The student learned more about conducting effective research like focus groups and questionnaires to create a targeted magazine for their audience. They applied this by conducting a focus group to get feedback and alter the magazine accordingly. The student also expanded their knowledge of the music genre and industry through secondary research. From the preliminary task, the student gained a better understanding of magazine codes and conventions which allowed them to include more standard features like an editor's note and social media links in the full product magazine.

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

2. Front Cover
Preliminary Full Product
Clearer main
cover line
Text boxes
less boxed to
create a better
layout
Both models
in main cover
image giving
direct address
Plug to entice
the reader
Less cover lines
so more empty
space

3. RESEARCH
 Since creating the student magazine for the preliminary task I feel I
have learnt more about the style of research that is needed. For
example focus groups and questionnaires and I learnt how this helps to
create a more targeted magazine to a particular audience/social group.
 The focus group I conducted helped to get my target audiences
opinions and then I was able to alter the magazine to fit this audience
more precisely. This then helped me to choose a colour scheme &
choose which name was preferred most for the magazine.
 I also found when conducting my primary and secondary research that
with this style of magazine (pop genre) did also always contain a sub
genre of fashion however I made this the minority as I wanted it to
remain focused on the music side of the magazine.
 As I researched the music industry within my research I feel my
knowledge on the genre I choose and the music industry in general has
became a lot wider as I now know more about different companies and
the genre I choose which has then helped me to create a better more
detailed magazine with features that fit better with the specific genre.

4. Contents Page
Preliminary Full Product
Small masthead
in the corner
Brighter
background
Social media
links
Editors note
Images used
to represent
the stories
Lots going on,
on the page

5. KNOWLEDGE
 Within the preliminary task I struggled to learn all the keywords
needed however I have learnt through this task how to keep up
with them by thoroughly revising them and practising them till I
know what they all are. This also helped me produce my contents
page of the magazine better to fit the codes and conventions as I
now know them well.
 Also, I was able to add more features to the magazine like an
editors note, social media links and page numbers to fit
corresponding images as since the preliminary project I have a
larger understanding of what is put on to published magazines
and therefore I was able to then do this myself aswell.
 Another thing that’s progressed since making my preliminary
magazine is my IT skills and this then helped me to be able to
produce a more concise magazine which fits more of the codes
and conventions needed to make it successful.