Reflection on AS Coursework

   

The image above is my final edition of my AS level production task, which was a music magazine. My magazine was aimed at the target audience of both male and females aged 16-25.

 I think that the images i took worked well with the magazine as its main genre was rock music. using images that i took of myself was quicker than trying to get friends to pose for my magazine, which allowed me to pick the best images quickly without any disputes. I tried to make the genre obvious by the choice of the house style colours seen throughout the magazine, especially with using black which is a colour that is commonly associated with stereotypical rock music. while doing this production task it helped me realise how important research is when creating a magazine as it allows you to get ideas from a range of magazines and include some of them in your own magazine to make it look more authentic.

An improvement i could have made to my final product is make the cropping of images more smooth to give a more professional final piece, although this was difficult as the backgrounds i placed the images on were dark which made any un-cropped areas more visible than they would have been on a lighter background.

By doing my production task for my AS level coursework i have gained a number of skills such as how to use the basic tools on photoshop for what i needed to create a magazine. This has allowed me to become more comfortable with the program which will help me when i come to create new pieces of work for my A level coursework.