The document discusses lessons learned from the preliminary task to the final product of a magazine. Specifically, it addresses improvements made in the use of images, color scheme, fonts, and layout. For images, stretching was avoided and a banner was added to fill white space. The color scheme was made more cohesive using a pink and grey palette. Custom fonts replaced basic ones to make the magazine more professional. Finally, the layout was adjusted to make the masthead more prominent than the contents and use a less rigid design.

1. Q.7 LOOKING BACK AT YOUR
PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL
YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE
PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL
PRODUCT?

2. Main images For the front page of my
preliminary task I use a single
image. However this image was
too small to fully fit the page so I
stretched it and this caused the
photo to look warped and
obviously edited. Due to this in
my final piece I have made sure
not to stretch the image past
what looks natural. The main
image that I have used on the
front cover of my final piece did
not fully fit the page and so I
decided to place a banner at the
top of the page to cover up the
room that was left over. This
meant that there was not a white
gap at the top of the page and
that the image did not need to
be stretched.

3. Colour scheme
In the front cover of my
preliminary task I have used
multiple different colours and
this means that it has left the
front cover looking untidy and
without an obvious colour
scheme. To prevent this from
happening in my final piece I
have made sure that there is
an obvious colour scheme and
I think that this has made it
look more put together. I have
chosen to have a mainly pink
and grey colour scheme for the
front cover because this will
reflect that it is the ‘Women’s
Edition’. Pink will reflect this
because it is stereotypically a
women's colour.

4. Fonts
In my preliminary task I only used
basic fonts that came with the
desktop publishing package that I
have used. This made my
preliminary task look very
unprofessional and made the
front cover look very basic. To
ensure that this does not happen
in my final piece I have used
custom fonts that are a lot more
unique. By ensuring that I have
used a custom font for the
masthead on the front cover of
my magazine I would be making a
brand for my magazine. This is
because when people see that
font they would associate it with
my magazine.

5. Layout I have decided that I will change the
layout of my preliminary task for when I
produce my final piece. One of the
reasons for this is because the masthead
of the magazine is larger than the title of
the page. The masthead should be most
visible on the front page rather than the
contents and it is more important for the
contents to be eye catching than the
masthead. I may also move the images
around so that the contents page looks
less rigid and more artistic. However, I
would like to keep the the contents and
number down the left hand side as this
makes the easy to read and accessible.