Production Schedule

Week	Date	Activity
1	7th Jan	1 I will start to create a schedule, taking into consideration any exam commitments I already have planned. I will try to make this as realistic and reasonable as possible in this time so I can keep track every week and keep on top of the work load. 2 Today I will finish off the schedule, making sure I have added time as contingency time. 3  Find, set up and store fonts correctly in the right format and save them to my network space and also in the /FONTS/ folder in 4 Project Monitoring & contingency time – finish off work that I need to finish in the schedule this week. Homework 1: Locate reference material for photo shoots; look into different poses and examples with the same lighting techniques. Look into which props I will need to buy. Homework 2: Finish schedule. Homework 3: Research headers/story styles/kickers etc.
2	14th Jan	1 Due to exam commitments I will not be in attendance for this lesson. 2 Start writing the article for the article ‘Fundraising 101’. I already have the imagery for this so it seems appropriate to start it before the next article. 3 Carry on writing the article for the fundraising article; I will show this to my assessor and make corrections to it. 4 Project Monitoring & I will use this time to start setting up the in design document for ‘Fundraising 101’. I will be setting up the margins etc. Homework 1: I will need to visit the shops in my own time to buy the props I need for my photo shoot. Homework 2: Book photo shoot, equipment and a computer for my photo shoot. I will have to remember to bring my call sheets and the photo shoot plan so that the lighting assistant will know what to bring to the shoot. Homework 3: Meet with models and personnel to sort the specifics about the photo shoot; make sure they come to the photo shoot at the right time and that they know what to wear/bring if anything.
3	21stJan	1 I won’t be in this lesson due to a modeling schedule for another photo shoot for another magazine. 2 Due to exam commitments I will not be in attendance for this lesson. 3 Import my article on in design for Fundraising 101, start importing images. Hopefully by this stage the font for the header will have already been added in 4 Project Monitoring & working on the Fundraising article. Hopefully I will be able to add in a break out box at this stage. Homework 1: Writing the article for ‘Dos and Don’ts of Teen Holidays’ and checking my article plan to make sure I know what I want to achieve in this article. Homework2: I will use this homework as spare time I will use for contingency, incase writing my article goes over. Homework 3: Work on the in design work for Fundraising 101. I will use this homework time as contingency time so I can finish off the first draft of this double page spread this week.
4	28th  Jan	1 In this lesson I will start work on my contents page on in design. I will be setting up margins and the text for the contents page but I will be in able to add all of the imagery just yet. 2 In this lesson I will conduct my photoshoot, making sure that all of my models are there and I have the necessary props for the shoot. 3 Finish the first draft of my front cover, which I have already started prior to the 7th of January. 4 Project Monitoring & time for contingency. Homework 1: I will carry on to work on my contents page. Homework 2: import the images into several places in a readable format, putting them on a memory stick, email format and on my network space to insure that I don’t lose my images. Homework 3: Post production of images; editing the contrast, colour manipulation, image and facial correction.
5	4th Feb	1 Start importing images onto indesign and creating the double page spreads. 2 Carry on working on the double page spread this is when I will start to add in breakout boxes, masthead, kickers and the body of the article. 3 Using my knowledge of media constraints and making sure that I haven’t breeched any of the PCC’s rules. I will look over the constraints work I have already done, and will check each rule, and my own work so far to make sure that I haven’t broken any. I also made some ‘golden rules’ alongside my constraints work to insure that I haven’t broken any of my own, personal rules. 4 Project Monitoring & finishing the work on the PCC’s rules and my own rules from lesson 3. Homework 1: Finish off the first draft of my double page spreads, adding in the body of the article and the other elements of a double page spread that I didn’t finish in lesson 2.  Homework 2: Create second drafts of each page; start on corrections and finishing touches. Homework 3: Subedit every second draft of the pages.
6	11th Feb	1 I will carry on finishing off my double page spreads, checking over the articles to insure that they are finished to a high standard and that there is no spelling mistakes and that the article flows well. 2 Making final changes to my products to make sure they are of the highest standard. This is when I will check that my fonts, colours etc are consistent throughout the magazine to create a brand image. 3This lesson will be contingency time for the project. I will be looking over all of my work, checking for corrections and making sure my blog is up-to-date- with everything I need on it. 4 Project Monitoring & Exporting projects from in design in to the right format on to moodle. Homework 1: I will be doing an initial check up on my work, checking this schedule to make sure I haven’t missed out any vital work, and making sure that I have finished everything. Homework 2: I will use this time for contingency, insuring that I am finished everything in the project. Homework 3: I will keep this time spare incase anything in my products have gone wrong. Unit 5 Deadline Friday 15th Feb –projects to be uploaded to Moodle
Half term	18th Feb	Homework: Complete Monitoring and make sure that blog elements are complete
	25th Feb	Audience/Assessor Review Week 1 Create Audience review questionnaire 2 Teacher assessment of project 3 & 4 Complete prep work for evaluation E exam Unit 5 Blog Deadline 25th Feb