The document outlines tasks and deadlines for creating a magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread. It includes taking photographs, designing pages, producing the front cover and other pages using researched layouts, writing an article, gathering feedback through a questionnaire and focus group, evaluating the project, and uploading all content to a blog by February 25th, 2013.

1. Action Planning Sheet
Task Things To Do To Achieve The Task Date Due
Take photographs - Get permission off people for me to use them as 15/12/2013
which I could use for models
my front cover, - Book camera
contents page and - Get props
double page spread
Hand drawn designs - Sketch a design of how I want all three pages to 17/12/2013
of front cover, look
contents page and - Buy a copy of XXL magazine so I can see the type
double page spread of layout I want because I am basing my magazine
on XXL magazine
Annotate the hand drawn designs with font, font
size, background colours and other features
Produce front cover - Select the images I want to use and edit them 25/12/2012
- Produce my front cover using the research and
hand drawn designs
- Keep referring to real XXL magazine to make sure
I include all features
- Save file as JPEG
- Take print screens along the way and complete
stages of development
Produce contents - Select the image I want to use and edit it 4/01/2013
page - Produce my contents page using the research and
hand drawn designs
- Keep referring to real XXL magazine contents page
to make sure I include all features
- Save file as JPEG
- Take print screens along the way and complete
stages of development
Produce double page - Write article 18/01/2013
spread - Select the image I want to use and edit it
- Produce my double page spread using the
research and hand drawn designs
- Remember to include things like drop caps and
page numbers
- Save file as JPEG
- Take print screens along the way and complete
stages of development
Questionnaire - Produce a questionnaire which can be filled in by 8/02/2013
Feedback my target audience on what they think about my
magazine
- Hand out questionnaires
- Collate the data from results
Focus Group - Create open questions which I can ask a group of 10/02/2013
people. The questions will be about their opinions
on my magazine
- Record the focus group and put it on YouTube so I
can embed a link to it on my Blog
Evaluation - Complete the evaluation using different 23/02/13
presentation techniques
Upload - Upload everything to the Blog in chronological 25/02/2013
order