This document outlines a production plan and timeline for a music magazine called Music Magazine & Promotion. It provides dates from May 23rd to June 27th for key stages of production including choosing a release date and budget, developing content ideas, conducting interviews and photoshoots, editing articles, designing pages, and the final release date. It also includes budgets for staff salaries, printing, IT, and distribution costs, as well as projected income from advertisements and YouTube views. Pre-production elements like mood boards, brand identity, draft pages, and equipment needs are presented. Considerations around intellectual property, the editors' code of practice, and data protection are discussed in relation to creating the magazine.

1. OCR –
Level 3 Cambridge Introductory Diploma in
Media
Unit 13:
Planning and Pitching a Print based Media
Product
P2 Evidence
Name: Rhia De Carlo
Candidate Number: 2040
Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number: 64135
Set Brief - Print
Project/Brief –
Music Magazine & Promotion
Idea Generation

3. Production Plan
Dates and timescales
Beginning week: 23rd May Release Date: 27th June
Monday, 24th of May Tuesday, 25th of May Wednesday, 26th of
May
Thursday, 27th of
May
Friday, 29th
of May
Saturday,
30th of May
A release date must
be chosen. Followed
by choosing a suitable
budget.
Once the budget has been
decided, The staff can begin to
develop the ideas for the
magazine
Once the decisions
have been made in
terms of the content
the Journalists and
photographs are able
to work on interviews
and photographs for
the magazine.
The interviews and
photoshoots take
place.
Journalists
proof read
the
interview
and make
any
necessary
changes.
Editors
begin to
work on
the articles
for the
magazine.
Sunday, 31st of May Monday, 1st of June Tuesday, 2nd of June Wednesday, 3rd of
June
Thursday, 4th of June Friday, 5th
of June
Saturday,
6th of June
------------------ Articles and Photo
editing continues.
The design and structure of the
magazine begins to be planned
out by the editorial team.
Sunday, 6th of June Monday, 7th of June Tuesday, 8th of June Wednesday, 9th of
June
Thursday, 10th of
June
Friday, 11th
of June
Saturday,
12th June
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Sunday, 13th of June Monday, 14th of June Tuesday, 15th of June Wednesday, 16th of
June
Thursday, 17th of
June
Friday, 18th
of June
Saturday,
19th of June
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4. Feedback – Witness statement

5. Checklist – unit 13

6. Additional information

7. Feedback – Mr Crafts

8. Magazine Flat plan
Front
Cover
Full page
advert
Spotify
1 2
Contents
page
3
Readers
write in
4
Full page
advert
Album
5
Double Page Spread
“Lily Allen”
6 7
Features
ACDC
8
Full page
Advert
Subscribe
to MM
9
Full page
Advert
Nirvana
Comp
with Beats
by Dre
10 11
News/
features
on bands
12
Full page
Cancer
charity
13
Double Page Spread
14 15
Double Page Spread
(continued)
16 17
Double page
spread
continued
18
Tours
Advert
19
Double Page Spread
“Siouxsie Sioux”
20 21
Double Page Spread
(continued)
22 23
Double Page Spread
(continued)
24 25
Sonisphere
Advert
26 27
Double Page Spread
Poster
28 29
Poster Poster
30 31
Centrefold
Poster
32 33
Double Page
Poster
34 35
Interview ‘Gig Guide’
36 37
‘Gig
Guide’
38

9. Photography plan

10. Equipment & Resources
Primary costs
-hardware – computers, printers…
-Software-Adobe InDesign, Photoshop
-Camera equipment: tripods…
-Desks/chairs
Replenishables
-ink
-paper
Property costing
-rented office space
Other costs
-tea, coffee, water…etc.

11. Computer X 10
Printer X 5
Camera X 10
Tripod X 10

12. Adobe Photoshop X 10 for 2 months
Desks X 10
Office chairs X 10
Printer ink X5

13. Pens
Property office space for 2 months
Tea X 5
decaf tea X 3
Coffee x5

14. Decaf Coffee X 3
Bottled Water X 20

15. Pre production – Mood Board
This is my first mood board, where I just collected together some images related to the rock
genre and rock magazines to inspire me on the type of images and colours that should be
featured in the magazine.

16. Pre production – Mood Board
And here’s the second mood board.

17. Pre Production - Brand Identity
House style and colour scheme
• The main colours featured in my magazine are Black, red, white and grey, which are common colours
to be found in a rock magazine. I chose the colour black because it is associated with power, evil and
mystery words which I think associate with rock, black gives the feeling of perspective and depth, but
a black background diminishes readability.
• The colour red is colour of fire and blood which is associated with energy, war, danger and strength,
power, determination as well as passion, desire and love. Red is a very emotionally intense colour
which enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate and raises blood pressure, which is
why is why stop signs, stoplights and fire equipment are usually painted red.
• White is associated with light, goodness, innocence and purity, it is considered to be the colour of
perfection. Opposed to black white usually has a positive connotation, which can represent a
successful beginning.
• The colour grey is an unemotional colour, it is the colour of compromise being neither black nor
white, it is the transition between colours. The closer the grey gets to the black the more dramatic
and mysterious it becomes. The closer it gets to silver or white the more illuminating and lively it
becomes.

18. Pre Production
What colours best suit a rock
magazine?
• To get a better idea of what colours to
feature in my magazine, I used a
questionnaire to find out what other people
thought would look good on a rock
magazine. The results show that the
majority asked said black, followed by red,
grey and yellow.

19. Budget plan – Staff Salaries
Staff Cost after the first year
Journalists 3 £40, 000
Photographers 2 £30, 000
Editor 1 £45, 000
Designer 1 £23, 000
Business Development
Manager
1 £25, 000
Total Salaries £163, 000

20. Budget plan
Printing Cost
First year £8, 000
Second Year £14, 000
Total £22, 000
IT Cost
Apple Mac £800 x 15 = £12,000
Distribution £40, 000
Total £52, 000
Distribution and I.T costs
Printing Costs

21. Income
Income After 1st year Income after 2nd year
Advertisement £480,569 £961.138
YouTube Advertisement £0.05 x 63, 000 = £31,500 £81,000
Total £512.069 £1,042.138
YouTube are Paying me to have advertisement on my videos as I have reached a
high amount of views ( 63, 000)
2 grand increase after the second year as the views
have increased

22. Pre Production - Draft Pages and Sketches – Front Cover

23. Pre production - Draft pages and Sketches – Double Page spread

25. Pre production – changes I made
along the way for the front cover
• Initially the background colour for my front page
was going to be black with a black and white
image but that made the page to dark and
difficult to read the text, so I changed the
background colour to white and the image was
kept in colour. The barcode was also placed on
vertically on the left hand side, however I decided
I wanted an image of the free CD there and
wouldn’t be able to have them both there so I
moved the barcode to the right hand side.
• The text on the front cover was originally just
black, white, grey and red, but I then added the
blue as it was easier to read against the image and
it was difficult to find the right place for the white
text as that was the colour of the background so I
needed another colour.

26. Pre Production –changes I made along the way for Double page
spread
For the double page spread
I didn’t make as many
changes, there were gaps
at the bottom of the page
where I hadn’t written
enough text which made
the page look untidy so I
added some more text to
fill the gaps.
For the Interview box and
‘Siouxsie’s dream show’
text, I had initially used a
light grey colour but I
thought it looked too much
with the black and white
image so I settled for a blue
toned grey which added a
slight pop of colour to the
page without being too
much.

27. Prop list/Equipment
When getting the first issue up and running I didn’t need many props for the photographs. The makeup used was my
own and all the clothing and accessories belonged to the model.
I didn’t need to pay for a location as the photo’s were taken in the models home however, the camera and camera
accessories used did have a big effect on the cost.
Rather than purchasing the camera separately, I found a
bundle which meant that I could buy the camera and all the
accessories with it which was a much better deal that buying
everything individually. I purchased this bundle from SLRHut
consumer electronics store for £400.
This included:
Fujifilm FinePix S1 16 MP Digital Camera with 3.0Inch LCD
(Black)
HDFX 32 GB SDHC SD Card
xD Memory Card Reader
Digital Camera Slave Flash HDFX
Lens Pen Cleaning System HDFX
Memory Card Wallet HDFX
6 ft Standard HDMI Cable HDFX
Microfiber Cleaning Cloth hdfx
Full Size Tripod
Deluxe Carrying Case
I didn’t need permission to use this camera as I had bought it
myself.http://slrhut.co.uk/product/ID1653C4/google?mkwid=
d6uJktgG&pcrid=40141338716&gclid=CJ67sZXvosYCFQ
QXwwodlT4AEQ

28. Launch Date
• Yes the Date corresponds with
the date on the magazine.
• I have chosen the launch date
for my magazine specifically so
it is on sale the week before
the Sonisphere rock festival as I
believe it will be a good
opportunity to get people to
buy my magazine as people will
be wanting details about the
festival.

29. Personnel involved
• 3 Journalists
• 2 Photographers
• 1 Editor
• 1 Designer
• 1 Business Development Manager

30. Budget/Costs £ involved in each
stage

32. Legal & Ethical Issues– Based on
Feedback
What is IPSO?
IPSO stands for the independent press standards organisation, which is the independent regulator
of the newspaper and magazine industry. IPSO exists to promote and uphold the highest
professional standards of journalism in the UK, and to support members of the public in seeking
redress where they believe that the editors 'code of practice has been breached. We are able to
consider concerns about editorial content in the newspapers and magazines, as well as the
conduct of journalists.
They administer the Editors’ Code of practice and take active steps to ensure the publications adhere to it. The Editor
'Code deals with issues such as accuracy, invasion of privacy, intrusion into grief or shock and harassment.
IPSO handle the complaints and conduct investigations into the editorial standards and compliance. They also
undertake monitoring work, included by requiring publications to submit annual compliance reports. IPSO has the
power where necessary to require the publication of prominent corrections and critical adjudications and may ultimately
fine publications in cases where failings are particularly serious and systemic,
IPSO serves the public by holding publications to account for their actions. They strive to protect individual rights and
by upholding high standards of professional conduct will help maintain freedom of expression for the press.

33. • Copyright Issues
• When creating my magazine I had to make sure that I wasn’t copying from any other magazine’s or
this includes taking pictures/photographs, content…
• PCC/IPSO – What do you need to consider?
• When creating my magazine I had to ensure that I followed IPSO’s regulations. Firstly I had to make
sure I did not publish any inaccurate, misleading or distorted information, including pictures. This
meant that when quoting an interview I could not change the interviewee’s quotes. Also when using
Photoshop I could not make any unrealistic changes such as if I had a larger model I could not go over
the top on the slimming tool as that would not be realistic to that person, I could only make subtle
changes such as removing blemishes and redness etc. and ensure that the model still looked like the
same person.
• Any significant inaccuracy's, misleading statements or distortions recognised had to be corrected
quickly and followed up with an appropriate published apology.
• The difference between conjecture and fact must be clearly distinguished in the magazine.
• The outcome for defamation had to be reported fairly and accurately in a publication unless there
was an agreed settlement stated otherwise, or an agreed statement was being published.

34. IPSO Complaint form

35. What might be perceived as
risky/controversial in my magazine for the
readership I have in mind?
As I have chosen a younger audience for my
magazine there could be some risks due to the
fact that in the images the model appears quite
rebellious which could badly encourage young
readers.
Similarly in the interview the artist is discussing
her rebellion as a positive which could cause
problems if young readers look to her for
inspiration and what to be more like her and
copy her bad behaviour. This could reflect
badly on the magazine as parents of these
readers or other effected by the behaviour of
the readers may blame the magazine which
would give the magazine a bad reputation.

36. Editors Code of practice

43. Editors Code of Practise
When putting the content in my
magazine I had to make sure that I
was giving the correct information,
this means that during the interviews
I must ensure that I am not changing
the interviewee’s response to the
questions or falsify there answers.
The same rule applies to the photo’s
in my magazine changing the contrast
and colour of the image (e.g. sepia or
black and white) is fine however
when using tools such as the
slimming tool I have to be careful not
to over do it as the model’s
appearance must still be accurate to
the models appearance.

44. Copyright/IP (Intellectual Property)
Trademarking the Name of the magazine
In order to register the trademark name of the magazine I need to register the name at a national
or territory level with an appointed government body which can take anywhere from 6 to 18
months to be processed.
In this case I will be registering in the UK which means that my mark will only be protected in the
country. However within the European Union there is a Community trade mark called CTM which
covers the mark in all the EU countries.
Also, there is the Madrid system which provides a facility to submit trademark applications to
many countries at the same time.
Registered trademarks can be identified by the abbreviation ‘TM’ or the ® symbol. (its illegal to
use this symbol or state that the trademark is registered until the trademark has been registered).
In most countries, the national patent office will also administer the trademarks.
Source: https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/intellectual_property

45. Data Protection act 1998
The data protection act of 1998 is an act of parliament which defines the UK
law of the processing of data on identifiable living people. In this case the
information of other people in my magazine. It is the main piece of legislation
which governs the protection of personal data in the UK. Although the act
itself doesn’t mention privacy, it was enacted to bring British law into line
with the EU data protection directive of 1995 which requires member states
to protect the fundamental rights and freedom and in particular their tight to
privacy with respect to the processing of personal data. In practice it provides
a way for the individuals to control there personal information. This act
doesn’t really apply to domestic use, for example keeping a personal address
book. Anyone holding personal data for other purposes is legally obliged to
comply with this act, subject to some exemptions. The data protection act
defines eight data protection principles. It also requires companies and
individuals to keep personal information to themselves.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998

46. How will this effect my magazine?
By following the data protection act 1998 I will not
be able to change any of the interviewee’s
responses to the questions in the interview which
could effect me badly as with the ability to change
these answers I could make them more
interesting to suit the reader, by sticking to there
original responses I may have to included less
interesting answers which may not intrigue the
audience as much as if I was able to alter them.
This will also apply to the images I will be able to
edit the photo’s however they must still look like
that person, it cannot be unrealistic for example
excessive use of slimming tool or erasing birth
marks etc.
To make a good magazine we want to make it
intriguing to the audience which can easily be
done with the manipulation of images and
altering the content as we can create what we
know the audience will find more interesting and
what they want to see will the data protection act
we are limited to what we can do.

47. Calendar Events
• Saturday, 27th of June
• For my launch date I have chosen the 27th of June, the
reason for this launch date is because this exactly a
week before the Sonisphere rock festival which means
that rock fans will be looking for information of that
festival, line ups and other details about rock and that
event so there will be more interest in my magazine
during that period.
• The reason I have chosen to release the magazine a
week before the festival and not on the festival date is
because it will give rock fans the chance to buy the
magazine before they go to the festival and use the
magazine for research on what to expect. SATURD
AY
27TH OF
JUNE