1. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression
from it to the full product?
2. From looking back at my
preliminary task I felt I have
learnt a lot in the process of
basic as well as advanced skills
in order to produce a successful
media product. There were
many key conventions which I
was not aware of when
completing my preliminary task
however I have learnt them a
long the way when producing
my final media product.
3.
4. The Front Cover
As you can see from the preliminary task
to the final piece there is a massive
change. One of the main convention
which I learnt was that the main image is
the selling point of the magazine
therefore needs to be big and stand out,
you can clearly see this change in my
final product as the image is the main
focus to the readers whereas the image
on my preliminary task was fairly small
and not as eye-catching as it could have
been. This is because there is two
images presented on the front cover
which are both similar sizes so it does
not show the level of importance of the
images.
5. The Front Cover
I also learnt the importance of
filling space as if you have loads
of gaps on the magazine which is
shown on my school magazine
then the magazine does not look
appealing and you would not want
to read it. With my final media
product you can clearly see all
text and there is not many gaps
this is because I made sure there
was enough text to fill the page.
6. The Front Cover
Another key convention which I learnt in the
process of making my media product is
including sell line and a strap line. these two
conventions help to draw the attention of the
readers and should be quirky and fun so the
audience would like to read, as you can see
for my preliminary task my strap line for my
magazine was ‘Sporting Success’ which
sounds boring and not attention grabbing and I
did not present a sell line for my school
magazine. However for my music magazine I
decided to have the strap line of “Who said
dance music is dead?” this makes the readers
read on to find out what the quote actually
means which can be done by reading the
article and I also included a strap line which
was ‘Read, Rave, Repeat’ this is very catchy
and memorable which makes the magazine
more exciting.
7. The Front Cover
A key concept which I learnt
was to make sure that the main
story was noticeable this was by
enlarging the image but also the
main stories title, this was
important as it was the selling
point of the magazine however I
had not shown this on the
school magazine therefore
developed and presented this
on the music magazine.
8.
9. The Contents Page
One main feature which I learnt when
producing my magazine is the idea of
continuity throughout the magazine. I
have shown this for my music magazine
however failed to do so for my school
magazine this is because the colour
scheme of the background is no longer
the same whereas for my music
magazine there is the same background
as well as the same main story is
presented on the contents page which is
clear as it’s the largest image on the
page making it the most focused on
whereas on the school magazine it is not
entirely clear what the main story is and
the same model for the front cover is not
shown on the contents page.
10. The Contents Page
Two important factors which should
be included on the contents page for
a magazine is a section for ‘Features’
as well as ‘Regulars’. I have learnt
that this is important to be presented
on the contents page of the magazine
as when looking for inspiration every
magazine included both therefore
making it a key element for the
contents page. I believe that they are
important to be included because it
gives the readers an idea of how the
magazine works and whether it is best
suited to them.
