2.  I have unquestionably learned a great
deal since my preliminary task.
 My preliminary task was a clear insight
into my working knowledge of magazine
and page design at the start of the
academic year. Albeit I felt by
producing an initial front cover, it helped
me understand the conventions and
mechanisms of a magazine.
 By partaking in a preliminary task, I think
it has benefited me, in my preparation
for my music magazine

3. I feel there is palpable difference between the
two magazine covers. The school magazine cover
can now be looked upon as an amateurish
production. This is down to a number of different
factors. One of the biggest being, the
inexperience of creating a magazine front cover.
Despite the layout of the school magazine cover
being similar, The nature of the design has a much
more unprofessional finish. The colour on the cover
of the magazine’s are also different. With the
school magazine, the colours consist of mainly
red, black and yellow. Another major
enhancement of the covers; is the picture quality.
The school magazine main image is a great deal
poorer in quality compared to the more
professional image displayed on the music
magazine cover. This can be show by the way
the photos’ we edited. The school magazine looks
a lot more rough edged, compared to the
irresistibly smooth music magazine image.

4. These are my two contents pages from my
school magazine and music magazine
respectively. Again, I feel that there is a blatant
difference it quality and design between the
two magazines. Many of the same imperfections
that occurred on the front cover of my school
magazine reoccurred on the contents page of
my school magazine. The colour pallet of the
school contents pages is still dominated with
yellow; unlike my music magazine is mostly
dominated with a more conservative black.
Again with my music magazine contents, I have
incorporated the same red and black stroke
style header. I felt by continuing themes
throughout the magazine would resemble a
more conventional magazine. The picture
quality (again) on the music magazine is poor
compared to the more professional pictures
taken on the music magazine.

5.  Since my preliminary task, I feel that my
knowledge for the music magazine industry has
dramatically improved. My use of software
such as Adobe Indesign and Adobe
PhotoShop, has significantly improved also.
 As I expected, the more further I used certain
software, the better at using it I would become.