3. For
my
preliminary
task,
I
had
to
produce
a
front
cover
and
contents
page
for
a
sixth
form
magazine,
therefore
my
target
audience
were
students
and
my
secondary
audience
were
friends
and
family
of
students.
The
magazine
genre
contrasts
greatly
with
my
final
product
of
a
music
magazine
but
the
same
aspects
were
to
be
thought
about,
therefore
I
found
it
extremely
useful
making
a
sixth
form
magazine
as
I
understood
basic
codes
and
conventions
which
are
present
over
all
genres
of
magazines.
Analysing
the
sixth
form
magazine
[click
here
to
see
my
annotations]
which
I
had
made
also
helped
me
to
further
understand
how
to
represent
genre
and
how
to
attract
my
target
audience.
5. Front
Cover
I
think
that
I
improved
on
my
skills
to
develop
a
successful
front
page
for
a
magazine,
as
my
music
magazine
looks
more
professional
and
includes
many
more
codes
and
conventions
than
my
sixth
form
magazine.
Firstly,
I
have
included
puffs
on
my
final
product
which
stand
out
and
can
be
identified
easily
by
the
reader.
Puffs
boast
about
other
content
of
the
magazine
therefore
may
attract
a
larger
audience.
Also,
I
have
used
both
a
tagline
which
is
in
the
position
of
a
skyline
and
also
another
runner
across
the
bottom
of
my
magazine
which
gives
it
an
overall
more
professional
look.
The
fonts
stand
out
more
on
my
final
product,
as
the
serif
font
used
on
my
sixth
form
magazine
is
rather
hard
to
read
from
a
distance.
6. Front
Cover
However,
I
have
incorporated
some
codes
and
conventions
from
my
preliminary
task
onto
my
music
magazine
(final
product).
Firstly,
I
like
the
used
of
superimposition
of
the
model
in
front
of
the
text
on
my
sixth
form
magazine,
therefore
I
used
the
same
technique
on
my
final
magazine,
since
this
suggests
that
the
magazine
can
be
easily
identified
through
other
aspects
such
as
the
house
style.
Also,
I
have
used
a
similar
layout,
with
the
cover
lines
and
various
other
text
positioned
around
the
model,
with
the
most
important
anchorage
text
on
the
left
hand
side,
since
the
reader
will
tend
to
read
from
left
to
right.
Codes
such
as
the
date
were
important
to
include
on
both
products
also,
because
it
is
vital
information
for
the
reader
buying
the
publication.
8. Contents
Page
I
think
that
my
contents
page
has
improved
massively
in
comparison
even
with
my
front
cover.
I
much
prefer
the
layout
that
I
have
used
on
my
music
magazine,
and
think
that
it
fits
well
with
the
genre,
and
also
with
placement
of
images
and
text.
As
well,
the
masthead
is
larger
and
stands
out
more,
making
it
obvious
that
it
is
a
contents
page,
where
as
in
my
preliminary
task,
the
‘contents’
title
is
rather
small
and
barely
noticeable.
I
have
included
a
greater
number
of
codes
and
conventions
on
my
final
magazine
such
as
an
editors
letter
and
‘subscribe
now’
puff.
In
other
words,
I
have
addressed
my
target
audience
more
efficiently
on
my
music
magazine
contents
page
than
on
my
preliminary
task.
9. Overall,
I
think
that
carrying
out
the
production
of
my
preliminary
task
helped
me
a
lot
when
thinking
about
my
final
product.
I
feel
that
my
photography
skills
have
improved
greatly
from
my
preliminary
task,
since
the
main
image
on
my
sixth
form
magazine
is
in
an
unconventional
position,
where
as
the
artist
is
facing
the
front
with
direct
mode
of
address
on
my
music
magazine.
Furthermore,
my
knowledge
and
skills
in
Photoshop
had
improved
when
creating
my
final
AS
product
as
I
used
more
effects
and
tools.
For
example,
on
all
three
pages
of
my
final
magazine
product,
I
used
transparent
boxes
and
puffs,
which
I
created
with
different
shapes
on
Photoshop
.
My
preliminary
task
looks
very
unprofessional
in
comparison
therefore.
Another
aspect
which
I
feel
that
I
have
portrayed
better
on
my
music
magazine
is
the
consistency
of
the
house
style,
as
there
is
a
very
dominant
colour
scheme
made
up
of
red,
purple
and
black
and
white.
The
magazine
logo
‘NG’
is
also
apparent
throughout
my
magazine
and
shown
in
the
corner
on
each
page,
establishing
a
identification.
10. Double-‐Page
Spread
Although
creating
a
double-‐paged
spread
was
not
part
of
my
preliminary
task,
it
helped
me
when
creating
one
for
my
music
magazine,
since
I
learnt
about
how
different
genres
of
magazines
have
different
lexicons
of
words.
Therefore,
the
article
on
my
DPS
relates
to
the
genre
and
target
audience,
including
‘sh*t’
which
appeals
to
an
older
audience
only.
Creating
a
sixth
form,
preliminary
magazine
also
allowed
me
to
develop
a
narrative,
to
the
extent
of
writing
a
whole
article
on
the
basis
of
one.
