Evaluation Question 7

Evaluation Question 7

·         Comparing my preliminary task to my main production, I think it is evident I have learned a lot about the design, construct and content about what a magazine has to offer. I have learned this through the tasks that coursework has provided.

Lighting & Colour: Through coursework research, I have come to recognise how lighting effects the interpretation of how a magazine is taken. In my Preliminary Task I had no concern of what lighting meant in the production, I was more concerned about the quality of the camera and how clear objects were. While not necessarily a bad thing, I have actually come to pay a lot more attention to lighting and how it effects design.

Mise-en-scene: French for placing on stage. In my preliminary task, I did not emphasize this aspect of Media as much as I do now. Property and every single detail on stage in order to give your production full professionalism. My Prelim had this as there were just shots of school-like features, which was what my magazine was all about. In my later production, I had focused more on the quantity of Mise-en-scene to give rather than the quality, with not much in the image.

Analysis of Cinematography: Knowing what different kind of shots to take, as they all imply different meanings. In my prelim, I know what shots to take for a certain effect- but I didn’t know that in my prelim production. I had used a close-up in the prelim to catch detail of a small object and blur out the rest of the background to give further detail in the design, and in my magazine production I had used a medium shot of the model, and a fair shot to show off outfit, and to show what is exactly the main focus of the production.

Magazine Deconstruction: This had helped learn to construct a proper magazine. In my preliminary task, I had a lack of sky lines, sell lines, etc. Just a main image and a main title. My actual production contained a lot more detail and attention towards these features. I had even decorated the sky lines, mastheads and sell lines in order to give it more of an attractive look. This is much more of an improvement.

Overall content: My genuine production compared to my ‘practice’ production was more fruitful in terms of quantity. Within it there was a backstory, content titles that would be sure to capture the reader’s attention.

Genre Research: My prelim production had no built-upon knowledge prior of music industry. It was not a heavily studied area before. But in my production, I was able to apply genre research to properly formulate my magazine. Compared to my prelim, I only just threw a picture in, added text, and used generic text. Now although both productions had different audiences, it would be hardly appealing to anybody to see a magazine of just a basic level. Unintuitive design, uncoordinated features, not only would it have been boring, or driven people away from reading it, but it would have come off as an eyesore as a result of carelessness, or just rookie media skills. By gathering knowledge of what my audience would want, I was able to, and with better editing skills as well, able to deliver a production that would give viewers of that specific interest in that genre a good time.

Better Editing Skills: Before I could hardly use any tools on Photoshop. Which made the quality capability of my production very limited. But through tasks of media, I was able to increase my potential and give a better magazine. .