Deadline Day - Friday 14th October

Friday 14th October is Deadline Day

You must hand in your folder at the end of Mr Smith's lesson.

Your folder must include:

• Research and planning LIST HERE
• Draft magazine cover on A4
• Draft magazine contents page on A4 or A3 (as appropriate)
• Draft magazine double page spread on A3

All magazine elements must be in printed in colour.

If any of the work is missing you will have an after school detention in the week following half term.

A Reminder

I'm checking your folders this weekend. Make sure you have all your research and planning printed out. This should include all of the following:

• Research the genre-conventions of the magazines within your chosen genre
• Examples of existing titles within the genre
• Analyse a cover, contents page and double page spread from an existing title within your genre
• Colour palettes-five examples of colour palettes you may use. Add examples from your genre.
• Fonts-five examples of the type of font you may use. Add examples from your genre.
• Language register (A/A*)
• Moodboard-create at least one for the ideas that have inspired you.
• Audience research (UK Tribes)-which tribe would buy your magazine? They are the tribe/ target audience you are aiming your magazine at.
• Use SurveyMonkey to create a Questionnaire aimed at your audience. Ask at least 5 people to answer it.
• Create audience profiles for a male and a female audience member.
• Analyse the media institution that will publish your magazine

ALSO

Add any preliminary drafts of your cover, contents page and double page spreads.

11W: Work To Do (11th - 17th December)

• Complete your research and planning folder
• Finish all three sections of your magazine: cover, contents page and double page spread
• Answer all the evaluation questions in detail

• Ensure each section in your folder is title correctly
• Print out all work and add to folder

11W: Work To Do (Research and Planning)

COMPLETE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. RESEARCH AND PLANNING

You need to have completed all of the following (use Martha's work as a guide):

• general magazine x1
• specialist magazine x2
• genre conventions
• moodboard(s)
• magazine analysis (cover, contents, double page spread) x3
• colour palettes x6
• fonts (including descriptions) x8
• audience profile (male & female - as applicable)
• UK Tribes audience profile
• questionnaire and questionnaire feedback

Your work needs to presented in the same way as the example by Martha Causier LINK

2. MAGAZINE COVER

Finish the construction of the cover. Make all the changes suggested in your feedback. Ensure you have included an original image (one you've taken yourself).

3. CONTENTS PAGE

Finish the construction of the contents page. Make all the changes suggested in your feedback. Try to include an original image.

4. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

Complete a double page spread.

11W Media - Work To Do (Tuesday 1st - Thursday 3rd September)

Ensure all your research task are completed and formatted as per the instructions on the blog HERE

Draw flat plans of your magazine cover and contents page (Tuesday's Lesson). 
Take photos of your flat plans and add to your research and planning.

Begin to compose your front page. Use a place holder image (one you've found online) until you have taken the photographs you need. You can only access the higher grades if you use original images on the final piece of work.

By the end of the week you should have:

• drawn a flat plan of your cover
• added an image of it to your research and planning
• drawn a flat plan of your contents page
• added an image of it to your research and planning
• made a draft cover using Photoshop

AS Magazines: Covers, Contents Pages and Double Page Spreads (60/60)

Magazine Draft Deadline (Cover And Contents Page)

Friday May 23rd is the deadline for the draft version of the magazine cover and contents page.

By this date you need to have completed the following:

• All the research and planning tasks
• A draft magazine cover
• a draft magazine contents page