Note to moderator

Dear Moderator,
My brief for my AS Media was to create a front cover, contents page and double page spread for a new music magazine. I chose to do my music magazine using a pop based genre that would attract teenagers to early twenty year old as this would be a large market for my magazine. I wanted to create a new and different magazine for both sexes, that can provide interesting information on all the top celebrities to keep my reader's up to date.

I have used labels on my blog to help make it simple and easy to navigate.

Yours Sincerly,
Liam Peacock, Edgbarrow School

Candidate number: 0204
Centre number: 51111

Evaluation: Question 7

http://popplet.com/app/#/3215745

Evaluation: Question 6

https://www.emaze.com/@ACZQCICF/question-6

Evaluation: Question 3

http://popplet.com/app/#/3200244

Evaluation: Question 2

http://prezi.com/8play1y0x3k4/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Evaluation: Question 1

https://www.emaze.com/@ACFTCTRQ/evaluation-of-magazine

Question 4 and 5

Question 4 and 5

Uneditted pictures

Original uneditted pictures

Final completed magazine

Front cover

Contents page

Double page spread

Magazine 1st draft

Dolby

Liam,


I have had a look at planning Prezi and it is a little brief and the comments are very generic. I think you need to have more of a sense of the genre of your magazine and how the different components feed into that genre of music and how they would in turn appeal to your audience rather than saying they are good or the best.

Magazine planning - Prezi

http://prezi.com/veiyzqnoeion/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Prezi product placement

http://prezi.com/i2ntsbmdeu1j/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Media evaluation of pre lim task

·  Did you plan your magazine? If not, what have you learnt about the importance of research and planning?

I looked at some other magazines on the market but I didn’t fully plan it. I have learnt that if I plan and research it will make the task much easier as I can take ideas form other magazines and see what else is on the market. I wasn’t entirely sure on how to lay out some of my pages so if I did more research it would help me know this.

·  What technology did you use to complete the task and how did you use it?

I used my phone to take pictures which and then I used Serif PagePlus X6 to edit and create my magazine.  I also used E-mail to transfer the files from my phone to the computer. I used Serif to do all of my front cover and contents, I also used some nice effects on the front cover and contents like the transparency tool and text tool. I also used the cutout studio and PhotoLab in Serif to cut out and edit my pictures. 

·  Did you encounter any difficulties? If so, what were they and how did you overcome them?

I didn’t encounter too many problems, just mainly finding out how to do stuff on Serif which I either asked a friend how to do it or figured it out myself. One problem I faced was trying to change the colour of a background which I was helped with by a friend.

·  How successful was your magazine? Please identify what worked well, and with hindsight, what would you improve/do differently?

 I think the heading worked quite well and I liked using the transparency tool as it creates a nice effect on shapes etc. In future I would think of better articles, get more pictures and use more techniques when producing the front cover/magazine. 

·  What have you learnt from completing this task? Looking ahead, how will this learning be significant when completing the rest of your foundation coursework, do you think?

I now know what goes into making a magazine and I can use different techniques on Serif. This will help if I need to create anything on Serif in future as I now know how certain things work and how to create a magazine. I have also learnt how to cut out and edit pictures in Serif so that they look more professional. 

Pre lim contents page

Pre lim front cover