Production Plan

Week Beginning: 29th September 2014

Launch Date: 5th November 2014

Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Production Activity

I must choose the right date to launch my magazine, which will be in November

2014.

My next step is to create a schedule for the production of the magazine. The schedule will

include the budget plan, the Photoshop

experimentation and the

construction of content for the

magazine.

The next step is to make a budget plan, which is an overview

of the amount of money needed to

produce the magazine. This will be

to see how much money is used over the course of these four weeks because we want to have the

right amount of money for putting this

magazine together.

I will now spend the next two days

experimenting with the mastheads

positioning on the template created for

the magazine’s 1st

issue.

I will now spend the next two days

experimenting with the masthead.

Personal Editor Editorial team Editor, editorial team, production team,

Editorial team Editorial team

Equipment Diary, pen Pen, paper Microsoft Excel Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop

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Production PlanMUSIC 4 THE MIND

Week Beginning: 6th October 2014



Production Activity I must now ensure the budget plan is realistic by making

sure that I have enough money for

putting together the magazine and that I don’t overspend at

any given stage. The process of the producing the

magazine and the budget need to

match.

I must now spend the next two days sorting out the flat plan ideas for the first issue and the

content that will go into the magazine, for example I will feature articles,

album reviews and interviews

I will now plan what kind of images will be going in and who will

be the subjects. I want my images to stand out as much as Q’s

images do and also I want to feature the

music artists that my target audience want

to see in them, for example, artists for

the pop and rock genres.

I will also plan out what the format

(size) will be in my magazine. Q is

28.5cm tall and 21cm wide, but as Q is also my rival, I want my

magazine to be almost the same size

and make it approximately 30cm tall and 23cm as it is the normal size of a

British magazine.

My next step is to decide what kind of house styles (font and colour scheme) will be. My current pick

is Impact as the font and blue, black and white as the colour scheme but that may change by the 13th October. I want my

magazine to stand out as a rival to Q with a font

and colour scheme that is different to Q’s red,

white and black.

Personal Editorial team Editor, editorial team, production

team,

Editorial team Editorial team, production team

Editor, editorial team

Equipment Microsoft Excel Pen, paper Pencils, paper (for rough sketches)

Internet Explorer (for research)

Pencil, ruler, paper Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer (for dafont.com)

Complete By 7th October 9th October 13th October 10th October 13th October




Production Activity

I must now spend the next three

days sorting out the flat plan

ideas.

My next role is to decide what kind

of advertising products will go

in by seeing what Q advertises. I will advertise products that appeal to my

target audience, for example an

album that relates to the

pop/rock genres of my magazines.

My next role is to decide what kind

of advertising products will go in.

I also want to include products

that appeal to men and women (my target audience)

for example; I could advertise a fragrance for men

or jewellery for women.

I must also contact the name of the product’s companies

for advertising in the magazine. ASA are in charge

of choosing what kind of products should be advertised

and make sure they are appropriate for my target audience and avoid any

advertising that looks harmful misleading or offensive

because I do not want to have complaints from readers on

the first issue.

I must now decide whether the overall design should be continuous throughout the magazine with the

rest of the editorial team.

Personal Editor, editorial team, production

team,

Editor, editorial team, production

team,

Editor, editorial team, production

team,

Editor Editor

Equipment Pen, paper Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Telephone Adobe Photoshop

Complete By 18th October 22nd October 22nd October 23rd October 24th October




Production Activity

Once all of the steps are complete,

I must decide on who should appear on the front cover of the first issue. I have selected Sam

Smith.

Once the main star is chosen, I must

now get in contact with them and

arrange an interview, and the date with the main

star for test photography.

10 questions must be prepared for the

interview once it has all been confirmed. All other Content

acquisition for the 1st

issue will be finalised by this date as well.

Photography and editing for the

magazine will now be underway for the

star of the front cover and interview.

After putting together the all the magazine content,

it will all now be proofread, printed

off into the final product and

distributed to retail outlets such as WHSmith or a

newsagents to be sold.

Personal Editor, editorial team

Editor, Sam Smith Editor Photography, editor Editorial team, proof-reader

Equipment Pen, paper Telephone Microsoft Word Nikon D50 Camera, Adobe Photoshop

A3/A4 colour printer

Complete By 23rd October 23rd October 27th October 28th October 3rd November

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