Creative Critical Reflection #49

 

Welcome back! 

        I will now be talking about secondary creative critical reflection. I will be uploading it to Dropbox. 

Question 2: How did your production skills develop throughout this process? 

Transcript:

Examiner-

Hey Queen! Have you done your CCR’s? 😘

Me-

Hey Monarch! Of course I have, I’m just that girl. 😛 

Examiner-

Ayee!! 🤪 Well, can you talk to me about your CCR’s? 

Specifically on how did your production skills develop throughout your project. 😆

Me- 

Yes, Monarch, I got you. 😉

So, at the beginning I was completely lost. I didn’t know anything about magazines. 🥲 

I didn’t have a lot of experiences with certain apps on how to create it nor how to properly take pictures for my magazine. 💔

Examiner- 

Oh no! 😞

Me- 

Slow your rolls, Monarch; I didn’t stay clueless for long. 😈 I have definitely learned so much, which is super beneficial to me. This project made me understand more about magazines and new techniques! 👻

Examiner-

That’s bloody brilliant! 😱 Tell me more about that!! 🙏

Me- 

Definitely! At first, we did a preliminary task as a way to show what we know. In class we learned about different camera shots and angles. We also focused on house styles, writing lead practices, and genres. 🫣 These are just some tasks that have really helped me improved and help make my magazine come to life! 🤩

If we were to compare my preliminary task with my magazine, we would see major improvements. 😫 I was in the gutter with house styles. It was hard for me to do my preliminary task because of not knowing anything and how important it is. 🙁

However, I am the GOAT, I learned more about it and implemented in to my magazine. 🤪🤪

Examiner- 

YASSS, QUEEN!! 😍😍 Do you have them so I can see? 

Examiner- 

Holy guacamole! Yea girl you definitely improved big time. 🤣 #NeededUpgrade

Me- 

Hey! Not too much I was a noob and now I am a pro. 😠

ANYWAY, for my preliminary cover I didn’t use any of the right conventions… remember I was a noob. And my final magazine cover page has all the conventions it needs, plus with a more appealing look to it. 😻 

My final magazine cover had it all. It had a feature story, which my preliminary didn’t. I included a tagline, barcode & price, a great color scheme that isn’t black and white, a puff, etc. My final magazine cover is something worth publishing rather than the preliminary task. The preliminary task is very bland and looks like it isn’t professionally done unlike my final magazine. 😎

Examiner- 

You’re cooking! 🔥 Now show that table of contents! 

Examiner- 

Ohhh wow, now what about that one? 🤓

Me- 

For the preliminary task, it isn’t too bad. The color scheme is way off from the cover page. It had no photos at all! It won’t and doesn’t keep the audience engaged. 😟 In my final table of contents, there are images to help keep the audience reading. There are also more pages, the preliminary barely had any pages, which is terrible! 😖 My final magazine table of contents definitely would attract young adults which is what I was aiming for. The first one looked more for children. The color scheme for that preliminary was way off from the cover page as well. 

Examiner- 

Wowza! 🤯 And what about the double page spread, Queen? 

Me- 

Here I have advanced more. 🤭 I wanted my double page spread to be as close as possible to everyday magazines such as Vogue or Cosmopolitan. I wanted my magazine to fit into a trend. In this case, it was Elijah’s trend. I wanted it to be known that its for young adults. I made sure to spend my time on the columns to not make them look too boring for the audience to get bored. 

Me-

To me, my preliminary was too kid-ish and did not follow the same scheme as the cover page. I also wasn’t focused on the conventions, specifically the columns. It just doesn’t look like a magazine that was professionally done 🤷‍♀️ unlike my final magazine. In my final magazine I included a masthead which my preliminary was lacking heavily. 

My photo taking skills have improved along with my editing. Canva was a big help in creating my magazine. 😋

Examiner-

Wow that is amazing, great job, Queen. 🥰

Me- 

Thank you so much for telling me all about it, that was swaggy! 😝

Examiner- 

Anytime, Thank you!!