This is an updated version of my original power point. After already getting feedback from my Media teacher, she has given me some great advice about how to lay out my presentations. This has enabled me to be able to adapt my typing and learning skills.

1. RESPONSE TO BRIEF
CERYS MEE

2. MY CHOSEN BRIEF
 The four pages of an original regional magazine together with two of the
following three options:
 A radio advertisement for the magazine
 Two hyperlinked pages from the magazine’s website
 A billboard advertisement for the magazine

3. MY INITIAL IDEAS
WEDDING
 A wedding would be a really nice idea because there are lots of things I can include.
For example I can include wedding venues and help with wedding planning. I could
take a few pictures at some weddings and even go to some wedding dresses shops
and maybe offer some help with the planning process as a way to offer more from
this magazine. I could also interview lots of professionals for things like the venues
and the styles of wedding that are best and how to help everyone enjoy the wedding
and the best places to go dress shopping etc.
 However, there would be a lot of downsides to this. For example, a lot of people
planning or having weddings may not want me there to take any pictures because a
wedding is a personal thing that should only really be shared with friends and family.
Also the wedding couple and the family may be very busy, as well as wedding venues
being taken up most of the times. In addition, the age range that would read this
will vary, however only few people would most likely read this because of the few
people getting married.

4. MY INITIAL IDEAS
COUNTRY
 I think this would be a really nice magazine to do because a lot of really nice pictures
can be taken in the country side. There are a lot of factors for country, for example,
walks, nature, wildlife, parks, and there could be a lot of things to do with the
economy and climate change that I could include. I also feel like the layout would be
fairly simple and the variety means that there is barely any kind of limit as to what I
can include.
 There are, however, lots of downsides to doing this genre of magazine. For example
the general age range would be a lot different to what I am comfortable with. The
readers will most likely be a lot older, maybe from 40-70 possible 80 I think I’d say.
This means that the amount of people reading my magazine will be limited. Also I
feel like trying to get good shots of pure countryside is really difficult now because
of the buildings and estates that are now taking over the whole county side.

5. MY INITIAL IDEAS
LIFESTYLE
 I do like the idea of having a big variety of things included in one magazine.
Lifestyle cover lots of different things that would appeal to a big variety of people. I
can even integrate lots of the other genres I will mention like country or fashion and
make-up. I can do reviews on things like music festivals as well. This would mean it
would appeal to a big variety of people.
 On the other hand, there are lots of things in a Lifestyle genre of a regional
magazine that I probably couldn’t do. For example, I wouldn’t be able to do too
much on one subject. This is because a lifestyle magazine is based on a really big
number of things that someone would be able to relate to in their life shown in the
name of the genre. So I would have to be careful as to what I include in case it is all
of the same kind of thing. This means that my photography and planning process
may take a lot longer than most of the other genres.

6. MY INITIAL IDEAS
FASHION
 This is a very popular genre of magazine and these are the typical types of magazines you’d
see in a dentist waiting room or in a shop. They are very visually stimulating and they will
also apply to lots of different age ranges and genders. This is because lots of fashion
magazines include a wide range of styles and famous stylists but also lots of different styles
and clothes to suit men and women. This would be a good genre to do because there are
lots of different parts of fashion I could explore like clothing and make-up and clothing lines
etc. Also it would benefit me to go to thing like cat walks or fashion parades.
 However, doing this genre would mean needing lots of equipment and resources that I most
likely don’t have. One example of this is the fact that I would most likely need designer
clothes or clothes that look like designer clothes to show the strong professional side of this
magazine. In addition I would need a lot of models to make it have the right kind of variety.
Last year, I used my sister and a few friends. However I may have a minimum amount of
people to model due to holidays and school days. I was able to do it last year because my
sister was at home and my friends were on the same school days as me. But this year, my
sister will be in University and most of the people I used in my last magazine are on different
timetables and school days as me. This may become a problem for my time and where as
well.

7. MY ANCILLARIES
 I have chosen to do the website and the billboard. I have chosen to do these
because for the radio advertisement, you would need certain equipment and certain
sound effects and different people for the various voiceovers. Unfortunately I do not
have the time and the equipment to be able to do the radio advertisement.
 I have chosen to do a website for one of the ancillaries because I feel like there are
loads of different programmes that make it easier for me to do a website where I
can set the format and put In what I need to. For example the programme I feel
would be good is Wix. This is a good programme because it lets you insert what you
want and then it will let you pick the format and will let you make the hyperlinks.
 I have also chosen to do a billboard as the other ancillary. This is because I am
comfortable with using Paint.Net and it is easy to use. Also, pretty much everywhere
you go you will see a billboard for a magazine. This will be a big help because it
means I will be able to get a lot of inspiration for the format and for the general look
of it to make it appealing and attractive and eye catching.