Over the Easter Holiday's I decided I no longer wanted to do an artefact for my Extended Project and instead I want to do a dissertation on a the similar topic of 'How blogging has influenced fashion'. The reason for changing the form of my project is because I wanted the topic to be more specific to blogging and I felt a magazine would need more that just one subject matter. The research I have done so far is still beneficial to the dissertation as it's not deviating from the original topic too much.
Unfortunately, I wasnt able to do much in the holidays regarding my EP as most of my time was spent revising for upcoming exams. I hope to do more research into the dissertation topic before my exams start to leave me in a good place for after exams. I still want to keep the deadline date for October as this will give me time to do thorough research.
Target: Rewrite the rationale and VTT
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
ENTRY 7
Other than redesigning a few pages of the magazine I have been fairly unproductive due to coursework deadlines and revision for tests. I haven't been able to meet the target of completing my secondary data and I haven't started to think of what the article topic is going to be or the questions for my interview. The majority of my Easter holidays will be revising for my exams but if I find time I will try and complete some more secondary research and devise an interview.
Target: Try and do some more secondary research and conduct an interview
Target: Try and do some more secondary research and conduct an interview
ENTRY 6
After looking through some more magazines recently I thought my street style article is a bit to organised regarding the layout. I have therefore, decided to replan this article briefly:
Target: Do some more research into another magazine and article topics
Skills learned: I've continued to develop my IT skills
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
ENTRY 5
I have now completed my first piece of secondary research which was on the Company Magazine. I looked at how it was layed out, what kind of images and articles were included; I mostly focused on the aesthetics of the magazine.
(Analysis can be found in my sharepoint folder)
Target: I need to do some research into article topics and what I could write about, as well as devising some questions to ask my interviewee
Skills learned: How to find relevant information and evaluating/analysis skills
(Analysis can be found in my sharepoint folder)
Target: I need to do some research into article topics and what I could write about, as well as devising some questions to ask my interviewee
Skills learned: How to find relevant information and evaluating/analysis skills
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
ENTRY 4
Below is the brief layout plan for my magazine. I've based my magazine on Company magazine as I really like the layout and colours which are in that magazine. This has inspired me to make a A5 magazine rather than A4 as it's more convenient to carry around. I have chosen a colour scheme yet, I need to do some more research in order to work out what colours I want.
Target: Do more secondary research
Skills learned: I have developed IT skills by completing the plan on Microsoft. This has also made the process of my magazine more organised as it's set a target for what I want to create
Target: Do more secondary research
Skills learned: I have developed IT skills by completing the plan on Microsoft. This has also made the process of my magazine more organised as it's set a target for what I want to create
Thursday, 20 February 2014
ENTRY 3
I have completed my task stated in my previous diary extract. I intend for my project to be completed for the October deadline - my timeline is constructed with this in mind. I've only done a Microsoft document for the timeline at the moment as I can't figure out how I want to display it. Here's what I've decided on so far:
Target: To complete the clear, brief plan of the magazine for tomorrow
Skills learned: Organisational skills
Very brief plan of magazine: 24/2/2014
Complete secondary research: 17/3/2014
Conduct primary research – interview: 7/4/2014
Choose article topic: 14/4/2014
12th May –
6th June: EXAMS
Article first draft: 16/6/2014
Choose music to write about: 16/6/2014
Final draft of article: 30/6/2014
Take photos of street style: 20/7/2014
Write about each area of London: 3/8/2014
Draft of complete extract – get it bound and produced: 31/8/2014
Get opinions of others, make any changes: 7/9/2014
Final extract – bound and produced: 20/9/2014
DEADLINE - OCTOBERTarget: To complete the clear, brief plan of the magazine for tomorrow
Skills learned: Organisational skills
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
ENTRY 2
I still need to create the timeline, finding a template that suits my preferences is harder than expected. However, I must have completed this my next week in order to make sure I am in control of what stages my EP will go through.
In addition to this I have also started thinking about primary and secondary data. I presume that for primary data I will conduct an interview with someone in the fashion industry as well as doing a brief interview with the people I chose to take photographs of for my street style extract.
For secondary research I am going to read and analyse current magazines as well as comparing womans magazine from the past and now. I will also look at statistic such as how many people read different types of magazine, how many magazines are on the market, what magazines do to target their demographic etc. This will give me information to aid me in writing the articles in magazine and making sure.
Completed Target: I have chosen to make my deadline in October as I think the summer will give me time to go out and take photos and make the final piece of a high quality.
Target: To have finished timeline by next week
Skills learned: Decision making
In addition to this I have also started thinking about primary and secondary data. I presume that for primary data I will conduct an interview with someone in the fashion industry as well as doing a brief interview with the people I chose to take photographs of for my street style extract.
For secondary research I am going to read and analyse current magazines as well as comparing womans magazine from the past and now. I will also look at statistic such as how many people read different types of magazine, how many magazines are on the market, what magazines do to target their demographic etc. This will give me information to aid me in writing the articles in magazine and making sure.
Completed Target: I have chosen to make my deadline in October as I think the summer will give me time to go out and take photos and make the final piece of a high quality.
Target: To have finished timeline by next week
Skills learned: Decision making
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