Evaluation Q7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from this task to the full product?

Since creating my college magazine I have learnt new skills and collected new ideas which have helped me to improve and create my music magazine. I now have a better understanding of the layout of magazines, and how the use of layers can help a magazine to engage the reader. I have also learnt that lighter colour schemes such as grey, blue and black are more visually engaging than black and blue. This also increases the visual appeal of my magazine. I have also increased my knowledge of the conventions of magazines, with my music magazine having a much stronger brand identity than the college magazine. I also used a more colloquial mode of address for my music magazine, and I am therefore more likely to engage with the target audience.
I have also learned to use more programs with my main project, such as Adobe Photoshop and SlideShare, than I had with my college magazine which has allowed me to express my ideas more creatively.