Question 7: Looking Back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full

product?

FRONT COVER

o Bad quality photo. Taken with my phone.o Didn’t use photo shop on the image only used

phone editing tools. Not good quality.o No eye contact with any of the three models.o To many different fonts. Makes the page look

confused. Draws attention away from the image.o There are not many Coverlines/Kickers only lots of

headings.

o I have learnt how to conduct successful research in order to understand the conventions.

o I also learnt how to use Photoshop to edit my photos to give them a more professional look.

o In one lesson I learnt how to use a professional camera and light box to make my photos appear more flawless an of a better quality than using a phone.

o I learnt the importance of choosing the right font for your magazine to make the writing stand out but also not draw to much attention away from the rest of the cover.

o I used the picture of my models body facing directly out of the magazine to create a small connection with the reader but I didn’t want the model looking out as well because I wanted to give the picture some mystery.

CONTENTS PAGE

o Most of the images are of art work and all a quite busy. There’sno diversity and they steel focus from the list of articles featuredin this magazine.

o No natural eye flow because the editorial pillars aren’t aligned.o No page numbers to tell us where in the magazine each article is.o To confusing with the different fonts.

o I have gained a lot of knowledge of content page conventions.

o I learnt that have a plain background is conventional and gives the TOC a more professional look.

o I also learnt the importance of varying photo sizes angles and shots.

o I used four different images in my TOC. The largest image was a preview for the Double Page Spread. I also have two medium sized images, one is an advertisement and the other is also a preview to an article.

o Aligned Editorial pillars, help natural eyeflow.o Images correlate to the articles through the Page

Numbers.o Leading text enables readers to know about the

articles in more depth.o I used a different range of shots for the images to

make it more dynamic

During course of making this product I have learnt a lot about the media conventions and how difficult it is to create something new / fresh that still fits to the conventions so it is more likely to be a successful product.