Schedule of production, publisher research and genre research.

1. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
Week beginning: Monday 16th November.
Monday 16th Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Take photos for
front coverand
some additional
images for other
parts of the
magazine, which
are the interview
and contents
pages. Decide on
the page layout of
front cover& what
info about content
will be displayed.
Start to put
together the front
page with the main
picture, masthead
and content
information. Also
additional info
such as issue
number and price.
Do some more
work on the front
page using
photoshop to get
the layout and
image quality to
how I want it.
Write out info for
the contents page
and ensure any
fonts and/or
graphics are ready
to be put onto the
contents page.
Week beginning
Monday 7th
December.
Write the editor’s
note and add
masthead logo in
house font style.
Try to roughly put
the page into the
desired layout and
ensure images are
ready to be
inserted.
Make sure that
the editor’s note
is placed into the
contents page
and the spelling
has been
checked. All the
contents should
be written out
and the page
numbers
displayed.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Decide on the
page layout for
the double page
spread and
prepare graphics
and titles. Also
gather images
and start to write
article content.
Week beginning
Monday 4th Jan.
Ensure the layout
is good. Write out
the interview
questions and
responses in word
ensuring that all
spelling and
grammar is
correct.
Do any necessary
manipulation to
the image that will
go on the DPS and
place it into the
DPS document.
Ensure that the
page has all the
required
conventions.
Make the interview
text wrap around
the image and
double check for
spelling errors.
Make sure the page
looks good and a
clear house style of
colours and fonts
can be linked to
previous pages.
Double check all
the pages and
make sure all
conventions have
been implemented.
Save files as .jpg
images.

2. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
Producing a music magazine involves various differentsteps that are vitally important to meet deadlines and get the
magazine out to the public with a high standard. You firstneed to start off by agreeing date that the magazinewill be
completed by. This will enable you to create a schedule so you can begin to plan the steps you need to take to get the
magazine on the shelves by the completion date. The schedule needs to allow for any issues thatmay occur so that you
can work around them and still get the productfinished on time. You then need to decide what content will need to go in
the magazineand how you will put it in along with any visual aids like graphics and pictures. After this the necessary
content will need to be gathered. This can be done both internally by the staff writers and externally by commissioned
writers. Photographs and graphics willalso need to be generated and all of this will need to be arranged on the pages in
an ordered layout.
After all of this has been completed, sub-editing willneed to be carried out wheresomeonereads over all of the content
and checks to see if: the facts are accurate, spelling, punctuation and grammar are correct, a house style has been
followed, the page layout is as good as it can be. A hard copy will then be made and thoroughly proof-read through and if
any mistakes are spotted then the DTP (desktop publishing file) will be edited. Finally the file will be sent to a printing
company where a few hard copies will be made and sent back to the magazineproducer for final inspection. After one
final check has been completed the magazinecompany will give the printing company the green light to producethe
thousands of copies that the public will be able to buy and consume. The magazines will be boxed and sealed then sent
fromthe printing company to a warehousewherethey will be distributed to shops to be sold.
Source: http://hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process/
Candidate Name: Jack J Connell
Candidate Number: 1103
Centre Number: 64135
My magazinewill be released monthly and will be distributed around the UK and also to the US and Ireland. Bauer media
that publish 100’s of magazines worldwideincluding my magazine of inspiration “Kerrang” will distribute my magazine
“Recoil”. This on averagecould cost up to $20 US dollars per magazine however money fromadvertising helps to keep the
sale costs of the magazine down.

3. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template