St. Andrew’s Catholic School 64135

Candidate Name: Emma WalkerCandidate Number: 1252

Unit G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media Studies

Schedule

Week Beginning Work Completed

Summer HolidaysMonday 1st SeptemberMonday 7th September I studied Q magazine and annotated the front cover.

I started to find out the USP of Q magazine. I researched my chosen magazine of inspiration. I have researched a new magazine. I have started my audience profile, and have considered who my

target audience is going to be.Monday 14th September Completed mood board

Completed mind map

I have started my contents page and DPS analysis.Monday 21st September I have completed my contents page and DPS analysis.

I have completed my props list. I have started my masthead font styles.

Monday 29th September Completed my masthead font styles. Started my photo shoot plan. Completed my magazine flat plan.

Monday 6th October Completed my hand drawn draft for my music magazine front cover.

Completed my hand drawn draft for my school magazine front cover.

Monday 12th October Started my school magazine front cover.Monday 20th October Completed my school magazine front cover.

I need to complete a hand drawn draft of my school magazine contents page.

I need to take pictures for my music magazine front cover.Half Term

Monday 2nd November Started my contents page for my preliminary task. Added my masthead, logo, and planned where all the elements

are going to go on my page using the guidelines.Monday 10th November • Added the page number and website address to the bottom right

hand corner of my page.• Finished my editorial and placed my signature onto the contents

page.• Inserted editor details underneath my editorial.Over the next week I aim to:• Finish adding the stories onto my contents page.Add images to support my stories.

Monday 17th November In the last few days I have managed to finish my preliminary task contents page. I used the checklist of the conventions I need in order to make sure I have all the appropriate conventions within my contents page.

Monday 24th November I have started my main task music magazine front cover. I have inserted the masthead onto the page. I need to add a background colour and start adding more

conventions such as a barcode.Monday 1st December So far, I have:

• Added colour to my masthead.• Added a barcode along with social media conventions.• Add colour to my background.Over the next week I aim to:• Add some original images to my front cover.• Add some cover lines.

Monday 8th December So far, I have:• In today’s lesson I changed my masthead slightly, I replaced the ‘r’

with a music note, I felt like this made it more unique and bought more originality.

• I also planned where I am going to write my cover lines on the left

hand side.• I edited my masthead copy in my barcode area and also adjusted the

sizing of the social media conventions.• I also increased the text size of my strapline.• Added in my cover lines• Over a few lessons this week I have managed to complete my

front cover.Monday 15th December So far, I have:

• Started my contents page.• I have planned out where my secondary images are going to go.• I have made the contents page title.• I have planned where my subheadings are going to go.Over the next week I aim to:• Finish my headings.Add in my secondary images.

Christmas Holidays

Monday 4th January So far, I have:• Finished all my cover lines.• I changed the colour of the rectangular box on the left from bright

blue to light grey as I felt there was too much blue beforehand.• I have added a section where I am going to write about subscriptions

to my magazine.Over the next week I aim to:

• Add in my secondary images.Add in images, which support my cover lines into the grey rectangle.Over a few lessons this week I have been able to complete my contents page.

Monday 11th January So far, I have:• Planned out where my writing and picture is going to go.• I have added text boxes ready to insert my article.• I have added a headline at the top.Over the next week, I aim to:• Insert my article onto my double page spread.• Add the strapline underneath the headline.Start to wrap the text around the headline.

Monday 18th January So far, I have:• Edited the colour of my headline to ensure brand identity.• Edited the picture that is going to be placed onto my double page

spread.Over the next week I aim to:• Place the picture onto my double page spread.Make my pull quotes.Over a few lessons this week I was able to complete my DPS.

Monday 25th January After some thought I decided to create an editorial on a separate page due to this being what is done in my magazine of inspiration ‘Billboard’. This meant that I spent this week creating an editorial page.

Monday 1st February Now that I have finished my magazine pages, I have started to correct some of my previous work.

• Started to correct my planning&research work.Monday 8th February • Continued to work on correcting my planning and research

work.• Added some more images to my mind map.

Monday 15th February • Continued to work on the corrections for my planning and research work.

Monday 7th March For the past few weeks I have been completing the corrections on my planning and research work.

• I have now started to complete the evaluation questions.Monday 14th March • I have completed questions 1&2 of my evaluation.

• I am starting question 3 this week.Monday 21st March • I have completed question 3 of my evaluation.

• Started question 4.• Finished my planning and research corrections.

Monday 28th March • I have completed my question 4 for my evaluation• I have started question 5

Monday 4th April • I have finished my question 5• I have started question 6• I have started to make corrections to my magazine pages

Monday 11th April • I have finished my question 6• I have also finished my question 7• I have been continuing to complete the corrections to my

magazine pages

• I am correcting my evaluation questions and after that is complete starting to put them into media.

Monday 18th April • I have finished all the corrections to my main task magazine pages.

• I am continuing to put my evaluation questions into media.Monday 25th April • I have finished putting all of my evaluation questions into media

• I have uploaded all of my work onto my blog page