I have finished my drafts of my pre-production tasks ready to hand in to be marked. I significantly changed my ideas as I was not fully representing my genre of 'soap opera' and TV guide which I had originally planned. Changes I made were headlines to advertise more soaps and celebrities relating to soaps. I also added more headlines as, analysing a TV guide cover, I discovered that this was a key feature.

Preparation for Production

In order to prepare for creating my production piece: part of which is to design a magazine cover, I have been taking pictures of settings and people that I may wish to include on my front cover. Previously, I had organised to have one model, but having researched more TV guides, I have realised that will need a few more models of different genders and ages. I have found a few more models but need to contact others. As for writing an article, I have been brainstorming ideas for the topic I will write about, and the style, by analysing articles in TV guides.

PowerPoint Presentation

Katie spencer research and planning

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Re-drafting my Pre-Production

At the moment, I am editing my two drafts for magazine covers and my PowerPoint presentation. I have more adjustments to make to my drafts compared to my PowerPoint, as I followed guidelines for the presentation, but didn't pay enough attention to the conventions my two covers should have. For example, I didn't focus enough on the fact that I am creating a magazine in the genre of 'Soap Opera'. Now I will continue to perfect my designs and presentation in order to hand in a high standard of work, for my deadline in January. By completing this work to a high standard, I will also have myself well prepared for my production piece.

Above is a ticklist I made for myself after recieving feedback from my first draft of my pre-production task: two magazine covers

A Change of Ideas for Pre-production

I have now also started both drafts, and will finish them on Photoshop today, as well as ensuring my powerpoint presentation is completed to a high standard. In order to do this I need to check all of my application of audience theories and media codes. Since my last post, I have decided to still do a draft on young adult women, but have changed my teenage girls, to girls aged 6-10. I have made this changed in order to show true contrast between the features of both magazines, to show my understanding of different audiences. I felt that teenage girls and young women were categories that were too close in age for me to successfully show contrast. Both drafts will on the theme on winter wonderland and I think by using a consistent theme across the two drafts, the contrasts for the different audiences will be clear.