Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I believe I have made a significant progress from my preliminary task. For my preliminary task, I have had a little knowledge of photoshop and have no used it a lot. As you can see I have used pictures from the internet as I have not known how to photoshop my own pictures so I have used a ready one. I have also used two main pictures which does not look professional as I have never looked into what magazines are meant to look like hence why I have used a background of a school instead of a plain one which would of make the main image more of a focus. On my preliminary task, I have also not focused where to place my text which makes the front cover look really unprofessional. I have also not focused well on the text colours as some of them look hard to read and do not fit in with the non existent colour scheme. I have not blended in my barcode which makes the front cover look really un-neat.
In comparison to my preliminary task, my final piece looks much better and shows the progress that I have made clearly. I have learned to use photoshop since doing my preliminary task which I have used to construct my front cover. I have edited my image to get rid of the background and to get a plain white one then I have added text onto the front cover which i have contoured for a batter effect. I have also used a colour scheme throughout my magazine to make it look more professional compared to my preliminary task. I have used the burgundy colour as it matches with the models top which brings a nice effect onto the front cover instead of introducing a new colour. I have made the front cover easy to understand and read which is the opposite of my preliminary task front cover. While producing my main front cover, I put a lot more thought into it as I wanted it to attract my audience and look similar to already existed magazines that I have looked at and analysed during my research task. I have not used a barcode on my final front cover as the magazines I have previously analysed did not have it on their front pages. Therefore I thought that my magazine has looked better without out as I have tried it with one and I believe it did not look professional enough. Instead I have placed the issue date in the spot where the barcode was meant to go as it is a feature all the magazine consist of. I have also placed all my text on one side of the magazine to make it look better and more sophisticated. I have added a feature which I have not used previously which is the sticker to win festival tickets. I used this to attract the audience into buying my magazine as they would be interested in the competition.
