Question 7

The main thing I learned about developing a final media product from my preliminary task is to focus on each feature of a music magazine separately i.e. to divide time to do each task i.e. taking photos, editing photos, designing masthead etc. For my preliminary task I didn’t take time with each aspect. For example my photographs weren’t planned so I didn’t have an interesting setting and my subject only wore ordinary clothing. Due to the failure of my photography in my preliminary task I thought about my photos for my main magazine a lot. I staged them and had them wear suitable clothing; this benefitted the design of my magazine enormously. I find this easier than simply designing each page as I go as I often found that doing this I wasted a lot of time going back and forth from doing photography too writing etc.  I also tried to develop the way I use language within my magazine, instead of just writing off the top of my head I would think about the language that is used between my target audience.