June In 2012 -- Research (1)

Fashion? 

Fashion? Business? Science? Daily? Monthly? Yearly? Popular? Professional?

There are amounts of question marks in my brain.

So, the first thing I need consider is the magazine style and content type.

       

June In 2012 -- Tutorial In June 12

The tutorial is designed to help my plan and prepare effectively for my project, I present my planning folder to Ivan and have a discussion with him. The project I have made decision is to create a magazine which is related to Screen and Cultures. Ivan checked each goals of my planning based on the Sign-off Sheet, though it is not perfect I complete each requirement in total. I get the permission to sign off and start with my project. 

During the discussion I was required to divided the time schedule detailed in hours, and each quotation should be related with reference. Due to the interview will be including in my magazine, I was told to apply for the ethics approval as early as possible. Fortunately, I got the printing support in collage lane campus- Steve Williams, it is a quite useful and practical information in this meeting.   

June In 2012 -- Planning Folder

Pg Media Major Study – Learning Outcomes Matrix for project planning and self-management

Learning Outcomes - Knowledge and Understanding of:	Where this will be shown in Project Deliverables – artefacts, documentation, and other performances, how is this to be achieved or shown, what you will do in your Project to demonstrate the fulfillment of this Learning Outcome
a set of defined or devised practices, techniques, processes, methodologies and debates that make up the forefront of (your Award Field)	QuarkXPress will be the mainly graphic design software in my project combined with Photoshop, illustrator is a “fresh” in my improved skill.
a range of factors and conditions that influence audiences, spectators, participants, acts of consumption and the vectors of dissemination and distribution in (your award field) and how these impact on the design and realisation of artefacts	Magazine is a publication for general audiences, I choose the developing process of screen and cultures in recently years of global area which is related to major study. To present my opinion directly and visually, I will put amounts of photos and illustrations related to articles. Comparison and evolutionary process will be the attractive point to audiences.
approaches to self- and project-management including the identification of new learning and the handling of time, schedules and resources	Blog diaries will be used as the mainly documentation way through my whole project, from the research, classification, layout design to inspection. In additional, I will make podcast and an introduction as the advertisement of my magazine. Each inspiration, ideas and tutorial should be recorded in my blog as an identification and evidence.
Learning Outcomes - Skills and Attributes, be able to:
critically examine, evaluate, select and deploy appropriately defined or devised methodologies for managing creative practice in (your Award Field)	Existing skills will be appropriate further used at the first place to keep the quality, some practice for fresh strength the skill ability, and not the important place through the whole work. Try to present something “difficult” in additional part.
make sound and informed judgements about the aesthetic and communicative properties and content of media artefacts produced by themselves in terms of their fitness for purpose, taking into account as appropriate the traditions of the field, the nature of audiences and the requirements of vectors of dissemination	Theory frame and foundation will be supported by bibliography, it will be divided into firstly and secondary sources for both information and academic support.
work in an autonomous way, making good use of time and resources and showing initiative and personal direction	I make the whole progress in stages smooth and steady, timing management is absolutely important to maintenance the quality of whole project, I adopt the blog to record the process for the frequently documenting. Create a magazine is a flexible practice including arrangement, selecting, design, and individual working talent. It is a modeling working adaption ability applied to future career.
manage self and identify self-learning of skills and knowledge and work effectively with others when appropriate	Interview and M-O-S may be contained in project

June In 2012 -- Planning Folder

Project Deliverables:

The artefact of my project is creating a magazine related to the developing progress of screen history and culture nowadays. The Screen Cultures programme aims to provide a fresh approach to Media Studies for the 21^st Century with a creative integration of theoretical concepts and media practice. In an age of rapid media convergence, this course is particularly attractive to the student who knows their future lies in the media but doesn’t want to limit their options. I select the history progress and contemporary staff to interpreting Screen and Cultures. Digital and Mobile Media devices such as mobile phones and PDA’s are the primary source of portable media from which we can obtain information and communicate with one another. Screen is a remarkable symbol in both digital and mobile media field. The screen Cultures program is for students who want to make their careers in the new media professions, using new and established media form. Students will have opportunity to create podcasts. Web pages, poster, video sequences, and much more. I prefer to create a website as an advertisement to introduce my magazine. It is a way to improved existing skills and practice advanced skills in one project, flexible ability is an advantage in Screen Cultures filed.

I will hand in a magazine as the artefact of my project, and in this you will find a set of devised practices, techniques; I will hand in the blog dairy, and in this you will find the self and project management including the identification of each idea inspiration and time arrangement; I will hand in a list of bibliography to support the information and theory frame, and in this you will find the informed judgements about the aesthetic and communicative properties; I will hand in a time planning for the whole project, and in this you will find I work in an autonomous way, making good use of time and resources and showing initiative and personal direction.

June In 2012 -- Planning Folder

Time planning and Time Management Chart:

15 June- 30 June	1 July- 10 July	11 July- 21 July	22 July- 20 August	21 August- 1 September	2 September- 4  September
Research: Collecting information and theory frame/ Selecting useful and related sources	Contents: Classify different sources, photos and illustrators which are related to articles	Contents: Confirm the articles and related staff, get into the prepare period	Design: Start to design the page layout and magazine style step by step	Presentation: Prepare the presentation introduction and material	Check and inspection: Check through the artefact, blog dairy and presentation material

15 June- 30 June	1 July- 10 July	11 July- 21 July	22 July- 20 August	21 August- 1 September	2 September- 4  September
Arrange the tutorial to show the research to supervisor, make sure the direction is correct and fix with major study	Arrange the tutorial to present the suitable and selected staff and get the allowance to use these material	Arrange the confirmed articles and contents will be used in magazine, and get the opinions from supervisor	Arrange the tutorial and discuss the layout and design style for the whole magazine to supervisor	Arrange the tutorial to discuss the presentation, and get the key point should be shown in presentation	Arrange the tutorial for the final check

( Addition: Blog will be write almost in daily)

June In 2012- Planning Folder

Project Documentation Proposal:

On account of my “design decision” is to create a magazine related to “screen cultures”, it generally published on a regular schedule and contains a variety of content. Magazine is a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations, typically covering a particular subject. In my opinion, it was divided into four sections in my project: First of all, Research—collecting large amounts of information, data, related articles and theory frame and foundation; Classification—it is a way to irregular things into the rule. According to different characteristics types, take the essence to the dregs; Layout—design of page layout is take an important role in a successful magazine, if contents can be compared to the “soul” of a magazine, graphic design is the “ body” of it; Inspection—it is a way to strengthen the accuracy both in content and design in my project. In conclusion, the four sections will be the majority recording part in my blog diaries, the mainly target of project documentation through the whole project.

Due to the different proportion, I arrange the corresponding time schedule for each section, I will keep documenting the process with a 150 words blog diary at the end of my working day of project. It is a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data. I will give a detailed or annotated bibliography for my research, and if it is possible, I prefer to contained some interviews and M-O-S in my contents, it will come down to a podcast documentation. In the meantime, I will keep the copy of each tutorial and inspiration brain storm in a picture or poster form to present the “changing” and “improving” in my project.

I prefer to choose Blog to record the documentation of my project because of the limitation of language, I am lack of confidence to present the completely even the detailed ideas in a podcast or any other sound and video form applied to such “huge” project. What’s more, magazine is a graphic design publication, blog dairy is more particularity and suitable for my documentation.

Blog URL: http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7195943003423295313#overview

Username: jessiemdia@gmail.com

Password: arron123

June In 2012 -- Planning Folder

Personal Learning Outline:

Magazine maybe referred to as popular press publications because articles are often written by journalists, who gather information from various sources and synthesize into their stories or reports. In my project, I choose to create a relatively complete magazine related to the developing of screen cultures in global area, I should stand in a journalist’s specialize point of view to documenting a particular type of reporting. The audience for articles in magazines is usually the general public, I need take the responsibility of different roles, I should be a journalist, a designer, an editor, and a reader. I need take the enjoyment, attractive, graphic sense, professional and accuracy into consideration, contents should be related to my major study: screen cultures, I prefer to present the developing and remarkable changes of screen and culture in a documentation magazine. It is a big challenge to practice my individual flexible working ability in different roles.

Despite time has been a media student for five years. I learnt large amounts of professional knowledge and software until know, I made conclusion and comparison in an analysis, I select the advanced software—QuarkXPress to create a magazine combined with Photoshop and other graphic design software as my further developed existing skills. Illustrator is a “fresh” skill will be acquired in my work, I am looking forward to taking improvement of this opportunity. I am planning to create an artefact to introduce my magazine as an advertisement, it can be a website, an animation flash or a poster, I don’t pursue absolutely perfect in design, but try to develop and discover more potential to adapt the future career. In my opinion, inter-disciplinary talent is more useful and advantaged in media field.

Interview is an additional and selectable part of my project, I want to improving the communicating skills and ability to pander the trend of mass media, it is a necessary skills and ability nowadays.