AS Media Blog Checklist (This list is not exhaustive – you are encouraged to blog any other relevant material). See Assignment Sheet for further info on tasks.

Task 1 Production Schedule

• Production Schedule

Task 2 (a) Textual analysis of 2 Magazines

• Front Cover
• Contents Page
• DPS

Task 2 (b) Audience and institution

• Annotated Media kit/ Press pack
• Publisher information

Task 3 Preliminary Task

• Front Page
• Contents Page

Task 4 Evaluation and Feedback of PT

• What went well
• What could be improved
• 3 points for development in main task

Task 5 Magazine research

• Newsstand task
• Other distribution methods

Task 6 Drafting and House styles

• short proposal
• house style sheets  
• flat plan
• Draft questions for DPS.  
• Who is your publisher? Why?
• Audience profile
• Pitch (Power point or other)
• feedback from focus groups and / or survey monkey

Task 7 Audience research

• Evaluation of feedback findings

Task 8 Photography

• Camera induction notes
• Photograph call sheets
• Location recces
• Contact sheets

Task 9 Desk top publishing

• Screenshots of progress: Contents page
• Screenshots of progress: Front Page
• Screenshots of progress: DPS

Task 10 Audience research

• Feedback on magazine

Task 11 Evaluation

• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
• How did you attract/address your audience?
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?