Weekly Progress & Plan (AS)

 This part of my blog will be for my weekly progress & plans

Week	Start Date		Task		Blogpost Title	Content	Deadline
W1	26 August	Pre Production	Research	1	Brief	Description of the brief, embed powerpoint	W2
				2	Plan & Weekly Progress	Plan for the whole project, Weekly diary	W2
				3	Research	Research into magazines of the same genre	W4
W2	2 September		Plan	4	Statement of Intent	Plan for the product	W4
				5	Magazine Development	Your ideas, and how they develop
				6	Location Scout & Risk Assessment	Possible shooting locations, risk assessment table	W5
W3	9 September			7	Terminology	A list of the new vocabulary you have learned. And the definition
				8	All of the new thinigs you have learned	Summaries of learning. Youtube Tutorial videos. Articles etc.
W4	16 September	Production	Produce	8	Behind the Scenes	Images of the shoot	W8
				9	Magazine Article (Draft + Final)
				10	Front Cover Development	The design and layout of these pages.
W5	23 September			11	Contents Development
				12	Double Page Spread Development
W6	30 September	Post Production	Edit/Reflection	13	Editing Process	How did you edit and use software to finish the magazine? Challenges, solutions	W9
				14	Self Reflection	Self Reflection Presentation	W9
W7	7 October		Edit
W8	14 October		Submission	15	Final	Final doc, social media page, thumbnail	W9
W9	21 October		Feedback

Week 1:

I am a new student in this school. I was homeschooled before and never took media studies as a subject. For my final year, I wanted to challenge myself by going to school. Regardless, I've always had an interest in media and plan to major in something media related. Here I felt lucky as I was presented with media studies as a subject option. I've been enjoying it so far, even though it's a LOT of work. So, I've decided to take the AS level exam in the winter series. 

Magazine:

My teacher, Mr. Nick, explained what I need to do. It was a lot and I felt kind of overwhelmed but I'm really grateful he's been pretty helpful. It's a lot but I've done a lot of crazy things academically so I still feel excited :D

After that went to the library to look at some magazines for my research. I'm not sure what sort of magazine to do yet so I'm looking into multiple genres to see which speaks to me most

I did some stuff for my magazine last week but I didn't really know what I was doing yet so I was mostly shooting in the dark

Theory:

By looking through my classmates' previous AS level material, the current 11th grade's materials and additional outside resources I found myself, I've managed to study quite a lot on my own.

I started by learning the key terms then moved on to genre conventions, semiotics and technical terms.

I've familiarized myself with camera, sound, edit and mise-en-scene. I am most confident in sound and least with edit because of all the terms.

Problems: a lot of work, unsure what genre to pick for magazine
Solution: I am someone who enjoys a lot of work so that part will be fine but I will make an effort to find free time for my mental wellbeing. As for magazine genre, I will look into multiple genres to see which one I am most fascinated by
To-do: Magazine research, more theory studying

Week 2: 

Progress: After thinking about what inspires me most creatively, I've decided to do a paranormal (and maybe satirical) magazine. I worked on more research and I've started sketching some ideas for my magazine. I also learned some media theory (reception theory, cultivation theory, representation theory etc.)

Problem: It's been hard balancing time & work for media with other subjects

Solution: When I'm bored/don't have anything to do, I study so I have less to do later on

To-do:

• More research
• More magazine development
• Statement of intent
• Location scout

Week 3:

Progress: I've started my statement of intent and magazine development. I've done some review for media theory as well

Problem: I have not done a lot this week due to health reasons and I have no knowledge in typography

Solution: Take better care of myself from now on and do more research on typography

To do:

• More research
• Finish statement of intent
• Do some magazine drafts
• Learn typography
• Location scout

Week 4:

Progress: I've finished my statement of intent, worked on magazine development and location scout & risk assessment. I also did a post on magazine related terminologies and things summarizing the things I've learned while trying to create a magazine. I also did a lot of work on theories, focusing mostly on convergence and audiences by doing past paper questions

Problem: It was the last week of submission for my documentary project for school so I had a hard time balancing doing both projects

Solution: I did some work during school hours whenever I had free time instead

To-do:

• More research
• Finish location scout & risk assessment
• Start making some magazine drafts