Magazine Research, Planning & Evaluation - Jasmine Aldridge

GCSE Media Studies Coursework - Magazine research and planning from Neill Ford

11W - Coursework Schedule (Thursday 1st September - Friday 14th October)

Thursday 1st September - Friday 2nd September (3 lessons)

Complete research and planning (work detailed here)

Monday 5th September - Friday 14th October (15 lessons)

Complete the following:

• Flatplans of cover, contents and double page
• Write an article or an interview for your double page
• Take suitable photos for all pages of your magazine (preferably all images will be original)
• Draft version of cover, contents and double page

Deadline for draft cover, contents page and double page spread - Friday 14th October

10W - Research and Planning Deadline

All research and planning must be completed by the first lesson back after the summer holiday. 

You can print it out upon your return if you wish.

It should include 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

Magazine Research - Part 1

Research 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

Add as much detail as possible. Look at the guidance on the blog for extra help. Look at the examples for ideas.

10 Media - Work To Do

1. Complete the film poster work
2. Start researching magazines
3. Analyse a magazine cover, contents page and double page spread
4. Look at a full marks example

Magazines - Research and Planning (1) 10W

Genre choices are:

• music 
• fashion
• sport

Today's work:

1. Decide on your genre
2. Research magazine titles within that genre. Make a list of existing titles.
3. Collect images of as many different covers as you can. Group by title e.g. Vogue, Wonderland, iD (all fashion titles).
4. Annotate a magazine cover identifying key features (see post above)

11W Work To Do (Friday 27th November-Friday 18th December)

Make sure the following are included in your research and planning:

• Flat plans for each section
• Image galleries for found and original images
• Explanations of how found and original images were edited
• Audience feedback on finished work (presented in a suitable format)

11W Research and Planning Deadline

DEADLINE: MONDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER

1. All research and planning needs to be completed by the end of next Monday's lesson (period 2 21st September).
2. All work needs to be printed out in colour.
3. If you have completed a draft cover then you need to hand that in too.
4. I will mark the work using the new mark sheet. this will have space for a comment from me and a response from you.
5. Next week we will be working on drafts of covers, contents pages and double page spreads.

Magazine Research and planning (2)

You need to complete 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

Magazine Research And Planning

Research 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

Add as much detail as possible. Look at the guidance on the blog for extra help.