Schedule A2

Production Schedule and monitoring document

Week	Date	Activity
1	13th Jan	1 Schedule Creation: For this week I will plan out and create a production schedule to help me keep on time with working out the production dates and what tasks I will do on what weeks. This will help me have a finished product to be able to submit on the 28th of February. The schedule will have to be very detailed and also realistic this means I will add 3 different homework tasks a week adding up to 4 hours of work outside of class. 2 Schedule Creation: To produce the most realistic schedule possible I will work out when I have time for my production and when I can not realistically do production on my product due to other commitments in other A level subjects. For this to work I will ask my subject teachers and research when deadlines exam dates are meaning I can work round these for my schedule. Homework 1: For homework one I will do some font research for my first article ‘Screenwriting for dummies’. For this I will research possible fonts to use for the headline of my article. I will try out examples of the size of font used also the style whether it will be bold have drop shadow and other effects. For this I will look at default fonts in the program Photoshop and also research on websites such as dafont.com Homework 2: For homework I will test out colour schemes for my first article ‘screenwriting for dummies’. This will include looking at existing designs of the same genre magazine and setting up a simple plan of my layout and working out colour ratio. I will also work out if I will use the 3-colour rule or less colour or more colours. Homework 3: I will write out a brief plan of how my article ‘screenwriting for dummies’ will be wrote and how it will flow. Using my research tables I will pick out the most valuable and beneficial information for the article.  I will do I calculated estimate on the number of words the article will be meaning I can use this information for layout design in the future. Exams/other subject deadlines:
2	20th Jan	1. For this week I will look through the images I have taken in my photo-shoot for homework and find the best ones to use in my article and to edit. The photo-shoot images I have chosen I will then place them into the program Photoshop and edit them. Firstly changing the contrast and levels to get a more desired effect of what I want. 2. I will write out a detailed plan of how my article ‘screenwriting for dummies’ will be written and how it will flow. Using my research tables I will pick out the most valuable and beneficial information for the article.  I will do I calculated estimate on the number of words the article will be meaning I can use this information for layout design in the future. ‘Screenwriting for dummies’. I will write 2 intros for the article and then pick which one I like better and the one that flows and reads the best. For this I will use my plan made the week before. The article will take around 1 hour to write and around 10-15 minuets to proof read and make any corrections. 3. I will use my images edited for the article ‘screenwriting for dummies’ and put them into InDesign then I will create my layout planned earlier in flat plans and other research I have done. With this I will then add the colour scheme I have decided from my homework plan of colour schemes.  Then edit and tweak the colours to get a correct and professional look on the pages. 4 Project Monitoring: For this I will use around 20 minuets of my lesson time to reflect on what I have done over the past week and what went well if I stayed on target and time. I will also reflect on what went wrong why I missed times if I did and also why work has not been done if it has not been. & With the font research I did as homework I will open Photoshop import or use the font selected in Photoshop. I will then add the desired effects chosen in the plan for example drop shadow and stroke. I will design headlines for the article ‘screenwriting for dummies’ then they are ready to be placed on my layout page in InDesign. Homework 1: For this homework I will have my interview with my YouTube channel owner and ask him my questions posed on my interview question plan. I will record this so I can look back after the interview and write down quotations and also most helpful and beneficial information that will go into my article ‘Review & Interview. Homework 2: For this homework I will do a detailed article plan for my article ‘Review & Interview. This will entail working out the flow of the article and also writing out 2 intros for my article. The length of paragraphs will be determined and also a calculated estimate on the overall length of the article. Homework 3: For the homework I will work out colour schemes for my layout of the article ‘Review & Interview. The colours will be determined from tests and working out the ratio of colour. I will test out different ratios and mostly likely stick to the 3-colour rule for this layout. Exams/other subject deadlines:
3	27stJan	1.The first lesson I will write my article for ‘Review & Interview’ This will be a first draft and the article will take around 40 minuets to write because most of it will be wrote in form of question and answers anyway. The checking and corrections will take around 20 minuets to do and this will take up the whole of my first lesson. 2. For this lesson the first half will be putting my colour schemes on to an InDesign page and tweaking the colours for the best possible look. The last half of it will be my photo-shoot for the article ‘Review & Interview’. It will take place in the studio and will be all worked from my photo-shoot plans. The second of the half of my lesson will be transferring images on to my network and then starting to edit them on photo-shop.  3. This lesson I will be finishing editing on my imagery on Photoshop. I will then place them into my pages done last lesson with the colour scheme and start to do my layout for the pages. Positioning my imagery in the correct place and at the right size. 4 Project Monitoring &For this lesson I will place my finished article of the ‘review & Interview’ into my InDesign page with the photos and colour scheme. I will then position them in the way I had my pages planned out with my flat plans and other research. Homework 1: I will do my final draft of my article ‘Review and Interview’ this will take around 40 -50 minuets. I will use my first draft and add corrections and create my final draft ready for putting into my page layout. Homework2: For this homework I will finish my final draft of my article ‘Screenwriting for dummies’. Using my first draft I will improve and make final corrections to my article. This will take around 1 hour to do. Homework 3: For this homework I will design my headlines and kickers for my article ‘Review & Interview’. These will be created in Photoshop and before I do this I will do some font research for the article in the same homework time. Exams/other subject deadlines:
4	3rd   Feb	1. This lesson I will create all my kickers and headlines and magazine name to go onto my front cover. I will do this using research I have done for my flat plans and treatment and create my fonts in the program Photoshop. This will take the entire lesson to do and I will have finished name and kickers for my font cover. 2. This lesson I will take my images taken in homework from the photo-shoot for my font cover. I will put them into Photoshop and edit those adding effects and making it look professional. I will then pick the best-edited photo to go onto my font cover and place it into my Photoshop font cover document. 3. For this lesson I will create my font cover using everything created last lesson with the image and headlines and kickers and name I will position them all. I will add details such as a barcode for a professional look. This will take the entire lesson and will be close to finished at the end of the lesson. 4 Project Monitoring & For this lesson I will layout my entire article for ‘Screenwriting for dummies’ on to my colour scheme page In InDesign. I will then place in my photos for the article and start to arrange my layout for the page working with reference from existing designs. Homework 1: I will write my kickers and headlines for my front page and try to incorporate clever language and sales techniques such as alliteration and repetition.  I will have these all planned and finished ready for the first lesson of the week. Homework 2: For this homework I will do a check of all my documents making sure I have everything I need for my next lesson everything is saved in a safe place ready to be accessed in lesson. Homework 3: This homework will be a plan and a final check over to make sure nothing has gone horribly wrong. If something needs redoing or corrected I will plan for this in this homework time. Exams/other subject deadlines:
5	10th  Feb	1. If I need to do something again such as a photo-shoot I will rebook this in this lesson for this week if possible or the closest time to this lesson possible. The same goes for corrections to anything else such as rewriting an article or designing header and kickers again. 2. This lesson will be a lesson all on layout design and corrections to layout. I will start on the article ‘Screenwriting for dummies’ first making sure I do not need to alter the colour if I do I will do this in this lesson.  I will then tweak the positing of the photos to the perfect place and also play about with the positioning of the headlines kickers and article. 3. This lesson will be a lesson all on layout design and corrections to layout. I will start on the article ‘Review & Interview’ first making sure I do not need to alter the colour if I do I will do this in this lesson. I will then tweak the positing of the photos to the perfect place and also play about with the positioning of the headlines kickers and article. 4 Project Monitoring & I will use this time in the lesson to make corrections to my front cover tweaking the positioning of things and possibly the size of headlines and kickers. I will work on the name of the magazine more in Photoshop making it look as professional and appealing as possible. Homework 1: For this homework I will do any corrections to my Mock ups and the design and change the design with the feedback from the focus group I did. Homework 2: For this homework I will proof read my article on my mock-ups and make appropriate corrections to the article. Homework 3: I will finalize my mock up page and add the correction to the final page having it all complete with in the homework time.  Exams/other subject deadlines:
Half term	17th Feb	Homework: Complete Monitoring and make sure that blog elements are complete
6	24th	1. This lesson will be to finalize my article ‘screenwriting for dummies’ making everything look the best possible and complete. This means if anything looks like it could be improved little details this is when I will do it. 2. This lesson will be to finalize my article ‘Review & Interview’ making everything look the best possible and complete. This means if anything looks like it could be improved little details this is when I will do it. 3. This lesson will be to finalize my front cover making everything look the best possible and complete. This means if anything looks like it could be improved little details this is when I will do it. 4 Project Monitoring & I will make sure everything is done and is a finished project and product ready to be submitted in time for the deadline. Homework 1: This will be to do any corrections that need to be done. Homework 2: This will be to do any corrections that need to be done. Homework 3: This will be to do any corrections that need to be done. Exams/other subject deadlines:
	3rd  Mar	Audience/Assessor Review Week 1 Create Audience review questionnaire 2 Teacher assessment of project 3 & 4 Complete prep work for evaluation E exam Unit 5 Blog Deadline 7th March