QUESTION 7

1. QUESTION 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in
the progression from it to the full product?

2. COVER
As you can see to the left I
have my Prelimery task my
school magazine and my
main task of my Music
Magazine “BOUNCE”.

3. CONTENTS
As you can see to the left
I have my Prelimery task
my school magazine and
my main task of my Music
Magazine “BOUNCE”.

4. PROGRESS ON FRONT COVER
From my first primarily task to my
current music magazine, my
understanding of the forms and
conventions of a music magazine
has definitely grown. My masthead
on magazine bounce is very bold
and follows the house style and
colours of my magazine. The
masthead compered to my
preliminary task is that my
“SCHOOLIFE” headline doesn’t
really stand out as much as the
other cover. Also the shape and
size of the prelimary task doesn’t
particular relate to the genre of
“schoolife” but does have a nice fit
to the house style of the magazine.

5. PROGRESS ON FRONT COVER
I feel my positing and the
“catchiness” of my cover lines are
much better in the way they are
placed and the context. For
example the cover line “Beyoncé
caught cheating??” makes the
reader interested and want to
read on. This has changed from
my prelim task as I have learnt to
mainly put the cover lines to the
edges so it does not distract from
the main headline and obstruct
the main image. Furthermore I
have made progress from the
prelim task and in learning to
make the text for the cover lines
as it doesn't take away from the
main image and or headline.

6. PROGRESS ON FRONT COVER
Also I have made progress from
the shooting and presenting of my
main image. In my prelimary task I
took a picture of my fellow student
Shaq but did not use the
conventions of having him looking
at the camera (making eye
contact) or a more up close
picture which makes the student
magazine seem less professional
and realistic. So I developed this
skill and created a very realistic
picture that fits to the genre of
pop within my magazine. It is a
picture of what looks like a singer
making eye contact with the
reader and is very large which
makes it clear and visible on the
front cover.

7. PROGRESS ON FRONT COVER
On my front cover in my
prelim task I failed in using a
bar code and price which is
essential for a music magazine
as it informs the reader how
much it is and allows them to
buy it. I made progress in the
fact that I included one on my
magazine “bounce” and I
also used other pieces like a
graphics bar, “free stuff”
advertisement and even the
use of different fonts which I
didn’t use on my student
cover.

8. PROGRESS ON MY CONTENTS
In my contents I made a lot of
progress and improvements
from my student magazine
“schoolife” to my music
magazine “BOUNCE”. I have
in my contents page for my
prelimary task used a title of
“contents” to show clearly
what page it is and just like my
cover I have used the same
fonts in both to continue the
house style and theme. But
the style is not that bold so its
hard to see the title on
“schoolife” so I developed this
and made the music
magazine have a bold text.

9. PROGRESS ON MY CONTENTS
Also I have learnt the layout and
conventions throughout this
process. For example I have
progressed from when I started as
in my student magazine I didn’t
include essential conventions
such as the page number which
allows the reader to know what
page they are on. The date and
issue number to let the reader
know what issue this is and on
what date it was released, this is
useful for collectors of particular
music magazines. Furthermore I
included a editors letter in my
music magazine contents page
which gives the reader a feel of
the magazine which I didn’t use in
my prelim student magazine.

10. PROGRESS ON MY CONTENTS
My image on my prelim student
magazine is very limited and
similar to the front cover picture
which doesn't show diversity
through the magazine which is
needed to make it interesting and
exciting. So in my music magazine
I progressed and learnt to use
multiple images to show different
story lines and show variation to
my magazine. For example I used
6 images and a small cover to
make my contents very visual and
fun which links to my genre of pop.
Furthermore I learnt the different
ways I can take a picture to make
it look professional and different
using angles and lights which
progressed from my prelim
magazine when I only had a very
limited understanding of
photography which had definitely
now stretched.