1. 7) Looking back at your
preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the
progression from it to the full
product?
2. • Looking back at my preliminary task, my codes
and conventions have really helped me to grasp
the concept and look of magazines; they helped
me to view what the audience wanted to see and
what would attract them to the magazine. I also
learnt how to pay attention to detail and that
subtle changes can make a big improvement.
3. • Furthermore I learnt how to make a magazine
look professional, in comparison to my student
magazine, which looked quite cheesy and basic. I
knew that making a magazine look professional
it automatic draws someone in.
4. Time Management
• From my preliminary task I’ve really learnt how to
manage and improve my time management. I’ve
been able to follow the deadlines set for each
individual task, as well as allowing myself only a
week to edit each main task drafts; As I had some
experience from the preliminary task I became
much more organised.
• Additionally because of our short deadlines I learnt
how to make quicken my decision making, instead
of spending hours been indecisive, as I knew how I
wanted the end product to be.
5. • Throughout this project I
learnt that I needed to
follow the requirements of
the exam board. Originally I
wanted to use 3 images as I
wanted to emphasis this
minimalistic sleek look,
although after realising I
needed a minimum of 4
images, I added my final
picture for my editor’s note
to meet the requirements.
6. • Finally my skills on Photoshop from
the preliminary task had sufficiently
improved. I started this the basic
knowledge of cropping and adding
text, but as I moved to the main task I
learnt how to remove the background
from the image, and add effects to
make it look brighter/darker and much
more.
