Unit 13 – Planning and Pitching a Print based Media Product
Checklist!
Task
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Done
Have I chosen my print based media product from my chosen music
magazine sub-genre?
Have I reflected on it’s Purpose?
Have I reflected on the products Form & Style?
Have I reflected on the products Content?
Do I understand the meanings represented in the Product?
Do I understand the Genre of the Product?
Do I understand the Target Audience of the Product?
Do I understand how Frequently the Product is sold?
Do I know the processes involved in the Production of the Product?
Tasks recommended: - Present ALL of this in a PowerPoint (Embed into
your Page using Slideshare under the Headings provided) OR Prezi
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Research the Publisher of the Product and the Product as a whole
What are the connotations behind the magazines strapline? What do they aim to
cover and/or provide their readers with?
Annotate the codes & conventions of this media product and the 2-pages you are
going to Produce (Front Cover and DPS) – for example for the Front Cover - where is
the masthead, strapline, cover lines, puff-promotion etc.
Connotations of the colours, language in certain conventions (Stapline, Masthead)
(See Task 4) – What iconography (Props) are presented on the pages to be
produced within your chosen sub-genre and do these ‘signify’ (De Saussure) to the
readership? YOU SHOULD investigate other areas not covered for 4 as well.
What is the Genre and what does is stereotypically provide it’s readers with? YOU
COULD research other products from the genre to see if they have ‘repeated’ (Steve
Neale – 1980) certain codes & conventions OR Iconography
Publisher (See Task 1) – Target Age/Gender/Socio-Economic Class - Demographics
Publisher (See Task 1) – How often is the Product released for it’s intended
readership?
Pre-Production = Investigate!
Production = Investigate!
Post-Production = Investigate!
Task
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Have I produced a mood board that conveys my ideas for the Product I
wish to produce based on my research for LO 1?
Have I provided a summary of the ideas I have for my magazine and the 2pages I will be producing?
Have I produced some “mind-maps” of key convention ideas such as
Masthead, Strapline, Main Image etc. for the 2-pages I wish to produce?
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Have I produced a Proposal? – For example what IS the masthead (title)
going to be, what font style will I present this in, what is the “house style” of
the magazine going to be on a consistent basis, how often will the magazine
be sold and what ambitions do you have for the magazine (e.g is it going to
be a market leader OR is it going to battle to compete with other products
from the genre?)
Have I reelected on the needs of the target audience I have mind within my
Proposal? Who are my target audience? YOU COULD produce an Audience
Profile outlining who they are what they would stereotypically look like!
Have I produced a Plan for the photographs that need to be captured for the
2-pages to be produced?
Sample Materials – Further draft interviews, front cover drafts etc.
Done
Task
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Have I presented the Proposal? – For example to a “Client” (Your Publisher
of Research from Unit 01) and/or a Focus Group of readers who COULD be
interested in your magazine.
Does the Proposal contain a verbal introduction? Can you evidence this
(Script)
Does the Proposal consider the environment and/or equipment needed to
present it effectively (e.g. Internet access, PowerPoint file)?
Does the Proposal contain evidence of Feedback? (e.g. Survey Monkey
results?
Does your Proposal contain Images (Mood Board, Mock-Up Drafts, Logo for
the masthead) and other illustrations?
Have I got a witness statement from the “Client” for conducting the Pitch
and/or Proposal?
Done
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Do you have Evidence to suggest the Client is happy with Proposal?
Does the Proposal consider the materials needed to present the proposal?
Does the Proposal consider the materials needed to create the magazine
(media product) pages?
Does the Proposal highlight the location(s) to be used for taking
photographs for the 1st Issue?
Does your Proposal contain Images (Mood Board, Mock-Up Drafts, Logo for
the masthead) and other illustrations?
Does your Proposal consider WHO will be involved in the magazine – Key
Personnel – e.g. Who will be the Editor? Photographer?
Are the Legal/Ethical Issues surrounding the Production of the Magazine
presented in the Proposal?
Post-Proposal – Have you provided a detailed reflection on any changes you
have made OR are going to make based on the feedback you have been
given? (E.g. Images, fonts, colours, layouts etc.)
Done