2. Preliminary Task…
This is my college front cover and contents page. It represents my
development of skills and knowledge of magazine construction from
the contrast from this to my new music magazine piece. From looking
at my college magazine, the over use of font had been used too
heavily, the colour scheme is over-exaggerated in terms of the amount
of colours involved on the front cover. I have transferred some
aspects of conventions across from my first front cover such as the
plug, using varied size fonts and the use of black headers and footers
to emphasise the font on them.
3. Process of Front CoverFrom the process of constructing my music magazine front cover, I
have learnt new ways of using various software programmes to
increase my authenticity and professionalism of my product.
The process of constructing my front cover was
established from the use of firstly my planning and
research, which helped me in creating my ideas for the
piece. I then used the software Photoshop to start
constructing the front cover. I learnt the processes from
the creation of my preliminary task, which gave me a
strong starting position. The print screens of part of my
front cover construction/process conveys how I have
adpated my skills on Photoshop and the knowledge of
4. Process of Contents Page
The construction of my contents page also took place using
the same software as my front cover and double page
spread, PhotoShop helped me in creating a more authentic
and professional front cover because of all the features it
has. From continuing to learn new skills on the software, I
began to add further photos to increase its exciting mise-
en-scene and to reach out to my audience to provide them
with various elements to look at. I also used mircosoft
publisher to create ‘previously published’ editions of RM to
increase the realism of my piece. I filled up the footer
section of the contents page to decrease white spaces and
5. Process of Double Page Spread
The process of the double page spread was more difficult from that
of the front cover or contents page, I did not complete a college
magazine double page spread therefore my knowledge at first was
more limited. My construction was made entirely on PhotoShop like
both of my other pieces. The software allowed me to mix up my
layout and structure when I decided to change it. The text was
formed from word Publisher as it provided the conventional column
structure writing style that’s necessary for typical double page
spreads.
My first draft was overly simple and contained too much white space,
I then changed these buy increasing the font boldness and style of
the text to make more of an impact for it. I also added the
secondary images in order to eliminate the white spaces that had
6. Technologies Used
I have developed my use of technologies through from
my college cover and contents page to my new music
magazine piece. I have shown my skills on software such
as PhotoShop, PicMonkey, Blogger and Prezi. These
forms of technology have aided me in the construction of
all of my pieces. I have represented my work through
Prezi, Publisher, Blogger and PowerPoints, which have
provided clear structure to my blog and the presentation
of my work. Technologies like memory sticks, cameras
and SD cards/readers, have enabled me in uploading and
saving my work within software files and transferring my
images taken on the camera, through SD card readers
shows that I have adapted from my college magazine as I
did not have this knowledge or use similar
hardware/software devices in it’s construction. In
creating my music magazine I have obtained more skills
7. Developments
I have developed my knowledge and skills in many
ways from the construction of my front cover,
contents page and double page spread. From
looking at my preliminary task, it conveys how I
have improved my skills in creating an authentic
and professional piece. For the music magazine I
wanted to maintain a piece centred around realism,
and imagining it on an actual magazine shelf,
competing with other brands. My developments are
evident in the new technologies I have used, which
are software programmes such as PhotoShop,
PicMonkey, Prezi presentation, but contrasted
from my preliminary task, in my music magazine I
have adpated and used memory sticks hardware
devices, SD cards and readers. I have provided and
constructed much more detailed and extensive
planning and research, which helped me in knowing
