18. Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt from it to the finished product ?

When i look back at my preliminary task i see a lot of good ideas and a good understanding of what is needed in a magazine however i can tell that it has been constructed by someone with little skills and experience, however making mistakes is part of making something an helps us to reflect on where we went wrong, if i had not of made these mistakes i probably wouldn't have had such a high quality finished product. I feel the research i did on the preliminary task is instrumental to the look and feel of my magazine, it was in fact the market research which helped me to come up with the niche concept of 'northern soul'. I feel my photography skills have come on leaps and bounds to the point were i have used a tripod in my front cover and also used the grid system effectively. My editing skills have gone from non existing to existing a i have edited most of the photo's in my magazine simply and somewhat eloquently , i now feel confident enough to use the phrase 'it's ok, i'll photo shop it'. Finally my journalism skills which i think have come on very well i had fun interviewing myself which i feel is reminiscent of Tennessee Williams' The world i live in and i feel works quite effectively. As this is my final blog i would like to say thank you for reading, i hope you enjoyed it,

"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, and a Hell of Heaven" - John Milton