The document compares the student's preliminary magazine cover and contents page to their final products. For both, the preliminary versions included few conventions and lacked conventional elements like appropriate images, layout, fonts, colors, and mode of address. However, the final products demonstrated improved skills and knowledge of magazine design conventions for things like photography, image editing, layout, fonts, colors, and creating a tone that appeals to the target audience. The student was able to apply what they learned to create more conventionally appealing magazine cover and contents page.

1. Comparison
between my
preliminary task
and final product.
By Josh Davey

2. Front cover- Conventions
Within the transition between
creating my preliminary task
and final product I have
developed more skills in
creating a conventional
magazine cover.
The preliminary task covers
very few conventions being a
large masthead, and having
contrasting colours, but the
majority of conventions are
My use of images is a lot better as I’ve included an missing. But I’ve gained
image that’s conventional of the genre, compared to better knowledge and
my preliminary task where the images use an created a more conventional
unconventional shot type. magazine.

3. Front cover- Photography
and mise-en-scene
My use of photography has
improved as the image on the
preliminary task is very
unconventional and doesn’t use a
very good shot type or angle.
These points have been
improved dramatically in my
finished product which features a
very conventional low angle mid
shot.
Also my use of mise-en-scene
has improved, as there’s no
indication of the setting in my
preliminary task, whereas my use
of mise-en-scene has improved
as the setting, props and
costumes used are a lot better in
my final product.

4. Front cover- Image editing
My image editing has
improved since creating
my preliminary task as I
didn’t edit my image
correctly, and in my
finished product I edited
the brightness and contrast
in order to make it more
conventional.

5. Front cover- Layout
I’ve also not included a
very appealing layout in my
preliminary task, yet now
I’ve included a more
conventional layout that
uses the route of the eye
better and also is more
conventional because it
actually appeals to the
target audience that it’s
aiming at.

6. Front cover- Fonts
The fonts I used in my
preliminary task were not
conventional at all as they
were in sans serif which
didn’t appeal to the target
audience, of parents of the
students. Also the use of
the same font throughout
the whole cover on the
preliminary task was not
conventional or appealing
at all, which has been
improved on my finished
product where I use
multiple conventional fonts.

7. Front cover- Colours The colours used on my
preliminary task are very
basic and doesn’t flow
greatly, as certain parts are
hard to read.
Also the colours are not
very conventional of the
genre so therefore doesn’t
help appeal to the
audience. This has been
improved as my knowledge
has improved in colour
connotations and what
they convey, so therefore
my final magazine includes
appealing colours that
relate to the genre and
appeals to the audience.

8. Front cover- Mode of address
The mode of address on my
preliminary task is very simple
and doesn’t make the
magazine stand out to the
target audience. But since then
my knowledge has improved
and now my final magazine
cover conveys a conventional
mode of address, with
connotations such as
aggression and violence, which
create the tone that is
conventional of the rock genre,
and will therefore appeal to my
target audience.

9. Contents page-Conventions
My preliminary task included
minimal conventions of
magazines in general and
magazines of that sort. Since
creating this it’s helped me gain
more knowledge in the
importance on conventions. My
final contents page now
includes many conventions in
areas including layout, images,
colours and fonts, as it now
includes colours, fonts and
images that connote
conventions of the genre and it
includes a conventional layout
involving the route of the eye.

10. Contents page- Photography
and mise-en-scene
My use of photography and mise-
en-scene is hard to compare with
my preliminary task as I didn’t
take any photos for the contents
page as it’s only a draft, but I’ve
learnt more about where to place
photos as on my draft I was
planning on having three small
photos, but it’s more conventional
to include at least on large main
image, which I have done for my
final contents page.

11. Contents page- Layout
The contents page has improved
dramatically in the form of layout,
as my preliminary task featured a
very unconventional layout with
everything placed randomly with
know means of appealing to any
audience. This has improved in my
final contents page as it now
effectively appeals to the target
audience with the everything easy
to read, the most important items
standing out the most and also the
use of the route of the eye. So
overall my layout knowledge has
improved and allowed med to
create an effective contents page.

12. Contents page- Fonts and colours
For my preliminary task I hadn’t
fully decided on which fonts
and colours where to be used,
but since creating it, my
knowledge has improved and I
have not created a
conventional magazine
contents page with
conventional use of fonts and
colours.

13. Contents page-Mode of address
The mode of address on my
preliminary contents page is
very simple, mainly because
it’s only a draft, but this has
been improved in my final
music magazine contents
page, as it has an aggressive
and lively mode of address
which is conventional of the
genre and will therefore
appeal to the target audience.