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

I feel that I have learnt a lot more about the conventions and how to follow them. Some magazine do not stick to strict layouts by keeping cover lines on the left third and the mast head in the centre at the top of the page. I have learnt how to use Photoshop to make my pictures look professional and worthy of being in a music magazine however it was important to also think about mise-en-scene as well as Photo shopping. I learnt how to lighten, cut around pictures and use different saturation to make them look more effective. I found that when I made my school magazine it was too neat and kept to the strict conventions, I also found that I didn't use Photoshop to my full advantage. so this time around, I decided that it was vital to use photoshop more so that I could make sure my pictures were of a high standard. I also loosened up on the coventions, I didn't stick to the left thirs for my coverlins and a strict font or colour scheme. Although, I think that I took a lot from the prelim as I learn't the basis. Overall, I have learn't how to set out and make a double page spread as we didn’t do this when making our prelim. Through much research into different music magazine, I have found that making the double page was a fun challenge in which I could learn new ways in which the magazine industry works. Also, the ways in which music magazines set out their pages to make it look effective and readable.