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

When looking back at my preliminary task, I feel as though I have improved massively.

Time management

I am extremely happy with my time management, I have improved a lot since doing the preliminary task. When I did the preliminary task at the start of the year my time management wasn't good, I fell behind on a lot of it, this is shown by my final front cover. 

This is my preliminary task magazine, front cover.

When doing my preliminary task my poor time management is shown, this is because the colours in my photography clash with the colour of my writing. If I had better time management then I could have retaken the photograph so that the colours didn't clash. 

After doing my preliminary task I then realized that I need to work on my time management because I never realized how important it is. I have been on time with all my work when doing the music magazine, I have known when the deadlines have been and made them. I was unable to make the deadline for the photography, this was due to my first artist that I had wanted was unable to do the photography twice so I then had to organize a different artist and change my planning. I was able to fix the problem in time though and was able to carry on and get everything done in time.

 

Changing software

When I did the preliminary task I used powerpoint to put the magazine front cover together, when I used it I felt as though it wasn't the best software to use, this is because the photograph was unable to fit the whole page. When using AdobeDesign I found that it was a lot easier to use when creating my magazine pages. I was able to do more than I could with PowerPoint. AdobeDesign has a lot more tools to create a more professional look. I learnt a lot about how important different software is when doing my preliminary task.

Other things I learnt

I learnt a lot about researching when doing my preliminary task, i found that it is more important than I thought. I helped me create the professional look I got with my front cover. From researching I also found a lot about feature articles. I thought it was all about writing but after researching I found that it is about getting a balance between the photograph and text. If there is too much text then a majority of people won't want to read the article.

I also found out from doing my preliminary that the colours in my photography is important. If i had too much colour; a bit like my preliminary task then it makes it difficult to add text over the photograph. I used a black and white photograph for my front cover, this is because when doing my preliminary task I found it hard to find colours that are viable over my photograph. I think that my preliminary task didn't look professional because of the photography and the colours in it.