A transferable skill is ‘an ability or expertise which may be used in a variety of roles or occupations. Examples include communication, problem-solving and self-control’.

Throughout the process of making my music magazine, exploring mise-en-scene and developing meta narratives to create a meaning, I have developed my transferable skills. I have achieved the skills listed below:

• Communication: I’ve learnt how to communicate with peers in class who I wouldn’t normally communicate with. I have also used different forms of communication e.g. speaking to people in person and over social media. My teacher has also communicated with my via comments on posts.
• Problem-solving: When facing issues on Indesign and Photoshop, I have overcome them by researching ‘How to’ online and especially YouTube. These have helped me, however there have been cases where there wasn’t a video, so I used persevereance to tackle these issues. When all else failed, I asked my peers and my teacher for advice.
• Self-control: I have given myself targets and fixed improvements that I dislike and listened to feedback from my peers.
• Team work: I have worked together with peers, showing them how to do some things on In Design and Photoshop and vice versa. I have worked well in groups, adding my bit to contribute to discussions and group essays.
• Time management: I have managed to get in any essays or work in for set deadlines, and I have prioritised certain tasks that need to be completed before others.

In my opinion, I believe that I have used my time wisely which has enabled me to come out with good images from my photoshoots, detailed research about the pop genre, artists and magazines and carefully planned magazine pages. Even though I think positively of my work, there are improvements to be made. For example, I need to keep working on my colour scheme and I need to edit and experiment with my main images, adding flourishes of colour to them so that they fit in with the pop genre. I would also like to alter my mast head design.