Looking back at your Preliminary Task,

what do you feel you have learnt in the

progression from it to the full product?

ComparisonPreliminary Final

Comparing the front cover of the preliminary task I did compared to my final front cover I believe, shows that I have learnt a lot from the construction of this media product and along the way I learnt many skills whilst constructing my media product.

O I learnt that the Masthead needs to be bold and should stand out from the rest of the writing that is on the front cover. It needs to be seen clearly and the header should be just above it. Whether the Masthead be, the header should be roughly aligned with it. This is seen in my final magazine. I made sure the header was roughly aligned with the masthead, otherwise it will look out of place as seen in my preliminary task.

O Another thing I learnt was that there shouldn’t be too much writing on both sides of the magazines. All the main writing should be in the rule of thirds column on the left hand side and on other brief pieces of writing can go on the right hand side. However, I challenged this Stereotype and did it the other way round. But the majority of the writing should be in the rule of thirds column.

O The distinct use of Photoshop makes my image on the final front cover look more professional by using tools such as the brightness and contrast tool.

O The barcode shouldn’t be placed randomly anywhere on the page, it should be placed usually in the bottom corners of the front cover or near the bottom somewhere, but it should be touching the border of the page.

O The text should also be aligned with each other as it looks more professional when all the text starts at the point and ends and same point. In the preliminary task none of the text on my front cover is aligned which makes the magazine look extremely messy. Compared to my actual magazine cover; all the text is aligned with each other. The text starts at the point and ends at the same point.

O I also learnt the spacing between the words or sentences should be spaced out correctly. The spacing between the words and sentences should be even as seen in my final front cover.

O The shouldn’t be any hyphens on the front cover of your magazine in between words as the magazine looks quite armature. I used the hyphen tool to get rid of any hyphens that would have been in the text of my actual front cover. As seen compared to the preliminary task, there is a hyphen between a sentence which makes the text look tacky.