Evaluation

What have you learnt from completing this task?

When I first began this task, I didn't know that each part of a magazine had different names. For example, the Title was called a Mass-head. I learned things that I didn't know before about Media and how to create a magazine successfully and know the audience that I'm targeting will be interested in it. I have also learned how to use Photoshop much better, back in school I only knew a few basic as to how I use it, but now I feel more confident in using it and knowing how to edit photo's much better than I did before.

How have you used technology?

I have used Adobe Photoshop on the computer which has been interesting. When I first started using Photoshop, I didn't know much about how to use it as I never got the chance to use more of it back in high school. But with some help, I have picked up some new skills that I had never learned before and now that has become useful in creating a magazine cover. I have also created power points to post how I have made progression to get to the final product, and this has been useful because it shows the different stages of how much it has changed.

What conventions have you used and why?

The conventions I have used are what you would expect to see on a magazine:

• Mass Head
• Plug
• Feature Stories
• Main Feature Story
• Main Image

I used these because they are essential for creating a magazine, and also they are what appear. I mainly used feature stories because it's the stories that draw the readers in and they need to stand out and look interesting. The main image was taken on the college campus, and because I created a college magazine I knew that taking the photo's on the campus would be relevant to the magazine. Also, the Mass Head was important of use because it had to be something that would stand out from other magazines.

What would you change if you were to do this task again?

If I was to do this task again, I would change the feature story ideas. I would change this because I know that there is more interesting things that the readers would be interested in, and the general college magazine has many different features in it that people would be interested in. Also, I would change the colour schemes. I would change these because there are other colour schemes that would work out very well.