Foundation Portfolio Evaluation!

Hiii,

I had to create an evaluation for my overall magazine including my preliminary task. I had to answer a variety of questions for the evaluation in good detail. The format i used to produce my evaluation is Microsoft Powerpoint, this was a good format to use as you could make it more professional by adding animations to your work also i found this was an easy way of presenting my research and my actual magazine. Most of my reseach into my magazine is displayed in both powerpoint and my blog. This is because this is the easiest format to use to present my work in good detail without having any trouble. I found these questions easy to answer as the knowledge i needed was already taken upon whilst creating my preliminary magazine and my music magazine, this defiantly was an advantage as i wouldnt have been able to answer such questions without my understanding of simple things such as codes and conventions of magazines. I had to answer the following questions:

In what way’s does your media product use, develop or challenge form’s and convention’s of real media product’s?

How does your media product represent particular social group’s?

What kind of media institution might describe your media product and why?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

How did you attract/address your audience?

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

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

Overall Magazine!

Overall i am really pleased with my music magazine and my preliminary task. I really enjoyed working on my magazine from the start untill the finish. Working on my magazine has helped me alot with my skills in technolgy working with different programme's such as adobe photo shop. I can now take these skills away with me and work on different subjects using the skills i have learned. When we first got told the task that we had to take upon, i didnt think i had enough knowledge to get how far i did. But when i started with the preliminary task it really helped me get the hang of what i needed to do. I think if we didnt do the preliminary task i dont think i would be able to complete the music magazine looking as professional as it does. Keeping on track with my preliminary task and music magazine was hard to get a grip of. I found when creating my preliminary task it was hard to keep up to date with my work as this was the first time i had designed a magazine. But once i moved onto my music magazine i had the hang of the time management. My blog really helped me on this as i could keep looking back at the previous work i had done, i also created title drafts which i had created to remind myself what work i needed to get done. I really enjoyed using Adobe Photoshop as gave me great advantages to make my work look more professional. It also made me put more detail in my magazine both the preliminary task and the music magazine, even though i was limeted on my sources whilst creating my school magazine the reason for this is because i didnt know alot of skills from adobe photoshop whilst working on my preliminary task, but this advanced whilst creating my music magazine as i had practiced more skills and worked with different tools. Since i have finished my magazine i have used my photoshop skills in further subjects this has not only helped me in media but also in a wider range of subjects. I have really loved designing and creating my preliminary magazine and my main music magazine, this has gave me inspiration to take my skills further on in life, and maybe pursue a career in the subject.