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

learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Front CoversPreliminary Main Task

Contents PagesPreliminary Main Task

Double page spread for main task

What have I learnt?

• I feel I have learnt a lot from the preliminary task to the main task. This is particularly seen from technical skills, which has enabled me to adhere to a chosen genre more successfully. Here is an example..

Technical Skills and adhering to a Genre

Here is my main picture for my preliminary task. I used this as my front cover. I cropped the image and put it onto a grey-white gradient. However, the lines on his body were still harsh and didn’t look professional. To overcome this, I put an outer glow to soften the lines. However, his didn’t look realistic, therefore, it didn’t mirror the genre of a school magazine, whereby school life and information is reality.

BEFORE AFTER

On the other hand…

To give a professional look, I decided to put the model against a white wall, to avoid making the lines around the artist’s body harsh. After this, I still believed that I needed to make it look more like a Pop magazine. To achieve this, I experimented with the Brightness and Contrast tool, and achieved a more HD look, which I have seen in Pop magazines, adhering to the professionalism associated with the Pop genre.

BEFORE AFTER