Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to your final product? (contents page)

My preliminary task resulted in me creating the bog standard; unprofessional contents page for a magazine. I took a few aspects I liked from the magazine and changed a lot of aspects I didn’t in order to create my final contents page which I think achieves a more professional look. I only featured one image into my preliminary task and that photo was taken with a poor quality camera, for the final contents page I used a camera with high quality capturing. I cut the model out in the preliminary task with the polygon lasso tool; this was an unprofessional method as it left harsh edges that weren’t realistic. The model’s hair also faded into the background which I didn’t like, I noticed this and changed my contents composition so that all images didn’t need cutting out yet still looked professional. I did however like the experimentation with camera angles; I snapped the model in the preliminary task at a low angle: I also done this for the main image in my final contents page as I wanted a range of interesting photographs to keep my young audience interested. Another aspect I took further into my final product was the “regulars” section. I liked the bordering idea I applied in the preliminary task and advanced this in my content page for my final piece, I made the border a lot tighter so the text was structured and didn’t get lost within the boundary. I applied my colour palette too; this was to reinforce my brand identity. I noticed a couple of grammar and spelling mistakes in my preliminary task: “school internext” this typo could really affect the readerships views on my magazine’s professionalism and so I checked my final product numerous amounts of times to ensure there were no mistakes. I liked how I had a mini heading for each listed page then some further information on the heading, I processed this idea into my final piece and used a bolder font to apply contrast instead of applying colour as I didn’t want to overuse my colour scheme. I noticed that on my page directory I hadn’t listed what page number these features are on, this would have been costly in the magazine industry as the contents page isn’t doing its job. I used the font I used for my masthead for these numbers, along with the date of the issue to keep to my house style. The magazine improved drastically however I did think it was important to do the preliminary task as it acted as a guide where to go with my official product.