YEAR 12 : Week by week tasks

 

Magazine Production Tasks: Yr12 Media class of 2015/16

Overview of the year’s production deadlines

 

Intro Week: 14th Sept

 

Preliminary task:

Week 21^st Sept

Week 1: Intro to photoshop: Take photos of School + Photos of 2 friends in Medium Close Up

 

Sept 28^th:

Week 2: Come up with 3 titles and 3 different mastheads: Put these ideas on your blog

Research school magazines.

Design a front page and find 3 similar front pages:

 

Oct  5^th

Week3 :

Put it all together to make the front page of a school magazine

Create contents page + Brief Evaluation and presentation (on blog / vlog)

 

Oct 12^th

Week4 + 5

START MAIN TASK:

Research… find lots of examples of MUSIC MAGAZINE covers and articles you like, explain their appeal to you .

Make a Moodboard

-       Genre Research. What are the conventions for the music genres and for the magazines for that music genre?

 

-       ---Half Term --------- Fri  23^th oct 2015

 

Monday 2^nd   November

Week 5 :

Audience research… what do they like in your genre ? – How can you get evidence of audience research up on your blog?

 

9^th Nov

Week 6 :

Masthead and title.. look at other designs, design 3 or 4

Find other fonts you might use on you blog

 

16^th Nov

Week7:

Finish your final pitch of your idea and present it to the group explaining the main concept and house style.

 

23^rd Nov

Week 8:

Design a photoshoot, profile pictures of a friend: lots of flat plans .write about props costume etc.

Scan in these designs and upload them to your blog

Take the photos! (over 30 for your whole magazine)

 

30^th Nov

Week 9:

Start initial front cover design in photoshop Design your own… scan flat plans put them up on blog

Front Cover Design….. Find 3 front covers you like the style of. put them on your blog and explain appeal.

 

7^th Dec

Week 10: 

Manipulate photos in different ways in photoshop and explain the effects.

Creating front page in photoshop

 

14th Dec

Week 11

Front page in photoshop

Finish front page before DEC 18^TH

 

 ----Christmas Holidays-18/12/-------

 

 

January: Mon 4th Jan 15

 

Week 13 : Final Front cover Design complete. Start planning contents page. Research existing contents pages

 

11^th Jan

Week 14:

Contents page: Scan sketches and get them up on blog

Find a selection of fonts you think will be appropriate..

 

18^th Jan

Week 15:

Take additional photos

Present work so far  back to the class. Get feedback

 

25^th Jan

Week 16 – 17: Contents page finished.

 

8^th Feb

Week 18 Research and moodboards for Double Page Spread.

 

------Half term----- Fri12th Feb----- write DPS article in this time

 

FEB 22^ND 2016

Week 19 - 20: Finish Double Page spread and final touches

 Upload all of this to blog with overall opinion on you work

 

March 1^st 2016

Week 21 : Refer to exam criteria: Peer  Evaluation : Write 1 piece of appreciation and advice on each person in the goups blog

 

March 7^th 2016

Week 22 : Start evaluation

March 14^th

Week 23-24: Presentation : evals on blogs

 

 

-----EASTER – Finish Evaluations:

 

Final adjustments and improvements made over easter.

 

Week 25: teacher sends off coursework. RELAX !!!!!!