[Link]
com/ascoursework
[Link]
RESEARCH AND PLANNING
Use these tasks effectively to help construct your music magazine
Tasks
Location
Due
on Wix
Format/Digital
Technology
Success criteria - what makes a successful piece of coursework?
Research
Bullet points on Wix
Weds
Look at a previous students coursework (college/music magazines and blog).
Sub-menu
ne?
17th
Create a list identifying their strengths and weaknesses.
Septe
[Link]
mber
[Link]
[Link]
Production schedule for music magazine including all R&P task, photo shoots,
Planning
prelim task, editing, all 3 music magazine products, evaluation etc. Include
Sub-menu
EVERYTHING
Mind map/s to demonstrate initial ideas and music magazine genres
Planning
Do
myHomework Student
Planner. (iOS, Android,
Windows and online) Add
the screen grabs to your
website from your phone
Weds
Prezi
Weds
17th
Septe
mber
Extension task
Sub-menu
You can do as many mind maps as you like to help with an aspect of planning your
[Link]
magazine.
Forms and conventions research Youll need to understand key features of
Research
magazine layouts. Label up an exemplar magazine page, making a list of key
Sub-menu
forms and conventions of a magazine. Be sure to write how this information is
relevant to your magazine production.
[Link]
Research on chosen genre (e.g. electronic music magazines)
Identify key forms and conventions of your chosen genre, for the front cover,
([Link]
or examtime
Research
Sub-menu
contents page and double page spread be sure to include the following:
Layout
Images (subject/model) clothing, body language, facial expressions,
Word document with
labelled image and list
uploaded to scribd
Emaze presentation
Powerpoint and uploaded to
slideshare
Or anything else you fancy
24th
Septe
mber
Weds
24th
Septe
mber
Bullet points on Wix
Bullet points on Emaze
presentation
Bullet points on Powerpoint
and uploaded to slideshare
Or anything else you fancy
Weds
Written in Wix or Word
(uploaded to scribd) or voice
recording. (Can upload mp3
direct to Wix)
Weds
24th
Septe
mber
props, Lighting etc
Fonts (choice, size, position)
Colours
Backgrounds
Features
Style of language
Proposal of idea, using all the research you have completed so create a proposal
considering
Inspiration
Planning
Sub-menu
1st
Octob
Title
er
Or anything else you fancy
Target Audience
Images
Layout
Anything else you wish to include
3 textual analysis of music magazine front covers from appropriate genre.
Research
Complete a full written textual analysis (analysing connotations etc.) Remember
Sub-menu
to take photos of real magazines, not from versions on the internet
Written in Wix or Word
(uploaded to scribd) include
the image.
1
1st
Oct
Extension task
To complete more, up to 5
2
3
8th
Oct
3 textual analysis of music magazine contents pages from appropriate genre.
Research
Annotations including layout and textual analysis comments. Remember to take
Sub-menu
photos of real magazines, not from versions on the internet
Extension task
To write as full essays rather than notations and/or to complete more, up to 5
3 textual analysis of music magazine double page spreads, from appropriate
Research
genre. Annotations including layout and textual analysis comments. Remember to
Sub-menu
Annotations around image in
Word (uploaded to scribd)
Prezi
Emaze
Powerpoint and shared
through slideshare
Or written in Wix or Word
and uploaded to scribd,
include the image.
Weds
Annotations around image in
Word (uploaded to scribd)
Weds
8th
Octob
er
8th
take photos of real magazines, not from versions on the internet
Extension task
To write as full essays rather than notations and/or to complete more, up to 5
Institutions research Look through existing magazines, find out who publishes
them, what titles do the publishing houses own and why.
Research
Sub-menu
Prezi
Emaze
Powerpoint and shared
through slideshare
Or written in Wix or Word
and uploaded to scribd,
include the image.
Octob
Written in Wix or anything
else you fancy.
Wed
er
15th
Extension task
Octob
Which publishing house do you think would be appropriate for your publication?
er
Mood board a collection of images to inspire your creativity
Extension task
Planning
Sub-menu
You can do as many as you like, you may wish to consider some the follow topics;
Images, layout, fonts, colour, artists, genre
Questionnaire Use this to help construct your music magazine. Could ask
questions to do with colour schemes, content, layout, pricing, articles etc
Pinterest
[Link]
/guide/all-about-pinterest
Wed
15th
Octob
er
Research
Sub-menu
Survey monkey
[Link]
m/categories/getting-started
Wed
15th
Octob
er
Questionnaire graphs and analysis specifying how the results will affect your
magazine
Research
Sub-menu
Survey monkey for results
and graphs then written
analysis in Wix
Weds
22nd
Octob
er
Primary research
Research
Sub-menu
Record the interviews on
Weds
Extension task
To carry out further primary research into target audience by recording brief
interviews with people and analysing responses.
Target Audience
Research
Sub-menu
Extension task
phone or direct through the
Mac then written analysis in
Wix
22nd
Emaze infographics template
Weds
Octob
er
22nd
Target audience profile and description
Octob
er
HALF TERM
2 x Draft layout options for front cover, contents and double page spread. Label
Planning
key elements and make a note of colour schemes etc.
Sub-menu
Draw and take a pic
[Link]
Photoshop
Weds
5th
Nove
mber
Double page spread article plan
Planning
Include ideas on the article content as well as a first draft of the written material.
Sub-menu
Photo shoot plan/s for music magazine photographs (consider background,
Planning
props, who?, costume, lighting, shot type, body language
Sub-menu
Bullet points on Wix
Bullet points on Emaze
presentation
Bullet points on Powerpoint
and uploaded to slideshare
Prezi
Or anything else you fancy
Weds
Bullet points on Wix
Bullet points on Emaze
presentation
Bullet points on Powerpoint
and uploaded to slideshare
Prezi
Weds
5th
Nove
mber
5th
Nove
mber
Or anything else you fancy
ALL RESEARCH AND PLANNING MUST BE COMPLETED BY
MONDAY 10TH NOVEMBER
BLOG ENTRIES
Your blog must document your journey and decisions made across the construction process of your coursework. Although it is a little like a
diary it shouldn't be "today I did this then I did this". Instead you should reflect upon what you are doing.
Tasks
Digital Technology
Introduction to music magazine project and initial ideas and reactions
*Writing straight into Wix is
easiest for most blog entries.
Due
These are
ongoing
If you would like to do
and
something different you can.
entries
But keep it simple, e.g
should be
recording some voice notes
made on
into your phone, then
a weekly
uploading mp3 to your blog.
basis. You
must keep
up to date
with
them.
Any developments/inspiration of your idea for music magazine
Done?
Introduction and initial thoughts on preliminary task
Introduction and thoughts on Photoshop lesson
Development of preliminary task including screen grabs and reflections
Any more thoughts on using Photoshop
All the photographs you have taken
In Wix use add then gallery
to display pics
Assessment and reflections on how the photo-shoot went and the quality of the photos.
Development of front cover including screen grabs and reflections (multiple entries across the
Write into Wix, with pics
construction including references to; font selection, colour schemes, layout choices, images etc)
Peer assessment of front cover and your reflections on those comments
Use the comments function
in the bottom of the blog in
Wix
Development of contents page including screen grabs and reflections (multiple entries across
Write into Wix, with pics
the construction including references to; font selection, colour schemes, layout choices, images
etc)
Peer assessment of contents page and your reflections on those comments
Use the comments function
in the bottom of the blog in
Wix
Development of double page spread including screen grabs and reflections (multiple entries
Write into Wix, with pics
across the construction including references to; font selection, colour schemes, layout choices,
images etc)
Peer assessment of double page spread and your reflections on those comments
Use the comments function
in the bottom of the blog in
Wix
ALL BLOG ENTRIES MUST BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY 25TH
FEBRUARY
PRELIMINARY TASK
Task
Technology
Due
School magazine forms and conventions research
Bullet points on Wix
Tues 7th
front cover
October
[Link]
contents page
[Link]
All photos
Finished front cover and mock-up of contents page
In Wix use add then gallery
Mon 13th
to display pics
October
Upload to [Link]
Weds 22nd
and embed in Wix
October
Use a combination of Prezi
Mon 3rd
and a video recording, either
Novembe
HALF TERM
Evaluation
Done?
direct into the Mac, or
[Link]
or on your phone are
probably the simplest
ALL PRELIMINARY TASKS MUST BE COMPLETED BY MONDAY 3RD
NOVEMBER
MAGAZINE
Task
Technology
Due
Finished front cover of your music magazine
Upload to [Link]
Weds 17th
and embed in Wix as 1
December
magazine
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
Tues 20th
Finished Contents page
January
HALF TERM
Weds 25th
Finished Double page spread
February
ALL CONSTRUCTION MUST BE COMPLETED BY MONDAY 2ND MARCH
EVALUATION
Done?
Task
Technology
Due
Question 1 - Genre
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real
media products?
Question 2 - Representation
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Podcast
Tues 10th
Question 3 - Institution
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Emaze
Question 4 - Audience
Who would be the audience for your media product?
Free choice
March
Prezi
Tues 17th
March
Tues 17th
March
Tues 24th
March
EASTER HOLIDAYS
Question 5 - Audience
How did you attract/address your audience?
Video
Question 6 - Technologies
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
youtube tagging
Question 7 - Preliminary task
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from
it to the full product?
Diagram
ALL EVALUATION QUESTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY MONDAY 20TH
APRIL
Mon 13th
April
Tues 14th
April
Weds 15th
April
Done?