Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have

learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Question 7

Preliminary taskThis is the front

cover for my preliminary task that I made.

Looking back, it seems very plain and with boring fonts and colours.

It was the same really with contents page.

Everything seemed too straight forward, formal, tidy and boring.

It was also the same story with my two page spread.

I have learnt that you need to take into account who the target audience will be, and design the magazine to how they would want it to be.

You shouldn’t use the same colours and fonts over and over as it could get repetitive. Obviously a magazine can have a house style, but over-using colours/fonts gets boring easily.

I’ve also learnt that making the magazine should not be rushed, and that you should make a few drafts before rushing into making the final product.

Trying different colours, fonts and styles and seeing what appeals more.

It’s also very helpful to create a focus group and get advice and constructive criticism from the members to help improve the magazine.

I found it so much easier and got a lot better results by using different programmes to create the magazine, not just one.

For the preliminary task I only used Microsoft publisher, but recently I have learned to use a wiser range of programmes including Prezi and Photoshop.

I believe it’s by using these different programmes, and other factors that i’ve mentioned, that I have been able to make a lot better magazine than I did in my preliminary task.