Production Log – 02/10/09
So far I have researched a few ideas for the given preliminary coursework (creating the front and contents page of a college or school) and singled out the most stable piece of work. This idea is my Army College Magazine idea, which helps students of the college cope with the fast paced courses and gives tips on how to deal with it. The purpose of this is to boost success rates of soldiers being enrolled into the Army or the Marines.
After researching magazines in a similar genre, I have found that there are not many magazines aimed at soldiers in training and even less aimed at attracting the younger generation of soldiers. I believe this is because of the low pass rate in training and so I think a magazine dedicated to improving pass rates will sell rather quickly.
I have received basic photoshop training which will help me create and manipulate my own images for the magazine. I may use one of my manipulated images as the front cover to my magazine. It will produce an idea of interest I think my audience would appreciate because of its subliminal relevance to Army soldiers themselves… or ‘Dog Soldiers’ as they are sometimes labeled.
I have produced my own SMART Targets for the coursework which will help me in progression.
