10. Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? I used Photoshop and In Design to create my media product, these programmes were new to me and so I struggled at first. However Photoshop was good for editing my photos, as I had to alter red eye on some pictures, change the colour contrast on others and I also had to cut out my image for the front cover. Raw image, before altering the red eye and colour contrast in Photoshop. Image cut out for my front cover, and placed on a grey background However I struggled using Blogger at times, as uploading could take long periods of time, or not work at all. This caused limitations in my work as I was struggling to find other ways of getting my work done and my photos onto my blog. I also used the internet, such as Google (and Google images) and www.dafont.com these proved helpful in my research and planning. As well as dafont helping me pick the final fonts for my magazine. Using these two programmes proved successful, and I enjoyed using them. They helped make my product look unique and professional. Colour contrast changed to black and whit in Photoshop.

11. Q7. Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? Comparing my preliminary task to my full product I can see that my knowledge of magazines has furthered through research, as my final magazine, looks a lot more professional and interesting. I feel like I have learnt how to position and lay out my text better, to make my magazine look more realistic. You can see that my cut-out looks a lot more professional and neater in my final product, in contrast to my preliminary task. I have also made it more realistic by adding a barcode and background colour. I think my language is a lot better on my final product, as it interests the reader, and persuades them to buy it, by using words such as “EXCLUSIVE”. Finally I think my layout is quite boring on my preliminary task, however on my final product it is more spaced out and typical of a real music magazine. Untidy cut-out Boring background Plain fonts Neat, professional cut-out Background to suit theme Different range of interesting fonts boxes Boxes worked well and were used on my final product Lack of gossip, nothing particularly stands out