The student reflects on the progression from their preliminary magazine task to the full magazine product. They felt the preliminary task lacked conventions in areas like layout, color scheme, editing, and content inclusion. However, in completing the full magazine, the student applied what they learned around using more effective layouts, conventional colors, advanced editing tools, and typical magazine elements. They concluded they gained knowledge around how to design magazines conventionally and make formats like covers and contents pages appealing to audiences.

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

2. Preliminary Front cover…
Layout: The left third hasn’t been used
Mode of address: The so that isn’t conventional at all. There is
mode of address is very no main coverline, and the masthead
formal, this is a comparison could be larger and more eye-catching.
the my pop magazine cover. Overall the layout is what could be
improved on the most.
Image/photography/Mise-en-
Colour: The colours are scene: The mise-en-scene was well
not very conventional and thought out; having the costume as a
there is not a consistent school uniform because it was
colour scheme like there advertising a school magazine. However
is with my pop magazine there could have been more than one
cover. image to make the front cover more
conventional.
Editing: I edited this image on my phone, however with Font: The font is sans serif which is effective.
my front cover image for my pop magazine I edited it on However it was font from word, so it didn’t
PicMonkey which has more advanced editing tools. take much thought or creation.

3. Preliminary Contents page draft…
The draft layout of the contents page is
nothing like a real contents page and very
unconventional. The only thing I was
planning on including was an image of the
front cover, the numbers with headings and
an image. This wouldn’t have been very
eye-catching and the audience wouldn’t
have found it very appealing because there
isn’t enough content. The font is very
boring and plain, however it is bold which
would have attracted the audience. The
image itself was good, however pointlessly
placed in the corner of the page which isn’t
conventional at all. And finally I would need
to make my headline ‘This issue…’ a lot
more bolder, brighter, and bigger, so it
stood out and made the page look more
effective.

4. Front cover…
Mode of address: The mode of Layout: Very cluttered
address I have used is very compared to my preliminary task.
conventional for a pop magazine. It contains a lot more content,
Phrases such as ‘Facebook and the left-third is used more, to
frenzy’ and ‘Twitter mania’ will attract the target audience.
relate to the audience because
they are interested in social
networking.
Image/photography/Mise-en-
Colour: The colours of red,
yellow, and white are very
scene: The image itself is very
conventional for a pop magazine, conventional for a pop magazine. The
whereas my preliminary task camera angle of a mid-shot is very
didn’t contain a lot of effective unlike the close-up I used for the
conventional colours. I am also preliminary task. I changed the colour of
using a constant colour scheme the models hair, which considered the
Mise-en-scene of the image.
Editing: I edited my images on Font: The font used on my cover is sans
PicMonkey, and PhotoShop, whereas
serif. I used this on my preliminary task
for the preliminary task I only edited
however I have used it more effectively here.
images on my phone image effects.

5. Contents page…
Mode of address: The mode of
address is conventional because of Layout: The layout of my contents
the informal language used, such as page is very conventional compared
‘LOL’ and ‘Boy advice.’ This will appeal to my preliminary task. I have put the
to my target audience, unlike the main headings at the bottom of the
mode of address used on my other page, rather than just placing them
contents page. randomly on the page.
Typical conventions: The
typical conventions on a contents
page are the heading, the image,
the ‘features’ at the bottom, the Image/photography/Mise-en-
letter from the editor and the scene-The image of the editor is
picture of the front cover. Not
also added on this contents page.
many of these typical conventions
Whereas I didn’t have this on my
were used on my preliminary
preliminary task contents.
contents page.
Colour: The colours are organised and very
conventional for a pop magazine. The colours I Font: The font is sans serif, like my preliminary task.
would have used on my preliminary task However the fonts are much more conventional and
contents were not very eye-catching and appealing on this contents page.
appealing.

6. How I have progressed and what I have learned.
I believe I have progressed a lot during the course of making my magazine. I
now know how to make a magazine conventional and appealing to a certain
type of target audience. I know how to edit images to make them effective,
and I also know how to layout a front cover, contents page, and double page
spread effectively. In Question 7 I have learned that during the production of
my preliminary task, I didn’t know how to make layout, colour, and mode of
address effective. I didn’t know how to use PicMonkey, so my images were
poorly edited, making them unconventional for a magazine. I also didn’t
know how to make colour and fonts effective in my preliminary task. I now
Know what aspects are needed for a conventional, effective magazine. I
applied the knowledge I gained from doing my preliminary task, and took
these skills with me when completing my pop magazine.