1. LOOKING BACK AT THE PRELIMINARY TASK WHAT DO
YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION
FROM IT TO A FULL PRODUCT?

2. HOW DID I MANAGE EQUIPMENT?
For my preliminary task and my main task, I used the
exact same canon camera so between the time from my
preliminary task and my main task I had learnt how to
use the camera well enough. I changed the setting for
my pictures from the school library, for my preliminary
task, to the green room for my main task. I made the
decision as I believed the lighting would be better in the
green room as I could alter it and make my pictures
look more professional. The lighting wasn’t very hard to
use and I was able to change the lighting and the back
drop in the green room to suit my magazine well, for
example if I wanted an all white background if I wanted
to edit a different background on to my magazine later
on.

3. HOW DID I MANAGE HUMAN RESOURCES AND TIME MANAGEMENT?
I managed human resources, i.e. my model my first picking a model I believed
would attract my audience of teenage girls who were interested in the genre indie
pop. Choosing a model had changed a lot since my preliminary task, as before I
could have used any student for my college magazine, however now the person
preferably a girl had to be very specific. I now also had to dress my model in a
specific way to attract the indie pop genre, which was very different to my
preliminary task where the only thing that was key was my setting in a school
environment. I had to make sure I booked the green room at an appropriate time
where I was free and also her, so we both had to manage our time tables to take
pictures.
Time management was key because what if I took pictures the first time which were
not suitable or the lighting was too dark? I had to make sure I had enough time to
take more pictures, if was needed, and to also make sure my model had enough
spare time to take more pictures also. This was a massive step up from my college
magazine, as I only took one round of images for this.

4. CREATIVE DECISIONS:
My creative decisions from my preliminary task to my main task and
what they were based on changed a lot, as a college student I was
pretty aware of what to do and what to use for my college magazine, it
was very familiar. However, even though I do listen to the genre Indie
pop, I had to do different rounds of audience research to see what the
greater audience who listen to this genre expect to see on an indie pop
magazine. This really affected my creative decisions and how I made
my magazine, for example many people said they expected to see the
model looking very happy and positive on the front cover to draw them
in. I had to then make sure I didn’t take any pictures of my model that
didn’t reflect her happiness. My audience research didn’t generate
much surprise, because I had a general idea of what to include on my
magazine, but it really helped confirm what I needed to do to attract
my audience.
I looked at various different Indie pop magazines/ artists and music
videos to help with my creative decisions, I didn’t do this for my
preliminary task so a lot of my prior research and knowledge really did
help the final product for my magazine.
I created initial drafts for my indie pop magazine based on my research
and I tried to stick to these drafts as much as I possibly could, however
my magazine did show levels of variation to my drafts as I was
constantly obtaining new audience research and constantly searching
new ideas to make my magazine look original.

5. PROBLEM SOLVING DECISIONS / PROPS & COSTUME:
I didn’t have many problems with this task, but I did
have a few in regards to image editing. My model has
frizzy blonde hair, which did really suit the look I was
going for with my magazine, however when it came to
editing and changing the backgrounds for my images
her hair became a real issue as pieces of green screen
were left within spaces of her hair and then green
colour also reflected on her hair colour, I therefore
couldn’t just use the magic wand to cut out pieces of
her hair and used other tools such as the burn tool
which eliminated the green reflection in her hair.
I decided to use the prop of an acoustic guitar for my
model which I eventually placed on my contents page,
I knew I wanted my genre to be indie pop so I needed
my magazine to look edgy to a certain extent I believe
the use of this prop really helped me.
I knew I had to dress my model in bright clothing that
would fit with my initial ideas for a colour scheme,
therefore I decided to dress my model in a bright
Hawaiian shirt which is very current to indie pop
clothing / fashion, I knew the right audience would
understand this and associate themselves with this
clothing.