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

2. Research
• I have learnt throughout this process that research is a vital piece of work
to carry out if you would like to produce a stable and well produced music
magazine. I included surveys, interviews and looked at reader profiles of
existing music magazines to research into my target audience.
• For the preliminary task I already knew the target audience as it was a
college magazine for college students, so 16-18 year olds. Although I knew
this I didn’t research into any competitive college magazines around and
didn’t know what people would like to be reading about and what would
make them buy my college magazine.
• When I looked into reader profiles on other
music magazine websites they helped me
define my target audience in terms of age,
gender and class which I did not research
into on the preliminary task.

3. Planning
• I have learnt that planning is a key part of
ending up with a successful final product. It
allows you to organise your time effectively
and creates a secure plan before you create
the final product.
• I planned a pitch for my magazine including
the name, target audience, price and what it
was going to look like and I presented it too
the class, I was given back feedback to improve
my magazine. I found this very helpful and the
feedback did improve my magazine for the
best too.
• I created a style sheet where I included images
that I could base my images on based on the
composition and backgrounds. It also included
colours I might use and fonts. This helped me
decide what would go best together and
effectively.
• I also did a photography plan. Before taking my
own images I looked at existing images to base
and get ideas from to make my photographs
look as best as they possibly could.

4. Product
• I used Photoshop to produce both products. But in the
preliminary task I edited the photography too much
making her skin look too smooth for reality. So in my
final product I didn’t use any smoothing tools and only
used a slight touch of the light and shadow tool to
bring out detail.
• During the preliminary task I wanted to experiment
with the different tools and shortcuts before using
them straight onto my final product. As you can see I
have gained experience throughout this product to gain
a more professional look to my magazine. The colours
all match and the fonts are not too blocky and aren't
taking away features from main detail on the from
cover.

5. Evaluation
• By doing this evaluation I have been able to identify parts of my magazine
that have been successful and parts which I have developed in my own
way. It has made it more clear to me why I spent so much time researching
marketing and audiences and how much it has helped.
• I feel I have been a long way from the start of the year when I produced
my college magazine for the preliminary task. Looking back onto this
magazine I have laid back on the Photoshop effects and have learnt
certain skills which has made the music magazine look more presentable.