action plan

Summer holidays:

·         Written proposal- description of my product will go on my blog.

·         Flat plans for my product- can be subject to change after doing deconstructions

·         Inspirational texts- upload these to blog.

·         Description of my target audience. This way I know from before construction of my product who I am appealing to.

October holidays:

·         Do my preliminary task: poster. This product shouldn't take too long to construct. Looking at existing products they are mainly simplistic, therefore my poster will be too. I will aim to take the image for the poster who will be posing as the editor. I will send my friend an email to ask if she will model for me. Getting my preliminary task constructed and out the way leaves more time to focus on my main product.

·         Take image of cinema and oak tree farm for which will feature on the front page of my product. By taking this images it means these are out the way and will allow me more time to focus on writing my articles.

·         Doing blog work- I am too complete all 4 deconstructions for my main product as well as the three for the preliminary tasks. By doing this I get to familiarise myself with the conventions from an early stage. This will help me with the construction of my product.

·         Research on last student’s work- I intend to get this done as I can get a feel of how others have designed this product. Looking at their grades I will be able to deconstruct them and see what I like and don’t like. This will be useful in the construction of my own product.

·         I will type up my notes from semiotics onto my blog and apply it to my product. I will be able to look back at these for revision notes also.

·         Script- I will aim to write a script for my Radio preliminary task, which I will aim to construct in the February holidays.

·         Evidence of online research- again this will reflect over my deconstructions

·         Focus groups and evidence- I will use social networking sites such as Facebook to question find out about my target audience- hat are there interests etc. I will then use this info for the construction of my product.

·         I will hand out questionnaires- some of my target audience may not use sites such as Facebook therefore I will target them with questionnaires.

December Holidays

·         For the Christmas holidays, I aim to take some trial images and explore some camera techniques, to see which would be best for my product. This can also help improve my image quality and make my images look more professional.

·         Research into institutions- This will not take long, however I shall do t in the Christmas holidays to make sure I do a thorough job. I will then create my own institution/logo, to go on my poster and newspaper product.

 

Images I will aim to take

Crayola Pencil images, on the Seafront. I will prepare by emailing my friend to ask her if she will model and also prepare an outfit.

·         I will also aim to write my article out. Looking at my flat plans that I created for my summer work, I see I have to construct 5 articles. With article ideas in mind, I will write these articles and then edit them into my product. This will ensure that I am keeping up to date with the construction of my product.

·         Photo-shoot planning and recce- I will get this out the way and do this early. This will help me plan my photo shoots and keep me prepared and organised with my work.

·         Costume and Make up planning- again will do this based on my articles and will help keep me organised for my photo shoot. This can also increase the professionalism of my images.

·         Notes on feminism- will copy these up and show how they apply to my product. I can then refer to these for revision

February Holidays-

·         Quotes from my target audience- I intend to update my target audience with my product so I know if I am appealing to them correctly. I will quote my target audience to show this.

·         Initial images uploaded to my blog- include those that I will and won’t be including and why.

 

costume and Make-up planning

Costume and Make-up planning:

For my article images, I need them to represent real life. This images need to be something that the target audience can relate to. Therefore I want to the keep the costumes and makeup simple. Unlike for my AS coursework, the models for my images could wear imaginative and stylish clothing, and the make-up could be bizarre. This was because they needed to represent the celebrity culture and be recognised as pop stars. However my product will be reflecting the life’s of real people, therefore I need to represent them truthfully.

Marathon Article                 

Costume- Crayola Costume- I have decided to use this as the costume as lots of runners in charity runs dress up in costumes as this increase the sponsor. The teenager in the article is going to be portrayed as desperate to help the Alzheimer’s charity. The Costume will also add some enlightenment to the article and help represent the girl as funny, which will attract kits if sentimental attention. There will be props in the image that will also show the athletic side, for example, the girl will be wearing running shoes and joggers and will be holding a lucozade water bottle. These will act as signs and portray the model as athletic. 

Make-up- the model will be wearing no make-up to put emphasis on the fact she has just ran a marathon. I will make sure she appears sweaty and exhausted to help make the image look realistic.

Main article-
Costume- My main article will consist of a male and female posing as a married couple. Their outfits will be designed to reflect theire profession; farmers. Therefore they will be wearing stereotypical farming clothes, for example wellies, big coats, jumpers. The outfit will help the audiences understanding of the text.