The document outlines the initial planning for a magazine pre-production, including personnel roles, schedules, budgets, risks, and legal/ethical considerations. It discusses hiring photographers, graphic designers, writers, and editors. It lays out a 7 week schedule and budgets for staff, software, equipment, locations. Health and safety policies and employer's liability insurance are also addressed. Copyright laws, ethical standards, and risks of overspending or lack of audience appeal are considered legal and risk management issues.

1. Initial magazine pre-
production

2. Personnel
Personnel
• Photographer
• Graphic designer - Their role is to design the
publication with the creative director’s supervision.
Personnel
• Writer – responsible for writing the articles for the
magazine
• Picture editors – in charge of organizing the images and
negotiating prices for the images from the stock sites.
Personnel
• Department editor – specialised editor that is
responsible for acquiring images and writing text

3. Resources
• Equipment:
• Camera
• Studio
• Paper
• Pencil
• Template
• Computer
• desk
• Office ( power point , word)
• Photoshop
• Adobe Design
• Printer
•

4. Schedules
Week 7 – Print the
final issue
Week 1- decide
on the theme of
the magazine and
the type of
articles to
publish
Week 2 –
research topics
for the articles
Week 3 – take
photos and
interview people
if it is needed
Week 4 – write
the articles and
proof read it
Week 5 – edit the
photos if needed
and put them
onto the page
with the articles
Week 6 – print
out a copy of the
magazine and
make changes if
it is needed

5. Budget and Acquiring money
• Budget -
• In order to fund my magazine I could get the money from large companies
who would like to invest in my magazine. I can also secure funding from
companies who would like to sponsor my magazine in return for product
placement. For example in return for some funding I could give the company
a double page spread advertising their product.

6. Equipment
Software
(Word ,
excel,
Photoshop ,
adobe design
computer
/laptop
Office
Stationary
Templates
Camera
Studio
Printer
Paper

7. Health and Safety
• Every company will have a health and safety policy as it is illegal
not to therefore I need to consider health and safety or my
employees and myself. I will have to adhere to the Health and
Safety at Work etc Act 1974 which is the primary piece of
legislation covering occupational health and safety in Britain.
• To make sure I am prepared and thorough I will set out my policy
in 3 part:
• A statement of general policy on health and safety at work. This
will explain my commitment to managing health and safety
effectively, and what you want to achieve by doing this.
• Then I will have a responsibility section which sets out who is
responsible for specific actions in the work place
• Then the arrangements section will explain contains details of
what I am going to do to achieve the aims set out in the statement
of health and safety policy to ensure no one gets injured ect.
I will need to have a first aid
kit on site encase of any
injuries in the office that
contains bandages, plasters,
eye wash, safety pins ect.
Employer liability insurance
I will also need Employers’
Liability insurance as I will
become an employer. The
policy must cover £5 million
and come from an authorised
insurer that I will choose. I
need it as it will help pay
compensation if my employee
is injured or ill because of the
work they do for me.

8. Legal and Ethical Issues
• Copyright – Knowing copyright laws are crucial when creating any media
product, you must follow the copyright, designs, and patents act 1988. If I would
like to include someone's else's work like for example a photograph I would have
to get the exclusive legal right to publish it in my magazine by asking the owners
permission. Sometimes in order to get the rights to use the photos a payment is
required so I would have to think about this when creating my budget. If I don't
get the rights the impacts of breaching copyright laws could be that have to
provide a monetary damages payment, all of the profits made off that issue could
go to the creator and I may be banned from using their work.
• Ipso is the Independent press standard organisation and is the regulator for the
UK’s magazines and newspaper industry. They “hold newspapers and magazines
to account for their actions, protect individual rights, uphold high standards of
journalism and help to maintain freedom of expression for the press.”. They also,
among other things, make sure that member newspapers an magazines follow
the Editors' Code ,investigate serious standards failings and can fine publishers
up to £1 million and can settle legal disputes. To help IPSO keep track of all
magazines standards they ask every company to submit a annual statement
about how they have adhered the editors code , this is something I will do when i
create my magazine. They also offer many other services like Anti-harassment
hotlines, and hotlines for journalists who are pressured by they superiors to not
follow the editors code.
Ethical
I will have to ensure that the content
I include in my magazine isn't
controversial in any way and is
appropriate for my target audience.
For example themes like my political
beliefs or anything that could be
prejudiced to a certain group of
people e.g racism, sexism,
homophobia ect.

9. Risks
• A risk when creating a magazine is over spending on employees ,
advertisement ect. This can be very damaging to the production of the
magazine as it will mean after selling the product. This could mean the
company could go bankrupt. This can effect the overall standard of the
magazine as certain cuts would have to be made so the quality would dip.
• Another risk when producing a magazine is it not appealing to the target
audience. This is a problem as it means changing the overall vibe of the
magazine and adapting it to fit the target audience which could mean
changing the colour scheme , the sections in the magazine, who is in it
(celebrities) ect . This will take a lot of time as it essentially means going
back to square one.
• Being copyrighted is another risk when creating a magazine as if I don't
check the images I use are free of copyright or ask the owner to use them
then I will be copyrighted. This will mean paying a fee which can contribute
to becoming bankrupt as it is an expense on top of what i will already be
paying.

10. Budget
Staff – All prices depend on experience
Freelance Photographer - £70-£100 a day
Freelance Graphic designer - £255 a day/
£40 per hour
Freelance Editor - £15-£30 per hour
Freelance Writer - £17 per hour
The things that need to be taken into consideration when creating a
budget are things like staff, equipment, any extra costs like copyright
rights, travelling, location, software.
Software –
InDesign – £25.28 per
month and £303.36 per
year
Photoshop - £25.28 per
month and £303.36 per
year
Word - £109.99
Total per month - £165.99
Total per year - £716.71
Equipment –
Laptops – Microsoft
surface pro £899 x 2 =
£1798
Printer -
Locations
Studio – £20 per
hour and extra £50
for colour