Time is ticking!

With only three weeks until the Christmas holidays, there is not much time left to ensure you have reached stage one in style!  By Christmas you MUST have completed the front cover of your magazine.  In order to get to this point, you should have:

• Completed magazine deconstructions.  This includes the front cover, contents page and double page spread.  Make sure you are thinking about denotation and connotation.  Consider the house style and always think how this is informing your magazine.
• Have flat plans for your magazine.
• Have made a production plan.
• Made your blog interesting – lots of different presentation styles, not just prose.
• Make your front cover – tracking the stages as you go.

Check my prezi out to help you.  I advise you try and do one of these.

http://prezi.com/vcovmvhhadt0/making-the-most-of-your-media-blog/

By Tuesday, you should have the pictures for your front cover (at least).  Before you take them, have a plan of the pictures you want to take – why not make a story board?  Remember, if you change anything/don’t do what you said you would, this gives you something to discuss.  I would recommend making a slideshow out of these and talk about which ones you want to use and why.

Once you have these, you can start working on photoshop and making the cover.

Finally, the most important this is to ensure you are always reflecting on what you are doing and why you are doing it.

Good luck!