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Unit G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media Studies

Schedule

Week Beginning Work Completed Summer HolidaysMonday 5th September In my lessons I deconstructed an issue of vibe magazine front

cover. This taught me the basics components of a magazine front cover.

Wednesday 7th September In todays lesson I went through the Katz, Harley and Maslow’s theory

Thursday 8th September Today I created an audience profile of my hip hop genre for my planning and research task

Friday 9th To start my lesson I went through different shot types. I then analyzed exemplar work from one of last year’s students. Furthermore I updated my blog by deconstructing a ‘The Source’ magazine front cover.

Monday 12th September In this lesson I created a mood board full of things related to the hip-hop genre

Thursday 15th September In this lesson I analyzed a contents page and double page spread for my textual anaylsis

Monday 19th September Today I continued analyzing the contents page and double page spread for both my PowerPoint and blog.

Thursday 22nd September In this lesson I began to look through and analyze different fonts for my masthead

Friday 23rd September In todays lesson I managed to complete my analysis of fonts and made a final decision on the font I will be using on my masthead.

Wednesday 28th September In this lesson I created a magazine flat plan for what the inside of my magazine would look like

Thursday 23rd September Today I began to make a photography plan for the photos which I will be taking to use in my magazine

Wednesday 5th October In this lesson I began to make a production plan.Thursday 6th October In this lesson I finished of my photography plan for the photos

which I will be taking to use in my magazineFriday 7th October In todays lesson I began my primary researchMonday 10th October In this lesson I create hand drawn drafts for my preliminary task.Thursday 20th October In this lesson I began to create the front cover for my preliminary

task

Half TermWednesday 2nd November In this lesson I added my main image to my front cover for my

preliminary taskThursday 3rd November In this lesson I continued with my preliminary task front cover

and began creating a puff promotionThursday 10th November I have now once again changed the puff promotion. I

have also rearranged the cover lines and included a promotion for my youtube channel.

Friday 11th November To finalise my preliminary front cover I aligned all of my cover lines. I then began to create a step-by-step of my magazine and took step-by-step screenshots and added them to my preliminary task powerpoint and began to explain them.

Thursday 17th November I have now resized the images in my barcode for the front cover of my preliminary task and added the masthead to the barcode. I also added a website link to my front cover. I then completed a checklist to ensure that I had added all the necessary components for my front cover. I then began my contents page and added the masthead, background and St.Andrews logo.

Monday 21st November With my contents page I have now added a banner, resized the St.Andrews logo, added an image for the first story and added the title of the first story.

Tuesday 22nd November I have made adjustments to my contents page. I have completed my first story within the contents page and

begun to add other featured stories.Wednesday 23rd November I have as of now aligned my features and added a

number of other stories to my contents page for my preliminary task.

Thursday 24th November I have now completed all of my features and other stories and have also added in an editorial for the magazine with an image of myself included into the editorial. I have also, below the editorial, included an image of the front of St. Andrews catholic school along with a range of words that reflect the schools morals and social media links to both Instagram and Facebook.

Friday 25th November Up to now I have added in the page number of the contents page for my preliminary task and also included the magazines website and rearranged the social media icons.

Wednesday 7th December If have since made final improvements to my contents page for my preliminary task such as aligning all of the components and then continued with my step by step guide.

Monday 12th December I have now began the front cover for my main task and have created the masthead, strapline, background and began my barcode.

Wednesday 14th December As of now I have made adjustments to the colour of my masthead and have also resized it along with my streamline. I have also began to add in a cover line and made additions to my barcode including my magazines website and social media links.

Monday 19th December I have now taken the photo for my main front cover. Before using the image I cropped it and applied edits to it. After adding it in I resized and positioned it.

Tuesday 20th December Now I have made touches to the image for my front cover and created an album cover to add into the barcode and made alterations to the cover lines and main headline.

Tuesday 3rd January I have since changed the masthead to white and removed the glow from Photoshop and added a drop shadow. I then used the burn tool to darken the effects on the photo as they had lightened the image too much.

Thursday 4th January I have added an image for one of the cover lines and have also added in a puff promotion for free concert tickets. I have also aligned all of the components so that they look much neater.

Friday 5th January I have begun the contents page for my main task. To the front cover I have added the background, title, and have begun adding features.

Tuesday 10th January Continuing my contents page I added a few features to the magazine.

Wednesday 11th January I have now made sure all of the components of my contents page are well aligned and completed multiple features for the magazine. I have also added a page number and web address.

Thursday 12th January I have now added three more features to my contents page for the main task.

Friday 13th January To the contents page for my main task I have added in an editorial. To do this I first needed to have a photo taken of myself. I then edited the photo on Adobe Bridge and added a vignette in Photoshop before adding it to my contents page. After doing this I scanned in my signature and cropped out the background then added it to the page. To complete the Editorial I included my name and added the editorial text.

Tuesday 24th January I've set up my DPS template on InDesign.Wednesday 25th January I have now added to my DPS on InDesign a background

and added in three columns. Within the columns I have added in the interview for the text, a drop capital. I have also added in the Masthead and the website and page number at the bottom.

Thursday 26th January I have now changed the page number at the bottom right of the page. I also added the page number to the bottom left of the page, using text wrap to wrap the text around it. Another thing that I have included is a pull quote at the top of the article using a quote from the article.

Wednesday 1st February To add to my double page spread for my main task I have taken a picture and used Photoshop to remove the background using the quick selection tool, magic wand tool, background eraser tool and the eraser tool. I then used the refine edge tool to smoothen the edges before adding it into my double page spread.

Christmas Holidays