7.) Looking back at your Preliminary Task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full

product?

I have learnt how to manipulate images on PhotoShop by using Curves and changing the levels, to create an image that fits with the style of the magazines and the genres I chose to address.I learnt how to remove a background from an image, leaving a blank space. As well as this, I have learnt how to crop around an image and edit only the background, whilst feathering around it to make the image appear more professional and less edited.

I have learnt how to import images from PhotoShop onto InDesign. As well as this, I have learnt how to edit fonts & colours on InDesign, to make the magazine appear more professional.

I have learnt how to add columns onto my Double Page Spread on InDesign, as well as adding shapes for backgrounds. I learnt how to manipulate text from dafont.com on PhotoShop by changing the colour and size of the text, allowing me to create a certain style for the magazine.

Over the course of making my Media Product, I have learnt how to successfully use the programmes needed to make a magazine, such as Photo Shop and InDesign. As well as this, I have

learnt the Audience Opinion plays a huge role in the layout, style and content of a magazine, as they affect the sales. I am a lot more aware about the conventions followed by many magazines

and how the different layouts, sell lines and images can attract different genders, social classes and ethnicities.