Production plan 1

1. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
Week beginning: Monday 27th October
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
To start the
process of
planning where
all my images
will be located. I
will also gather
together all the
appropriate
clothing and
makeup in which
the model will be
wearing in the
images. The next
step I will take is
to organize what
camera
equipment I will
need on the day
of taking the
images.
The next task I will
then begin is to p-
lan out the layout
and flat plan of my
magazine, once I
have established
what will feature
on each page I be
able to organize
where any
advertisements or
additional features
will be placed.
I then will proceed
into sketching
drafts of the pages
in which I need to
complete, Front
Cover, Contents
Page and Double
Page spread.
After the
corrections have
been made on both
the magazine flat
plan and my hand
drawn drafts the
process of making
the pages can
proceed, I will first
start by setting up
the templates for
the pages and the
features they
contain on both
Photoshop and
InDesign.
After the basic
layout of the pages
has been
completed I will
then move on to
selecting the
colour scheme and
font style I want to
be used across all
of the pages.
Today I will be
taking the
majority of
images to be used
across all my
magazine pages; I
will need to take
all the photos in a
variety of
different
locations.
On this day I will
begin to edit all
of the images I
took the day
previously. If
there are any
images that
need to be
retaken due to
lack of lighting
or quality I will
schedule to
retake them
with the model
that is
appearing in the
main story of
this month’s
issue.
Complete by: 1st
November
Complete by: 5th
November
Complete by: 31st
October
Complete by: 2nd
November
Complete by: 1st
November
Complete by: 3rd
November
Complete by: 7th
November

2. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
Production Process:
• Date of Publication – The first thing that is done it to set the date the magazine will be published to thegeneral public. This will help
with setting a schedule for the development.
• Managing the Schedule – You must have enough space in the schedule tofix any mistakes before the deadline.
• Editorial and Budgetary Decision – It is the editorial decisions which involved the content that is covered in the next issue of the
magazine. Once they have made the decisions they look at how much money is available for them and how much should be spent in
the production of the magazine.
• Content Acquisition – Probably the most important step because without content there would be no magazine. There is in-house
staff writers for the magazine and external writers that write about a specialist nature. There is also artwork and illustrations and
pictures in the magazine.
• Sub-Editing – This focuses on the quality control, it involves checking the accuracy of the facts, making sure words are spelt correctly,
property grammar and punctuation are used, make sure that the articles follow the house style and work on the page layout.
• Page Layout – This person will correctly lay the articles out to put it together as a magazine using powerful programs such as
Desktop Publishing (DTP) or InDesign or Pagemaker to do this. The advertisers are also placed into the content.

3. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
• Proof Reading – The editorial department will print a hardcopy of the magazine in order to read through it and to find any mistakes.
Any mistake that is spotted is quickly corrected, the editorial keeps proof reading untilall the team is satisfied there is no mistakes.
• Printing – The entire magazine is send to the printer, Pre-Press’ are printed to checkall the colours and layout is fine before printing
hundreds or thousands of copies.
• Distribution – It is the final stage where the company packs the magazines and go to a warehouse to goto the general public.
Source from: http://www.hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process