Research and planning..

• How did your research into genre contribute to your production work?
My research into genre; which was rock-pop included me going on tv channels which played mostly rock music; such as Kerrang and some of the MTV channels too. I also looked through different music magazines that I wanted mine to be similar to such as MOJO, NME and Kerrang and I saw what worked well on the page and what didnt and followed those.

• How did your research into audience contribute to your production work?
my audience research helped me to see what was in popular demand when it came to a monthly music magazine. My questions included the ideal price range and the type of things that people would want. The most popular suggestions were new bands, music facts, and popular chart topping bands and artists. I also did a smalls urvey which included popular music magazines and people's criticisms of them.

• How did your research into institutions responsible for the production and regulation of the media influence your production work?
I especially looked at NME, which is owned by IPC media which is owned by Time Warner, a global brand. NME is one of the most popular magazine, but I did look at how sales dramatically decreased when the new era of online articles came about. That is why when i was doing my magazine I mentioned a website as I knew all successful magazines had an online edition as well as versions for portable internet devices such as Amazon's Kindle and Apple's Ipad and Iphone.

• What pre-production planning techniques did you employ (scripting, storyboarding, shot-lists etc.)? How effective was your planning – how did it help you in the production phase?
In my pre production stages, my planning was quite rare. I didnt often write out detailed plans of what to do so I often lost way slightly. I used things such as my moodboard as planning as i represented what genre i wanted to represent in my piece. I also did an initial action plan where I listed the different things that I needed to do.

• What did you learn from planning your first production that helped you to improve your planning for the second?
I think this time I will plan more effectively using a time scale so I set myself deadlines so that I can get it all done . However, i will need to make these realistic. I will also as im doing a film this time do storyboards and scripting so I know exactly what needs to happen. I also want to this time do a more detailed plan including everything that needs done.. maybe a brainstorming session at the beggining will help as i can think of everything that needs to be done and i can look at when we have media lessons and when i have free periods so that i know when i actually can get it done.

• How did you use audience feedback to influence your production work while it was in progress?
I asked fellow pupils in my media class what they thought of the magazine so far about half way through, and i knew asking them was a good idea because theya ll have quite a strong media interest and they knew what worked well, and their feedback helped me to improve.