Question 7-Looking back at the preliminary task what do you feel

you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Taiba Mehmood

Front covers to both magazines

• One thing I have learnt from the planning from the preliminary task is how to adapt my magazine to the chosen music genre. For my actual magazine I had to consider the specific target audience and base the structure and format of the front cover depending on what would appeal more to my chosen audience.

• Also learnt how to represent the sub genre through the use of colour and font style.• Another thing I learnt to do on my magazine cover, was create a name specific to my sub

genre, and made the target audience obvious • I also had to make sure that I considered the typical conventions for any magazine. For

example the barcode in the bottom left hand corner• For my magazine I also learnt how to edit the picture and create a cut out image. I did not

have to this for the preliminary task. I realised that keeping non edited images and inserting it onto the magazine, makes the overall magazine look unprofessional

Contents page to both Magazines

• One of the main things that I had learned was that the contents page is a follow on from the masthead/logo, as I realised that keeping the consistency of the colour and font makes the magazine look professional. I also learnt that this is a typical convention for all magazines

• I had also learned that the typical features on a contents page does not always have to be included, as it can make the magazine look unprofessional and cluttered, causing a disruption and putting the reader off.

• I learnt that it was acceptable and also effective to use a quote in my contents page, as this drew attention, making the target audience want to read my magazine.

The double-page spread

• As it was the first time for me to create a double page spread, it was important to make sure that I understood the conventions of a double page spread and then applied these conventions to my own double page spread.

• During my research I realised that having my text on one page and the picture on a other was actually a typical convention for double page spreads, therefore I felt that if I were to format my double page spread like this, it would make my double page spread look more professional.

• The structure of the text on a double page spread was another thing I had learnt. I found that I can type up a question answer interview instead of a typical article. I felt that doing a Q and A interview would be more interactive for my target audience.

• I learnt that using pull quotes effectively,