About Yourself
During this project I had to make sure
that I had confidence, to ensure that I would be happy with my work and be
confident in what I’m doing, I think if I didn’t have confidence I would not be
able to go on in the project. I also think that I had to depend on my
creativity. This allowed to me to come up with any new ideas when making the
front cover and the contents page. In the stage of photo taking for my front
cover, I had to use my photography skills that I learnt previously before I
started the project. I used my ICT skills to help the process of making the
magazine cover easier, as I was already aware of how to use certain programmes
and functions on the computer.
One skill that I had to develop on was
to push myself more to enable me to create a good quality magazine. I think if
I didn’t push myself to work harder, none of my work would be done and also
would not be at a high quality. I also had to be very persistent when doing my
work to allow myself to meet deadlines and finish in time to move on to the
next step in the project. I found this quite challenging as I am quite a slow
worker; but after learning how to manage my time sufficiently throughout the
project, I found it a little easier.
I think to improve for next time I
would definitely improve on meeting deadlines, as I did struggle to meet them
during the project. I think I would also improve on my accuracy such as using
skills to make the magazine better, for example using the rule of thirds and
using alignment. I think I would also ensure that I put much more effort into
the work as I feel like I did not give my full potential and it could be at a
higher quality.
About the Technology
During the process of making my magazine
front cover and contents page I used ‘ADOBE In Design’ for the first time,
which I thought was very easy to get used to as the layout was simple. When using
this programme I used tools such as ‘The type tool’. I liked using this tool as
it was easy to use and I found the different functions that it had quite
interesting. Such as being able to change the font colour and changing the
width/length/italics/boldness made the writing
more fun and interesting. I would say that this tool was the most useful during
my work as I changed and used text and fonts quite a lot. I think also the
‘Selection Tool’ was also quite useful as I used it mostly to select images and
text to move. On Photoshop I think a tool that I need to get to grips with is
the cloning tool because when I used it to blur out blemishes it did not give
an accurate finish. I think once I have fully understood the tool I will be
able to give a good quality photo. To take my photographs I used my DSLR camera
(A Nikon D3100). From doing this work I have learnt how to take photographs in
natural lighting, and how to make them look professional. To take my first set
of photos for m front cover I used artificial lighting without a flash to make the
photos more natural. For the contents I took the photos in natural lighting,
with the model standing by the window. While taking both sets of photos I tried
taking some photographs using sheets of paper to reflect light onto the model.
I also tried taking photos with artificial lighting and a flash, but the photographs
were exposed to too much light which meant that they were too bright. In my
future work I will have to choose better backgrounds as I think the places I
chose to position models were not appropriate places as the walls were dirty.
Also I will need to learn to position the model not so close to the wall so
that a shadow isn’t formed.
About the Layout and Structure
The layout features that I have learnt
about are what I have used on my front cover such as making any images and text
float, rather than being on the edge. Also I have learnt about the rule of
thirds and how to position my photograph. I also thought about alignment. I
applied this to my work floating my images on the front page and also using the
grid lines to keep the text and pictures in line with each other. I think the layout
features came out mostly successful; however there were some disadvantages like
the title not being in line with the writing, and the bottom line of the
writing not being in line with the barcode. If I was to do this work again I
would be more creative when designing my front cover as I feel as though it is
very basic and not very exciting. I would do this by maybe adding a photo to
the front cover or adding another colour, and making sure everything is in line
and every image is floating.
Organisation and Use of other people
For my front cover I used a friend
outside of school and for my contents page I used another friend from school.
As I am quite close to the model I used for my front cover it was very easy for
me to take the photos as she didn’t want to disappoint. The model that I chose
for the contents page was very easy to deal with as she doesn’t mind having her
photograph taken as she is very photogenic. A problem that I had with both
models was that in some photos they did not take the work seriously, which
resulted in the laughing in the photos. When I do the next project I will
ensure to be stricter when taking the photographs so that the models know that
it is serious and that the photos need to be taken. I persuaded them to let me
take the photos by rewarding them after, as this worked quite well I will use
this technique next time.
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