looking back at the preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to a full product?

Since doing my preliminary task I have learnt many skills that have helped me progress to the full product. One of the main things I have learnt that has improved the quality of my magazine is learning the conventions of a magazine and how to present them on the page.

Also one of the main tools I learnt how to use to progress my magazine to the full product of my music magazine was the use of Photoshop. Photoshop was something I used from a young age but I stopped using it for a long time and I lost my skills so when I started using it again for the first time in a long time I felt like an amateur. This helped to improve the quality of my magazine as it made it look more professional.

My task was only supposed to consist of a front cover, contents and a double page spread, I was able to learn how to work on an A3 canvas and use the space accordingly.

Through my progression from my preliminary task to the full product I learnt how to fully attract my target audience and include them in my product. I also learnt how to focus my magazine on a particular social group; my music magazine had a specific audience so I was able to make my magazine more focused and more suited to that target group. I had to research my target audience and put in a lot of thought into how I was going to present them in my magazine.