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

2. This shows the difference between
my preliminary task and my final
task. I feel that I have made some
improvement from my preliminary
task to now.
Firstly, I feel that my final magazine
looks mean professional due to
having an actual image as my
background, whereas before I only
had a graduated colour.
Secondly, I feel that my final
magazine is more suited to my
target audience in that the colour
scheme, the fonts and the cover
lines are better suited to it; whereas before, I based my colour scheme, fonts and cover lines
around the main image that I had chosen. I feel that I have become more experimental with
some of the features and tools on Photoshop that have lead to a better outcome than before.
Fore example, i learnt how to edit my photos more in depth so that they were suited better to
appeal to my target audience. Secondly, I learnt how to manipulate the text so that i could
increase/decrease the width in-between the letters and in-between each row. This allowed me
to maximise the space available as much as possible and improve the overall appearance of the
page.

3. However, there are a number of aspects that remained the same such as the position of the
barcode, issue and price as this is the conventional place for these features on all magazines.
Secondly the strap lines at the bottom both still contain extra, less important cover lines that
may appeal to the audience to convince them to purchase the magazine. Overall I feel that the
quality of my work has improved significantly due to being more open to experiments and trials
as well as having a better understanding of the typical magazine conventions.
I feel that I have gained an understanding of the language and register adopted throughout the
magazine to ensure that it appeals to the audience. As my target audience was females aged
16-21 who are in further education, i felt that i needed to adopt a slightly informal register to
ensure that it acted as a release from society for the reader, however, not of such a low level
that it is insulting to the reader. I chose to use standard English throughout my magazine as it
is the language adopted by most media products, it is of the correct level of education for my
target audience and to ensure that it was understandable by all readers. I feel that this final
point is important especially as we live in such a multi-cultural society nowadays.
I feel that these images show how the language I use has
differed. Instead of saying ‘news’, I stated those who were
featured in the news on my final design to speak more to the
audience to try and appeal to them more. Secondly, i used
rhetorical questions in my cover lines to make the audience
reflect on what has been asked rather than just stating it in a
sentence.