Project log - 29th November

Today I plan to start my article and try and get as far through as I can. I have got some examples of peoples work from previous years for ideas. I am trying to focus on a modern day feel to the magazine which is how the teenagers would react to reading the magazine. I want it to relate-able for them.

Project log - 28th November

In todays lesson I finished my promotional methods presentation. I focused on writing about new ways in which the audience of my magazine would be able to see it well. I wanted to finish this by the end of the lesson so that I could move onto my draft article tomorrow. I have not uploaded it to my blog just yet as scribd wasnt working, but I will do it once I have completed my article.

Project log - 26th November

Tomorrow I have a single lesson of my coursework. I plan to get my questionnaires filled out so that I can write about them. Also, I plan to continue with my promotional methods, with some of the screen shots of facebook pages, twitter trends, and instagram for iphones and androids. I hope to be able to complete all of this by the end of the day, so that I can upload it to my blog and carry on with more work. 

Project log - 23rd November

Today I decided to do some work at home. I made some changes to my 'new media' presentation. I wanted to make sure that I had made it specific as to why I had chosen twitter to be a new media resource that can help to make my magazine better known. I decided that next time I do some work either at school or at home, I will start on my promotional methods. I'm making sure that I keep my work fluent so that I don't fall behind.

Project log - 21st November

In todays lesson I changed all of the labels which are attached to my work. I thought it would make it look a lot neater and organised. As well as this, I uploaded some of the work that wasnt already on my blog even though it was completed. I filled out some of my classmates questionnaires, and after this, I created my own. By the time I had done all of this, I had run out of time, so in my next lesson I plan to get people to fill them out and write about them.

New media

New media
New media has been used in this presentation to come up with all of the different ways in which I could promote my media and how it would be appropriate for my target audience. The ones that I have chosen are clear within my presentation, but I chose these because of the fact that both twitter and facebook are easily accessible to my target audience of young adults/teenagers. I think that this piece of information will be really helpful when I go to design certain parts of my magazine, such as the subscription part as I can include logos such as facebook, twitter and instagram which are all relate able and would refer back to the research that I have carried out through this presentation.

Image Ideas

Image Ideas
Image ideas is a piece of research which I have carried out which falls under the label of 'planning'. It is allowing me to look at other images and get an idea of the images I want to be able to create to make it effective within my own magazine. It makes me realise the standard that my images will have to be to make sure that my magazine looks professional and will potentially get me a high grade. The sort of poses that are done within the magazines also give me an idea on which ones I would want my model to do to relate to the genre of my magazine.

Project Log - 20th November

In our previous lesson, we had a fire drill so we didnt get the chance to complete any other work set. As I have completed all of my deadlines, I am now waiting for my teacher to set me some more in our next lesson. I want to make sure I am up to date with it because I feel like I could drop behind when all of it piles up. I have started some more work at home which I plan to complete by Thursday or Friday and then upload to my blog.

Project Log - 13th November

As I have been off of school for 3 days now, I am planning on going to see my teacher on what I need to do to make sure I am up to date. I am still completing my deadline work and a few extra parts which I can easily get done. I plan to have all of this done by Thursday, so that I can start something new in class during this week.

Audience for all genders

Audience for All Genders
For this piece of work, I have planned out what exactly I need to focus on when I am designing my magazine. I make sure what I am putting into my magazine is relevant and would actually matter to the readers if my magazine. Genders is important within my magazine as I need to make sure I distribute the magazine equally to each one. It helped me focus a lot more on what needs to be included in my magazine to follow codes and conventions.

Audience

Audience
This is the presentation where I specify exactly who I would want to buy my magazine, and why. Once I had sorted this part of it out, I could then decide what I was going to include within my magazine - style, format, context, images. It gave me a better idea when I was thinking about social class aswell as the topic of conversation in my article would be determined by this. I think this will benefit me throughout my development of my magazine because I can then refer back to it and make sure I am following the planning that I would have previously done.

Project log - 8th November

Today I am getting started with my audience and proposal. I want to set myself the aim to have got through the majority of my audience part of it by the end of the double. I am going to do some at home aswell as at school to ensure I make my deadlines. I am sitting by myself today in class so I dont get distracted.

Project log - 7th November

In todays lesson we got told what we have to do next. We are moving onto the Proposal and Audience of our magazines. Aswe only had a single lesson, we got taken through what we need to do for the majority of the lesson. I started to plan what I am going to write about so I can do some in my spare time and some in my free periods.

Project log - 6th November

I haven't had a lesson since before half term. Tomorrow I do have one, so I will see what I need to do next on the checklist and then I can do some at home and some in class. As I have completed all of the 'research' part, I haven't had much to do on my blog for a few days but this is good for me because it has given me time to work on other subjects.

Project Log - 3rd November

Today I have uploaded my audience presentation on who I would aim my magazine at. As I was very busy the other day when I said I was going to upload it, I decided that I would dedicate today to doing all the extra work that I was set. I have now completely finished the Research part of the checklist so I am glad with the progress I have made and I think my teachers are too as I have got really good feedback. It has definitely helped to motivate me.