St. Paul’s Catholic College 64770

Candidate Name: Kayla CarstensCandidate Number: 6613

Unit G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media Studies

Schedule

Week Beginning Work Completed

Summer HolidaysMonday 8th September In this week I was introduced to AS media, the unit that we were

studying and the coursework standards thatMonday 15th September This week I began planning my preliminary tasks; this included

looking up different magazines, and the way in which they structured their magazine. After this I began drawing some ideas out, so that I could have an idea of what I wanted my final product to look like in the end.Also in this week I started my evaluation tasks that I knew I could complete, this included analysing my magazine cover and making

sure they were enough for my research overallMonday 22rd September This week I did some research into my target audience to help me

with what I should include in my magazine, in order to attract my target audience and gain a wide target audience.

Monday 29th September I then began the actual production process of my preliminary task and main task, which I started on Adobe Photoshop CS4 so I then began to create my front cover of my main magazine.

Monday 6th October I also placed some of the images on my front cover. I then also placed an image on my contents page. In this week I also to write out some of the features in my magazine on the contents page

Monday 13th October I wrote up my editorial in word, and then transferred it over to Photoshop.

Monday 20st October Lastly I included a picture of myself for my editorial. I checked over the 2 pages to make sure that I had included all the codes and conventions.

Half Term

Monday 3th NovemberMonday 10th November After exploring with Photoshop and became familiarized with the

technology I then started some of my logbook. This was to show the research I have done, and to present what I want to include in my magazine.

Monday 17th November I continued with my logbook, this then allowed me to show all the primary and secondary research I had done, it also allowed me to

explain the reason to why I chose to focus on R&BMonday 24th November I had started plan when I was going to take my main pictures and

when that was taken I uploaded some of them to my music magazine.

Monday 1nd December I created my 3 pages and with and before my I started I created a template to make sure I had a structure in place.

Monday 8th December I started to include my coverlines to my front cover and this allowed me to show off the type of music I listen to because of the people I included in my cover lines.

Monday 15th December I made sure I included some institution logos such as Facebook and Twitter to at least one of my pages so that people could familiarize themselves with ‘Replay’ magazine.

Christmas Holidays

Monday 5th January I placed all of my images on my magazine pagesMonday 12th January I made sure all my pages were completed and improvements

have been madeMonday 19th January I wrote out what I would say in my editorial, and made sure all

my three pages were all competed. Made sure I was consistent throughout, for example sticking to the same colour scheme.

Monday 9th February Made different corrections to my logbook, and made sure my evaluation was completed

Monday 16th February I then started to gather some audience feedback. By getting my peers to give me there personal feedback.

Monday 23 February I did a step-by-step task in my log book to show all three of my magazine pages. I took screen grabs of my original piece and then my final piece I compared the different imaged and reflected on how I’ve improved.

Monday 2nd March Made sure both my log book and evaluation was completed and then updated my blog to make sure everything had been loaded on it.