Checklist for As Print Brief

Post Title Post Content Done

1 Chosen Brief State which of the Briefs have you chosen and what will it require you to do?

2 Magazine Layout This is your preliminary research. You will label and discuss a front cover and a contents page of a magazine.

3 Magazine Flat Plans Draw out a design for your front cover and contents page. Do this on A4 paper and scan it in.

4 Prelim Product

a) Create your own college magazine front cover and contents page in Photoshop.

b) Export as a JPEG and add to your blog.

5 Prelim Evaluation Consider the strengths and weaknesses of your work. Also discuss things that you have learnt that will benefit your future work.

6 Genre Research

Create a PowerPoint that discusses the generic conventions of particular music magazines. You should discuss 3 examples. Upload this to slideshare and embed into your blog.

7 Textual Analysis

a) Create a Prezi titled Textual Analysis.

b) In this prezi you should analyse a minimum of 2 front covers, contents pages and double page spreads.

8 Textual Analysis Grade

Booster

a) Create a video of yourself discussing your findings, consider how this will benefit your future work.

b) Create a collage of cut outs/Google images of inspirational fonts, costume, images etc. Reflect and discuss how these are born out of your textual analysis and how you intend to incorporate them into your own product. How do they signify your chosen genre?

9 Research into a Potential

Target Audience – Secondary Research

a) Find reader profiles for 3 magazines

b) Discuss the profile considering the audience it paints and why they target that group.

c) Add a sub heading to your blog post ‘How will this research affect my ideas?’ and add your thoughts.

d) create your own reader profile and discuss how you arrived at this.

10 Primary Audience

Research

a) Create your own questionnaire using both qualitative and quantative questions.

b) Answer other people questionnaires while yours is answered by them.

c) Analyse your responses and create graphs to help you discuss the responses in the blog post. Focus on how this data will help you when you produce your magazine. What will you take on board and action in your own work.