Self assessment of codes and conventions task

Looking back at this completed task i am now able to assess my work and see what went well but also what i could have improved. 

For each of my magazine covers, i tried to make sure that all the typography used, chosen articles etc have been used so that they reflect the genre of the magazine. I tried to make sure that the colours of the fonts used were all co-notated well and complemented each other  I did this so that the magazine looked professional and could show that thought was put into my magazine covers.Although i did all of this to try and make my magazine look professional and fit all the codes and conventions, there are elements of it that i could definitely improve. 

An example of this would be my 'M' jazz cover magazine. 

Although i have tried to make the magazines main headline clear by putting it in the center of the page along with the biggest font used, the main headline may not have been successfully recognized as the front cover is too 'busy' with a lot of headlines used. Although there are aspects of this magazine i could improve, i can also use the good aspects of my magazine in the future when coming to create my own music magazine. 

An example of this on this particular magazine cover would be how the colours all con notate and fit the specific genre of music. Yellow and white are very bright colours which could be accosicated with the jazz music as it is lively and upbeat not dull accosiating with a colour such as black. 

To enhance my codes and conventions task blog post, i could have changed the layout of my blog post. By this i could have posted the magazine covers with a description individually instead of putting it into one post. My reasoning for this is because when looking back on my posts in the future it will be easier for me to use and apply similar ideas when creating my own magazine. 

Another improvement i could have made was reducing the amount of text that i chose to add onto the magazine cover. My reasoning for this is most music magazine covers are quite plain and don't have too much text. This is so that the main image and headline are clear for the audience to engage their interests. 

Even though i can make a few improvements on this task, it was worth while completing and beneficial for me as i can now refer back to these and see where i went wrong. Highlighting to me where i went wrong on my magazines will make sure that i don't make the same mistakes when i come to completing my main task. I can also use this to gain inspiration from the positive things i have managed to achieve in making my magazine cover to try and make my main task the best possible music magazine i can create. Finally this has also allowed me to improve my ICT skills with making magazine covers. I now have more knowledge on how to create these but also have got better at making them due to the practice.