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If I was to redo the preliminary task, I would retake the images, making usre they were in focus this time and I would use models who were wearing school uniform to conform to the idea of a school magazine. I would use a much bolder font so it is easier to read. I would use a more interesting colour scheme than just red and black in order to attract the intended audience. I would place the text on the page more apropriately, conforming to other school magazines. Throughout the whole process, I feel as though I have learnt what is needed to create a successful magazine.

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From looking at an array of different magazine covers, I learnt that they follow a set of strict conventions that are used to attract the indended audience.
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When creating my school magazine, I layed out the text in places which allowed it t be easily readable. However, I feel as though there is no clear layout and it does not conform to the usual conventions of a school magazine. Therefore, it would not attract the intented audience as it is very simple, there is nothing unique about it.
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I made sure to analyse popular magazine covers with the same genre as my own as I was able to see what sorts of conventions they used to attract an audience. I have used a more interesting colour scheme rather than a simple black and red which is quite common. The colours navy blue and pink work well with each other as they stand out and so will attract the audience. I was able to change the size of the text on the cover to different sizes depending on the article that I wanted to stand out the most.

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I did not use any editing software to edit my images for the school magazine.

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I used the website Pixlr.com to edit my images for the music magazine. I made them look more brighter snd managed to get ride of strange shadowing that was cast across the artists face. I made the background brighter and eliminated any patchy areas.

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When I first took the images for my school magazine, I was completely inexperienced in photography which is why the image on the front cover is out of focus.

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I learnt a lot about photography and how to focus the camera. After taing the first set of images for my music magazine, I realised they were slightly blurry so I retook them, making sure I was focussing the camera properly.

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I now know how to use Fireworks properly, I was able to use guidelines so all the taglines and other text lines up with each other, making it look more professional. I was able to use the magic wand tool properly so the text was bold and clear. This software allowed me to create a school magazine which followed the conventions of other magazines of the same genre.

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When I first started using Fireworks, I wasn't sure how all the tools worked and so I struggled in making the school magazine mirror the coventions of other school magazines. The layout of my school cover is much more basic compared to the layout of my music magazine. The text isn't as bold as it should be and is quite difficult to read against the background. This is because I didn't know how to work the magic wand tool and so there is still a thin white outline around the text. I also didn't know that guidelines could help me keep all text in order and so some of the text and number boxes on the school cover and contents looks out of line.