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

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

When I created my Sixth form magazine cover for my preliminary project I created it on PowerPoint. Throughout this process I have learnt how to use software successfully to create a music magazine. The preliminary task gave me a chance to learn about the conventions of any magazine and to practice them. My final project then allowed me to look at these in more detail.

When I did my preliminary project I didn't know about the house style of a magazine. This project has allowed me to learn all about house style and how it can make a magazine more effective by having something as simple as a colour scheme throughout the magazine. I then put what I learnt to use in my project.

I have learn that the type of camera you use will have a big effect on the photo. In  my preliminary project I used a mobile phone camera to take my photos . These photos were bad quality and I feel it reduced the look of my magazine. For my actual project I used a  digital SLR camera to take my photos. This made them better quality and I feel this added to the overall look of my pages.

Improvements

After improving my front cover i feel that i have learnt more in the progression from my preliminary talk to the full project, to my improvements.

I heave learnt more about the layout of a page and how moving and changing small things, such as where the text is placed, can affect the look of a page and make it easier for the reader to read. I have also learnt that its important to make the things  that you want to be memorable and to stand out bolder than the rest so that they are more noticable to the reader so that they do remember them e.g. the masthead and image of the artist.