1. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression from
it to the full product of your music magazine?

2. This is the front cover that I produced
for the prelim task. Some of the
feedback I gained from this included the
fact that the red colour of the cover lines
does not really stand out. I learnt for my
main product to ensure that I use either
light text on a dark background or visa
versa. Another criticism I got was that
there was a bit too much text on the
bottom near the key cover line making
the text look confusing. Due to this I
learnt to keep text minimal and make
sure it looks organised. Feedback that I
continued into my final music magazine
product included a bold masthead and a
good principle of thirds.

3. This is a final copy of the music
magazine that I produced. Here you
can see the relevant aspects that I
learnt from the prelim task, this
includes aspects mentioned in the
previous slide. I also felt that The
menu bar on my prelim task did not
stand out or look professional. This is
something that I included in my final
production.

4. This is the contents page that I produced
for my prelim task. I feel that this looked
very unprofessional due to the fact that I
did not use columns. This is something
that I felt vastly improved my final
magazine contents page. My feedback
showed that the numbers were big which
was good because they stood out well. I
continued this into my magazine. Negative
feedback also consisted of the captions of
the images look messy. This is again
something I learnt to improve. I also learnt
how to use which space and guttering
well, I think this again improved the layout
of my final magazine contents design.

5. Here you can see the skills that I learnt
from the prelim in my music magazine
contents. I again made the word
‘contents’ clear as I thought this was
important. As you can see, I learnt how to
use a column layout, and for me, this
worked really well.

6. This is the draft version of my music
magazine cover. I learnt that the shape
containing ‘exclusive’ didn't stand out well
and did not look good. I then learnt how to
create a colour overlay on this shape. Other
criticisms were the fact that my menu strip
does not stand out well. I also felt that the
design features of the lines seperating the
cover lines didn’t look very good as it was
the same colour as the cover line. This is
something I changed in my final design. This
was also the same case with the circles on
the menu strip.

7. This is what I produced for the final cover
of my music magazine. In this you can
see the relevant changes that I made from
the feedback of my draft stage version.

8. This is the draft stage version of the
contents page. I gained feedback such as
the fact that the space at the bottom of
the page did not stand out well. Due to
this I made a blue strip and then changed
the relevant text to which, ensuring that it
stood out. For this I learnt how to use the
shape tool on Photoshop. Something that I
did not know how to do prior to the prelim
task. Another aspect of the page that I
thought looked unprofessional was the
bars that contain the words ‘features’ and
‘on the cover’ were uneven as one went to
the edge of the page and one left white
space. This is something I changed.

9. This is the final page that I produced
for my contents page. I neatened up
the information using the ruler tool.
Other things that I changed are the
pause button at the top which I made
lighter. I also changed the image on
the bottom right hand side of the page
as I did not like the way it looked
before. I felt the colours were too
similar to the image at the top and
contrasted very negatively.

10. One of the main aspects I
changed from my double page
spread draft is the main body
text. I felt that the blue colour
was too overpowering and made
the page look unprofessional.
So, for my final page I reversed
the colours of the questions and
the answers, this made the page
look more organised and more
aesthetically pleasing. I also
took care and consideration in
to the white space on my page
and made sure it was even. Especially around the side bar and the pull out
quote shape. The page numbers I felt did not look professional either.
From my research on music magazines I learnt that having the page
number in the corner looked better, this is something I changed.

11. This is the final page that I
produced for my double
page spread. As well as the
improvements mentioned in
the previous slide, I also
made changes such as the
glow and shadowing
around the ‘dreaming big’
in the masthead. This made
the text look better and
easier to read.

12. Overall I have learnt many skills on Photoshop. Previous
to this course I had never used Photoshop before. I
learnt all skills including how to cut out images, I did
this in my cover to place the artist in front of the
masthead. I have also learnt skills such as making text
stand out my using techniques such as drop shadowing
and strokes. I feel that I have really benefitted from the
skills that I have learnt and overall have found the whole
experience very rewarding as I am pleased with the way
that my final music magazine looks. I have also learnt a
lot about how magazines target their audience too. For
example through language and design features.

13. I also feel that I have learnt a lot about
magazines overall especially music
magazines. I have learnt a lot about
publishing companies and keyconventions of
magazines which are crucial in making them
successful. I have also learnt how magazines
target a specific audience though use of
aspects such as language, colours and font
style.