Q7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression

from it to the full product?By Eleanor Robson

Preliminary Task Final Magazine Front Cover

Conventional Features

Preliminary Task Music Magazine

Main Image ✓ ✓Other Images ✓Mast Head ✓ ✓Main Feature Story ✓Feature Stories ✓ ✓Plug ✓ ✓Barcode ✓ ✓Price ✓Date and Issue ✓Skyline ✓ ✓Footer ✓

O Looking back at the front cover of a college magazine I produced for my preliminary task, I believe that I have improved and learnt a lot regarding my knowledge on technology and how to efficiently create a magazine. I now understand in more detail the features that are used to attract the target audience.

O In my preliminary task I did not include many images at all, in fact I only used one original image which was the main picture, I also didn’t give a main feature story to go along with the main image. However in my finished magazine front cover I included 11 original images, including one for my main image. Alongside the main image I also included a main feature story which is shown in big, bold writing to stand out to the audience.

O I think that the pictures that I took in the photo shoot were also taken a lot better than I originally did. For the preliminary task I took about 5 images whereas to shoot my front cover I took over 70 images to make sure that I could find one that was best suited for my front cover. As I was taking these images for my magazine front cover I knew what types of poses I wanted the girls to do and I was analysing them so I could see what impression that that type of picture would give to the audience.

O As well as the pictures themselves, I have also vastly improved my knowledge on software such as Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Publisher. When I was creating my preliminary task, I was clueless on how to work around Photoshop and constantly had to ask for help on how to do specific things; however now I have learnt how to get around it and what different things it has to offer. To improve my knowledge I always asked for help from my teachers and fellow students, as well as this I also went on YouTube and watched tutorials to find out how to do things to improve my product.