My production skills have definitely improved as this project wore on. For instance, by choosing to make a magazine, I was forced to acclimate to the newest software version of 'Publisher' from Mircosoft Office. This is because I volunteered to set up the house style of our magazine due to the fact that my partner is not tech savvy.
I also had to undertake independent and class research into various marketing/distribution tactics concerning magazines and print media along with looking at other conventional magazines to determine how my partner and I would want to produce our product. Many stylistic magazine conventions I was well aware of, being a consumer. Looking at that, I was able to produce something conventional and realize what I was doing that may be unconventional. Realizing what is unconventional and how to use it to our advantage was yet another magazine production strategy my partner and I had to grasp.
Finally, presenting our project to the class allowed us to better present our magazine to the public due to the constructive criticism we had received from our classmates and our professor, thereby enhancing our production skills. (Such constructive criticism has been mentioned in prior blog posts and attended to the best we could.)
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