Evaluation Activity 7 Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you

have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? I feel as though I have learnt a lot from the first task that I set to now. The evidence to prove that shows my skills on Photoshop that have improved and my skills in using different cameras and lighting which will help me for when I need to use that sort of equipment again in the future. I did know some features of Photoshop that could help me through this process, but I learnt other important aspects that I didnt know before. I think that I able to full achieve what I was asked to do throughout this project by using these different programs due to the facilities on offer. During the process, I didnt have any problems with the programs that I encountered which made the project run as smoothly as possible when creating the magazine pages. And as I look back on my first draft of the task that I was set right at the beginning, it truly proves the professionalism that I had put into making my real and final product look as neat and tidy as ever, in a sense that people would actually want to read it. When I was creating my preliminary magazine cover and contents, the only theme I stuck to was incorporating the school colours to that the text would match with the logo. I think that this decision and the font choice I made looks tacky and the fact that I tried to make the text over the image look readable may have needed some adjusting. I had always has conventional magazine covers in my mind, so I knew how to create something of a professional state, but using my skills and trying to get to that standard was a long process. What I learnt about conventional magazine styles is that I should most defiantly keep a layout or theme style when making something like this. By looking at my prelim task and my final magazine covers, it is obvious that by sustaining a layout, I have made great improvements. It is important that the photos stand out from the rest, the colour scheme is continuous and that the text can be read. I believe that using a house theme/style makes a magazine unique, which is something I also stuck to when creating my final magazine due to the fact that I wanted to create something new and different. These factors mean the most when attracting the sort of audience Im looking for so that everything on the page has to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye. In conclusion, I think that Photoshop is the best program to use when constructing a project like this; it enables the user to use various tools and filters to create a good and professional piece of work. The work that I produced at the beginning of the project shows huge progression from where I was then, to where I am now and shows the amount of consideration and hard work that has been put in to improve such a thing.