Unit 20 LO2 production plan

1. Unit 13 – Planning and Pitching a Print based Media Product – Production Plan Template
Week beginning: Monday 3rd November 2014
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Editorial and
budgeting
decision.
Plan the content
needed and
photos suitable.
Budget all the
content within the
magazine with the
budgeting team.
Contact subject of
magazine for most
suitable date for
the interview and
photos.
Collect and contact
advertisers for the
edition of the
magazine. Look for
most suitable
adverts.
Continue
collecting
adverts and start
collecting
‘celebrity gossip’.
Plan on locating
the adverts
collected within
the magazine.
Plan the
competition
prize and subject.
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Tuesday 4th Wednesday 5th Thursday 6th Saturday 8th Saturday 8th Sunday 9th Monday 10th
Week beginning: Monday 10th November 2014
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Collect more
celebrity gossip
to add to the
gossip pages.
Prepare
equipment or
transport for
photo shoot and
interview.
Interview subject
and photo shoot.
Continue photo
shoot.
Check through all
the images,
making sure there
is some good
quality ones.
Group the most
suitable for the
magazine.
Choose final
images
comparing them
to the content of
the interview.
Edit the
interview,
making it the
most appropriate
for the magazine.
Creating the final
edit to include in
the double page
spread.
Create double
page spread,
adding the
interview,
information and
images within
the edit.
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Tuesday 11th Wednesday 12th Thursday 13th Friday 14th Saturday 15th Sunday 16th Monday 17th

2. Unit 13 – Planning and Pitching a Print based Media Product – Production Plan Template
Week beginning: Monday 24th November 2014
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Edit final front
cover, including
headlines and
images. Finish
collecting news
for the pages.
Edit all the pages,
adding the correct
fonts, colours,
content and
images.
Continue final
edits and plan
their locations
throughout the
magazines.
Finalize all plans
for the magazines,
checking the
layout, content
and format.
Start editing
video footage of
the photo shoot
and interview to
upload to
YouTube.
Send off the final
magazine to be
produced and
published to be
sent off for
distribution.
Distribute the
magazines to be
put on the
shelves for the
Monday. Upload
teaser video.
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Tuesday 25th Thursday 27th Thursday 27th Friday 28th Sunday 30th Sunday 30th Monday 1st
Week beginning: Monday 17th November 2014
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Collect music
and film news by
researching the
charts and new
releases coming
out.
Collect small
stories to include
throughout the
magazine. By
collecting content
and appropriate
images.
Continue
collecting small
stories and news
for the gossip,
music and film
pages.
Create album
reviews page by
choosing the most
appropriate
albums and
reviewing them.
Make sure the
layout of the
album review
page is
appropriate and
edit.
Create final edits
of each of the
small stories.
Start planning
front cover by
making headlines
and choosing the
layout.
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Tuesday 18th Thursday 20th Thursday 20th Friday 21st Saturday 22nd Sunday 23rd Monday 24th