2. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression from
it to the full product?
Looking back I feel that I have learnt a lot from the
preliminary task. I have learnt that lighting is vital to
have a decent front cover. As you can see the photo in
the preliminary task is better, this is because the photo
was taken outside so all light is natural, whereas the
photo for ‘Chord’ magazine was taken indoors with little
natural light. However I learnt how to adjust some colour
settings to make the photo look better. I also learnt that
the use of fonts and having an element of constancy is
important. As you can see on the preliminary, the colours
and font type of the sell lines are different. Whereas on
the full project all the sell lines are the same size (except
from the main one), also they are the same font
style, keeping the page consistent. Finally they all have
an outer glow, another skill I learnt in the progression
from the preliminary to the full project.
3. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression from
it to the full product?
As you can see there is a massive difference between the
preliminary and the full project. During the progression I
learnt how to change the colour of the font, which
makes a big difference to the effectiveness of the
contents page. I also learnt, by looking at existing
magazines contents page, that the layout of the
contents page is important. As you can see the layout of
the full project is much more professional than the
preliminary. I have done this with the additions of the
three sub-headings and separating the page numbers
from the text by having them a different colour.
