LO3 - Task 4 Evidence of Carrying out a Specific Production Role for a Chosen Media Production

My contribution to the production of the Critical Hit Magazine Print based Media Product

Roles and Responsibilities

Throughout the production of my print based media product Critical Hit for Unit 14, I was in control of all levels of production. Pre Production, Production and Post Production I had the role of the producer and editor, photographer, and journalist as I mainly focused on creating the magazine in InDesign and producing all of the pre production material. I made sure that I was consistently on schedule (by using the Gantt chat below) to ensure that I was completing all of the tasks which are involved in the development of a magazine.

Contribution to Media Product

Taking on this commitment meant that I had to create initial concepts for the magazine logo and and essentially flat packs for the magazine design, the ideas and potential narrative that my writing was trying to push, as well as the photography. Later once I had finalised all of my ideas through a series of sketches and drafts I began to create my layouts and drafts on photoshop before transferring my ideas onto InDesign which really brought my ideas to life. This helped me wrap text and format images in a way that worked as I will explain below. I also had to research into the legal and ethical aspect of this entire unit, while following OfCom rules to avoid offending the masses.

Gantt Chart

This has been used to make sure that I get all of my work done to an efficient standard that will meet the deadline. Essentially ensuring the idea that I will have all the key elements to create the final product.








Mood Board

I made a mood board to help communicate my ideas in an efficient manner to my peers, to get accurate feedback. This also helped me keep in mind my target audience though out the production of the magazine.

Flat Packs

Flat packs were very critical for me to envision my idea coming to life. The flat packs were very useful for the initial photoshop mockups before moving my entire Idea to InDesign.

Initial Planning for an Article

The initial planning for an article is essential if I want to do the designated role of a journalist to an accurate level. This helps guide me when doing a draft for the editorial and then eventually will be discarded when I get to writing the final draft.

Evidence of Proof Reading

Proof reading is very essential because it ensured that my magazine quality was correct. Here you can see me copy and pasting one of my original draft articles into word. So I would be able to ensure my magazine would be to a decent quality as far as quality, spelling an grammar.



Recce Forms and Risk Assessments 


This has been done to ensure that everything is done to a safe standard, these in particular was for the images that I took for my magazine.

Images Taken at CEX

These images were taken to help connote what I was writing about, and add to the narrative that I was trying to push.