What I have learnt about the What I have learnt about the progression of making a progression of making a

school magazine?school magazine?

Initial researchInitial research

The first thing I tried to do was find The first thing I tried to do was find other school magazines I could get other school magazines I could get ideas from.ideas from.

I learnt it was hard to find what I I learnt it was hard to find what I actually wanted, and just googleing actually wanted, and just googleing it wasn’t the best way of finding it wasn’t the best way of finding things.things.

I realized I had to take some ideas I realized I had to take some ideas from these four magazines. From from these four magazines. From the fourth magazine I used the the fourth magazine I used the basic style, and I also used the basic style, and I also used the yellow writing to stand out from the yellow writing to stand out from the third magazinethird magazine

Also I used the colour scheme from Also I used the colour scheme from 2 for my sixth form magazine2 for my sixth form magazine

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First attempt at parents magazine.First attempt at parents magazine.

When I put the picture onto the When I put the picture onto the magazine, I realized that it was too magazine, I realized that it was too drab and dreary. At this point I learnt drab and dreary. At this point I learnt the importance of picture editing.the importance of picture editing.

I also learnt how hard it was to I also learnt how hard it was to change the simplest of things. What I change the simplest of things. What I tried to do, was switch the cloudy tried to do, was switch the cloudy sky, for a bright blue one. Then I sky, for a bright blue one. Then I started editing out all the construction started editing out all the construction works, to make the picture look works, to make the picture look invting.invting.

Obviously this didn’t work as Obviously this didn’t work as expected, so I need to make the expected, so I need to make the magazine look better from the text as magazine look better from the text as well as the picture.well as the picture.

Finished parents magazineFinished parents magazine

While finishing of my school While finishing of my school magazine I learnt how to do magazine I learnt how to do blending options, like strokes.blending options, like strokes.

I started to use these ffects, I started to use these ffects, and added in bolder and more and added in bolder and more add more colour. I noticed that add more colour. I noticed that this did improve my magazine this did improve my magazine a bit, and stopped it being so a bit, and stopped it being so boring.boring.

As this was the first magazine, As this was the first magazine, I didn’t do much cropping for I didn’t do much cropping for my picture, so it resulted in it my picture, so it resulted in it looking tapped on.looking tapped on.

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Even before I put on a picture, Even before I put on a picture, I think this magazine was I think this magazine was working better than last time. working better than last time.

This would be because I learnt This would be because I learnt how to reach my target how to reach my target audience better, using colours audience better, using colours bold slanted writing and bold slanted writing and shadowing. shadowing.

The font is more appropriate The font is more appropriate for who I was aiming at so I for who I was aiming at so I realized that I should continue realized that I should continue on this theme.on this theme.

66thth form final piece form final piece

Unlike my last magazine I used a Unlike my last magazine I used a lot more cropping on the picture.lot more cropping on the picture.

This lead it to fitting much nicer into This lead it to fitting much nicer into the rest of the magazine, rather the rest of the magazine, rather than it just sitting in the middle. than it just sitting in the middle.

However, the cropping took a long However, the cropping took a long time, and I had to keep changing time, and I had to keep changing layers of different parts of the layers of different parts of the picture, making it look quite messy. picture, making it look quite messy. I learnt how careful I needed to be I learnt how careful I needed to be not to ‘over-edit’.not to ‘over-edit’.

The problem with this cover is that The problem with this cover is that lot’s of the colours didn’t work that lot’s of the colours didn’t work that well, so I knew I had to be more well, so I knew I had to be more careful with my propper work.careful with my propper work.