3. How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
Throughout this project, I learned a lot about the production of magazines through all of the research that I had done. I discovered how magazines market and distribute, which is a key part of the production. Personally, my skills heightened through the development of my artistic eye. I tended to realize where text or colors would not fit on the magazine pages to create the vision I wanted. An example of this is before I changed the colors on my cover, table of contents, and in the articles. The text had been all black on white, but I then changed it to match the colors of the American Flag on the cover. Using color and font in the way other magazines do helped me experiment with the way my magazine would convey the right feel and utilize common emotion triggers. In the beginning I had nearly no idea on how to create something visually appealing to the eye while being informational enough and entertaining all in one. Around this time, I've gotten more in touch with the ways to take advantage of emotional appeal in humans to create interest in my magazine. Also, compared to my first draft, my magazine has improved significantly in the overall look. This is because I learned overtime how organization can play into making a magazine look how I wanted it to.