Evaluation 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Looking back to my preliminary task then to my final product of my music magazine, I feel as if I have learnt a lot. My arrangement of the layout of the pages has improved as well as following codes and conventions of music magazine layouts, such as position of the masthead and cover lines, and the type of photo for my main image. My improvements are mainly due to learning how the photoshop programme works, as when I produced my preliminary task I had never used photoshop before. I learnt how to crop and place images where I wanted them to be on the page, alter the brightness and contrast to produce the lighting effect I wanted, and how to enhance text to make it stand out. I also learnt how to take photos using a variety of camera angles such as close ups, high shots and low shots; as well as making sure I follow the conventions for a main image, such as the model looking out of the magazine to the audience. Alongside the camera, I learnt how to use lighting equipment to produce the ‘natural sun glow’ light effect in my photo that is often seen in mise-en-scenes of indie folk photos.