When planning and preparing my magazine I found this time round I was able to put a lot more into my research and drafting, especially as I had more time, meaning I could put a lot of effort into it to produce something at a high standard.
I found that during this project my organisation of time was a lot better, as I was able to organise all of my work and set deadlines using time toast and regular updates which I wasn't able to do in the preliminary project.
Since my first project i would say I have definitely learned a lot more about using the camera and different frame shots, angles and lighting as for this project all of that was crucial in order to produce the magazine cover, contents page and double page spread at a high level. I was also able to spend a lot more time concentrating on the lighting effects when taking the photos, which was very helpful as it made my images look a lot more professional.
I think I have definitely learned a lot more about the different conventions of magazines as I was able to spend a lot more time researching different mags so I could see what is typical of a music magazine. Especially as when I started my preliminary task I found it quite difficult to produce a good front cover and contents page as I wasn't too sure of what should be included.
When I made my magazine cover and contents page for the preliminary task I had to use photoshop for the first time. I found it very difficult to use and wasn't able to do things that I wanted for instance air-brush the students face. However, after this project I feel I have learned a lot more about photoshop after having plenty of time to practise trying out different effects and image manipulation so this time round I was able to do everything I wanted to do to the model, including airbrushing and cropping.
I also feel that my awareness of how consideration of the target audience determines the outcome of decisions made during the production process has improved as when I was making my magazine for this project I changed my mind on various ideas and only included certain things in my magazine because I knew exactly who I was aiming it at whereas with the preliminary project my audience wasn't so specific meaning I did things that may not have suited my audience.
I think the biggest thing I have learnt from undertaking this project would probably be how there is much more to magazines than I thought and that all magazines are very different from each other depending on who it is aimed at and that everything is done for a reason.
I think I have definitely hit my targets as one of them was "there should have been a shooting schedule plan, which I will need to take into consideration for the next project." and I did make a shooting plan this time round which included shot lists and a lot of information on locations and props.
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