initial magazine predroduction

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