1. Looking back at your preliminaryLooking back at your preliminary task (College Mag), what do youtask (College Mag), what do you feel you have learnt in thefeel you have learnt in the progression from it to the fullprogression from it to the full product?product?

2. Preliminary TaskPreliminary Task When creating my preliminary task (front cover and contents of college mag) it didn't take much knowledge to use the hardware and software, because I only created simplistic documents that only needed basic skills such as inserting shapes and text. 3. What lessons have you learnt through eachWhat lessons have you learnt through each stage of your magazine production?stage of your magazine production? Research- From doing product research I learnt the forms and conventions of successful magazines, such as how they are laid out, what's included in the contents of the magazines, and how to draw in the appropriate target audience. I also learnt how to distinguish different characteristics of target audiences , I did this by doing interviews and creating reader profiles. I learnt how to create a survey with relevant questions that would produce results that would be useful in creating my magazine, and how to use social media appropriately to find people to do my survey. 4. What lessons have you learnt through eachWhat lessons have you learnt through each stage of your magazine production?stage of your magazine production? Planning- I learnt how to analyse my survey results to get relevant information that will be helpful in creating my music magazine, such as what my target audience are interested in, what price they would be willing to pay for a magazine and what genre of music they are most interested in. I learnt how to piece together the personality and characteristics of my target audience and create reader profiles, this led me to be able to make a successful style sheet for my magazine. Creating an appropriate style sheet meant that my magazine could have a layout and colour scheme that would attract the target audience. Photography plans from doing my photography plans it meant that I learnt how to set up the composition of my photos to convey exactly what I wanted to. 5. What lessons have you learnt through eachWhat lessons have you learnt through each stage of your magazine production?stage of your magazine production? Production From creating my magazine, I learnt how to use a studio and the lighting affectively to create successful pictures. When creating my front cover I learnt how to put my knowledge of the forms and conventions of a music magazine into practise to create a successful magazine. This consisted of things such as creating aesthetically pleasing mastheads, laying out the magazine in a conventional way and having interesting cover lines. 6. What lessons have you learnt through eachWhat lessons have you learnt through each stage of your magazine production?stage of your magazine production? Production From creating my magazine, I learnt how to use a studio and the lighting affectively to create successful pictures. When creating my front cover I learnt how to put my knowledge of the forms and conventions of a music magazine into practise to create a successful magazine. This consisted of things such as creating aesthetically pleasing mastheads, laying out the magazine in a conventional way and having interesting cover lines.