3. One of main differences in features in my preliminary task and
my final magazine design was the cover lines. In my first task I
only included one cover line which would not be standard of
any magazine, however in my coursework piece I was able to
create a selection of cover lines to put over the Cover image to
make it look fuller. In my prelim task my use of Photoshop is
evident with the opacity feature on the front cover although I
was confident in using Photoshop before the main task I feel
that the prelim task helped me to identify the uses of Photoshop
which I would be able to incorporate into a magazine. I feel this
is best shown by the adjustments to the front cover image in
terms of the vibrancy and blur filters on sections.

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The main difference between the planning
stage of both magazines was the fact that the
prelim magazine was the first time I had
created a magazine plan. This meant that I was
unable to gain the experience of planning
before creating my final design. However In
my main task I had learned the planning
process and created it in the Preliminary task
so I had some experience to hand when
creating my second task .

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The photography was also a main difference in the
creation of my prelim and main task. This is because I
had shorter time range in which to take the pictures for
the prelim task and had to use pictures taken in school.
This was different when it came to the photography
stage of the main task I was able to go out and take
pictures making my work much more effective and
original.
For both tasks I had to create a contact sheet which was
available to organise the images taken and chose a best
one. Again the main task proved more effective as I
had a wider range of images to chose from so made the
decision process a lot easier then the prelim task which
only featured a number of images.

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With my prelim task I didn’t fully understand
or use the conventions of music pages. Meaning
that I didn’t include cover lines and stand firsts.
However in the main task I did a task involving
the conventions of music magazines so I was
able to use this to create the magazine.
I improved in my planning for the main task I
included more preparation. I was able to
produce a style sheet which helped me create a
house theme for my magazine. I also used
questionnaires to help judge my audience
preferences to make my magazine more
relevant