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Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Overall, i believe i have developed a lot of skills from my preliminary product right through until now. When completing my preliminary task, i wouldn't have been able to use some of the software i used to create my magazine project. I think i have become more confident in using software since completing this project and has allowed me to create a professional looking piece of work.

• I have learnt how to compare different magazines to give myself inspiration and ideas and then include them in my own work but made more personal to my design
• i have also learnt how to construct my page similar to well-know and established magazines but also keep a simple approach
• I have also learnt how to construct my page for a teenage target audience and keep the genre of my music obvious through the house style
• How to use Adobe Photoshop & Adobe InDesign to structure my page together and make it look professional by adding final touches
• I had some experience with these programmes as i took Media Studies at GCSE, this gave me an advantage when creating these magazines as i was already familiar with the software

i think that i would be a lot more confident in producing bigger projects like this one compared to the preliminary task. This is due to learning how to construct bigger pieces of work and having to meet strict deadlines. 

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

When constructing my product, i have learnt how to develop my work in programmes such as Adobe InDesign. I used this programme to create all of my magazine pages and with time, i learnt more about the programme and how it functions to achieve particular instructions.

• Initially, i planned to complete my photography behind a blank canvas so that my images were more clearer and the poses could be seen more distinctively. However, at the end i decided that it would work better to complete these images with an urban background so that my genre was more identifiable. 

I completed my individual artist images with a blank canvas background and then my band images on some stairs and in front of wall to see which worked better. I decided that the artist images worked better with a black canvas and the group band image worked better with something going on, i believe this is because it gave it a more of an edgy background and related to my chosen genre and would interest my target audience. These were my outcomes:

I decided that the urban looking background worked best for the band as it made the genre of the magazine be portrayed more clearly and easily. 

I thought that the blank canvas background worked better for the artists on their own as it took away the distraction of the band and made the artists on their own the main distraction.

Outcomes:

 First of all, i wanted my main image on my front cover to be of the band so the audience could instantly recognise the genre of the band. I have some difficulties in placing the image on the front cover as it didn't cover a whole A4 bit of paper due to the orientation of the image. I tried different procedures in order for this image to work but nothing worked. This was when i decided to use a different image. I chose to use one of the individual artist images which the audience could still identify with.

The first screenshot shows my attempt of making the band image my main front cover. When i tried to stretch the image all the way down the page to fit the measurements required, the image went blurry and didn't fit properly on the page.
My second screenshot shows how i changed the design of my front cover by using a different image. I discovered that an image of just 1 of the band members would work better as the audience would still be able to recognise the band member.
This process taught me that Adobe InDesign requires an image to be a particular size to fill a whole page and i should have completed my photography in a portrait orientation for it to work efficiently.

I made my designs throughout the process slightly different each time. They appeared different as i added more things onto the page which had an impact on the appearance of the design. I played around with where to place different things, i used kerrangs structure to help  me get a more professional and rock effect. Below is my progress development:

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