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

learnt in the progression from it to full product?

By Mark Leonard

How good do you think your preliminary task was?

• I think my preliminary task went well. I found it easy to make my magazine pages using the programs provided.

• I find it hard to make the evaluation’s. I’m not that good with words.

Had you used the software before this task or was this the first time? How easy or difficult was it to use?

• I had never used the software before, I’d used Photoshop, but never InDesign.

• When I used the programs I picked up the techniques very quickly. The picture on the left was my first magazine that I made so I could get used to Indesign. The picture on the right is my finished music magazine. As you can see the magazine on the right looks more professional then the one on the left.

When you started your main task what did you realise about market and audience research that you didn’t perhaps focus on as much for your student magazine?

• When I did the student magazine I didn’t do much research about the my target audience.

• Although when I did the music magazine I researched my audience, I didn’t get as much research as I could have, but it was still enough to create a viable magazine.

How did you make use of time effectively?

• I believe I had enough time to make my magazine, the college had after hour lessons which I attended to catch up on any work, I also used my free time at home and around college to do any work.

How did you develop skills to produce the article?

• I believe I developed all of my skills to make this magazine.

• In Photoshop I learned to use the burn tool and the stamp tool.

• I can’t really say how my InDesign skills have improved when haven‘t use the program before.

• I believe I improved my writing skills from an article writing view.

How much more important was house style for your final piece?

• I think having a house style was a good addition because it gave more order to the magazine and the other pages.

• With the house style I was able to give a greater sense of order.