Slide 14 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

This slide shows the basic knowledge I had of using Photoshop and the progression I made through planning.

With regards to the style of writing, when creating my preliminary task the writing wasn't as professional as it could have been, whereas my main task looks more organised and structured efficiently but my preliminary task looks very dull and boring. As you can see on my preliminary task my images weren't edited and I placed them in any place on the page making my contents page look unorganised and badly structured as I did very little planning. Therefore I edited my photos in the main task so that they look sufficient enough to look less tacky.

The house style for my preliminary task wasn't consistent at all, the use of colours were different and the way it was constructed wasn't planned out which is why I'm glad that I leant from the things I done wrong in my preliminary task and made the improvements in my main task. As my background on the contents page was very dull as I used the "gradient" tool I made sure I changed it to look more formal by using the "fill" tool to make sure I applied different elements when using Photoshop. As I didn't organise my headings for the contents page in section in my preliminary task I researched various magazines and found that it looked more professional using specific titles for various stories included in my Fusion product.

Slide 13 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back at my preliminary task I feel that I've learnt a lot about the different elements of Photoshop as well as knowing how to construct a magazine with a professional approach.

As you can see in this slide my preliminary task wasn't as successful as my main task, I used the primary elements such as headings, headlines and basic images. I then did extensive research on how what to apply to my media product and progressed considerably as I took more time into my planning and this was therefore show in my completed magazine.


I feel my heading is unclear in the preliminary task and doesn't stand out as much as the type of font I've applied to my main magazine, having a dull title would portray the magazine to be somewhat boring and unappealing. On my front cover of the preliminary task there isn't a main stories as I have placed two images showing there to be two different stories, whereas in my main task I made sure I applied one main story on the cover to attract my audience and is also planned out and structured efficiently showing it to have a more formal yet professional approach.


With regards to the headlines I have used on my main task it explores a wide range of stories that are highlighted in my music magazine, this is a good convention compared to the way I've set out my preliminary task as I have ensured I've used different stories to attract different types of readers who are interested in my media product. This contrasts with my preliminary task as I used headlines that were to do with formal news within the school which showed I didn't widen the range of stories that could have been included in my magazine such as games, competitions and things helping students to relax in becoming stress free.


When thinking of applying a background to my preliminary task I simply used the "gradient tool" which was very simplistic, making me have a two tone background. Although this did fit in well with my task I made sure I applied the "fill" tool making sure my main magazine had more of a professional approach to it. As I have mentioned numerous times before, my planning for my preliminary task compared to my final task was extremely unorganized resulting in a messy and tacky product, I felt that planning helped me dramatically change the way I was creating my media product.

Slide 12 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

In this slide it also shows my technological understanding and progression through the use of Blogger, as at the start I had no experience on blogging which was something I needed to pick up quite quick. When first creating my posts as you can see I put minimal effort into them, but as I started to understand using blogs I began to get to grips with blog spot and I learnt to add photos which are shown in this evaluation. In conclusion, I feel I have learnt a great deal about blogging and how to add features to my blog.

Slide 11 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

This slide shows my technological understanding of using Adobe Photoshop, as you can see my final media product for my magazine is extremely advanced compared to when I made my school magazine for my preliminary task.


I've shown that I've gained a good knowledge of using Photoshop and applied a variety of techniques when creating texts as well as editing images, which include using the magnetic lasso tool, spot healing tool, contrasting the image and using hue, saturation as well as colour variation. I also used urban fonts website for some of my text.

Slide 10 - How did you attract/ address your audience?

As well as attracting and addressing my audience on the front cover I've also done it on my contents page by:


Including an editor's message for the readers using informal language to suit the audience I'm addressing. I've made a section of the contents page with stories sponsored by Fusion which you wouldn't find anywhere else.


I used a variety of images to show the different bands included in my magazine and I had another free inducement for the Fusion reader on the contents page for a chance to get free iPod downloads which also makes them feel as if they're getting more out of their money and this inducement is what a typical, young and technological audience would be interested in.

Slide 9 - How did you attract/ address your audience?

There are many ways I attracted ad addressed my audience, I did this by:
Making sure that I had clear and eye catching titles for each page making my magazine look professional as well as organised. I used clear, bold headings to support a variety of stories for my readers to have a clear understanding of.


Another way I have attempted to reach my target audience is by having it reasonably low priced as it's a weekly magazine and not many readers would want to spend a great deal of money as most of them are young. The fact that I have also included a website related to my magazine unlocks a whole new platform for advertisers to broadcast their products to their different audiences.


I have included different competitions to make the reader feel as if they're getting more out of their money and to attract them to thinking that they could win something if they purchase my product.


I have also included an "exclusive" interview to influence the reader to purchase my magazine as it would appeal o them because they will be getting stories they can't find anywhere else.

Slide 8 - Who would be the audience for your media product?

In this slide I have outlined the target audience for my media product, I have chosen my reader's to be both males as well as female because there are a rage of articles throughout the magazine to suit both genders.


They would essentially be aged between 18-36 s there are some elements of this genre of music that are too explicit for younger reader, also it's primarily upon rock and indie music and may not interest anyone over 36.


My readers would have a interest in a variety of things including:
Music, Fashion, Modern Technology, Attending Festivals, Gigs and Concerts.


They would be middle and working class; they'd either be in higher education, university and have a part time or full time job.

Fusion's ideal reader will also be extremely fashionable and be aware of all the new, current and up to date styles in today's society.