This document provides a checklist for tasks needed to produce a print-based media product. It outlines 9 key tasks for pre-production materials including rough sketches, final drafts, font styles, mood boards, article drafts, and photography and production plans. It also lists 9 tasks for production processes such as following guidelines, test photography, operating design tools, and meeting deadlines. Finally, it includes 8 post-production tasks like using appropriate software, maintaining house style, choosing fonts, and making changes with before/after evidence. The goal is to provide evidence that all steps were completed for a magazine production from start to finish using multiple tools and mediums.

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+ Unit 14 – Producing a Print based Media Product
Checklist! 
Task
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Done
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1 Have I produced Roughsketches of what my pages will looklike? (AT
LEAST x2 Front Covers and x2 DPSDrafts)
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2 Have I produced Final Drafts (Coloured in, neatly annotated) forthe FINAL
Pages?
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3 Have I produced a detail overview of the potential MastheadFontStyles,
as wellas other Font Styles that willbe present throughout the Magazine
Pages?
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4 Have I produced a MoodBoardthatdetails the sources of influence for the
Magazine I will be producing? – Make sure it contains images, stereotypes
associated to the reader profile, Props associated to the genre, colours that
will be employed within the magazine as well.
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5 Have I produced a DraftArticles (WordType-Up) forthe DPS? 
6 Have I produced a GraphicLayoutof WHERE certain features willgo on
EACH Page that I intend to produce?
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7 Have I produced a PhotographyPlanthatclearly outlines the pictures
needed? Have I completed the template in LOTSof detail?
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8 Have I produced a PropList that details the props/equipment needed to
take the photographs?
9 Finally, Have I produced a ProductionPlan that details when the magazine
will be:
 Published
 Printed
 Distributed

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1 Have I completed a detailed LocationReccethat outlines some of the potential
hazards of taking the pictures needed for the magazine pages?
2 LocationRecce– Do I have pictures of these potential hazards? Have I identified
the risks involved?
3 LocationRecce– Do I have evidence of permission to take the photos in the desired
location(s)?
4 LocationRecce– Have I (through pictures, written notes) gathered evidence of
conducting an interview with this person?
5 LocationRecce– Have I contacted my “Magazine of Inspiration” to establish HOW
they conductRisk Assessments for their magazine?
6 Ethical/Legal – HaveI researched and – most importantly – considered HOWthe
followingapply to my own magazine:
 HSE (Health & Safety Executive) – Forexample Printing (See
http://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/index.htm)
 PCC - http://www.pcc.org.uk -For example the Editors codeof practice
anmd other factors youneed to consider BEFORE Publishing the magazine
 IPSO - https://www.ipso.co.uk/IPSO/-For example HOW do youmake a
complaint and the Editors code of practice– Extension– YOU COULD
investigate a case study example of WHERE a complaint has been made
 Copyright Laws within Print Media – For example visit yourPublisher and
their ‘Terms of Use’ – http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/website-terms.html -
Summarise yourfindings for EACH relevant area, for example IP
(Intellectual Property Rights)
Task Done
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1 Have I gathered evidence (photos) of Setting upEquipmentproperly – for
example operating the camera, tripod and any other equipment

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2 Pre-ProductionMaterial – HaveIfollowedthe guidelines set out in Unit
14 – LO1 (Forexample followinghand drawn drafts, Mood Board,
Photography Plan, Risk Assessment/Location Recce) – IF changes were
made WHERE and WHY?
3 TestPhotography – Have I included the pictures taken BEFORE any
manipulation/editing has taken place?
4 ProductionProcess -Have I evidenced WHERE I have followedthe
Productionprocesses set up?
5 OperatingDesktoppublishingtools -HaveI produced a detailed step-vy-
step of importing the images, setting up the “blackcanvas” in Adobe
Photoshop CS5 and placing in the image into the canvas? YOU SHOULD
produce a step-by-step of the WHOLE Magazine fromstart to finish as well
and detail which tools (including shortcuts) you used tocreate the
pages/manipulate the images
Task Done
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1 Deadlines – HaveI met these deadlines?
2 Post-Productionskills – WHATsoftwarehave you used? Why?
3 Post-Productionskills – WHATtools/features were used in the
production of EACH Page? WHY?WHERE exactly? WHATvalue has it added
to the overall quality of the page(s)?
4 Safeworkingpractices – YOU SHOULD reflecton WHY it was important
to crop and remove unwanted areas from the image, wrapping text around
image(s)/objects using the ‘Pen Tool’ (P) etc. – AT LEAST x5 examples are
needed
5 Colour– HOWdid youmaintain the “House style” of the magazine? WHAT
tools did youuse? E.g. ‘Eye Dropper’ (I) tool to capture the colour,save in
Swatches
6 Font(s) – WHAT website was used to gather the fontstyles needed?
WHERE were youinspired to use this from (e.g other magazines)? WHERE
did youapply certain fontstyles – for example the Masthead,Drop Capital
etc.
7 Changes – WHATchanges did youmake to yourproduction work? WHY?
YOU MUST include “before-and-after” evidence of this
8 WitnessStatement – Has Mr Crafts signed a witness statement authoring
the finalization of Unit 14?

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 You are encouraged to present your work through a “variety of mediums”
– for example Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and/or
Prezi.
 The work will then be uploaded onto student Blog Pages.