Production plan

Unit G321 – Foundation Portfolio in Media – Production Plan TemplateLucas Kirkland - 1159

Week beginning: 10th November 2015

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Date of publication- Firstly the date of publication needs to be set. My magazine will be distributed fought nightly so therefore it will take two weeks to produce my magazine. I will schedule the production process and how it proceeds over the two weeks.

Mange the schedule- In order to properly produce my magazine successfully I need to manage my schedule. To achieve my deadline I need to put in place certain provisions just in case something goes wrong.

The next big step to take is the editorial process. A team needs to be assembled which will discuss and decide what ideas, topics, news and illustrations will appear in the magazine. The team then needs to account the budget and whether their ideas can be included in the magazine due to the budget.

Content acquisition- Without content the magazine will be nothing. Either employ an in house writers or external writers. At this stage artwork and graphics should be worked on. Content is King. Journalists should research the topics the editors have assessed.

Sub-editingFocus on the quality control of the magazine.Check the accuracy of all the facts. Make sure spelling grammar and punctuation are to a high standard. Make sure articles follow a house style.

Page Layout- Create a special team called the layout staff. Their job will be to type and layout the various pages. They should use programs like Desktop publishing, InDesign and PageMaker. Furthermore at this stage adverts from advertisers should be placed into the content.

Proof reading- The editorial department should print out a hard copy of the magazine and go through it to see if there are any mistakes and that everything makes sense. Keep proof reading until every member of team is happy

Complete by: 22nd November 2015

Complete by: 26th November 2015



Complete by: 2nd December 2015

Complete by: 5th December 2015

Complete by: 7th December 2015

Monday- 8th Tuesday- 10th Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday


December 2015 December 2015

File emailed to printer- After the proof reading stage the DTP file of the entire magazine needs to be sent to the printer tot print the magazine. Ensure Pre press has taken place, which means checking your file. After this the printing company takes over. If the editor and his team are satisfied with the product the printer will produce a final product.

Distribution- This is the final stage to do. Package the magazines and send them to warehouse. The magazines are then distributed and sold to public.


Scheduled release date: Day 25th November 2015 – sent to retail outlets for this day

Production Process:

To construct a magazine the first thing to do is to set a date of publication. This is simply the date that you want the magazine to be released as a finished product to the general public. This creates a schedule to work to. When creating a magazine it is important to take into account that you may need to make corrections. Therefore it is important to set aside a time to make corrections. The next step involves the editorials decisions, which involve the content that is covered in the next issue of the magazine. Once they have made the correct decisions they look at how much money is available for them and how much money should be available for production of the magazine. Next is most likely the most essential step because without content there would be no magazine. There is in house staff writers for magazine and external writers that write about a specialist nature. There are also illustrations and pictures in the magazine. Sub editing is the next process and involves focusing on the quality control of the magazine which involves checking the accuracy of the facts, making sure spelling is correct, punctuation and grammar is used affectively and making sure pages follow the house style. Page Layout- Create a special team called the layout staff. Their job will be to type and layout the various pages. They should use programs like Desktop publishing, InDesign and PageMaker. Furthermore at this stage adverts from advertisers should be placed into the content. Proof reading is an important step. The editorial department should print out a hard copy of the magazine and go through it to see if there are any mistakes and that everything makes sense. Keep proof reading until every member of team is happy. Distribution is the final stage to take place. The company will package the magazines and send them to warehouse. The magazines are then distributed and sold to public.

Source from: http://www.hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process

Rolling stones magazine- Frequency released every two weeks

http://www.hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process


Distribution Company –

http://www.frontlinedistribution.co.uk - The first print publication is a local, 100 page, full color magazine. 5,000 copies quarterly is available at a cost of about £2 dollars each --(£1 each to print .50 each for the content and .50 each for preproduction, layout, and design.)

Date Of release: January 1st 2016. I have chosen this date as It is the first of the month which ‘signifies’ (De Saussure) new beginnings as my magazine is the first ever issue.

http://www.frontlinedistribution.co.uk/

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