Unit G321

Preliminary and Foundation Production

Preparation for Foundation Production Unit G321

1. Preliminary task

Front page of a college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in a medium close up.

Must produce mock ups and layout of the contents page.

To develop ideas for preliminary task

• What do you know , right now today about front covers?

• Contents?

• Create a list!

Feedback on magazines• Main feature/ story• Name/ title = masthead• Price/ barcode/ date/ issue/ QR code• Text – boxes• Borders• Image- relate to main feature / the genre/ the

Target Audience – models look into camera• Sell line/ strap line• Range of font styles and sizes

Target Audience

• How do you research your audience?

• Audience research….focus group.

• Ask each other a series of questions about creating a Brigg Sixth Form College magazine.

• Make a note of all answers. Now go down to the common room and ask anyone down there your questions!

To develop ideas for preliminary task

• Now… analyse your results.• What does your research tell you about

masthead [ name of mag]/ Colour/ Image/ Content

Did you ask males and females?

Where there any surprises?

Page 18/24 – read this as a class and then take a piece of A3 and design your front cover. [Portrait]

You will need a 2nd piece of A3 to design and plan your contents page [ portrait]

G321 Foundation production

• Front page/ contents page & Double page spread of a Music magazine

• Can be done in pairs/ max 3 to group

• If this is done in pairs or as a group each individual must have own issue following the same house style and own individual blog.

• Minimum: Four images per candidate

• All images must be original.

• No found images permitted.

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G322 Key Media Concepts

Section A Textual analysis and representation [TV Drama]

Section B Institutions and audiences. [EG Working Titles/ Momentum/ Good Films & Blueprint film [Lincoln]

Terminology and needs….

During this course you will learn specific terminology.

You will need:

A glossary for the magazines – we will give you this

A glossary for each section of the exam – these you will create.

Therefore you will need a folder – if you don’t have one yet – BRING ONE IN NEXT TUESDAY of ask us for one!

To prepare for photography

You will benefit from having/ bringing in your own digital

camera.Bring it in next Tuesday!

Not a mobile phone!

Saving files and mini lessons

You will need a USB memory stick – have this for next Tuesday [ Amazon/ Play.com]

After your first Adobe lesson….You must book mini lessons with Mrs Beasley for photography and Adobe

You must always ask for help with software and hardware – never plough on regardless!

Introduction to the Imac

• Over to you Mrs Beasley