1. Looking back at your
preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in
the progressing from it to the
full product?

2. • The main thing which
I feel I have achieved
is the ability to use
software better. At
the beginning of my
preliminary task, my
Photoshop skills
were limited and the
product I created
wasn't very good.
After practice and
tutorials on
Photoshop, I
managed to use a
variety of different
tools in order to
The Preliminary
The Final Contents
Me using skills on Photoshop
in order to create the Contents
page for my magazine

3. • It is clear to see where my skills have changed
and developed from start to end as the final
product looks a lot more professional and more
aesthetically pleasing to the target audience. I
have made sure I have used my model and
information on the cover to appeal to the target
reader using costume, makeup and hair as well
as bands which they will be interested in as it will
make them want to buy the magazine.
PRELIMINAR
Y MAGAZINE
FINAL
MAGAZINE

4. • From doing my preliminaries I have also
learned to use different technologies such
as cameras, lighting equipment and, of
course, Photoshop. Using these I
increased my knowledge as to how
magazines are made and also how to use
skills I have gained in order to create a
product that looks professional and
authentic.ORIGINAL
IMAGE
ENHANCED
IMAGE
As you can see from the
images, I learned how to use
the enhancing tools on
Photoshop in order to make
my images look better and
more professional to make
my magazine look more

5. • On my final product I used a
variety of different tools and
effects which I worked out
how to use. I think that this
makes the final product look
a lot more professional in
comparison to my preliminary
work. The images are
sharper and the overall look
of the product is more
authentic.
MY MAGAZINE COVER
EFFECTIVE DUE TO
SHARP IMAGES MAKING
IT LOOK AUTHENTIC
Images of
successful
artists are
very sharp
and enhanced
to make the
photograph
look more
professional

6. • In comparison to my prelim, the way I have edited the cover to
make it look more professional as I have done a lot of research
to realise how the magazine should look. I have also further
researched magazines which relate to the music genre I have
chosen which ensures my magazine is fitting and will look
authentic enough to be sold on shelves alongside other
magazines. When doing the preliminary work I hadn't done any
research into magazine conventions and I believe that this has
helped me to create a better product overall which makes it
more professional and more attractive to my target market.
A range of successful magazines and my magazine,
showing that it doesn’t look bad amongst other

7. • An example of this is using
exposure and contrasting in order
to make the image more striking
and to make the magazine stand
out more to readers. Before, the
colours which I used were very
simple and understated meaning
that it looked fairly boring. I believe
that the cover of my magazine is
very eye catching and is attractive
to the intended audience (as
opposed to my prelim which was
supposed to be aimed at students
who may not have been attracted
to the magazine)
• From my research I found that a
lot of the images had been
enhanced in order to make them
look smoother and more
professional and so I wanted to do
the same on my magazine. I didn’t
My preliminary
(shown top left)
looked dark and
dreary- not
something that a
magazine should look
like!
During this evaluation
question I quickly
edited the exposure
on the image and it
looked a lot more
professional (bottom
left) meaning that
through the
development of these
skills I can make
things look more
professional and
make a better quality
product than before.
Quick
change on

8. • My understanding of the way which magazines are
created has improved as during the research and
planning I looked into magazines. This involved
analysis of covers, contents pages and double
page spreads. This helped me to understand the
conventions of magazines and helped me to realise
how I needed to layout my magazine
I have tried to make elements of my magazine similar to others as well as
using conventions taken from my analysis of existing products. Here I
have followed the Q magazine DPS by having an image of my artist filling
one page and the writing on the other page which I think works well, is

9. • The double page spread shows using techniques such as
exposure, shadows, text alignment, creating patterns within text
which all helped to create a more professional product overall. This
was achieved through the development of skills that I gained from
doing my preliminary work as well as research and planning.
• I also realised the techniques, features and conventions used in
order to appeal to a chosen audience. Features such as the golden
spiral for photographs as it controls the readers focus on the page
Me using skills developed from
my preliminaries in order to
create my magazines double
page spread.

10. • My knowledge grew further during planning when I was creating
drawn plans and computer versions of the plan. Working out
where everything would look best and what i wanted it to look
like overall was challenging however with time and practice I
became a lot more aware of the layout of my magazine and
how i wanted to make it look. This then helped me achieve my
final product
Cover design
drawn and then
scanned into the
computer. This was
used as a template
when designing my
draft magazine.
Draft magazine following the
design draft template

11. • Showing the contents pages from my preliminary
work and my final project it is clear to see the
differences as I have developed my skills on
Photoshop
• First of all I believe that the final contents page is
more suited to my target audience as I think that they

12. • I think that my preliminary work
is quite boring and does not
relate well to the target
audience of school students as
they will be more likely to want
to look at something exciting
and fun (full of pictures, text,
stories, etc) and therefore
doesn't fit the target audience
well.
• School students don’t enjoy
looking at things which are
really boring and therefore this
wouldn’t appeal to my audience
• However, I think that the stories
and features that I have shown
on the contents page to be
within the magazine would be
appealing to them as they

13. • Also the layout looks more
professional. The final
design shows that I have
researched carefully into the
way which magazine
contents pages have been
laid out in real magazines. I
did this in order to achieve
an authentic looking
magazine contents page
and I feel that with a few
tweaks it could look very
professional and authentic
• I would want to change the
colour on the background in
order to make it more fun to
look at as I think that this

14. • The preliminary layout
wasn't unprofessional
or scatty, it was neat
which was good as it
was clear for the
audience to read
however the neatness
and lack of
images/colour made it
• My draft magazine
contents was really
crowded and messy
which made it really
difficult for my
audience to read.
For my final
magazine I needed
to tone it down and
make the page less
busy.
A mixture of too
simple/boring and too
crowded and busy making a
good contents page,
DRAFT
PRELIMINARY FINAL

15. After comparing my magazine contents pages to other
existing contents pages I don’t think that mine look to bad. I
think that they look fairly authentic which was the main point
of the project and I think that, like the others, my magazine
contents appeals to my target audience which will make

16. • I have learnt that using images of better quality (and using the
right people!) ensure a more professional and genuine look to
the magazine. Using the camera and other equipment that the
school provided I managed to create good quality images to use
throughout my magazine in order to ensure that the magazine
looked as good, high end and professional as possibleThis is a good quality image of George which I used in my
preliminary, however the pose and the costume (etc) wouldn’t
appeal to my audience. Also he probably isn't the best person to
use to appeal to students as the whole image looks a bit boring.
This image of Chloe which I used in my draft. It
is a good image as she looks relaxed and
would appeal to my target readers however
the quality is awful and the costume would
These images used in my final product were a
lot better quality and would appeal/relate to my
target audience more than the others. The
quality of them makes them more professional
and the costumes reflect the genre and the

17. • From looking at the cover of
my
magazines, development in
skills and ideas is clearly
shown. The more
professional (neater) layout
and the more relevant
topics shows development
in my understanding of the
concept and target
audience as well as
developing skills in taking
photographs and using
technology (Photoshop) in
order to bring my product
together and have continuity
throughout which, I