Evaluation - Q7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I have gained many more skills in Adobe Elements 11 since my preliminary task, College magazine. I used basic skills to create the front cover and contents page of the college magazine whereas to create my vintage music magazine I used much more complex skills to create the right effect. My preliminary task involved my creating a full front cover and a basic plan of a contents page but in my Vintage music magazine it involved creating a complex front cover, contents page and double page spread. I feel I have used many more techniques during the creation of my music magazine for example, gradient, banners, text, glows, puffs, pugs. I now understand how to represents specific genres and how to attract certain target audiences. I created many target audience research surveys and this helped me understand what topics they wanted to read about, the colours they wanted to see on the magazine, artists they like, fonts they would prefer to be used, where gradient should and shouldn't be used. All this information came together to help me create my final draft for my music magazine and college magazine. In my music magazine I used synergy, the same colours were used throughout which my target audience would recognize. I feel my skills have developed massively and I have enjoyed the tasks I have been set during my AS Media course.

Evaluation - Q6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have created a Wordle of all the technologies I have learnt about during the process of constructing my music magazine. The internet and Adobe Elements 11 are two main programs I used during the making of my music magazine. In Adobe Elements 11 I learnt how to add gradients to backgrounds. I learnt a method which makes my gradient lighter, I did this by using CMD + U on the Imac keyboard and then clicking turn saturation down. To create a gradient, you use the tool on the right.

Using this tool I cut out my model for my front cover image and my model for my DPS so that I could use a different background to the original one I already had.

To move and select pictures,text or any of feature on Adobe Elements 11, you must use this tool.



To add text to a document on this program you must use the tool on the right, this also allows you to change the font, colour and size of the text.

When I first started my AS Media course most of the technology in the wordle was totally new to my, I was introduced to camera settings, Slidely, slideshare, Adobe elements 11, prezi, blogger. I have gained alot of experience using technology while creating my Vintage music magazine.

Evaluation - Q4) Who would be the audience for your media product? Q5) How did you attract/ address your audience?