I analysed three other magazines, I created a survey to help me with my audience research and I also looked at the typical audience for other music magazines. When creating my first task the college magazine, I did no research at all, and just began to make the magazine. I have learned that research helps a lot to understand not only the conventions, but being able to aim it at a specific audience and demographic based on these conventions.
When I planned my magazine I went through many processes to make sure that my magazine was thorough, and well though out. I created a pitch giving information on my target audience, flatplans to roughly draft out my magazine layout, a stylesheet to give me various options on fonts and colours, planning photos and writing my article. When creating the college magazine, I put a minimal amount of planning into my work. The result of this was not very good, compared to my final product. Through this planning stage I have learned planning too is very effective when creating work like this too.
I also learned to write articles for the style of music magazines, and the specific target audience. I learned through research and planning whether to use formal or informal language, and I learned how to address my audience through this text.
In the production stage, I feel I learned the most about creating a media text. I learned about image manipulation - changing an image on a computer program, text manipulation and layout design & manipulation.
Here are the things I have learned about manipulation, and using technology in my work:
Firstly, I learned how to cut out an image on paintshop. I used the lasso tool to cut out the person in the photo so she could be on a white background. Before this task I didn't know how to do this, but I learned to do this, and used it a few times with some of the photos I used. I did not use this in my college magazine, I just put the whole picture on the front, and because of this my college magazine does not look as good as my actual product.
Another thing I learned was how to layout my page so that it looked authentic, and would appeal to my target audience. I firstly learned about magazine layouts in my research, and then put this knowledge into my planning - my flatplans. Then when it came to producing the actual product I had an idea of what to do, to make it look properly like a magazine. I feel I progressed from my first task, because although the layout was similar to a magazine, I feel I didn't plan enough, and I hadn't researched fully how magazines were set out, and why.
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