1. AS Media Coursework Checklist:
Preliminary Task: College Magazine
1. 2 college magazine front covers analysed, looking at how they attract their target audience
2. 2 college magazine contents pages analysed, looking at how they attract their target
audience
3. 10 question Questionnaire
4. Research Evaluation – What have you learned from analysing the Front covers and Contents
Pages? What have you learned from your questionnaire answers? How will this affect your
final piece?
5. 2 Layouts for a College Magazine Front Cover
6. 2 Layouts for a College Magazine Contents Page
7. Final Front Cover
8. Final Contents Page
9. Overall Evaluation – What have you learnt from your preliminary task?
Main Task: Music Magazine
Research:
1. Music Magazine Institutions research
2. Uses and Gratifications explanation and application (to a Contents Page)
3. Music Magazine analysis (5 Front Covers, 5 Contents Pages, 5 Double Page Spreads)
4. 2 Flat Plans for 2 existing Music Magazines
5. Audience Questionnaire (completed in class)
6. Brief 100 word write up of questionnaire (include bar graphs/pie charts)
7. Focus Group write up
8. Readership Profile
9. Research Evaluation
Planning:
1. Timeline/Gantt Chart/Calendar plotting out when tasks will start and finish
2. Mood board showing initial ideas for your magazine (colours, other magazine images, fonts
etc…)
3. Proof of contacting models for photo shoot
4. Contact list for models
5. Props list for photo shoot
6. 8 storyboard style drawing planning out your images for your photo shoot (include the
explanations about why these are appropriate for your genre/audience)
7. 3 Location recces scouting locations for your photo shoot (include photographs + final
decision paragraph)
8. Call Sheet for your completed photo shoot
9. 8 Font examples and 3 drafted Masthead examples (include pros/cons and explanations)
10. 250 word write up of audience feedback on Masthead drafts
11. 3 Front Cover Mock Ups (include comments about suitability and pros/cons)
12. 3 Contents Page Mock Ups(include comments about suitability and pros/cons)
13. 3 Double Page Spread Mock Ups(include comments about suitability and pros/cons)
14. 250 word write up of audience feedback on mock ups
15. Flat Plan for your music magazine
16. Reflection on your planning process. How effective was it?
Pre-production/Production:
1. Front Cover Development (Screenshots, Commentary and Explanations)

2. AS Media Coursework Checklist:
2. Final Front Cover
3. Contents Page Development (Screenshots, Commentary and Explanations)
4. Final Contents Page
5. Double Page Spread Development (Screenshots, Commentary and Explanations)
6. Final Double Page Spread
Evaluation:
1. Question 1
2. Question 2
3. Question 3
4. Question 4
5. Question 5
6. Question 6
7. Question 7