Evaluation Question 7

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

Looking at my Preliminary Task, I feel my work has developed a great deal due to my planning and research. Without my research, I wouldn't have thought about the ideology behind a magazine, it's intended audience and the typical codes and conventions of a real music magazine. Also in terms of planning, my ideas behind creating an identity for my magazine were to make it noticeable and unique through the colour scheme and fonts used. In terms of my Winstanley Weekly magazine, I found the overall project was fairly pushed for time, leaving me to not really think about photoshoot settings and to research my task, which would have allowed me to step into my reader's shoes. 

Prelim Cover

I found a large aspect which also pushed my final work further is the interest in the field I was working in. For my preliminary task I was extremely unsure and indecisive of my decision because I wasn't entirely motivated on my subject which was a school magazine. I was much more attracted to working with a Music magazine opposed to a College mag, as I wanted that cool, sophisticated feel to my music magazine, making it look professional and worthy of being along side any other real-media product like Q, NME or Clash.

Prelim Contents

Here is my Prelim cover and contents page. You can clearly see the greater detail and content which has been put into my final work. Also the written content differs, as for my prelim task I found it difficult to think of features to include on my cover, yet if I had researched this area, I feel I could have gained some inspiration and ideas. 

Overall I believe there has been a positive progression from my preliminary task to my final product; entirely through gaining a wider understanding and knowledge of existing real media products in order to construct a well-planned professional looking product.