Looking back at the preliminary task, I have learnt a lot about the process of creating a media product, I learnt most of all the amount of work that goes into making the magazine, and the variety of tools you can use to create the look you want.

I knew when I started planning my music magazine that I had to try a lot harder that I did for my college magazine, as I knew it was not as good as it could have been.

And I know I did try a lot harder with the planning what I was going to do step by step, and also documenting everything I did as I went along.

When planning my music magazine, I put a lot more effort

and thought into what I wanted the outcome of my magazine

to look like, for example my photo shoot.

As my music magazine is for a niche market and audience, I

knew I had to put thought into what I was going to use for

costume, make up and the setting/location of my photos.

However, when creating my college magazine, I did not put

thought into this and it shows when you put both photo shoots

together.

I also made sure when I began creating my

magazine that I knew what I needed to use

on Photoshop, and then learned how to use

those tools effectively to make my magazine

look like I wanted it to look. I think I cared a

lot more about how my music magazine

looked and was going to turn out more than I

did about my college magazine, and I

definitely put in more effort

I would say that the thing I learned most

while creating my music magazine product is

how to use technologies such as Photoshop

and the cameras effectively.

I put in time trying things out and seeing if

they looked good, then I would repeat it

until my magazine looked like I wanted it to.

Overall, I definitely think that my music magazine product is

a lot better than my preliminary task as I put in a lot more

effort and thought.

I also went into designing my music magazine with a clear

idea of what I wanted and stuck to it, which I think helped

a lot while I was making it.

If I was to go back and create my preliminary task again, I

would create a specific plan and stick to it instead of

making it up as I go along, and I would end up with

something a lot better than my college magazine.