Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template

Week beginning: Monday 10th October

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Date of publication- This is where I will plan a target for when I want my magazine to be released by. Once this target has been established, I must stick to it.Management schedule: I must also plan which days I am going to spend creating my magazine and what I will do each day.

Management schedule: I will continue to plan my tasks for creating my magazine.Editorial and budgetary decision: Here, I will plan what sort of content and stories I will want my magazine to contain. I will also consider the budget and how much money I am willing to spend on creating my magazine.

Editorial and budgetary decision: I will continue to plan the content and money that I will use to help set up my magazine. It is important that I get this right because if I don’t, I may accidently use content which people don’t find very engaging.

Content Acquisition: This is extremely important because the type and quality of content that I decide to use, will decide how engaging my magazine is to a reader. It will help me decide what sort of content and interviews to have, by examining a range of other music magazines

Content Acquisition: I will continue to make sure that the quality and quantity of my content is appropriate. It is essential to choose the right content to make my magazine more appealing to readers and customers.

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Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template

Week beginning: Monday 23rd October

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Sub-editing: I will pick through my planned content and assigned interviews with a checklist. I will examine other magazines n=and make a list of things that I will need to include in my own magazine. I will then check through my planned content and make sure I have the content that I need.

Sub-editing: I will continue to check through my planned content. I will have to do extensive research to ensure that my statistics or facts are not incorrect. I need my content to be reliable and realistic for my reader.

Page layout: I will start to plan the structure and layout of my pages by using programmes such as InDesign or PageMaker to make sure my pages are designed effectively, in a style that potential buyers will find appealing and aesthetically pleasing. I will use artistic styles and logos and not use too much text on each page.

Proofreading: This is where I will print out the completed plan of my magazine and pick through the text on my Contents page and my Double Page Spread to make sure that there are no mistakes. I will annotate mistakes in punctuation and scribble out bits, which I don’t think are needed. I will then make these edits on a computer.

Proofreading: I will continue to annotate my mistakes and write corrections on my magazine. I will pick through each paragraph finely to make sure that there are no mistakes in my final copy of my magazine.

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Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template

Week beginning: 1st November

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Email to printer: After this I will have to make sure that I send all the information about the specific fonts and pictures that I was to be used in my magazine. The printers must then print a few copies and then send these to the publishers for further tests. If all is correct, then they can be sent off for hundreds or thousands of copies to be printed.

Distribution: After my magazines have been printed, they will all be packaged carefully and sent off to a storage warehouse. After this, they will be sent off to different stores to be sold to the public.

Distribution: I will continue to send my magazines off to retailers, as it may be a long process, when I’m trying to find retailers willing to sell my magazine/

Distribution company: I will have to make sure that my distribution company is effective to make sure that my magazine has the best launch possible. It will cost several million English sterling every year to distribute my magazines to stores. The more magazines I distribute, the more sales I will make.

Date of release and frequency: I will release my magazine on Friday 16th December. I believe that this will be an effective date because it will therefore be on release ion Friday and be available for sales over the weekend. However, if I was to release it on a week day, it may have been taken off the shelves and replaced with new magazines by the time the weekend comes.

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Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan Template