This production plan outlines the process for creating a magazine from start to finish over a 3 week period. Key steps include planning photo shoots, editing images, designing page layouts, writing articles, fact checking, adding advertisements, proofreading, printing, and distributing the finished magazine. The candidate will take photos, edit images, design templates, select colors and fonts, and ensure the magazine is ready for public release by the 21st of November.

1. Production Plan
Candidate Name: Abbie Ronald
Candidate Number: 2121
Centre Number: 64135

2. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
To start the
process of
planning where
all my images will
be located. I will
also gather
together all the
appropriate
clothing and
makeup in which
the model will be
wearing in the
images. The next
step I will take is
to organize what
camera
equipment I will
need on the day
of taking the
images.
The next task I will
then begin is to p-
lan out the layout
and flat plan of my
magazine, once I
have established
what will feature
on each page I be
able to organize
where any
advertisements or
additional features
will be placed.
I then will proceed
into sketching
drafts of the pages
in which I need to
complete, Front
Cover, Contents
Page and Double
Page spread.
After the
corrections have
been made on both
the magazine flat
plan and my hand
drawn drafts the
process of making
the pages can
proceed, I will first
start by setting up
the templates for
the pages and the
features they
contain on both
Photoshop and
InDesign.
After the basic
layout of the pages
has been
completed I will
then move on to
selecting the colour
scheme and font
style I want to be
used across all of
the pages.
Today I will be
taking the
majority of images
to be used across
all my magazine
pages; I will need
to take all the
photos in a variety
of different
locations.
On this day I will
begin to edit all
of the images I
took the day
previously. If
there are any
images that
need to be
retaken due to
lack of lighting or
quality I will
schedule to
retake them
with the model
that is appearing
in the main story
of this month’s
issue.
Complete by: 1st
November
Complete by: 5th
November
Complete by: 31st
October
Complete by: 2nd
November
Complete by: 1st
November
Complete by: 3rd
November
Complete by: 7th
November

3. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Editors will begin
the writing of the
editorial for this
month’s issue.
Models will then be
chosen, as well as
the possible artists
who will be
featuring. Editors
will also start to
compile a rough
plan on what
subject will appear
on what page
(Using magazine
flat plan)
Budgets will then
be set in places in
order that too
much money won’t
be spent on certain
areas of the
magazine.
in-house staff
writers for the
magazine and
external writers
that write about a
specialist nature.
There is also
artwork and
illustrations and
pictures in the
magazine which will
be completed here.
checking the
accuracy of the
facts, making sure
words are spelt
correctly, property
grammar and
punctuation are
used
make sure that
the articles follow
the house style
and work on the
page layout
correctly lay the
articles out to
put it together
as a magazine
using powerful
programs such
as Desktop
Publishing (DTP)
or InDesign or
Pagemaker to do
Complete by: 7th
November
Complete by: 8th
November
Complete by: 10th
November
Complete by: 10th
November
Complete by: 10th
November
Complete by: 13th
November
Complete by:
14th November

4. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
The advertisers
are then placed
into the content.
Interviews are then
scheduled and
conducted.
The editorial
department will
print a hardcopy of
the magazine in
order to read
through it and to
find any mistakes.
the editorial keeps
proof reading until
all the team is
satisfied there is no
mistakes.
The entire
magazine is send to
the printers
check all the
colours and layout
is fine before
printing thousands
of copies.
If there any
mistakes in the
colours or if any
images do not
print correctly
the images will
be re submitted
and colours will
be altered.
Complete by: 14th
of November
Complete by: 15th
November
Complete by: 10th
November
Complete by: 10th
November
Complete by: 10th
November
Complete by: 13th
November
Complete by:
14th November

5. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
The magazine
will then be
resent to the
printers with
any final
adjustments.
All prints will
then be made,
once all the
prints have been
completed the
distributing
companies will
be notified.
The printed
magazines will
then be
delivered to the
stores in which
will be selling
them.
The day before
the magazine is
up for public
sales, the team at
the editing
offices will ring
all distributing
shops to check
the stock lists.
Day of release of
this months issue
of the magazine.
Complete by:
18th of
November
Complete by:
20th November
Complete by:
21st November
Complete by: 21st
November