My research and planning skills have increased significantly. This has changed because in my preliminary

task, I only researched one specific professional magazine. However, for my final product I researched many

different distributors and professional magazines. The change in steps I made for my prelim and final product

have also changed. For my prelim I went through threes stages which included research of one magazine,

drawing out flat plans and then making my product. However, for my final product I went through numerous

stages which include researching more then one professional magazine, drawing out numerous amounts of

flat plans and taking test shots. This helped make my magazine look more professional and more organised

then my prelim.

Comparing these two flat

plans, the one on the right

is my prelim and the one

on the left is my final flat

plan for my product. We

can see that more is in

involved and organised

on my final flat plan then

my prelim. This shows that

more research has been

done on my final then my

prelim

For my prelim I didn’t research

font styles unlike for my final

product where I used

dafont.com for some font styles.

Whilst researching my fonts I

had to take in many different

factors into consideration like

the target audience which is

‘indie’ and rock’ and I also had

to vary it to suit males and

females. By researching fonts it

helped make my product look

more professional.

Another part of research which I didn’t do in my prelim was a mood board. I used a mood board in my final product research to look at different magazines and clothing to suit my magazine and give me some ideas.

Unlike my prelim, research for my final product included doing call sheets, recce of location and a hazard and risk

assessment. By doing these it helped me become more

organised when doing my research.

As shown, you can clearly see the difference in organisation and

research between my prelim and final product. You can also see

that my final product looks more professional in the way it is set

out what the product includes. The product includes more

pictures, sell, lines, skyline and a title. The development of my skills

are clearly shown in the difference between the two images. By

developing my skills in Photoshop and Indesign I was able to edit

and make my product look more professional.