This document outlines the production process and schedule for a monthly music magazine. It involves researching the existing magazine "We Love Pop" for inspiration. The schedule allows time for potential issues during production to still meet deadlines. Editorial staff decide content and budget before acquiring content through writing, artwork, and research. Sub-editing checks facts, grammar, and page layout. Proofs are read before filing to the printer. The document proposes Innzone for distribution and the 1st of each month for release to readers.

1. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
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Week beginning: Monday 14th December
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Research the ‘We
Love Pop’
production
process.
Research how long
it takes for the
release of monthly
issues of ‘We Love
Pop’, so I know
how long it will
take me to
produce my first
issue.
Research the
editor for ‘We
Love Pop’
magazine
(Caroline
Fergusson) and
other roles within
magazine
production.
Look into
production costs
and what processes
are involved in
producing a
magazine.
Research key roles
within the
production process
of a monthly
magazine.
Facts, figures and
statistics
including profits
and circulation
figures for the
magazine.
Think about
potential
models I want to
use when
producing my
music magazine.
Complete by: 14th
December
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December
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December
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December
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December
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December
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20th December
Week beginning: Monday 4th January 2016
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Ask potential
models for
permission to
take and use
photos for my
magazine.
Take photographs
of models.
Take photographs
of those models,
with props listed
in my props list.
Edit the photos
taken, and decide
on which ones to
use for my
magazine.
Use my hand
drawn drafts to
start to create my
front cover on
Photoshop.
Start to plan out
where everything
should go.
Finish planning
where all the
conventions for
my front cover
will go.
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January
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January
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January
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January
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January
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January
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10th January

2. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
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Week beginning: Monday11th January 2016
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Insert barcode
shape and
headline, in
desired font
style.
Insert bar code, and
social media logos
into front cover.
Edit photos and
remove
backgrounds.
Place photos and
put in similar style
to magazine of
inspiration.
Add cover stories
and other codes
and conventions
on the front cover.
Add puff
promotion to
front cover.
Complete front
cover of my
magazine.
Complete by: 11th
January
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January
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January
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January
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January
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January
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17th January

3. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
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Week beginning: Monday 18th January 2016
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Conduct
interviews so I
can include pull
quotes on the
contents page.
Use my hand
drawn draft to
place codes and
conventions into
Photoshop.
Produce contents
page on
Photoshop.
Continue to
produce contents
page.
Continue to
produce contents
page.
Add chosen pull
quotes
underneath the
images.
Final
corrections and
adjustments to
contents page.
Complete by: 18th
January
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January
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January
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January
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January
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January
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24th January
Week beginning: Monday 25th January 2016
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Map out where
codes and
conventions go
on my double
page spread
Produce questions
for interview and
conduct interview,
noting answers
down on word.
Paste interview
into double page
spread and insert
the edited picture.
Insert pull quotes
and page numbers
and web address.
Complete double
page spread.
Make any final
corrections to my
front cover,
contents page and
double page
spread.
Release
magazine.
Complete by: 25th
January
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January
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January
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January
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January
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January
Complete by:
31st January

4. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
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Date of production:
The first part of the production process of a monthly music magazine is finding a date for the magazine to be published. A schedule can then
be made in order to meet this publication deadline.
Managing the schedule:
The schedule should be made so that there are provisions for certain mishaps that may occur during the production process, and gives enough
time to still meet the deadline even when these mishaps may occur.
Editorial and Budgetary decision:
This is when the editorial team decide on the content included in each issue of the magazine. After deciding on the content, the team will
discuss the budget they have for the issue.
Content Acquisition:
There are two major ways in which content can be gathered for magazine issues. One way is through in-house staff writers, and the second is
through external writers who are commissioned to write about topics. It is in this stage that artwork and graphics are also worked on.
Reporters and journalists are also researching the content covered in the magazine at this point in the production process.
Sub-Editing:
A sub-editor checks the accuracy of all facts in the magazine, checks the spelling of words, checks grammar and punctuation, and works on the
page layout of the magazine pages.
Page Layout:
In big companies, they often have a team of staff known as the layout staff, whose job is to typeset and layout the various pages that come
together to make the magazine.

5. Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template
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Proofreading:
The editorial department will print out a hard copy of the magazine, in order to read through it and point out and correct any spelling,
punctuation or grammar mistakes. The editorial team will continue to proof read the magazine, until each member is satisfied that there are
no more mistakes.
File emailed to printer:
After being proof read, the magazine will now be emailed to the printer, which will then print out the amount of copies needed. A pre-press
process will ensure all images and fonts needed for the magazine have also been sent with the file. Once this stage is over, the printing
company takes over and prints the required copies of the magazine out.
I think a suitable distribution company for my magazine would be Innzone. This is because they communicate, sell and distribute products over
the telephone to 25,000 independents with a display value of £250 per store, resulting in over 3000 stockists. The date of release for my
magazine will be 1st February. This is because it is the start of the month, meaning readers will have the entire month to purchase this issue of
my magazine. I would then continue to release my magazine issues on the first of each month as this will be convenient for readers, and they
will remember the date of release because it will be the first of each month.