Looking back at both the main task and the preliminary task, I can notice the changes within them both. Because I created the preliminary task at the beginning of the course, I did not have as much experience as I do now, and I didn't have the skills and techniques in which I have learnt over the past months since September 2010.
Front Pages-Preliminary (Left) and Main Task (Right)
Comparing my design from the preliminary task to the final task, I can see vast improvements within my work. When creating the preliminary magazine, I had just started to get to terms with both the Apple Mac and Adobe Photoshop. These improvements which stand out to me include the photographs. This is because with the design on the left, the photo is slightly blurred, showing that I was new to taking photographs, but I feel the lighting worked. Looking at my magazine on the right I can see that I have got the model to give direct eye contact, adding depth and character into the shot, as well as the posture and lighting being accurate. Although I have used primary colours for both magazines, I feel they both stand out and contrast to the text colours used.
Contents Pages-Preliminary (Left) and Main Task (Right)
As you can see, both magazines clearly display the three columns meaning the page has clearly been divided equally, and the use of colour schemes are relevant and use of primary. However, I can see that I have improved since the preliminary task due to the boldness of the magazine to which I have portrayed for "volume." The use of the colours are more brightened meaning that they will stand out more and give the effect I was looking for when creating the magazine, to fit in with the genre. However, the preliminary task consisted of a school magazine, so because the targets were different, the colours were also different to fit in with the genre. The use of a soft blue rather than a bold bright blue was due to the school colours at "Wilmington Grammar School for Boys." I feel that by the time I created my music magazine, I had come to terms with cutting out photographs on Photoshop, using the magic wand tool, which enabled me to cut my model out of the photo, rather than leaving the background in tact alike I had done previously with my preliminary task.
Other things included which I learnt was page design and time. Before enduring on the contents page, I didn't realise that page layout had to be put in three columns. Because of this, I learnt how to do so, and I found I kept in time and had enough time to complete the task.
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