This document is a production diary for an A2 Media Studies advanced portfolio. It details the progress made each month from September 2012 to April 2013 in creating a newspaper. Key steps included deciding on the newspaper format, analyzing similar products, conducting market research, writing articles, taking photographs, and laying out the final newspaper. Potential issues and backup plans are also noted, such as finding examples for planned analyses.
1. A2 Media Studies
Advanced Portfolio
Production Diary
PROGRESS UPDATE PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH / WEEK(Including Possible
Contingency Plans If Problems Anticipated)
September 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
Planning what project I’d like to do considering the pro and cons of
doing a newspaper, short film or music video.
Setting up blog
October 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
Decided on producing a newspaper.
Analysed of 3 Similar Products to Ancillary 1- Billborads.
The Sun , E New and Fox News
Looking at the similarities of all three to recognise what
conventions make a newspaper billboard.
PLAN and CONSTRUCT billboard
November 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
CONSTRUCT masthead to use on ancillary 1
Research existing mastheads, producing a similar design inspired
by ‘The Independent’ masthead.
Look at my three existing products creating a brief layout of all
three. Analysing the techniques the existing products consisted of
to apply the same to my design.
Ancillary 1 Constructed
Analysis of 3 Similar Products to Ancillary 2
December 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
Research three existing radio advertisements and researched the
conventions of a radio advertisement.
Analysed 3 existing radio adverts. Green Tea, Smart car and Energy
Drink to see if the existing products matched the conventions I’d
researched.
Research into Artist, Genre & Narrative etc With Conclusions
Finish main research tasks for 3 newspaper layouts,
construct radio advertisement
Mon W/B 07/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Market Research- construct questionnaire using specific questions
to see what an audience would expect from a newspaper. Then I
went round college to find 10 participants to fill in the
questionnaires.
I wrote my script for Ancillary 2reffering to the existing products I
had listened to taking into consideration the research I had done
on radio advertisement conventions DONE
enter the results into pie charts
2. A2 Media Studies
Advanced Portfolio
Production Diary
Mon W/B 14/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Construct pie charts using Microsoft Excel from information taken
from market research. The pie charts are the simplest way for an
examiner to read my finding.
Add analyse to pie charts
Mon W/B 21/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
audience theory analyse on AS coursework
analyse pie charts with audience theory
Mon W/B 28/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Front page and second page analyses UNFINISHED
Found 2 existing products for existing newspapers to analyse,
however did not have time to find the analysis.
CONSTRUCT advertisements for final piece DONE
REMEMBER front and 2nd
page analysis.
Mon W/B 04/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Front page layout DONE
Using my 2 examples of front pages I was able to construct a layout
plan to use on my final product.
2nd
page layout UNFINISHED
Take Images
Layout for final
Mon W/B 11/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Finished page 2 layout DONE
Similar to the front page layout I designed a layout plan for my 2
existing product and then asimilar 2nd
page plan I could use for my
final product.
PLANNED layout for both final pieces
CONCTRUCT final piece layout
Mon W/B 18/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have researched the genres of articles I hope to use in my final
page eg crime, sport and local news. By reading existing articles
online I have established what language techniques are used by
the journalist to document the events.
Write three articles
Mon W/B 25/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Two articles DONE
I have written one article on a fictional story of how a teenage
robber has beaten a police offer during a robbery gone wrong. This
story would be realistic in a local newspaper as crime is a major
genre used in newspaper. I have also wrote a story of how a local
sportsman who has been slated recently in the local press run for
charity. A newspaper would express this article since football
would attract a large male audience.
Images DONE I have taken images that relate to my articles.
Edit Images for articles 1 and 2
3. A2 Media Studies
Advanced Portfolio
Production Diary
Mon W/B 04/03/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Pictures for 1 and 2 DONE I have edited the images regarding the
the two articles to create an emotive response to the police man
from the audience. Also to show the footballer has ran to raise
money for charity.
Wrote article for 3
Take images for article 3
Mon W/B 11/03/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Put articles and images for 1 and 2 onto final layout with
advertisements.
I have added all my work onto the newspaper layout I previously
created.
Wrote a story regarding an elderly couple winning the lottery.
Take Images for article 3
Mon W/B 18/03/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Images for article 3 DONE and EDITED I set up a shoot with my gran
and granddad to pose as the elderly couple.
Put images and article 3 onto layout
Mon W/B 01/04/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Layout for articles, images and adverts DONE
CONSTRUCT weather map and forecast
I have created advertisements for local newspapers using
Photoshop.
I have also created a weather forecast to go onto my second page.
Put article 3 and images onto second page.
Mon W/B 08/04/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have finished both front cover and 2nd
page final piece.
Constructed a focus group in which people will be able to express
feedback on my work.
Mon W/B 15/04/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have answered the different questions to my evaluation Q1 as a
PowerPoint presentation. Q2 in a text document , Q3 using
Facebook to collect the response and text document to expose my
findings. I have uploaded everything to my blog under the correct
labels to make it easier to navigate around my blog.
PROGRESS UPDATE PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH / WEEK (Including Possible
Contingency Plans)