Weekly progress and plan

 Here is my weekly progress for my magazine project and also a rough plan 

 

Week	Term 2	Week	Term 3
1 (2 Oct)	Brief, Research	8 ( 8 Jan)	Development
2	Research	9	Shoot
3	Research	10	Shoot, Self Reflection
4	Proposal	11	Post Production
5	Development	12	Post Production
6	Development	13 (12 Feb)	Deadline (Monday 12th February)
7	Development	14

Week 1

 - Today we learned about the magazine terminology , which is alot to dig in since there is so many terminologies and its quite confusing. Though it might be useful for the magazine project

- Yesterday we learned about the narrative theory such as the binary opposite and the 5 codes which can be very helpful for section A's.

- On Monday we just reviewed the materials from term 1 by playing a game which was fun

Week 2

- We did a section A group work on One Piece analysis, It was still quite difficult for me to get used to the structure but with the help of friends we were able to do it.

- We also learned about the representation theory by stuart  hall, it really shows how media creates a meaning, on the gold roger analysis we tried to decode on how was he represented. In my group he was represented as an infamous influencial character as since he created a new era which is the era of the pirates.

- We were also given homework for labeling and analysing the magazine cover, I did one for a Elle magazine which is about fashion. I was confused on how to label since I still dont really know about the parts of a magazine cover.

I decided to change the format of the weekely progress

Week 3

- Continued our research on the magazine covers

- Did more labeling on the magazine article

- Took photos of the magazine covers fur further research

Problems - Time managemet it was really hard for me to get some time to do the research as since it also collided with other subjects such as Math and Business studies.

To-do - Finish the research and statement of intent before Friday.

Week 4

- We learned about genre theory which is how demographic and psychographics can be used to target audiences, this is helpful as it helps me plan out my target audience for my magazine project.

Problems - Time mangament I rushed most of the work because I had bad time management. I aslo had problems on coming with titles and coverlines

Solution - I will have better time management and finish up my work next week, and for ideas I will use the help of chatgpt

Week 5 

- Continued the project lesson mainly focusing on researching the double page spread 

- On Monday we did a gallery walk on all the theories

Problems

- I was sick for most of the week so I missed Monday's lesson

- I havent uploaded my statement of intent onto my blogger

- I havent finished my double page spread reasearch

Solution

- I asked my friends for help to tell me what was the lesson about

- I will complete all of my tasks

To do: Research more car related magazine

Week 6

- We had to complete our double page spread analysis

- We started on writing the article for our double page spread

Problems

- I didnt have a lot of car magazines for my double page spread analysis

- I also had bad time management so the double page spread analysis was rushed

- I needed more content in order to achieve 700 words for my article

To do: 

- Complete my 700 word article

Week 7 

- This is our last week of term 2

- We also did a checklist for our blogger. It is a checklist in order to check if we have all the required posts. It helped me alot since I can go back and fill out the missing sections in my blog post

Problems: 

- I havent completed my checklist therefore I need to finish it in my 2 month break from school

- As well I need to accomplish my magazine articles

To do

- Photoshoot for my car cover magazine

This is a checklist for the blog posts that were required to be in our blogger. This really helped me organise and check for the tasks that hasn't been done, as seen that most of my checks that are gone are from reflections that hasn't been filled. From this point I will try my best to fill my blogposts with more reflection . I hope I will be able to fill this checklist and check all the boxes

Week 1 semester 2

• This week we learned about stages of film making which includes Production Distribution and Exhibition for two sessions
• Today I listened to the feedback my teacher gave for 10 minutes and will soon fix everything in my blog according to the feedback 
• Started to make a blog on my photoshoot to reflect the potential dangers and ideas im gonna do

To do plan:

- Fix my blog according to the feedback such as incresing the ofont size for the weeks in my weekly progress

- Take more pictures for the photoshoot

Week 2 semester 2

• Today I learned how to create a proper and neat layout for a magazine cover 
• Learned abot the principles of a magazine cover which is borders hierarchy of type, type face and colour.
• I also took some pictures for practice

Shooting plan

- I will take pictures for my magzine cover and contents page at the 27th of january (Saturday)

Week 3 Sesmester 2

• Today I started designing drafts for my magazine cover, I made some but it wasnt my final so i have to finalize and correct my mistakes.
• I also need to do a shoot for my pictures this week
• Our teacher also gave some extra days for the deadline of the magazine project which is a relief because I usually need more time for big projects.

Week 4 Semester 2

• Today I started on doing my critical self reflection presentation, there were some questions I still havent completed , nextime I really need to catch up and finish everything step by step
• Plan: finish up my critical self reflection and finish up my magazine main cover image design

Week 5 Semester 2

• We prorgressed on doing the front cover  
• Things to do: I need to create more design, start progressing again on my critical self reflection
• Plan: Progress through this week taking more pictures for more idea angles and presentation

Week 6 Semester 2

• This week I did a lot of progress on the magazine such as the cover contents and double page spread
• Problems: There was a ceremony at school that cut our session in half, I didnt have a good enough pictures for my contents page and magazine double page spread . My designs require more feedback from my teacher because I do think that it needs a lot of improvement. As well I didnt do a lot of research to get more ideas
• Solutions: Do it a homework, take more pictures, get more feedback and add some finishing touches to my blogs such as adding more reflection and research

Week 7 Semester 2 ( DEADLINE)

• This week I did most of the double page spread , I still haven't came up with a good idea for it but I have been trying to get more feedback and get more ressearch done. As well I continued on the contents page though I wasn't satisfied with the results
• Problems: I need to come up with a good structure for my double page spread, I also need more feedback on my contents page as since it doesn't look as good.
• Solution: I need to get more feedback and research as well as probably do it over the Weekend

• This week is the deadline for the project, on monday I did a lot on the contents page. I quickly finished it up and got some feedback from my teachers and friends. I liked the result and kept using it. Next was the double page spread, I had an idea already due to the research I did. The pressure was really catching up to me as I barely had enough time left to do the critical self reflection and finishing up my blog posts. At Thursday Night is when I have combined everything and finished up all my designs ready to be put up in the blog . The critical self reflection drained me as I had to share time with other subjects as well as the day after (friday) I have multiple tests and mock exams. Therefore I had to sacrifice a subject to be able to finish up this project.

This project was both fun and stressfull. The fun part was designing and geting feedback from my friends in class as we could see each others progress and help each other improve. I also like the feeling of satisfaction I get after i finished up my designs, I had learned a lot starting from sketching all the way to the final piece. From margins, color grading, spacing and lots of other aspects when it comes to designing. I would like to thank my teacher as well for all the feedback given to me and the helpful tips ( such as the use of margins ) that has assisted me on designing my magazine. Nevertheless, the stressfull part was completing it. There was so many trial and errors but the mistakes were good as it helped me improve. However at the same time too many mistakes takes up too much time, thats what happened to me as I had to rush loads of things near the end of the deadline and unfortunately It also had to clash with other subjects.