This document outlines Abbie Fowler's progress on their Foundation Portfolio in Media Studies coursework over several months. It includes: - An introduction to the course and learning about conventions of music magazines. - Completing homework assignments on topics like audience profiles and learning Photoshop skills. - Creating preliminary assignments like magazine covers and contents pages, making corrections, and meeting deadlines. - Continuing work on magazine page layouts, blog updates, and completing the evaluation.

1. St. Paul’s Catholic College 64770
Candidate Name: Abbie Fowler
Candidate Number: 6402
Unit G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media Studies
Schedule
Week Beginning Work Completed
Summer Holidays
Monday 9th September This week we have learnt;
Introduction to theportfolio
- conventions of a music magazine
- different shot types
- key features of a music magazine
- what a music magazine must have

2. Monday 16th September I have completed many things this week such as;
Homework about publishers
Audience profile
Katz’ uses and gratification theory
Hartley’s seven subjectivities
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Monday 23rd September I have been able to learn new things this week, such as;
Learning more codes & conventions
Gaining more ideas for my preliminary task
Being able to create surveys
Being able to gain a better understanding in Photoshop
Learning different tools in Photoshop
Monday 30th September This week I have learnt more about Photoshop with Tony
Harmer
Monday 7th October - Completed my Prelim front cover
- Being able to meet my deadline
- Learning more about the different tools in Photoshop
myself.
Monday 14th October - Being able to plan out a contents page
- Make corrections to the front page
- Learning the mistakes
Monday 21st October - being able to follow a deadline within the contents page

3. - being able to complete the main things within the contents
page.
- Being able to start finish off my contexts page but correcting
the things I have done wrong within my contexts page.
Half Term
Monday 4th November This week I have been able to start to draft my front cover and
add main bits to my draft.
Monday 11th November Completed half of my final front cover
Monday 18th November Being able to put my own knowledge of Photoshop into work in
order to complete my front cover
Monday 25th November Adjust my front cover
Make a start on Contents page
Finish Hand drawn version of Contents page
Complete the main parts of my contents page
Monday 2nd December Started onto my contents page, adding all the conventions that
needed to be added onto my page.
Monday 9th December finished my contents page
Monday 16th December Added detail onto my blog page to start making links and adding
pictures into my blog page
Christmas Holidays

4. Monday 6th January STARTED MY DOUBLE PAGE SRPEAD AND ADDED SOME MAIN
DETIALS TOWWARDS THE PAGES
MONDAY 13TH JANUARY ADDED MORE DETIAL TOWARDS MY DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD.
Monday 20th January Added more conventions to my double page spread.
- still needs to be completed
Monday 10th February Completed most of my corrections throughout my coursework,
this then leads me to only have a few other things to complete
within my coursework. I still need to update my blog page and
add all my work onto it with the comments.
Monday 24th February There is still outstanding work that needs to be done, this
includes finishing off my magazine pages, updating the blog page,
finishing off evaluation. Finished off my contents page, just need
to make final corrections for double page spread and the
planning and research.
Monday 3rd March I finished off all of my magazine pages and finished all of the
corrections. I then finished all of the corrections in my logbook, I
then went on and started my evaluation, answering question 1
and placing images into my evaluation. I need to still add things
onto my blog page.
Monday 10th March I completed all of my evaluation and the feedback which was
given to me, this then helped me to progress with the evaluation
and make it into more detail and more informative.
Monday 17th March After I completed all of my evaluation I then created Prezi, which
I uploaded my evaluation onto step by step, adding arrows and

5. making sure it fitted onto the page so its all neat.