Summary of all primary research

For my primary research I had to do 15 textual analysis', a college magazine front cover and contents page and find out about codes, conventions and genres commonly used in music magazine. I feel that all this research has helped me to realise what is important when creating a magazine and the kind of things that are expected and required to create something that would sell well.
The textual analysis' helped in realising the layout of certain magazine elements. I have never before looked at a double page spread in a music magazine but I now know what sort of things I will need to include, like an introductory paragraph and commonly the article is in interview format.
I had only used a mac a few times before I needed to use it for photoshop, an application which I had never used before. Because we had a few lessons to get used to them, it was helpful and I now know the basics so I can edit my magazine appropriately.
The college magazine was a good experience so that i know what kinds of elements are needed to be included and the feedback i got will help with the future creation of the music magazine.
Overall, it helped with the build up to my final piece which is a music magazine and looking at different genres has helped me to get more of an idea of what style i should make it.