Preliminary Task

This is my preliminary task flat plan. for mt preliminanary i hadt to make a front cover and a contentents page for an Acland Burghley school magazine. First of all i made flatplans of what i wanted it to look like. then i made the actual design on Photoshop CS3.

When you compare both my flat-plans and my actual ABS magazine you can see that not everything that i originally planned happened. But you can see the progress i made, if you compare my Acland Burghley school magazine and my music magazine you will notice how much my knowledge for using photoshop increased. I learnt how to edit images to give a better effect

Flat Plans

These are my flat plans for my original music magazine. when i first drew my flatplans i thought that the design and layout would be very easy to make. Now that i have finished my product i have realised that the making of my magazine was not going to be as easy as what i expected. Our maing goal was to ocmplete a music magazine and not use any found images, this was difficult as my original masthead was going to have a bomb and firwe like an explotion. I could not fufil this as i was not ably to take a picture of an actual bomb and fire that resembles an explosion. on the first page of my content page I had a very unigue design to be under the tittle, this was very difficult to attempt as i could not have a steady hand and was not able to do this on Photoshop CS3.

Music Magazine

This is the result of my music magazine. i have come a long way from the making of my preliminary task. i have successfully learnt how to use CS3 to produce a music magazine. Now my magazine can be published. 

References

Through out the process of making my publication I have used other Music websites and Magazine cover layouts to help me create the perfect layout to suite my magazine. I have used many magazines for inspiration such as BLACK BEAT and VIBE magazine. I referred to these magazines because they resemble Reggeaton so I think they would have helped me create a better looking magazine for my target audience. I found that referring to these magazines and websites helped me a lot in the making of my music magazine.

Magazine Links
http://www.vibe.com/

http://reggaeton.co.uk

Reggeaton

These are just examples of what Reggeaton is. This is the type of music

Latin teenagers are listening to. This music is the Latin version of R&B

and is what it closely resembles. In my music magazine this is the type

of music that will be promoted and the magazine will work around this

genre of music. My magazine will also talk about the progression of

reggeaton and how it is being recognised by the America music industry.

Note the second video it features a well known American music R&B artist.

ORIGINAL IMAGES

Looking back at your preliminary task, of designing the front page of a school magazine, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? During my preliminary task I had to create a school magazine for Acland Burghley, this had to include an image of a student on the front cover. I had to create the front cover and a contents page. this prepared me for the making of my actual music magazine. I think that the preliminary task helped me understand the programme and the task was very useful to me because it was like a taster of what i was to expect when making my actual music magazine. After using the programme Photoshop CS3 for my preliminary task I felt comfortable using the programme again. Now after finishing off my music magazine I feel very comfortable because I was prepared for this task and I feel that I have successfully created a perfectly presentable music magazine.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of consrtucting this product? Through out the making of my magazine I have used a range of new technology. I have learnt how to use an APPLE Mac to a good standard. I have learnt how to navigate my through an APPLE Mac and i am now able to log in and carry out any task, this is new to me as all my life I have only used normal PC and the layout of a PC and a APPLE Mac are very different. At the start you can get very confused and work is really hard to get through. I have also successfully achieved a considerable amount of knowledge to make my own productions on Photoshop CS3. In the process of making my magazine I have learnt how to use the programme efficiently and now using the programme is very easy whereas at the beginning of the course I would not have know how to navigate my way around.

I have realized the patience that is needed when working with certain software for the first time. It takes up plenty of time to get use to a software and once you realise nearly all your time is up, so when working with new programs patience is needed.