LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT?

THE PRELIMINARY TASK- This was done before I started producing the music magazine in order to learn how use things in photoshop and practise on how a magazine should be put together and what it should look like. This magazine is a school magazine with a contents page aswell.
THE PLAN FOR THE PRELIMINARY TASK- As when I produced the music magazine, I had to make a sketched plan for what I wanted on the front cover for the preliminary task magazine front cover before I could start the production process.


MY MUSIC MAGAZINE

When comparing my music magazine to my preliminary task, It is evident that I have progressed.

• I feel I have improved on my composition. In the preliminary task all my copy was on one side on the front cover and quite swashed therefore making it look less like a magazine but in the music magazine I learnt from my mistakes and moved the copy around and spaced it so it looks more realistic. Also on my contents page the composition is more organised in the music magazine as I have the copy on one side and the imagery on the other whereas in the preliminary task I only had to columns of writing and no imagery which isn't typical of a magazine contents page.


• The colour scheme on my music magazine shows I have progressed from the preliminary task. The colour scheme on my music magazine (black, gold, white and brown) all compliment each other and connote the luxury of Smooth Magazine. Whereas on my preliminary task I used the colours purple and green which is rather unflattering but do connote the Preson Manor school colours.


• In terms of the effects that I used, I feel I have progressed. The Masthead itself is evidence of progression. The effects I used on the masthead shows my ability to use photoshop to make typography look professional and like a real magazine. Also I have learn how to make the typography stand out. On my music magazine, I used various effects like outer-glow to make the main coverline stand out. Before I couldn't achieve this on the preliminary task which is evident through the coverlines blending in with the top the model is wearing.


• For my music magazine I have included more pages to make it look like a real magazine whereas in the school magazine there are only just over 11 pages making it look unauthentic.