Question 7 – Looking back at your preliminary task, how have you progressed so far/ what have you learnt? From my preliminary task to my finished product, I feel that I have learnt a lot. I have learnt how to successfully style models and capture photos of them to use within my magazine. In my preliminary task, I found it hard to use Photoshop, now I can easily construct a magazine all over again, learning new skills such as how to use different tools. When constructing the preliminary, as a student magazine it lacked many qualities a magazine must have, the most important being its professional look. I have learnt many new things, gaining a wider knowledge in a music genre and music magazines in general, learning about distributors and codes and conventions that must be followed in order for magazines to sell. Looking back at my front cover from my preliminary, you can see the image I have used does not look like it would be used in an actual magazine, it lacks a definitive edge needed in a magazine front cover and the shot type breaks the codes and conventions.