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

 

When looking back at my preliminary task which was to create a front cover for a college magazine and the development from that to my  finished music magazine, there are many difference's and improvements that I have made.

I have improve greatly by making my magazine look more professional, allowing it to appeal more to my target audience. I have I have also developed my magazine by making it look more conventional with the particular house style I used and the rocky style of the fonts I have used. I have also made my music magazine look more detailed and added a lot more articles   and feature stories unlike my college magazine which looks quite plain.

The skyline used in my college magazine cover doesn't really go and the blank white space makes it look very plain and boring, making it not appeal very well to the target audience.   If I could redo the college magazine i would structure the layout More so that it doesn't look as cluttered around my models face. The second image used would also be placed somewhere more suitable as it is near the girls face making it look cluttered and distracting the audiences eyes away from the main image.   I would also use images that gave more connotations of a college environment as behind my model the background does not relate to anything - does not reflect or give the ideology of a college. I would also make my cover lines stand out more and try to target the male population more as the use of the blue/pink combination would appeal more to the female target audience rather then the male. The preliminary task was useful to complete as it enabled me to learn typical codes and conventions of a music magazine. It was also useful as it helped me to make my college magazine appeal more to my target audience. Making my college magazine also allowed me to use Photoshop and develop my skills whilst making my music magazine.

I also Had to research lots of existing popular music magazines and look at their front covers, contents and double page spread to see their typical conventions that had been used which was useful in developing my music magazine and appealing to my target audience.

From producing my music magazine, I feel as though I have developed my media knowledge and skills as I am now able to understand what makes a successful media product with the use of different terminology.