7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to your full task?

Looking back at my preliminary task I definitely feel that during the progression my skills have improved.

I have been able to develop my skills in Photoshop and for my main task I used it to produce a more aesthetically pleasing product.  I also feel that my final product would be a successful brand and would develop much stronger brand loyalty from its readers in comparison with my school magazine.

I think that my main task has enabled me to consider much more feedback than my previous task and therefore create a more professional product.

In the progression from my preliminary task I feel have learnt how to appeal to a more specific target audience. This is because I learnt how to carry out more in depth research into different social groups to develop my own clear audience. Although I used the same research techniques for my preliminary task, in the progression I learnt how to make my research in multi media formats, for example, using an online tool to create a questionnaire for my focus group - making it more accessible for my audience, therefore making my findings more reliable.

In the progression from my preliminary task and my main task I have also learnt how to incorporate more forms and conventions of real media products. This is because I could carry out more detailed generic research, analysing existing media products. This meant I could use, develop and challenge more conventions when I created my front cover, contents page and double page spread in comparison to my preliminary task where I only produced a front cover for the school magazine.

Since the preliminary task I have learnt how to present my work in multi media formats. For example I used iMovie to present my audience research and some of my evaluation. I also learnt to use Prezi; an online zoom presentation tool which I used to present my generic research.

Overall I can definitely see an advance in my ability and skills in the progression from my preliminary task to now. I am definitely more pleased with my final product however, I think my preliminary task allowed me to gain the essential skills I needed to make a successful music magazine.