Looking Back at my preliminary task, what do I feel I have learnt in the process?
I think that I have learnt so much in the time between completing my preliminary front cover and my final front cover. One of these reasons is because I became more comfortable using photoshop and the different tools on the programme. Looking back at my preliminary front cover which was supposed to be for a school, there are many different things that I would change for example adding more cover lines on the front cover is a must, as most magazines have 3-5 on the front. Another thing that I would change is the colour scheme I used. However I will now be talking about different things I learnt in between these two products and from these two products.
Research and Planning
After completing my preliminary task I realised that if I had planned it out slightly before going straight in to designing the front cover I would of completed a more successful piece. From this I decided to make sure each piece of my music magazine had a plan and research behind it to back up choices I made and to ensure that I knew what I was doing when I started my production. This made my life a lot easier during production as I wasn't constantly worried about "what's going to fill that space", or "I don't have enough room for everything" as I had everything planned out in there positions before I even had all the different pieces for each page. However along with this came some problems because if I changed my mind on a certain piece I had to make sure my new idea fit in to the plan I had done previously. Doing this planning and research taught me how important it is to go in to a project or piece prepared and already having knowledge of what is needed.
Drafting
When I was creating my final front cover I had two original plans, this was both a positive and negative to me. At the beginning I found it very hard to use both plans as they differed however at one point when I believed that I had finished my cover, I realised that it did not look like a Pop magazine front cover at all and instead had the look of an Indie magazine.This was where my second plan came in handy as I was able to move things around add different colours and backgrounds( as well as completely changing the picture I was supposed to use on my front cover). The first front cover is uploaded to my blog under the title of first front cover draft- as I think it is important to learn from mistakes and show how I improved upon this cover to ensure the genre my music magazine was targeting came across. From doing this draft I think one of the best things I learnt was making a mistake isn't a bad thing but something to learn from and build upon.
Attention to Detail and Editing
My skills it making sure each detail on the front cover is correct improve massively from the two products above. I think one reason of this is because I became more comfortable using photoshop and also became more confident in my abilities to create a good product. Another thing that I learnt whilst doing this is that there is always something to improve upon even if it is the smallest detail. I also learnt new skills on how to edit a photo which is another reason I think my second product cam out better than my preliminary task as I was just reacquainting my self with photoshop then.
Looking as a whole and refining
Working on these two products, challenged me to take a step back from my work and try to look at it objectively and find the weaknesses that needed to be fixed(more so on my final music magazine than my preliminary task). This is an important skill that I will need later on in life as well as it will allow me to achieve the best results possible in future products.
Constructive criticism
Creating these two products has allowed me to gain constructive criticism from my peers and teachers. Making sure that this has occurred is important because it ensures my work is the best it can be. The whole process that I have undergone during this course if based on improving through mistakes made or by using research made.
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