Preliminary task VS Main task

 

As you can see from the two pictures, my preliminary task didn't look much like a magazine. The name of 'Southfield School' doesn't really look like a mast head should as it is quite plain but is fully visible. However, through the process I've learnt that the masthead doesn't need to be seen especially if the magazine is well known. In my preliminary task, the information in the magazine is sometimes unclear and the writing is the same as the masthead. I intentionally made the writing the same as the masthead as I thought it would tie the two together. Looking back on this I see that it just looks very simple and boring which is why I made the font in my main task different for different stories featured. Also, the masthead is the largest and stands out the most with the white against the black. As I thought my school magazine would be free to students, a price or barcode wasn't included on the front, however my music magazine conventionally has barcodes on the cover and so I have included on in the bottom right. 

Looking back, my preliminary task was very basic. The red is very bright and should usually be used to make certain things stand out. However, my main task used the red less and isn't quite as bright. Also, the font for my preliminary task is very basic and plan. Although it's supposed to be a school magazine it doesn't attract the target audiences attention is it supposed to be students. Like the preliminary task, the writing on the contents page of my main task is quite plain but there is the main title of the contents and the font on the black text boxes that make it interesting. The competition on the contents of the main task stands out the most as it is bright and the main thing that is red except the text box for the title. I wanted this to be so as my first contents page had a lot of red which didn't attract the eye to any part of the page whereas the competition bring in the eye. 

Although I didn't so a double page spread for my preliminary task, I feel as though this would've been better than the other as I have learnt more how to structure and what to include in a magazine since the beginning of this process.