Final Product

Final Evaluation

Album Analogy

Fire – this is a metaphorical representation of the passion I have for music, some may call it as having a ‘fire in your belly’

Relentless – representation of the promise I made to my grandparents that I would never stop singing and trying until I made it into the music world

Imperfections – the intense feeling of never feeling good enough or seeing those people who are branded as ‘perfect’ by the rest of your peers and society

Lola – A song about someone close to me who was one person who was a massive influence on me. I have never really mentioned her before but she will always mean a lot to me. 

Monumental – this is a symbol of how important friendship is over anything else

Day Dreamer – I was always getting in trouble at school for not concentrating and staring out the window

Abandoned Time – Live each day as it comes as you never know what the next day will bring

Fragments of a lost look – the idea that you never find everything you are looking for

Golden Excuses – everyone tries to justify the faults they make and it’s not always good enough

Vortex – the whirling mass of everything good and bad that happens in my life

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      Here are the various song titles I created for the album with a brief meaning of the song posted next to it.

Album Tracklistings

When creating various features for my magazine, I wanted to create something a little bit unique so I made an 'Album Anatomy' where I wrote a brief meaning for each of the songs on the album I have made for the featuring artist: Delilah Rose. Prior to creating it however, I wanted to investigate what other artists have used as their inspiration, I firstly looked at various song titles on Six different  albums:

1) Bastille - Bad Blood
2) Imagine Dragons - Nigh Visions
3) Disclosure - Settle
4) Rudimental - Home
5) Birdy - Birdy
6) Lorde - Pure Heroine

Even though some of these albums and artists do not fit within the genre of my magazine, I wanted to research the different song titles, and meanings.

Production Diary - Approaching Deadline

The deadline for which our coursework has to be handed in for the final time is approaching next Tuesday (4th March). With recently receiving feedback from my teacher, I have been notified of the parts I need to improve or make adjustments to such as making sure the page numbers are included on every page and small, menial tasks such as adding the website, costings of the magazine and the magazine logo to the bottom corner of every page which can easily be done on InDesign using the master pages which allows you to put something on the master page which will be present consistently throughout the magazine.

Once I have completed the coursework and that has been sent off, no improvements can be made meaning we will use the rest of the time to concentrate on the examination.

Audience Feedback

Question Seven

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

Looking back at the preliminary task that I created back in September, I feel that I have come a long way in the creation of my magazine, and have made some improvements in my knowledge of the software. For both the preliminary task and my final product I used the software InDesign, when comparing the two products I can see a vast improvement of my ability to use the software and my knowledge of the various tools that were possible for me to use.

I feel that the photos play a massive part in the quality and effectiveness of the magazine. When looking at the preliminary task that I created prior to the music magazine, the images lacked the professionalism which the images used in my music magazine did. The images for the preliminary task were taken using a basic camera on my iPhone compared to the high quality images that were used on my music magazine which were taken using a canon SLR camera – the images that this camera took were much better than those used in the preliminary task and made the magazine look a lot more realistic.

When comparing both the front covers of the preliminary task and the final product I can definitely see a vast improvement in the quality of the products. The preliminary task lacks the realism of a magazine as it looks a lot less realistic than the music magazine I created for my final piece of coursework. When creating the preliminary task, there were not any examples of magazines similar to its type in which I could use for ideas of what is and is not successful. However when creating the real task, there are many music magazine on the market which are extremely successful such as Q and NME which I could look at the successful codes and conventions which I could imitate so that they fitted my house style and genre of magazine.

The most important factor that I felt affected the difference in quality between my preliminary magazine and final task and that was the process of planning the creation of my magazine. I planned the photoshoot, the layout of the magazine and much more which you are able to see under the ‘planning’ tab on my blog (g321zoeramsdaleclark.blogspot.co.uk). I took a lot of time planning the process of the magazine; looking up various music magazines, contents page ideas, sell line ideas, colour scheme ideas and other various aspects that make up a successful magazine. It was very important that I followed the other key conventions which would allow me to create a successful magazine which would effectively attract my target audience. One key factor in which I planned was the involvement of social media as I felt that this would play a massive part in how successful my magazine was due to having quite a young target audience. I researched what forms of social media were frequently used at the moment and utilised my knowledge to make sure all of the key areas were covered.

Overall I believe that I have progressed successfully since the start of the year and I believe that this is noticeable in the quality difference seen between my preliminary task and the full product. My knowledge of the used software has grown massively and I feel that my understanding of the various technologies has heightened massively. With all the practice and application of the skills I have acquired over the past months I feel that I have made a good, strong piece of coursework.