The author learned several skills from their preliminary task to the final product: 1) They gained experience using blogger and incorporating different file formats. 2) Their photography and photoshop skills improved, eliminating errors like glares. 3) They learned which color schemes are most appropriate and appealing, collecting audience feedback. The preliminary version used random colors that looked unprofessional, while the final product had a coordinated red, black, and white scheme. 4) The overall quality and professionalism of the magazine design increased tremendously from the preliminary to final versions.

1. EVALUATION- Question 7
Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you
feel that you have learnt from the progression of it
to the full product?

2. The blog.
• During the preliminary task I created a blog for the first time ever. I
learnt how to type up my research tasks and import many
documents on formats such as prezi and PowerPoint. I have
become more familiar with the format of blogger since I first used
it because I have uploaded to it on a regular basis.

3. Photography.
• In the preliminary task I briefly used Photoshop however the quality
of the final product was not as good as the final product because I
was fairly new to using the software so I was unable to create a
media product that looked professional. In contrast with my final
product there was a huge difference in quality as the final product
looks much better. You can see a clear improvement of the
magazines as the colour which was used in the preliminary task did
not complement each other. Unlike in the final product where my
main colour scheme was red, black and white which go together
quite well. The quality of the photographs has also made noticeable
improvement because you can see my understanding of
photography has improved. For example, there are no glares in the
photographs of the final product which would suggest that my
photography skills have improved because in the preliminary task
there were far too many errors.

4. Magazine Design.
• I have also learnt what colours are appropriate
to use together and which ones aren’t. I learnt
this by experimenting with different colour
schemes but also asking my target audience
through a questionnaire of what colours would
appeal to them. In the preliminary task you can
tell that I did not have much of an idea about
colours because I used many random colours in
order to make it look attractive and colourful.
This made it seem almost childish and gave it an
unprofessional look at the same time. You can
see progression all the way up to the final
product where my choice of colour scheme was
appropriate. I discovered all the meanings and
connotations behind the colours I used to make
it appeal to the target audience and also to
create a magazine that looks more professional.
As you can see here the
difference in quality from the
preliminary task to the final
product is huge. In the
preliminary task you can Cleary
notice that it doesn’t look
professional because of the
poorly edited photographs and
main colour scheme. In the final
product the quality is a lot higher
and the colours I chose (red,
white and black) compliment
each other.