2. My contents page is limited due to the fact I did not My contents page challenges many
have the correct skilled programme to use when conventions of real pop magazine products.
constructing it. The wording and numbered need to be The colour scheme, layouts, wording and
lined correctly as they look un professional and messy. theme fit perfectly with my girly young target
The font also has little thought due to the technology audience. By using a technical programme it
used and the photo’s are taken with little thought and has allowed me to create a much better
planning. The audience in this page has not been taken product. The little detail such as the numbers
into consideration which can be seen straight away. For lined correctly, the font, colours and pictures
a young target audience the style, layout, and colours do and website and numbered page added all
not attract them. The page lacks style and is very boring adds to ensuring my contents page attracts
with no real interest to the audience. The background of the audience. By planning much more into the
the images also have little thought and the text and images and layout it has made my contents
colour scheme does not follow a particular theme. page seem much more professional than
before.

3. When looking at my preliminary task I can see that compared to my In my finished piece I have research a lot into what attracts the
finished piece it lacks any real media conventions and any real audience and what conventions are used on front page pop
attraction. Due to the fact I used Microsoft and had no real magazines. The main image has been given a lot more thought
additional research it does look limited. The main image doesn’t giving direct address and using the uses and gratifications to
draw the audience in due to the in direct address and it also has the audience. I have also by using photo shop rather than
not been edited. The colour scheme also doesn't’t fit in with the Microsoft have been able to edit text, the pictures and colours
target audience of school children and the red text over the picture to make my end piece much more successful. By giving a lot of
can not be seen clearly and is too long. In a whole the front page is thought into the page it makes a lot of different to the
very bare with not much detail which makes it very boring and un audiences interpretation and interest to the magazine as a
interesting to anyone who would read it. However I did take into whole. Little detail such as the barcode, website and price
consideration to put a website on the front of the page as well as makes the magazine much more professional. The mast head
the issue but with no other detail such as a barcode or price which looks much more professional also due to the skills I have
is also essential. The mast head is also very boring and simple with learned and the technology. Overall I believe my progress has
no attraction which makes it look unprofessional this is due to the come out of the use of the programme and also the research
programme and my lack of skills. put into the front cover.

4. I think during the time we have had to research, plan and construct our magazine has
definitely made an impact on the progress from my preliminary task. Comparing the
two products I can safely say there has been a massive improvement in my work. Just by
looking at the difference in the construction I can see that with challenging and using
pop genre magazine conventions I have made a big difference in my final outcome of the
piece. I have learned that the research into genres of music magazines, the conventions,
the audiences interpretation, colours, fonts and layouts used is essential in constructing
a effective end product.
When constructing my preliminary task I put in no thought to much research, image
planning or anything that I considered in the making of my final magazine. I also did not
have the correct programmes and technologies to make a clear product that will attract
audiences. The style, layout and construction of this piece looks like it could have been
produced on Microsoft as it lacks high ability, style, techniques and conventions.
For my final construct I had thought more about the audience, the positioning of the
models and what exact pictures I was going to put in different places, including direct
address which I didn’t use in my preliminary task. I found that after taking part in an
audience survey and finding many different results I could find exactly what people
wanted to see in my magazine and this helped me massively in creating an effective end
piece that was successful to attract my target audience and also looked professional.