First Draft of our First Magazine Front Cover - TIME

(21/02/10 - 26/02/10)

What Went Well…

* We talked about what type of magazine we will be using for both our articles and what type of convention we will be going for. .

* We have created our first draft for out 1st magazine

* We have carried out research for the copy we will be writing about and found some articles on how singers and celebrities have helped out in order to raise money for the survivors of the earthquake and how some of the victims have been flown to other countries in order to receive treatment for their injuries.

Even Better If…

* Discussed what images and advert picture we will be using

* If we looked at more current affairs magazine

* We start producing the text for articles and produce a broken down list of what sort of information we intend to discuss.

Action Plan…

* We will be discussing what images and advert picture we will be using

* We will be looking at the advert we will be doing

* We will be taking pictures of our own and composing what scenery we will be using on our front covers.

Planning and Research

Action Plan

Week 1- We will be choosing what design we want and the colours for our magazine

Week 2- We will be choosing our images for the magazine and article that will go with the copy

Week 3- We will be drafting and coming up with the two copies and what stories we will need

week 4- We will be finalising the first and second copy with the images

week 5- We will finish the front cover and both copies and giving last touches

Research

We will be using a lot of research for our magazine and copy that we will be writing and in order for us to understand what current affairs magazines consist of we will be looking at a variety of current affairs magazine. We will be researching international and national news and information that will relate to our topic as well as looking at other sources. Other sources that we will be researching and using as a research tool is using the Internet as we will be getting a lot of information about social issues. However as we will be looking at political and economical issues we will be using newspapers and magazine as another research tool to look at statistics as well as other headline that may relate to our topic. As we will be needing authenticity for our articles and facts and some opinions we will be using books as a valid and more direct research tool as we will get quite a lot of information from there.

Weekly Progress

So far myself and my partner have looked at various current affairs magazines and looked and how we will be designing our magazine as the asthetic of the magazine is quite important. We have also discussed what issues we will be using in there and quite a lot of controversial issues we will be using and have looked at some examples and text. We have also looked at the type of layout our magazine will have and the copy design.

Mest 4 Research And Planning Pitch

Self Evaluation on my MEST 4: Research & Planning PowerPoint Presentation

After presenting my presentation with my group to the class I got quite a lot of feed back which were both positive and negative to allow me to see what I need to change or add to my investigation. Getting this feedback will allow to me make my Practical Investigation better as the comments were fair and I agreed with them.

What Went Well

- We used and refereed to theorist which we will include in our practical investigation
- We designed attractive slide with good images and methods
- Very organised approach
- Good research
- We rehearsed our presentation very well and spoke clearly
- Used some good media terminology

Even Better If

- Discussed globalisation
- If we had discussed the software we will be using i.e. Adobe Illustrator
- If we have talked about the stories we would have used i.e. Obama becoming president
- News value i.e. theorist Galtung and Ruge
- If we had refereed to the hypodermic needle theory
- If we had slowed the pace down and elaborated more clearly on each point
- If we had reduced the text that was on the screen

Similar Text Related To My Practical Production

The Economist

http://www.economist.com/

The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. This magazine relates to my chosen praticle production as it has some of the conventions that I want to use for mine, and example is that it discusses and has sections on news, politics and business which are some of the features my magazine will contain. Another convention that this magazine has which I hope mine to have is that it has a general economics column, frequently based on academic research which I believe that would and should be included in my magazine. The Economist would fit into my investigation because it contains current affairs in the news and politics which my magazine will mainly focus on. As this magazine focuses on issues of current news, then I will be able to relate it to my investigation upon black people and how the media represents these group of people.

The Week

http://www.theweek.co.uk/

The Week is a weekly current affairs magazine founded in the United Kingdom.This magazines provide a digest of the week's news and editorial commentary from global media in order to provide readers with multiple political viewpoints. In addition to news and opinion, the week also covers science, business and the arts. This magazine contains a lot of factual and opinion led articles which I find a very good and are some of the conventions and features that I want in my magazine. In my magazine or article I want to discuss issues both natioal and international media news, which is another convention this magazine has. This magazine will allow me to relate it to my pratical investigation as I will be able to discuss people opinions and views upon black people within contemporary news and relate it to how this has changed using sources which cover political viewpoints.

Private Eye

http://www.private-eye.co.uk

Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, Private Eye has been a prominent critic of public figures deemed incompetent, inefficient or corrupt, and has become a self-styled "thorn in the side" of the British establishment, though it also receives much criticism and ire, both for its style and for its willingness to print defamatory and controversial stories.This magazine is very unique with it's variationquality cartoons which I find would be quite interesting to have in my magazine. As this magazine is quite different, I will be able to use this element to showcase the images of black people within the media and how this has affected current affairs associated with news and political change black people face, both national and worldwide.