Looking back at your preliminary task, of designing the front page of a school magazine, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I completed the preliminary task before I started producing my music magazine, so that I could use any skills gained along the way, and put them into use with my real project. For the preliminary task, I created a front cover and contents page for a school magazine. On the front cover, I found that I had to keep things quite limited in terms of font and language. The audience for my school magazine, were students who attend 'Acland Burghley School' therefore, I thought it was appropriate to use a sensible font and to use relevant language. The image on the front cover of the pupils, was taken as a high-angle shot. I chose to show that the school/college is known for having a speciality in 'Arts' such as; Performing Arts, Technology and Art itself. I showed this by the variety in colours used for the masthead. From the duration of starting my preliminary task, and to completing my final product; my music magazine, I learnt that colour and font are two important features when creating and forming a magazine, especially when the target audience can be very specific about what they want to get out of a magazine, therefore you as the creator need to acknowledge what would be most appealing.

Creating both the school and the final music magazine, were quite easy, but I did have some difficulties. I learnt a lot from creating the school magazine, and I realised that mistakes I made with the preliminary task, did not occur with the final product. I found that completing the preliminary task, helped me to complete the music magazine, as I was clearer on what I could do better and make more appealing, as I had a specific audience. Overall though, I am happy with the outcome with both the preliminary task and my music magazine.