Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back at your preliminary task,

what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

From the preliminary task, I have increased my knowledge massively in terms of the layout of my magazine, the tools I use, and most certainly the colours I must use for my magazine.

Firstly, the layout from my preliminary task was very  plain and didn’t look similar to any current music magazine. The background I used was very pIain and lacked any signs of intriguing the audience. I had sub-headlines at the side of the page rather than under the main headline, which I now know is the best way to present a magazine. My main headline, on my preliminary task was very small, and didn’t look like the main headline. Developing this into the full product, I made my music magazine masthead standout clearly and take up a large quantity of the upper half of the music magazine.

Secondly, the tools I used have developed remarkably since the preliminary task. For the preliminary task, I used Microsoft Powerpoint tools, which were then transferred onto my preliminary magazine. Looking back at this, I cannot believe how much I have progressed. The full product has all the tools from Adobe Photoshop, and when comparing this to the preliminary music magazine, it looks much more technical and professional.

Finally, I feel the colors I have used are much more relatable to a music magazine. I used very dark brown colors for the preliminary task , and now, when I think that it was a college magazine, I have come to realise it was the opposite of what I needed. Using this experience in my full product and having a better understanding of contrasts of colors I have developed on this massively, and I have realized that it is better to stick to a certain amount and good quality of colors rather than have a quantity of colors.

In summary, I personally feel I have developed massively since the preliminary task, and that my full product has a much more appealing look than that of the preliminary music magazine.