Looking back at how I made and presented my preliminary task it has showed me that I did not have the range of knowledge to create the music magazine then, than I have now when I made for my final piece. When i made my preliminary task it only took me a few hours to complete the task of making a magazine for my school. Making this was a way to get a feel of what i was going to be making and how it would all work and fit together. When making my country music magazine i was responsible for all the roles played by industry professionals including researching all information about my genre and about other music magazines similar to mine to get a real feel of what they look like and how they are structured. This would help me understand how to put my magazine together and format it so it looked like a successful music magazine that you would see out on the market. I also produced the magazine completely by myself using my recent research and my own knowledge of music magazines. I then also evaluated by magazine at the end of producing it to explain why i did certain things and why the magazine worked and why it failed at points and how i could improve it now.
When i compare my preliminary task to my final piece i realise that there is so much difference to how it looks and how effective it is to its target audience. My final piece is a lot better than my preliminary task as it looks more like a real music magazine and genuinely looks more professional. I think that it appeals to its target audience more and would like original on the market. Although evaluating my music magazine showed me that i could have made slight improvements like the font's on my front cover, contents page and double page spread i still think it looks worthy of being a real media product. I also learnt the importance of the structure of the magazine and where things are on a page to how successful it looks. Putting a photo in the wrong place can completely ruin the glossy effect on the magazine front cover. Over all i think i have improved thoroughly between the two magazines and i have shown that i can successfully make a magazine from my own research and knowledge that could be worthy of being a real media product.
You have clearly learned a lot, and the difference between your preliminary and final magazine is vast. Make sure your evaluations do justice to your work.
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