Evaluation- slide 11 Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I have learnt many things between doing the preliminary task and completing my final product. I will firstly look at how my front cover has improved.
No.1 the logo which i used in my preliminary task was very basic. There was also the white box behind the silver logo, i didn't know how the remove this so it had to stay which doesn't look good over the red background. In my Ministry the logo is spot on, it blends in really well with the magazine's house style and people that have looked at it commented saying it was one of the best points about my final product.
No.2 next i looked at the background, my school magazine has a plain red background which although is eye catching it is a bit too much and it dorwns out the pictures and the text. When doing my final piece i used a picture as the main feature for my background. This i believe will attract the audience more as it's something interesting to look at and it gives them a push to carry on reading into the magazine.
No.3 In Ministry i have used sub headings about the main articles. this tells the reader what they're going to be reading about inside the magazine. When they look at these if the stories interest them then they will pick up and buy the magazine. In the first task i haven't used these at all, the reader has no idea what other stories are in the magazine except the main headline.
No.4 On my schhol magazine front cover i've used multiple pictures. After doing more research into real media products i've learnt it is mroe effecting to just use one large image. So when i started out doing Ministry i decided to use the one main picture, this definately gives a more effective look as the consumer is drawn to just one thing rather than the three images.