Media AS
Ricardo
Reveron Blanco.
Evaluation.
a). Your research skills – strengths and
weaknesses.
- Personally, I
have been able to research some quotes which I have included into my cover
page, moreover I have presented some facts and figures into my piece of
writing. On the other hand, I should have added more figures instead of adding
more biased opinions. In the future, I should research in detail by looking at
other magazines instead of relying solely on the internet.
b). Journalistic and writing skills –
strengths and weaknesses.
- I have kept a
much formal attitude towards the article, thus, my intended audience apply to
several people who have a passion to music thus the magazine is called TM
MAGAZINE (The Music). However, I should have changed the colour of the writing
in the second page where the background picture makes it difficult to read, I
have tried to enable an easier reading by changing the colour of the outside of
the font.
c). The InDesign skills you have learnt
– strengths and weaknesses.
- I have learnt
to import the article from Word document and images into InDesign, I am now
also able to apply exact columns and the use of the ruler to make all of them coherent
and congruent, I have also added some background colour to add some “life” to
the entire magazine. I am also able to export the document into JPEG. Moreover,
I am also able to use the Rectangle Frame Tool to fit the images imported. In
contrast, I should learn other tools which will improve my future assignments.
d). Web publishing skills – strengths
and weaknesses.
- I have yet
not uploaded my work into Blogger therefore I have to become used to this for
future work. Thereby, when using publishing you achieve a global audience which
then feedback can be given to enable improvements into the work published.
Moreover, it is cheaper than printing the whole magazine, it will widespread easier. On the other hand, we
must consider that some individuals enjoy reading physical magazines. I will upload my JPEG magazine into blogger with my evaluation, where we as a class can give feedback to each other.
e). Audience feedback – how was this
helpful.
- “It is
straight forward, you can identify what the article is about by the images and
the pulling statement”
-“However, the
writing on the right hand page is difficult to read due to the image on the
background”.
Due to the
feedback given, I am now aware of the improvements I should make when creating
another magazine spread and I am also aware of the positive assets and
journalistic skills I have included in my piece.
f). Set yourself four specific targets
for improvement based on the weaknesses identified.
1). Be coherent
about the arrangement of writing so that the background images or colours do
not interfere with the writing.
2). Research
not solely on the internet but also in magazine articles.
3). Become more
confident with using InDesign.
4). Become more
confident in uploading my work into the web using Blogger.
