This document summarizes the learning and progression from a preliminary music magazine task to the final production. The author notes they have improved skills in photography, text design, and using Photoshop effectively. For the final production, images were enhanced to look like a professional magazine, font was clearer, and elements were carefully positioned. Researching codes and conventions before production helped make the final magazine resemble actual music magazines, unlike the preliminary version. The front cover and spreads now have a continuous house style linking the artist to make it seem more professional.

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

2. FRONT
COVER

3. CONTENTS
PAGE

4. From my preliminary task I have developed a lot more skills to help me make my music
magazine look professional and resemble a music magazine. My progression has
definitely improved in all areas .e.g. photography, text. When I made my preliminary
task I didn’t really know how to use Photoshop effectively, and this is why the images
are not enhanced or edited, the text is not appealing and the task itself does not
resemble a magazine. My preliminary task is very plain and had a very bland colour
scheme (house style) and doesn’t look very presentable. I did find Photoshop difficult to
use, and still did when making my final production, this is why my preliminary task is
very minimalistic and plain, because I didn’t know how to make it look like a school
magazine. The background of my photos are very simple and I don’t feel the
background fits with the colour of text, I thought at first the colours would work, but
they don’t. The font is blurry, and doesn’t really stand out which is what the main font
should do. After making my preliminary task I knew that I had to try my hardest to
make my music magazine resemble an actual music magazine, which meant I had to
try and learn how to use Photoshop effectively so that I would not struggle like I did
when making my preliminary task. In my final production the images stand out more
and have been enhanced, so the images look like they belong on a music magazine
(especially my front cover image) I have also made the font more clear, effective and
stand out. I have positioned everything carefully to make sure that my entire magazine
is presentable and looks professional.
PROGRESSION

5. LEARNING
To create my music magazine (Front cover, contents page and double page
spread) I did a lot of research on music magazines and the music industry and
used information from my codes and conventions research. I found
researching everything I needed to know before making my music magazine
very helpful as I knew exactly what I needed to do, what I needed to include
etc., whereas when I made my preliminary I didn’t have anything to work from
or anything to help me create my preliminary task. My front cover and double
page spread for my preliminary task look nothing like my final production. This
Is because my final production does resemble a music magazine, but my
preliminary did not resemble a magazine, also I know how to use Photoshop
now which allowed me to experiment more which I could not do before. My
music magazine is a lot more complex compared to my preliminary task as I
have tried my hardest to make it look presentable and also now know how to
make it look like a magazine. I know how to enhance images, add text, add
colour to text, change fonts, move the text behind an image (main heading).

6. LEARNING
For my front cover and contents page for my music magazine I have used different
photos and enhanced them and used a continuous house style throughout my
magazine, which linked the artists name (Cara Aurellie- Aurellie meaning ‘Gold’) which
is why she is called the ‘Golden Girl’ and her golden, blonde hair together. I did this
because I knew it made my magazine seem more professional. I edited my images on
Photoshop, I made my front cover image brighter and changed the image to black and
white, I did this as I feel black and white is more visually interesting and attractive and
it was easier to make brighter. I also added a red tint to her lips to stand out to the
audience. The use of black and white is also not a very common convention of a music
magazine. My main masthead really stands out compared to the masthead on my
preliminary task, it’s gold and sits in front of the main image, whereas in my
preliminary the masthead is white and does not stand out because the background is
also very light. I looked at other music magazines to see what kind of masthead I
would need to make mine seem appealing and resemble one you would see on a music
magazine. I made sure that I sent all my ideas to my focus group and made sure they
agreed with me and gave me feedback before I made any changes to my magazine. In
conclusion I have definitely improved from my preliminary to my final production as my
music magazine I feel does resemble other music magazines.