Schedule

Production Schedule and monitoring document

Week	Date	Activity
1	13th Jan	1 Schedule Creation: this week I will be creating a detailed and realistic schedule to enable me to create my product in an organized manor, following the objectives stated in my treatment. My treatment will be in great depth and will include three useful activities I will be able to complete as homework. These pieces of work should take up to four hours per week in addition to my study periods. I have chosen to do my schedule first as this will make sure that all my work will run smoothly and effectively. It will help me plan so I know exactly what I am doing and when and therefore I can use this time that I have most effectively. 2 - Today I will look at the commitments I have in my other subjects. This will help me to produce a precise and realistic schedule. I will need to check with all of my teachers what deadlines/exams I have in the next six weeks to make sure that non are missed and therefore the production of my magazine can run smoothly. I will also be finishing my Schedule, I have chosen to continue to finish this off for another lesson as I want to make sure that everything is included and therefore I wont feel as though I have forgotten anything and have to rush to squeeze it in. 3 – Article testing/language identification, I will write 2-3 similar paragraphs on the same topic but in different narrative voices and give each one a different tone. I will then give these out to different members of my target audience to see which one appeals to them the most.  4 Project Monitoring & Begin to write my ‘Sea, Sun and a Flat Tum’ article, from my audience research and internet research I will begin to edit this article. I think it is important to write your article first as then you really get into the topic, therefore your layout and colour schemes of the DPS will reflect the article in the best way. I chose to begin this article first as I used this article for my mock-ups, therefore I already have a structure for this article, the research is completed in detail so it will be the quickest to complete. Homework 1: Complete my interview – For one of my articles I will need to interview someone and therefore I need this to be completed in depth before I begin to write my article. Also this then doesn’t leave me held up and waiting for the interview to happen before I can continue writing anything. Homework 2: Create an audience survey for ‘Sea sun and a flat tum’ for the member who took part in the diet to see how much they lost as this will make my article more believable. Write up the transcript of my interview, as this will help me to be able to reflect and edit the parts I want to add to my article more effectively then just listening to it. Homework 3: Decide on the areas of the interview I want to include and make notes on the ways in which I could talk about them. Also show the areas to the interviewee to ensure that they are happy and therefore my article will be 100% liable. Book photo shoots. Exams/other subject deadlines: Tuesday 14th June – English language exam
2	20th Jan	1 Schedule Creation: This week I will be continuing to write my articles, as this is what will create and bring together the whole DPS. I will need to ensure I stick to a certain word count as this will determine the correct text to image ratio. I will be referring to any research I have completed previously as this will ensure that the data included in my articles is 100% correct and I am not giving out any false information. 2 - Today I will be adding the finishing touches to ‘Sea, Sun and a Flat Tum’ and then showing to members of my target audience to ensure that they find this interesting and it would appeal to them. I think it is important to keep members of your target audience involved as they will keep you straight and therefore it will ensure my product will definitely appeal to my target audience in every aspect. I will also research how to write interview articles and begin to write ‘How to tame your man’ as I recently completed the interview and therefore it will be fresh in my mind. 3. In this lesson I will create header options for ‘How to tame your man’ and show to members of my target audience to see which appeals to them the most. I will then continue writing that article as I feel as though I will need quite a large amount of time to right this as ‘interview’ articles aren’t my strongest point so these will take the longest time as I will need to research the best way in which to write it. 4 Project Monitoring & photo shoot. I chose to do my photo shoot next as this will then have me ready to create my DPS’s when I have finished writing my articles so therefore things will still be running smoothly. Homework 1: Finish the last part of my article ‘How to tame your man’ and finish any research for my final article ‘Stress Mess’ as this will then ensure I am fully able to get on with this straight away. Homework 2: Begin to write ‘Stress Mess’ as once the articles are out the way I can begin to design the layout and actual production of my product. Homework 3: Chose my favorite photos which I am going to use in my DPS’s and edit them to ensure that the focus point of the image is what your eyes are drawn to and there are no other distractions. Exams/other subject deadlines:
3	27stJan	1 Schedule Creation: This week I am going to begin to create my DPS for the completed articles. I am going to create the templates/ layout for all 3 double page spreads so I can begin to create them after I have had feedback from members of my target audience. I chose to do my double page spreads first as these take the longest time to do as they are fairly fiddly. This lesson I will start by creating the template for ‘Sea, sun and a flat tum’ as this is the first article in my magazine. 2 Today I will create the layout for Stress Mess and How to tame your man as layouts are fairly simple and therefore won’t take much time to complete. Once these are out the way I can begin to add my photos/article and things will finally start to piece together. 3 This lesson I will alter any changes my target audience feel appropriate to me layouts. I will then begin to add my imagery to my first article ‘Sea, Sun and a flat Tum’. 4 Project Monitoring & continue editing my first double page spread until I feel as though I am happy with it. Homework 1: Finish Sea, Sun and a Flat Tum layout to ensure next lesson I have plenty of time to create the other two in the next lesson Homework 2: Create questions for a focus group in which I will show the 3 layouts to members of my target audience to receive feedback. I will make sure this focus group is in as much detail as possible to benefit me in the best way possible. Homework 3: Perform questionnaire with members of my target audience to get as much feedback as possible to ensure I am on the same wave length as my readers. Exams/other subject deadlines:
4	3rd   Feb	1 Schedule Creation This week I will be aiming to have completely finished my 3 double page spreads. I have given these around 2 weeks as these are the most fiddly and complex and therefore I feel as though they deserved the most time. Today I will be starting to piece together my ‘Stress Mess’ article as this is less complicated compared to ‘How to tame your man’. I will be creating the background, adding the photos and the text. 2. I will then begin to repeat this process with my 3rd article ‘How to tame your man’ background, pictures and text. 3 I will begin writing up sell line ideas for my 3 articles and again show o member of my target audience to see which they prefer out of the options. I will use a variety of sell line techniques to ensure that the front cover is interesting and gives then lots of things to think about and therefore they will definitely wan to buy the magazine. 4 Project Monitoring & add the masthead and main image to my front cover, find out the colour code for my branding colour. Homework 1: I will be finishing the last minute touches to ‘Stress Mess’ e.g. creating the header and kicker. Homework 2: Finish ‘How to tame your man’ Homework 3: Know exactly what sell lines I will be including on my front cover ready for next week. Exams/other subject deadlines:
5	10th  Feb	1 Schedule Creation This week I want to have finished my front cover and began creating my contents page. I want to be able to have everything finished by the time I come back after half term so the last week I can spend making any changes and alterations without getting myself in a panic. This lesson I will start to research fonts for my sell lines. I will then show a rough layout to members of my target audience to see if this will appeal to them, if not I will make any necessary changes to the layout. 2 Today l will begin to add the sell lines to my front cover. I will ensure the colour scheme matches and I stick to the rule of 3. 3 I will begin adding the imagery and header to my contents page and creating a rough layout. Again I will show this to members of my target audience and receive feedback to ensure it will appeal. I will then make any necessary changes. 4 Project Monitoring & I will look through several layouts of magazine to make sure I feel as though my layout is a similar sort of style. I will then finish completing my contents page then add the rest of the text and sub headers. Homework 1: Analyse target audience feedback and make sure any changes that need to be made are done so. Finish any font research. Homework 2: Ensure sell lines have finished being added to my front cover. Homework 3: Full complete the layout of my contents page. Exams/other subject deadlines:
Half term	17th Feb	Homework: Complete Monitoring and make sure that blog elements are complete
6	24th	1 See focus group for the last time showing my front cover, contents page and 3 double page spreads. Get feedback. 2 Make changes to 3 double page spreads in response to the focus group. 3 Make changes to the front cover and contents page in response to the focus group. 4 Project Monitoring & one last going over on everything. Homework all week: Ensure that everything is perfect for Friday. Exams/other subject deadlines:
	3rd  Mar	Audience/Assessor Review Week 1 Create Audience review questionnaire 2 Teacher assessment of project 3 & 4 Complete prep work for evaluation E exam Unit 5 Blog Deadline 7th March