I have now finished the creation of my magazine ‘Metallum’ and have thus completed component one of my media A Level. My magazine was based on the genre of my choice, being metal, and included photographs that I had taken myself, meaning I had to understand how to make my mise-en-scene successful and suitable for my genre. I also had to learn about the demographics and psychographics of my target audience and how I could create a product that will appeal to these types of people in the most effective way.
Completing the project involved many different aspects, including learning how to use different types of software and hardware, learning how to take a photograph that conveys the star image and story I want to tell, and understanding how to design a magazine to meet the expected conventions. These aspects gave me transferable skills that will help me in future media components and my life post education, such as better time management skills, communication skills, team work skills, and technical skills.
I am overall happy with the outcome of my completed magazine as I believe it represents my genre of metal well through the use of my mise-en-scene and page design and will catch the attention of my intended target audience. The creative freedom has been very enjoyable and I found that using different software and becoming comfortable with them has helped my computer skills and I am glad to have gain all of the skills that I now have.