7. Looking back at your Preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I found the preliminary task not too challenging. The only task I had problems with was the deadline as it was so short. I chose images that didn’t need much editing and kept the background white. I felt this made it clean and clear for its target audience of high school students. It is a magazine about the high school therefore I kept the subject upbeat and informal for issues concerning students. This hopefully makes it a light read and more likely to become a popular buy. I made decisions quickly with this magazine because the time scale was tight and it is a preliminary task. Exact precision and detail I thought weren’t needed 100%.

Comparing this task with my cover, contents and article they were more complicated. Obviously the dead line for this media product was a lot longer and there were 3 elements to it not just 2. Detailed planning had to be factored in for success. I had to make decisions throughout the process and sometimes more than one decision on one issue. I also had to take a lot more images as to have a range to choose from. This was to insure the cover reflected the mood of the magazine and the images matched the article. I used images of ‘Kenny Chesney’ using a recording studio and instruments to high light the article. This shows the reader at a glace what the article was about. I used a long shot for my cover in the preliminary task as I wanted the folders the model was holding to been seen and the body language to be shown as relaxed and calm. I took this technique over to my country music magazine with the cover to show off the guitar and the models outfit. This achieved the result I was aiming for.