Georgina Whiteley is planning an initial magazine focused on her writing. She will include reviews of her own book, interviews with herself as the author, concept designs and planning processes. She will use drawings and photos she already has. The magazine will have a minimalist design with purple, red, blue and white colors. The cover will feature a dramatic landscape photo and bold white text. In upcoming weeks, Georgina will propose her final idea, plan pages, design the cover, and add additional pages. She will evaluate the finished product and peer feedback. Sources will include interviews, books like The Hunger Games, magazine reviews, and stock photos.

1. Initial Plans
Georgina Whiteley

2. Initial Reaction
• Can be really creative, use my own drawings as pictures
• Can link personal ideas, stuff I already have knowledge on
• Use pictures already taken, drawn
• Different article ideas: drawing, writing, horses, marvel
• Looking forward to making it
• Lots of ideas

3. Mind Map
INITIAL IDEAS
WRITINGART
NATURE
Focus on own writing,
know plot well, know
exactly what to write
about it
Can include passage of
text from book
Use front cover
of book as title
page
Talk about
theories
about the
plot, what
could
happen, etc Have access to
bts stuff, such as
concept designs,
planning
Can interview author because it’s me.
Could do reviews too for extra pages.
Can include
my own
artwork
pictures,
with info like
dates and
names
Can explain meanings
behind certain
artworks for those who
are interested
Use lots of pictures
with little text
Collage of
artworks for the
front cover
Reader –
submitted
artworks
included
Could review different artworks, or include
artist interviews on their own artwork.
Spread with lots of
pictures of nice places
to visit in nature
Could have a page on
different wildlife in different
areas, like birds, foxes etc
Can include reviews of
places people have
visited, plus reader
recommendations in
one section The cover could be a
picture of a really beautiful
location in nature to grab
people’s attention.
Fact files on different
locations or wildlife
Interviews from people
who live near the
locations or visit there
frequently

4. Mind Map
WRITING
COVERTEXT
IMAGES
The cover image of the
book is also the cover
of the magazine
Include name of the
author
Colour scheme
– blue, purple,
red and white
Include a
tagline on
the front
with graphics
to make it
more
interesting
Text will be bold
for title to be
seen easily, big
font/text
Add text to say what’s inside the magazine
(interviews, bts, etc)
Reviews of
the book
from
readers,
strengths
and
weaknesses
Discuss theories on
what the backstory of
the characters could be
Explain the concept
images
Explain the
planning
process of the
book
Include a
passage of text
from the
prologue of the
book
Showcase books similar to the main focus
book of the magazine.
Small graphics of stuff
to do with book, e.g
roses
Include early concept images
of character designs, shows
how they’re supposed to look
Most pictures will be
drawn due to
illustrations in the book
and the artistic
minimalism. Pictures of front covers from
similar books (found images)
to show how the covers are
different or similar
Not much pictures,
focus is writing so lots
of text
Alternate front cover
ideas, both minimalism
and realism

5. Mood Board

6. Mood Board Analysis
Is there any repetition in the images you have collected?
Repeated colours/images styles/fonts/tone/mood
• There’s a lot of purple and minimalism as these as the two main points of my
magazine cover.
• Most of the text is quite bold though there are a few outliers.
• The mood seems quite dark/depressing/ethereal with the purple which fits the
main tone of the book the magazine will be focusing on.
• Silhouettes and the mix between black and purple seem to be a common theme.
This is mixed with some red and black with a little bit of white to match the initial
colour design concept of the magazine.
How will your mood board influence your final product?
I will use a lot of the colours portrayed on the moodboard and how they're blended,
e.g. purple blended with white and orange for sunset in my colour scheme. I will also
incorporate the minimalistic style with the vectors and silhouettes. Furthermore, I will
include the idea of bold, white text to pop from the darkened background, meaning
my title will be very readable even from a far distance, hence eye-catching.

7. Schedule
WEEK OVERALL PLAN SPECIFIC TASKS
1 Research, Initial Response,
Audience Research
 Research
 Mind Map for initial ideas and final idea
 Moodboard + analysis
 Interview friends
2 Production Experiments,
Proposal, Planning
 Propose the finished writing idea
 Plan what the different pages will be
 Initial ideas/experiments of cover
 Initial ideas/experiments of pages
3 Production  Design the book cover
 Use that to make the magazine cover
 Start work on first page and second if
there’s time
4 Production  Work on the spread
 Once finished, add more pages if there’s
time to do so
 Check over all work and make sure it’s
all good
5 Evaluation  Evaluate the finished magazine cover,
spread + possible additional images
 Reflect on how I could have improved,
peer feedback

8. Bibliography
• Name at least 7 sources that you plan to use in this project. These should include audience
research, books, videos/films/video games, magazines and newspaper articles etc.
1. Interviewees, Name. (2018) Target Audience Interviews (conducted on
DATE)
2. .The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
3. .Maze Runner – James Dashner
4. .The Hunger Games Review – The Guardian
5. .The `Maze Runner Review – The Guardian
6. . https://unsplash.com/s/photos/silhouette-girl
7. . https://unsplash.com/s/photos/purple-sunset