Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have

learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Preliminary Front cover…

Mode of address: The

mode of address is very

formal, this is a comparison the my pop magazine cover.

Colour: The colours are

not very conventional and

there is not a consistent

colour scheme like there

is with my pop magazine cover.

Editing: I edited this image on my phone, however with

my front cover image for my pop magazine I edited it on PicMonkey which has more advanced editing tools.

Font: The font is sans serif which is effective.

However it was font from word, so it didn’t take much thought or creation.

Image/photography/Mise-en-scene: The mise-en-scene was well

thought out; having the costume as a

school uniform because it was

advertising a school magazine. However

there could have been more than one

image to make the front cover more conventional.

Layout: The left third hasn’t been used

so that isn’t conventional at all. There is

no main coverline, and the masthead

could be larger and more eye-catching.

Overall the layout is what could be

improved on the most.

Preliminary Contents page draft…

The draft layout of the contents page is

nothing like a real contents page and very

unconventional. The only thing I was

planning on including was an image of the

front cover, the numbers with headings and

an image. This wouldn’t have been very

eye-catching and the audience wouldn’t

have found it very appealing because there

isn’t enough content. The font is very

boring and plain, however it is bold which

would have attracted the audience. The

image itself was good, however pointlessly

placed in the corner of the page which isn’t

conventional at all. And finally I would need

to make my headline ‘This issue…’ a lot

more bolder, brighter, and bigger, so it

stood out and made the page look more

effective.

Front cover…

Layout: Very cluttered

compared to my preliminary task.

It contains a lot more content,

and the left-third is used more, to

attract the target audience.

Image/photography/Mise-en-scene: The image itself is very

conventional for a pop magazine. The

camera angle of a mid-shot is very

effective unlike the close-up I used for the

preliminary task. I changed the colour of

the models hair, which considered the Mise-en-scene of the image.

Font: The font used on my cover is sans

serif. I used this on my preliminary task however I have used it more effectively here.

Editing: I edited my images on

PicMonkey, and PhotoShop, whereas

for the preliminary task I only edited images on my phone image effects.

Colour: The colours of red,

yellow, and white are very

conventional for a pop magazine,

whereas my preliminary task

didn’t contain a lot of

conventional colours. I am also using a constant colour scheme

Mode of address: The mode of

address I have used is very

conventional for a pop magazine.

Phrases such as ‘Facebook

frenzy’ and ‘Twitter mania’ will

relate to the audience because

they are interested in social

networking.

Contents page…

Colour: The colours are organised and very

conventional for a pop magazine. The colours I

would have used on my preliminary task

contents were not very eye-catching and appealing.

Typical conventions: The

typical conventions on a contents

page are the heading, the image,

the ‘features’ at the bottom, the

letter from the editor and the

picture of the front cover. Not

many of these typical conventions

were used on my preliminary contents page.

Mode of address: The mode of

address is conventional because of

the informal language used, such as

‘LOL’ and ‘Boy advice.’ This will appeal

to my target audience, unlike the

mode of address used on my other contents page.

Layout: The layout of my contents

page is very conventional compared

to my preliminary task. I have put the

main headings at the bottom of the

page, rather than just placing them randomly on the page.

Image/photography/Mise-en-scene-The image of the editor is

also added on this contents page.

Whereas I didn’t have this on my

preliminary task contents.

Font: The font is sans serif, like my preliminary task.

However the fonts are much more conventional and appealing on this contents page.

How I have progressed and what I have learned.

I believe I have progressed a lot during the course of making my magazine. I now know how to make a magazine conventional and appealing to a certain type of target audience. I know how to edit images to make them effective, and I also know how to layout a front cover, contents page, and double page spread effectively. In Question 7 I have learned that during the production of my preliminary task, I didn’t know how to make layout, colour, and mode of address effective. I didn’t know how to use PicMonkey, so my images were poorly edited, making them unconventional for a magazine. I also didn’t know how to make colour and fonts effective in my preliminary task. I now Know what aspects are needed for a conventional, effective magazine. I applied the knowledge I gained from doing my preliminary task, and took these skills with me when completing my pop magazine.