Question 7
What have you learnt from the progression from the preliminary to the main
task?
This is my preliminary task compared to the real task.
As youcan see,mymaintask looksfar more realisticandbetterthanmypreliminarytask.A lotof
factors contributedtothisincluding:
Research
Before Iproducedmyreal taskI put a lot of planningandresearchintoit. Includingresearchingabout
existingpopmagazinesandanalyzinghow theymake theirmagazinesandwhatmakesthemgoodand
attractingto the audience.Where asduringmyproductionof the preliminarytask,Ididn’treally
researchintoschool magazinesandwhatmakestheminterestingforthe targetaudience.Whichiswhy
it lookedquite unprofessional.
Quark
Duringmy productionof the school magazine,Iwasn’texperiencedinusingquarkandas youcan see on
the bottomright handcorner of the front cover,I wasunable toremove the white box frombehindthe
school website. Howeverduringmyproductionof the popmagazine,Ihadgainedsome basic
experience onhowtoadd and remove coloursfrombehindwritingandimagesandtherefore resulting
ina more attractive lookingfrontpage.
Fonts
WhenI made my school magazine,Ihadno knowledge of there beingsitesonline where youcan
downloaddifferent,more professional lookingfontsthanthe basiconesfoundonthe fontslist.Whichis
why,as youcan see Ihad a boringlookingfontasmy mastheadformy frontcoverand a veryodd
lookingtitle formycontentspage.WhenIstartedmakingmypop magazine,Ifoundoutthat youcan
infactdownloaddifferentfontsonline whichwill fitthe genre of yourmagazine ratherthanusing
commonones.
Cameraquality
WhenI producedmyschool magazine,Iwas oblivioustothe factthat usinga low qualitycameracould
make a big difference inhowthe magazine endsup.Whichiswhythe picture onmy school magazine
lookslowqualityandveryunprofessional.WhenImade mypopmagazine Idecidedtouse a highquality
camera andother factorssuch as a brighterroomin orderto create a more professional look.Ialsotold
the people topose ratherthan takinga picture of someone satdown.

Question 7

  • 1.
    Question 7 What haveyou learnt from the progression from the preliminary to the main task? This is my preliminary task compared to the real task.
  • 2.
    As youcan see,mymaintasklooksfar more realisticandbetterthanmypreliminarytask.A lotof factors contributedtothisincluding: Research Before Iproducedmyreal taskI put a lot of planningandresearchintoit. Includingresearchingabout existingpopmagazinesandanalyzinghow theymake theirmagazinesandwhatmakesthemgoodand attractingto the audience.Where asduringmyproductionof the preliminarytask,Ididn’treally researchintoschool magazinesandwhatmakestheminterestingforthe targetaudience.Whichiswhy it lookedquite unprofessional. Quark Duringmy productionof the school magazine,Iwasn’texperiencedinusingquarkandas youcan see on the bottomright handcorner of the front cover,I wasunable toremove the white box frombehindthe school website. Howeverduringmyproductionof the popmagazine,Ihadgainedsome basic experience onhowtoadd and remove coloursfrombehindwritingandimagesandtherefore resulting ina more attractive lookingfrontpage. Fonts WhenI made my school magazine,Ihadno knowledge of there beingsitesonline where youcan downloaddifferent,more professional lookingfontsthanthe basiconesfoundonthe fontslist.Whichis why,as youcan see Ihad a boringlookingfontasmy mastheadformy frontcoverand a veryodd lookingtitle formycontentspage.WhenIstartedmakingmypop magazine,Ifoundoutthat youcan infactdownloaddifferentfontsonline whichwill fitthe genre of yourmagazine ratherthanusing commonones. Cameraquality WhenI producedmyschool magazine,Iwas oblivioustothe factthat usinga low qualitycameracould make a big difference inhowthe magazine endsup.Whichiswhythe picture onmy school magazine lookslowqualityandveryunprofessional.WhenImade mypopmagazine Idecidedtouse a highquality camera andother factorssuch as a brighterroomin orderto create a more professional look.Ialsotold the people topose ratherthan takinga picture of someone satdown.