St. Paul’s Catholic College 64770

Candidate Name: Joseph EllisonCandidate Number: 6636

Unit G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media Studies

Schedule

Week Beginning Work CompletedSummer HolidaysMonday 8th September In this week I was introduced to AS mediaMonday 15th September I then began to create my hand drawn drafts for the preliminary task.Monday 22rd September Next, I did some researched into my target audience to help me with

what to include in my magazine to attract themMonday 29th September After doing some research tasks on looking on what makes a magazine

attractive for its consumers, I began making preparations for my preliminary task.

Monday 6th October By this stage, I had done the prep and started my preliminary task.Monday 13th October At this point I was in the middle of the preliminary task, trying to

complete it before half term.

Monday 20st October By now I had completed the preliminary task and I was receiving feedback in order to make changes during the half term break.

Half TermMonday 3th November During the half term break, I made my changes to my preliminary and

using the experience and skills gained from preparing and them performing the preliminary task, I felt that I was ready for the main task which was the production of the music magazine.

Monday 10th November Before I began the main task, I started working on my Logbook. I had completed the preliminary part of the Logbook and began to work on the part which required existing media product research.

Monday 17th November By this point I had enough evidence of research on existing media product and I was ready to add it to my logbook.I found a lot of interest in XXL magazine, I did more research on this existing media product because they shared similar code and conventions I wanted to incorporate into my music magazine.

Monday 24th November At this stage I had my existing media product that I would use for inspiration and I began to research XXL magazine, I found some common factors, such as the magazine’s publisher, chief in editor and first issue date.

Monday 1nd December After doing a detailed analysis of XXL Magazine, I then began to do some research on other existing media products, this was so I could gain other perspectives and so I could see if any other existing media products could attract my attention like XXL and if I could find similar code and conventions that I could use in my own production process.In the end I found Vibe magazine, there was a very interesting concept

behind there magazine and I found a lot of interest in one of their issues which featured the rapper Drake. I analysed this issue and I was able to gain some inspiration and attain some code and conventions that I could use in my music magazine.

Monday 8th December Carrying on where I left off, I did some more research on Vibe magazine, finding out similar results like the research done for XXL, such as the publisher of Vibe magazine, first issue etc.

Monday 15th December At this point I was late to begin the main task, due to the delay I wasn’t able to hand in my work to receive feedback however, I was able to make a start on my first page which was the front cover.I was able to take pictures I would use for the front cover and test different pictures to show which one which is best suited.

Christmas HolidaysMonday 5th January After the Christmas holidays I began where I left off. I continued to

work on my front cover and using the existing product of the XXL magazine, I found it easy to insert the required code and conventions.I changed the idea of my magazine and this slowed down my production process, I changed the name of the magazine down to the look, I switched everything up to give it a more professional look.

Monday 12th January By this point, I completed the front cover and I started to work on the contents page of my magazine. I did some further research looking for inspiration on an appropriate style and design for my music magazine. Again using XXL as inspiration, I found a contents page that appealed to me and used similar code and conventions to make my contents page seem more professional.

I Added another contents page, which will devote to my editorial. In other words I made a editorial page which contained my editorial message which addresses my readers and also contact info on how to contact me the editor.

Monday 19th January Next I completed the contents page and then moved onto the double page spread. I worked on the double page spread a lot and spent a lot of time altering the pages. I changed the idea behind the double page spread around 4 times, depending on where to place the pictures, the questions I would ask in the interview and how I would lay it out.

Later on I completed the double page spread, using code and conventions from a real existing media product.After I completed my pages of the music magazine, I handed it in for feedback.

Monday 9th February After receiving feedback, I made changes to my magazine to ensure it was at its best standard. When I completed my pages I then began filling in the step-by-step evidence of the preliminary task, showing how the front cover and contents page were created in different stages.

Monday 16th February Next, I started to work on the Evaluation, I answered the 7 questions and then started to talk about my photography planning.How I managed the images and how also why, I chose the images that I did. After I had to analyse my music magazine pages, I had to annotate the code and conventions I included into my music magazine.

Monday 23 February To complete my Evaluation I needed audience feedback on my magazine. I needed to know what were the strengths and weaknesses of my magazine, whether it appeals to my target audience and would they buy my magazine at the price it is set. I did this via voice notes and managed to upload it onto sound cloud to later embed it into my blog.

Monday 2nd March Finally, I completed all tasks at hand and I was ready to upload and embed them into my blog. This was the final task which I managed to complete.