Evaluation Question 7

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I learnt so many things from the progress of creating my magazine from the very first initial stages, all the way to the completely finished and finalised product. With this timeline, it has enabled me to show in order, the way in which my magazine developed and the aspects I learnt from each development. I have included a brief summary of what I have learnt as my last 'circle' on the timeline, however, I will expand on this even more: By looking at the codes, conventions and even compositions of other existing magazines, I learnt that features such as a bold masthead, attention grabbing articles and effective pictures all work together in attracting an appropriate audience for a publication. On a slightly different note, I went through many different ideas and themes for my front cover especially and I learnt a few critical aspects from this progression. In my first design, (as you will see on my construction photo peach) I selected a photograph of my cover star holding a guitar. I soon realised after research into different genres of music magazine that the message I was conveying from this image could be related to the guitar as opposed to the model. The general focus of the photograph was on the guitar and was distracting attention away from my coverstar 'Yasmin Glass'. Therefore, I experimented with many different chosen images until I found the perfect one. This is the main example of what I learnt about music magazines in the industry.