Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan

Week beginning: Monday 27th October 2014Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SundayDate of publication: the date set for the publication is the 15/02/15 allowing time for anything that does not go to plan. Managing the schedule: his is very important as it will help me to manage my deadline.Editorial and budgetary decision: This is where the editorial decisions are made. I will think about what I will include in my magazine including topics and images. This is also the time where the production team would think about budget needed..

Content Acquisition: there are 2 ways of gathering content. The first is through in-house writers, the second is through external writers. Images also need to be worked on at this stage therefore organising and contacting the people needed for a photo shoot. There is also plenty of research made by reporters and journalists into the topics covered, for example This can be done through interviews, the internet, news and databases.

Sub-editing: this focuses on quality control. The steps involves the following important things: Checking of the

accuracy of all facts in the articles

Making sure that words spelled correctly

Making sure that grammar and punctuation are used correctly.

Making sure that all articles follow the house-style – of red white black and yellow for my magazine.

Working on the page layout

Page Layout:This process involves ensuring that the page layout is set up properly. This can be done through the use of Desktop Publishing (DTP) or programs such as InDesign or Photoshop. In this section other magazine content is placed into the magazine such as advertisements and competitions.In my magazine I would include adverts such as vans clothing.

Proofreading: The editorial department will print out a hardcopy of the magazine, and go though and check for mistakes. Any mistakes will be spotted quickly and will be corrected. This section will be repeated until there are no mistakes.

File emailed to printer:Once the proofreading is finished the magazine will be sent to printing. If the editorial team are happy with the result they will allow the magazine to be printed for the public. My magazine will be uploaded to the blog at this stage.

Distribution: This is the final stage of the production process and involves sending the printed copies to the warehouse. From the warehouse they will be sold to the public.

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Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan

Magazines, unlike newspapers, take quite a long time to be produced. The average magazine takes about three months to be produced, whereas newspapers – especially dailies - take less than 24 hours to be produced.

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Date of publication. The first thing that happens in the production process is a date will be set for when the magazine will

Managing the scheduleStep two is to create a schedule allowing time for if things go wrong to still be able to meet

Editorial and budgetary decision.Step 3 is a discussion between the editorial team discussing what content will be included in that issue of the magazine and the budget involved for taking photos etc.

Content AcquisitionStep 4 is the most important as without the content there would be no magazine. There are two ways to collect the content for a magazine. The first is through in-house staff writers and the second way is through external writers that are commissioned to write on topics that they are specialist in. It is at this stage that artwork and graphics are also worked on. The artwork is defined as illustrations and pictures that are going to be placed in the magazine. At this stage too, a lot of research is made by journalists or reporters into the topics and events being covered. The research can be done via the use of the internet and news databases.

Sub-editing – this is the next step to be taken. Sub editing focuses on one major thing, which is quality control. This step involves the following important things:

Checking of the accuracy of all facts in the articles

Making sure that words are properly spelled

Making sure that grammar and punctuation are used correctly

 Making sure that all

Page Layout –this step is to sort out the visual look of the pages. Including the typeset and layout of various pages that come together to make the magazine. In performing this task, powerful Desktop Publishing (DTP) programs such as InDesign or PageMaker are used. It is at this stage that adverts from

Proofreading – once the above stage has been completed, the next stage is the proofreading. The editorial department will print out a hardcopy of the magazine for the sole purpose of reading through to find and correct any mistakes in it. Any mistake that is spotted is quickly corrected on the DTP file. The editorial team keeps

File emailed to printer – After the proofreading stage, the DTP file of the entire magazine is sent to the printer. It is at this point the popular term ‘pre-press’ comes in. Pre-press is defined as the process of checking to make sure that you are sending all the fonts and images needed for the magazine with your file. Once this stage is over, the printing company takes over. But before the printing company prints the hundreds or thousands of copies requested by the publication, the company first prints a

Distribution – this is the last stage of the entire process. The printing company, having finished with the printing of the magazines will package them neatly and send them to a warehouse. From the warehouse, the magazines are then distributed and then sold to the public. Also a digital copy may be posted onto the

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