Evaluation - Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
I believe that I have learnt a great deal throughout the process of creating my final product.
Looking back at my preliminary task I can see many aspects of my prelim that were not successful and that have been imroved on in my final product. I believe I have improved upon my mistakes and used my greater knowledge and experience to create a better product for my final piece.

Examples of this are:
The image I have taken for my prelim does not look particularly professional for a front cover as there is a dark shadow on the left hand side of the model, which I would not be happy with if it was to be used as my final piece. However my final product has a very successful and effective image on the cover where the lighting worked much better and created a more professional looking image.

The paragraphs of text on the sides of the prelim magazine are not justified, this would not be the case in a real magazine. I Improved on this in my coursework as I used guides to make sure all of my text was in line for a professional overall look.

When looking at the mistakes made on my prelim I noticed I had left a large space at the bottom left hand corner of my magazine. This would not be the case in a real magazine as it is a waste of printing space and would be covered up with text or an image. I took this on board for my final product and included text and images to make sure enough of the magazine was covered. I included an inside story in the bottom left hand corner of my magazine.

I have improved the use of fonts on my magazine since my prelim.

Although I used basic techniques on the headline of my prelim such as changing the colour and adding a stroke since then I feel the headline of my magazine has a much more professional and dominating look. The Font I have chosen for my magazine is very powerful and by applying outer glow, stroke and bevel and emboss it stands out much better on the page. I feel the postion of the 'Times' on my prelim looks quite childish where as my final product is much more professional. As you can see the stories on my prelim use a very basic, boring font which would not grab readers at all. The fonts and stories on my final product use interesting and eye catching fonts which follow the colour scheme and stand out to the audience, making them want to read the magazine.