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

The main thing I have learned from my preliminary task after progressing to my main task was mostly about photo manipulation and conventions of real magazines. In my preliminary task, I used extremely basic photo manipulation which did not look very professional, whereas in my real product I was able to use Photoshop to a better standard and do more things with it that I wasn’t able to before. As well as this, I had the time to look at more of the tools and look into tutorials about how to use them effectively. To develop my point further, in the full product I carried out a lot more research into magazines with covers, contents and double page spreads. From this, I was able to grasp what spacings I should use, as well as picking up many conventions from the magazines I chosen to study.

Looking back, another thing I was able to develop from my preliminary task was the colour and contrast of text on its background. Furthermore, the position of the barcode was important and looking back to my product from my preliminary, the magazine cover was very plain and boring with not a lot going on. On the contents page I was also able to make further improvements, such as making the page look more professional as well as it being for a completely different topic.