Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you

feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full

product?

Since my preliminary task I have learnt many things when creating a front cover. I have learnt so much about the software, Photoshop. I can now edit pictures, use the clone stamp, change the colour of lips on an image, whereas back when I created my college magazine cover, I didn’t know how to do these things. I learnt how to edit images as well as text. My images on my ‘Just POP’ cover, have white borders which I learnt how to do through the process of creating my music magazine.

I have also learnt many conventions of a magazine since then. I have learnt how to alternate between colours on my coverlines without looking too random.

I don’t like my cover for my preliminary as I think it doesn’t look as professional compared to my pop magazine. This is due to the lack of experience with the software and the lack of knowledge of typical conventions used on a magazine.

My pop contents page has definitely improved since my preliminary task. In both pages, I have followed the conventional layout of rules of thirds. This helped my pages look more professional. However, I feel that the preliminary page has too much white space. To improve this, I have used more images, an subscription box and an editorial to make the page look more consistent. My images have also improved since then too. The images now look more edited and professional as I have changed backgrounds to white.

I have developed the skills to create a double page spread. The conventions of the spread was easy to create in Indesign it is a publishing software.

Overall I have learnt how to use software to create a magazine and how they pay a big role in making the page look professional. I have also learnt the conventions of a music magazine and how coverlines, images, language and colour play a big role in attracting the target audience.