Question 7Looking back at your

preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt

in the progression from it to the full product?

I went for a minimalistic appearance on my front cover, with a solid coloured background, the reasoning behind this is I want the cover image to really do the speaking. In my preliminary task There was no colour scheme and too much going on, on the page.

There is a selling line in my music magazine which is a convention I did not include in my preliminary task .

My final cover features a range of cover lines that go into enough detail, but not too much. Whereas my preliminary cover just listed the contents of magazine and had no structure.

The main title and subtitle is linked to the cover image. they clearly state who the artist is and why he's featured but it does not give away too much. The text is the same colour as the watch, gold which represents money and luxury, just like a rappers life. In my preliminary I did not have all these links between the artists and the words chosen.

The masthead in this cover compared to my preliminary cover is that it's bold and iconic, really stands out it also relates to my genre.

I used two photos in my contents and these photos link to the story on that page, where as I did not use a photo in my preliminary. The images throughout are not too large, they are just consistent and add a good aesthetic to the page. One image is of a singer featured in the magazine and the other is of a model for the fashion section of the magazine. My contents page is really well laid out unlike my preliminary, which looks rushed and is not well presented. In my preliminary there is a lot of space but in my music magazine contents there is no space and all of it is used well without it looking messy.

The page numbers are one of the main conventions of a magazine contents page. I have made mine clear and next to them is the page title in bold and underneath is a brief description. In my preliminary I had no description and the text was in the middle with no structure.

I have my magazine name in the top right and the date underneath. I did not have any of these in my preliminary.

Across the bottom is is a free ep, it includes a description and the cover with a tracklist, my preliminary did not have anything like this.

The main body of text in my contents is in a clear font and format. The contents itself gives enough insight without giving too much away. Each category is clear shown and the colour scheme all goes very well. In my preliminary there is no colour scheme and no categories and the text does not look good.