Thursday, October 5, 2023

Component 1: Weekly Progress & Plan

Here is a report of my weekly progress for my magazine project, it also includes a rough planning for the project.

Week 

Term 2

Week 

Term 3

1

(2 Oct)

Brief, Research

8

( 8 Jan)

Development

2

Research

9

Shoot

3

Research

10

Shoot, Self Reflection

4

Proposal 

11

Post Production

5

Development

12

Post Production

6

Development

13

(12 Feb)

Deadline (Monday 12th February)

7

Development

14

 

Week 1

What we did throughout the week:
Introduction to the Magazine Project 
- Magazine terminologies (identify and explain)
- Analyzing parts of magazine

I was excited when introduced to this media text because I never really have read magazines completely before. I was able to memorize the terminologies of the magazine features and what effects does it have towards the reader. I manage my time well here and wasn't rushing through things which I enjoy very much. 
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Week 2

What we did throughout the week:
Monday: I wasn't present
Thursday: Introduction to Representation theory
Friday: Further analysis including the demographics and psychographics of magazine (front cover page, double page, etc.) 

We were introduced to the representation theory by Stuart Hall. I was able to briefly explain case studies on my own, but were not detailed as it was in class discussions. I have to improve my understanding and application of representation theory before this week as it is a vital information that may be required to be mentioned in my answer for the exams. I also analyzed my magazine and its pages with my friend. I did not like this because it is time consuming and requires a lot of writing which I am tired of. So, I didn't finish the research on time. However, I will manage to complete the research before next week so I can complete my other blogposts.
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Week 3

What we did throughout the week:
- Discussed on representation theory
- Continue our research
- Completing our research
- Fill in statement of intent
- Identify and plan our target audience for our magazine
The activities we did throughout the week was fun as we continued to research for our project. Although I need to make sure I complete everything on time .

Problem: I have had difficulties in finding a women's fashion magazine that I really like because from the researches done I would be able to find inspirations on what I want to include in my magazine or what not to include based on what features on magazines that I'm interested in. There are also several fashion magazines that includes different features which would be hard to figure out how my magazine should look like, in example, a fashion magazine includes many coverlines whereas others barely had a coverline and emphasizes the attention to the main image (model). These obstacles creates confusion to what a fashion magazine should look like as I wanted to achieve good grades for this project.
Solution: In the end, I figured to search fashion magazines online (digital magazines that are accessible/free) as our Media Studies teacher (Mr. Nick) allowed us to do so. Some platforms only include the cover, but it still works as it adds to my research and I found out a magazine cover that I really like and intend to replicate. Different magazines do include different features, I just need to find out how the visuals of the magazine to look like and make sure it matches to the topic and intent to attract the target audience.
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Week 4

What we did throughout the week:
- Discussed genre theory 
- Practice section B, answering the question "How different audiences are targeted through media?"
- Applying the genre theory and demographics and psychographics to target audience
- Completing research
- Finalizing statement of Intent
- Starting the magazine development process

In this week, I struggled a lot on keeping my time management for my Media Studies project, I missed on the deadline for the research and statement of intent. I need to improve my time management between school-works and non-academic activities by next week to maximize my performance especially in Media Studies. I will solve this by finishing everything by the end of this week, I will complete the research and statement of intent during weekends. 
Problem: Another setback for this week is technical decisions on my magazine such as the title. For the title I did found a word that I like although it is the name of an existing magazine brand. 
Solution: I will discuss this further with pairs and groups of my surroundings to get their ideas for inspiration. This will be done by next week. In addition, the statement of intent couldn't be published to my blogpost, I will find a solution with my teacher and will be completed and published quickly later on.
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Week 5

What we did throughout the week:
- Recap theories we learned so far
- Double page spread analysis

A problem from last week was that the statement of intent could not be published to my blogpost, this was figured out by my Media Studies teacher (Mr. Nick). He told us to search a YouTube video on how to embed a PDF file to the blog website that I am using for publishing all my Media Studies works. Although, as I searched YouTube, I found out a way to embed a Google Docs file instead which was more quicker and efficient. The video was effective to address a solution for this. I changed some codes and manage to control the size of the embed file display. The process can be seen here.
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Week 6

What we did throughout the week:
- Discussed traditional and new media
- Finishing double page spread analysis
- Starting the draft for my magazine's double page article

I was absent during one of the Media Studies lesson this week, I missed practicing the section A part of the exam where my friends and fellow classmate analyzed the introduction (first few minutes) of Netflix's 'Queen's Gambit'. I started to write my article for the double page spread in my magazine which I firstly struggled when choosing the topic of the article, I didn't have a clue on what to write about. Then, I decided to write .. and start writing the ideas for each paragraphs. I still need to finish 700 words article before next week ends.
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Week 7

What we did throughout the week:

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Semester 2

Week 1

What we did throughout the week:
- Feedback, potential risk, scout
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Week 2
What we did throughout the week:
I really enjoyed the lessons I had during this week since I was able to understand the theories we learned and most specially the project lesson. I had fun shooting and trying out designs for my magazine cover. I figured out that there so many ideas that are fun, but I have to keep them simple and good enough to lay out all the texts and the main picture in a balanced proportion. I really need to find a desgin that is not generic but diffent and unique in a good way to remain interesting for my target audience. I need to finish .... Google draw is not good...
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