Production plan

Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
Dan Sgarbini- 2005
Week beginning: Monday 10th November 2014
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
I will discuss with
JackSharping if he
is willing to
feature as the
‘coverstar’ within
my magazine.
In addition I will
also identify the
props which are
required for my
main task
magazine front
cover and will get
hold of these
props.
Today I must
begin my hand
drawn drafts for
my magazine
front cover,
contents page and
DPS.
I must plan the
locations where to
take my magazine
images. E.g.
indoors or
outdoors.
I will now begin
my magazine
main task front
cover and will
use gridlines in
order to layout
my future
magazine front
cover.
I will double
check the props
required for the
photoshoot and
will ensure that
they are all in my
possession
Over the
weekend I will
proceed with my
front cover by
adding features
such as a
background,
masthead etc.
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Mon 10th Nov 14 Wed 12th Nov 14 Fri 14th Nov 14 Sat 15th Nov 14 Sat 15th Nov 14 Sat 15th Nov 14 Mon 17th Nov 14
Today I must
remind Jack that
he will have to
stay after school
on Thursday for
my photo shoot.
I will place the
props within my
school locker for
tomorrows after
school photo
shoot.
Go to the
afterschool
photoshoot and
take pictures of
Jack Sharpling
within the
photography
block.
I will review the
images taken of
Jack within an
online file and
will chose the
most suitable
image for my
main task cover.
I will import my
image of choice
onto my
Photoshop front
cover document
N/A Thur 20th Nov 14 Thur 20th Nov 14 Thur 20th Nov 14 Sat 22nd Nov 14 N/A Sun 23rd Nov 14

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I must edit and
manipulate the
chosen image, this
includes removing
the background
and using the hair
thinning tool etc.
I will finish off my
magazine front
cover 1st draft by
adding puff
promotion, social
media and various
other finishing
touches.
My first draft is
completed and I
will double check
my page in order
to avoid
additional
corrections
Tue 25th Nov 14 Tue 25th Nov 14 Thur 27th Nov 14 Thur 27th Nov 14 Fri 28th Nov 14 N/A N/A
Week beginning: Monday 1st December 2014
Today I will
receive
corrections formy
magazine front
coverand will
begin to make
them. These
corrections
include alignment,
font size and more
conventions.
Today I will align
the layout for my
main task
contents page
using the ctrl h
tool in Photoshop.
Main Task Front
Cover Deadline.
Tue 2nd Dec 14 Tue 2nd Dec 14 Wed 3rd Dec 14 Thur 4th Dec 14 N/A N/A N/A

Dan Sgarbini- 2005
Week beginning: Monday 8th December 2014
Begin on my
contents page by
adding features
such as masthead
copy,sublines and
coverstories.
I will then take the
images needed for
my editorial and my
contents page
within the school
photography
building.
I will now edit the
images to my
liking based on
size, background
etc.
Insert my
editorial and
cover photo into
my contents
page.
Mon 12th Jan 15 Fri 12th Dec 14 Thurs 11th Dec 14 Thur 11th Dec 14 Sat 13th Dec 14 Sat 13th Dec 14 N/A
I will now type up
my editorial on
Microsoftword in
order to use
grammar
corrections as a
first draft.
The drafted
editorial willthen
be inserted into
photoshop in which
I will create a drop
capital.
In addition, I will
now fit my
editorial around
my image by
drawing a box to
prevent any form
of overlapping.
I will now insert my
main headline story
into a box in which a
graffitti background
will be present.

Dan Sgarbini- 2005
Mon 15th Dec 14 Tue 16th Dec 14 Wed 17th Dec 14 Fri 19th Dec 14 Fri 19th Dec 14 N/A N/A
Week beginning: Monday 21st December 2014
Write up and scan
editorial
signature.
Insert signature and
social meida/editor
details within my
editorial in order to
remain a
professional and
reliable format.
Tue 22nd Dec 14 Tue 22nd Dec 14 N/A Mon 29th Dec 24 N/A N/A N/A
Today I will proof
read my editorial
in order to search
for grammatical
errors.
I will now add
page numbers and
banners within
my page in order

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to proceed with
my house style.
Mon 28th Dec 14 Wed 30th Dec 14 Wed 30th Dec 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Week beginning: Monday 5th January 2015
Make finishing
touches to my
content page and
editorial.
Hand In 1st Drafts
to M.R Crafts and
wait to receive
corrections
Make corrections
e.g. grammer,
alignment and web
address etc.
Mon 5th Jan 15 Wed 7th Jan 15 Wed 15th Jan 15 Mon 12th Jan 15 Mon 15th Jan 15 N/A N/A
Begin DPS
research and
layout on
InDesign.
Write up my DPS
questions in
Microsoft Word
and proof read.
Plan the images
that I will take for
my DPS and where
they will be taken.

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After this process I would email my magazine to a media institution and will then distribute my magazine to the public. Companies such as
Bauer or Spin media would jump on board and distribute my media product to stores such as WH Smith and many more retailers. My magazine
will be published on Monday 2nd February 2015.
Here are the following steps in order to publish a media product:
Mon 26th Jan 15 Tue 13th Jan 15 N/A Fri 16th Jan 15 Fri 16th Jan 15 N/A N/A
Today I will take
my images at 3pm
of Jack Sharpling
in the
photography
building.
I will manipulate
the image and
remove the
background
allowing me to
insert it within my
DPS.
Insert my DPS
script and a drop
capital into
InDesign.
Add finishing
touches to my
DPS which
should be
completed by the
end of the day
and given in to
M.R Crafts for
marking.
Mon 19th Jan 15 Wed 21st Jan 15 Wed 21st Jan Fri 16th Jan 15 Fri 16th Jan 15 N/A N/A

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STEP BY STEP- MAGAZINE PRODUCTION
The first stage to producing a magazine is to set up a date of publication. The date of publication is the date that you want the magazine to be
released as a finished product to the public. This generally takes 1-2 days.
Secondly managing the schedule an extremely important step. If you want your magazine to be produced successfully then the schedule must be
managed correctly ad professionally. The schedule should be made in such a way that there are provisions for certain mishaps so that even when
these mishaps occur, you can always meet the deadline. Managing the schedule takes between 2 and 4 days.
The next step that is taken during the production process of a magazine is the editorial decision. The editorial decisions involve the magazine’s
editorial team assembling and deciding what topics will be covered in the next issue of the magazine. They discuss stories and features that will
make up the magazine issue. After deciding which types of article ideas or topics, news stories, illustrations and images will be used in the
magazine; the team now makes the budgetary decisions. Here, they look at the money that is available to them and how it will be spent towards
the production of the magazine. This stage takes between 2 and 4 days.
The content acquisition process is arguably the most important step because without content we simply cannot have the magazine in the first
place. There are two major ways that content can be gathered for a magazine. The first is through in-house staff writers and the second way is
through external writers that are commissioned to write on topics that are specialist in nature. It is at this stage that artwork and graphics are also
worked on. The artwork is defined as illustrations and pictures that are going to be placed in the magazine. Graphics are the pictures or images
that are designed with a computer program. This stage lasts between 3 and 5 days
Moreover, the next stage is Sub editing which focuses on one major thing, which is quality control. If the media organization is big enough to
have a sub-editor, then he is going to be responsible for this job; if there is no sub-editor, then the editor does this job. This step involves the
following important things: the stage generally takes 1-2 days

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• Checking of the accuracy of all facts in the articles
• Making sure that words are correctly spelled
• Making sure that grammar and punctuation are used correctly
• Making sure that all articles follow a specific style
• Working on layout for pages…
In big publications, there is a special team responsible for page layouts called the layout staff. They type and layout specific pages together. In
performing this task, they use very powerful Desktop Publishing programs in order to complete their job. It is at this stage that adverts placed
into the content. This takes around 1-3 days.
The following stage is the proofreading. The editorial department prints out a hardcopy of the magazine for the sole purpose of reading through
to find and correct any mistakes inside the issue. It is easier to proofread a hardcopy than it is to proofread a softcopy. Any mistake that is
spotted is quickly corrected on the DTP file. The editorial team keeps proofreading until every member is satisfied that all mistakes have been
corrected. Proof reading generally lasts for 1 or 2 days.
After the proofreading stage, the DTP file of the entire magazine is sent to the printer whose job will be to print the magazine. This is the
process of checking if correct fonts and images are being placed into the magazine, the stage is also known as Pre-Press. Once this stage is
over, the printing company takes over. But before the printing company prints the hundreds or thousands of copies requested by the publication,
the company first prints a few copies and sends them to the publication’s editor for checking once again. If the editor and his team are satisfied
with the printer’s proofs, then the green light is given to the printer for mass printing to commence. Printing the magazine generally lasts for a
day as thousands are printed.
The concluding stage to the magazine production process is distribution. This is when the printing company, having finished with the printing of the
magazines will package them neatly and send them to a warehouse. From the warehouse, the magazines are then distributed and then sold to the public.
Distributing the final magazine can take up to 2-6 days depending on the quality and speed of the distribution.

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This process for a monthly magazine issue generally takes between two weeks and 3 weeks due to the precision involved in these steps and the constant
reviewing of correcting the magazine.
Source: hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process

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