A reminder of the main task work flow

Date	Content	Tasks to complete
14 Oct	·         Introduction to main task ·         Initial ideas for music magazine ·         Research of chosen subgenre: Front cover analysis	Introduce main task and post action plan on blog          Post initial ideas for magazine on blog           Post institution research on blog         Analyse two front covers from chosen subgenre and post on blogs.
21 Oct	·         Research of chosen subgenre: contents page and double page spread analysis ·         Develop Pitch	Analyse 2X contents pages & 2X DBS from chosen subgenre and post on blog         Begin to develop pitch using Prezi
28 Oct	Half term	Develop & complete pitch      Complete further research of chosen subgenre
4 Nov	·         Pitch & audiences ·         Style sheet & mock-ups ·         Planning for production	Present pitch, post pitch & audience feedback on blogs         Complete mock-ups of magazine pages          Produce a style sheet which reflects the brand identity / house style of the magazine         Orgainise models, locations, props, locations, photoshoot and blog progress.
11 Nov	·         Indesign / photoshop  training ·         Designing front cover	Develop front cover: experimentation with layout,  colour, font, language, photos
18 Nov	·        Designing front cover	Develop front cover: experimentation with layout,  colour, font, language, photos          Make adjustments to magazine design in response to feedback
25 Nov	·         Designing contents page ·         Audience feedback on contents page	Develop contents  cover: experimentation with layout,  colour, font, language, photos         Make adjustments to magazine design in response to feedback
2 Dec	·         Designing double page spread ·         Audience feedback on double page spread	Develop double page spread: experimentation with layout,  colour, font, language, photos 2.      Make adjustments to magazine design in response to feedback
9 Dec	·         Designing double page spread ·         Audience feedback on double page spread	1.      Develop double page spread: experimentation with layout,  colour, font, language, photos          Make adjustments to magazine design in response to feedback
16 Dec	·         Finalise magazine design ·         Introduce evaluation	Finalise design of all pages       Begin draft evaluation
23 Dec	Christmas holiday	Evaluation
30 Dec
6  Jan	·         Evaluation	Develop evaluation
13 Jan	·         Evaluation	No lesson time this week Complete evaluation
20 Jan	·         Evaluation ·         Final blog check	No lesson time this week Complete evaluation Final blog check
FINAL DEADLINE: Friday 24 January

Blog check: Sunday 21 October

Lots of blogs have posts missing. 

I'm not sure why this is but just to clarify you should have the following posts: 

1. Introduction to the main task and action plan
2. Initial ideas for music magazine
3. Research and planning institution research: moodboard of music magazines on sale in the UK
4. Research and planning institution research of a music magazine on sale in the UK
4. Research and planning institution research further research of the magazine market place

Below is a link to a very good blog. It includes all of the posts above (except for the moodboard) and demonstrates that the student has a good understanding of the music magazine market place for their chosen genre.

http://tiffanicullenmedia.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Blog posts in progress = analysis of front covers. 
Please make sure that you:

• Analyze music magazines that are of a similar genre to your initial idea's post
• Analyze two different magazines
• Use key media / magazine terminology to analyze how the magazine's are appealing to there target audience.

GRADE BOOSTER

• Include an overview of the target audience - a typical reader profile.
• Research the publisher of the magazine. Explore how the type of institution that's produced the magazine has affected the end product.

The Evaluation

Evaluation Guidance:

• Question One

 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

What are the conventions (key ingredients) of music magazines?  What does the front cover have to include?  What is a typical contents page?  How have you included these conventions in your own magazine?  Have you done anything differently? How have you pushed the boundaries of this form? For this section you must try and use as much media / magazine vocabulary as possible: connotations, masthead, coverlines, central image, puffs, pugs, serif, sans serif, brand identity, house style, mode of address…etc.

• Question Two

       How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Which social groups have you represented e.g. teenagers / students, males / females? How have you represented them? Have you represented them in a stereotypical way? Or have you tried to produce challenging, alternative representations? Discuss the images you have used, the language you have used, the ratio of text to pictures etc. It is always useful to say why you have made these decisions – essentially how these representations have been used to appeal to the target audience and sell the magazine.

• Question Three 

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Is the magazine going to be produced in house by Ludlow College? If it is then who might produce it?

• Question Four

       Who would be the audience for your media product?

Age? Gender?  General profile of your audience?  Refer back to the audience handout I gave you and add as much detail as possible.

• Question Five

     How did you attract/address your audience?

What did you include in your magazine to make it attractive to your target audience?  Spend some time discussing the front cover – remember this is the hook that makes people buy it (70% of people buy their mags on the spur of the moment) Think also about mode of address – how does your magazine “talk” to the audience.  Why would someone want to buy your magazine?

•  Question Six

      What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Which technologies have you used (Blogger, InDesign, Photoshop, Photobooth, digital camera,)  and what have you learnt from using them. How have they enabled you to produce good work. Try to use really specific examples from all stages of your project: research and planning / production

Some good evaluations from last year: 

http://amysasmediablog1.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/student-magazine-evaluation.html

http://alicegodding.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-evaluation.html

http://cfrazer00.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/evaluation-of-my-preliminary-task.html

Some useful links on magazine design

1. How to create a music magazine

http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/how-to-create-a-music-magazine-cover-in-indesign/

2. Magazine Cover in InDesign

http://layersmagazine.com/magazine-cover-design-in-indesign.html

3. Creating a magazine cover using Photoshop and InDesign

http://www.inspiks.com/create-a-magazine-cover-using-photoshop-and-indesign-cs5/