contents page distracts the reader/s from the cover lines. Looking back at my preliminary task for a student magazine and progression to a final music magazine product, I learned several skills. I learned how to follow the forms and conventions of existing magazines through research to develop my own unique product. I applied skills in Photoshop and InDesign to convey aspects of real magazines. I also learned to develop my initial ideas more creatively. Overall, I felt I conveyed a more polished, themed product compared to my preliminary task by using the tools and experience I gained.

1. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it
to the full product?
• Looking back at my preliminary task, through to the progression to the full product I feel that I have learnt and
applied the skills and knowledge to publish, produce and create a music magazine article and contents
page suited a theme or a context in which follows form and conventions of other existing product to suit a
purpose and produce a successful and final end product.
• For this I displayed progression, new learnt skills and how to follow and portray forms and conventions of
existing magazine attracting to a particular audiences’. To accomplish this I have used two main software
products these include Photoshop and in design in which I have learnt new skills and techniques enabled me
to work to convey the aspects of existing magazines and make the ideas similar however different and more
edgy and unique.
• I have learnt to use work to and develop my initial ideas portrayed in my music magazine and display in a
more artistic and to a more sufficient and creative standard in which I displayed in my final product. I feel
that I conveyed a more themed, idealistic end product from my original preliminary task using and
developing the tools and ideas learnt in the software and experience in which inspired from and to the
preliminary task to the final product.

2. The masthead is big, bold and easy to The poster in the corner is a
read advertisement that features in the
music magazine to attract the audience
to purchase the music magazine
The subtitle is relatable to the
masthead and the font is readable
The cover star has eye contact with the
The columns are well structured and target audience which immediately
don’t cover the cover star catches their attention
The cover line's/featuring artists are The target symbol at the top next to
easy to read and some include a small the masthead represents that the
description of why to read on with the magazine is targeting/aiming for a wide
artist others don’t. range of audience.
The colour theme of the front cover of The barcode is at the bottom right
the magazine is blue, yellow, red, white hand corner of the page which is
and black. following existing forms and
conventions of music magazines.
The fonts used in this magazine are
‘dirt2death’, ‘postmaster’, and ‘never The sub line below the cover star/s
say die’. I stuck to 3 fonts to make it name is catchy and deep down and
more structured and less confusing. personal and grabs the readers
attention and makes them want to
read on.
The symbols in the magazine for
example the cross represents respect
and truth which is what my magazine The date and title is in the bottom right
intends to stand for and feature by so hand corner of the page which is going
there is no incorrect or false truths. against some forms and conventions of
existing magazines however it works
well.

3. Too many fonts used on the front cover The masthead is easy for the target
of the magazine which takes the eye audience to visualise and know ‘what's
off the readers. on?’
Confused colour theme, too many The cover star is blurred and hard to
colours used: yellow, pink, green, see which distract the reader from the
white, red, blue, and black magazine and or the cover lines
Columns well thought out and don’t The price is hard to read therefore the
obstruct the cover star reader/s cannot see the price/not want
to purchase the magazine.
Some fonts easy to read where as
others hard to visualise The cover lines are relatable to the
student magazine and convey the
purpose of the magazine.
Barcode in bottom left hand corner od
the page as with existing magazines.
The cover lines are unclear in which
some link together they portray as
Some images are from the internet for separate cover lines
example the ‘L’ plate and the glasses.
The fonts are different sizes; some tend
The background doesn’t contrast with to be too big where as others are
the aim of the student magazine. slightly small for the reader to grasp
The cover star has eye contact with the There’s no sub-line to follow on from
audience which intrigues the target the masthead to intrigue the reader
audience to purchase the music into purchasing the student magazine
magazine. and explains shortly what the magazine
entails

4. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the prelim and actual cover pages
Final – music magazine cover page Preliminary task – Student magazine cover page
What techniques did I learn?
Through the progression of producing this music magazine I have learnt how to how to follow forms and conventions of existing magazines this technique I have developed through
researching comparing and contrasting successful existing magazines and identifying certain forms and conventions that apply to most magazines and using these tools and knowledge
to develop create and produce a music magazine that uses and manipulates these effects to develop a music magazine that could potential sell and attract a variety of audiences’. I
have learnt the importance of use od columns, font sizes and themed colours and useful devices and techniques that suit and attract and appeal to the public and also suits it’s purpose. I
feel that I have portrayed and advanced to a higher standard on these techniques from the preliminary product as In the student magazine from which I knew very little or basic skills on
Photoshop CS5 I have realised the faults I have made from which would have potentially made the magazine unsellable and converted worked on and developed these new skills and
techniques in manipulating, working to advertise, promote and follow certain form and conventions however still make it unique product that could work and potentially become a
successful music magazine in the industry.

5. The columns are well laid out and All the images were taken and
structured on the page in which makes modelled by me.
it look presentable
The masthead is big and bold which is
The fonts used on the contents page I easy for the reader/s to visualise and
used included: ‘never say die’, portray and noticeable
‘postmaster’, ‘automatica’
I used props for my cover star/s to use
The theme colours I used for the to create model and represent a
contents page of the music magazine existing photo shoot used in existing
are blue, red, black, and white these music magazines
colours themed in with the contents
and article pages
Cover star/s images faded out on the
contents page distracts the reader/s
I used multiple cover star/s on the from the cover lines.
contents page of my music magazine
to appeal to a wider variety of audience
and intrigue people to purchase the I added an editors column in the music
music magazine magazine to attract and intrigue the
target audience to read on and
purchase my music magazine.
I used small font sizes to create space
to write small intriguing descriptive
text to attract readers into wanting to I added in the date and issue number in
read on about the articles which I follow on forms and
conventions from existing music
magazines I have researched
I clearly indicated the page numbers on
the cover star/s to indicate and display
I chose against a background for this
to the readers where they can locate
magazines as from the magazines I’ve
the article in the music magazine
researched the background tend to be
white

6. The columns are well laid out and Two of the images used on the
follow through within the contents contents page were not taken by me
page. which confuses the reader/s
Three fonts used on the contents page The masthead is big and fancy however
which makes the contents page more its not easily visible to the readers
structured and less confusing for the which distracts the readers.
readers.
The images do not contrast in with the
The theme colours are more set out student magazine as they are dotted
and contrasting together to intrigue around the page.
the reader/s.
Cover star/s images faded out on the
The main colours used are black, white, contents page distracts the reader/s
and grey featured in the contents page from the cover lines.
The text/font is too large for the The font sizes are different and some
featuring topics. words tend to look stretched or not
spaced out enough of the cover lines
which looks messy and confusing on
I used a blackberry barcode in the the page
bottom right hand corner to attract a
wider variety of audience to purchase
the magazine as they’re popular. Some of the fonts used are quite funky
and themed in with the contents page.
Could have used a small description to
explain what each page/cover line The background don’t tie in with the
entails to intrigue target audience student magazine contents page as it’s
a little confusing of the reader/s

7. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the prelim and actual contents pages
Final – music magazine contents page Preliminary task – Student magazine contents page
What techniques did I learn?
The techniques I learnt whilst producing the contents page for my music magazine from preliminary to the final product was the use of columns; the use of columns was a
necessity in producing a music magazine as it was essential to get the text and images sorted on the page to prevent the page being messy and confusing for the reader/s and so
they know what there reading and which pages to go to without having to search through the pages. I learnt the importance of columns more through the research and the
preliminary task as in the preliminary task for the contents page I used columns for the page listings however the images were just dotted around the page with no link as to what
relevance they had in the image or where to find them or use of columns however in the through the production of producing the music magazine I realised where I’d went wrong
and corrected this in my final product as I used relevance to the image and page numbers for the pages and I also used the idea of the column from page numbers and listings from
the preliminary task and used this in my final product of my music magazine in which is shown above in the forms and conventions as to which looks more presentable on the
page.

8. I wrote a small introductive I chose the use of columns for my
paragraph to explain about the cover article to structure and layout my
star in the article. article sufficiently
I used structures margins and rulers I included two embedded quotes in
in adobe in-design to structure and which were featured in with the
layout the article following forms text article to make the article look
and conventions of existing more intriguing for the reader/s and
magazines attract their attention
I wrote a small link at the bottom The fonts used in this article
right hand corner of the page in include: ‘despair’, ‘Euphemia
which I got from forms and UCAS’, ‘Stencil Std’ and ‘Cooper
conventions of existing music Std’ this because they work well
magazines I researched and look effective
I followed forms and conventions I decided on a Q&A (question and
of existing music magazine articles answer) theme for my article as it
by using page numbers in the suited the purpose well and tied in
bottom right hand corner of the with the article
page
The colour theme that I used in the
I chose the use of columns for my article for my music magazine tied
article to structure and layout my in with my cover page and contents
article sufficiently page: blue, white, black, and red.
There could have been a I used props for my cover star to
background on the article of page 4 represent a the cover star as a known
as it looks plain and bare. existing artist.

9. Final – music magazine article
What techniques did I learn?
For my article I didn’t have a preliminary task article to develop ideas from I used research that went into existing music magazine articles that I viewed and used developed and
made my own forms and conventions and ideas from existing researched music magazine articles and with techniques I used from working with Photoshop when I created my
student magazine to help me with inspiration for my music magazine article. Although I produced this article in In-Design I used photo-shop for some of the techniques forms and
conventions for those aspects I couldn’t do in In-Design for example photo editing for the cover star and In-design is similar to Photoshop so some of the techniques were quiet
straight forward to add in and develop in my music magazine article to create my final product. These techniques helped me in the progression of creating the music magazine
article and helped it tie in with the theme fonts and columns used following by the forms and conventions in unique and conventional techniques which worked well and stood out
on my article