LO3 - Carrying out a production role for a media production

Roles and Responsibilities
During the course of the magazine unit, I carried out the role of creative director, among others. The main responsibilities of this role included overseeing the appearance of the overall publication and making sure it conformed to the house style that was outlined in a brief.

Contribution to Media Production
As the creative director, I supervised the design of the whole publication. I had to make sure that each page followed the drafts that were drawn out, and were consistent to the intended house style. I oversaw the changes and adjustments from the first draft to the final appearance of the publication.

Draft 1

Draft 2

Draft 3

Suggested Improvements

Final Publication

Development of Skills

I developed many useful skills during the time I spent as creative director for the magazine unit. By taking inspiration from other existing publications, I was able to begin to develop an eye for good design. I was also introduced to the Adobe program InDesign, which I had had no experience using prior to the magazine unit. I was able to learn and develop my skills using InDesign during my time studying the unit.
To be able to pursue this role as a career, I would need to further develop my practical and creative skills in a design sense. These are skills that I began to develop when I was working on the magazine unit, and they need further development to become skills that would be appropriate in a career-based scenario.
Other skills that I would need to improve on include my time-keeping and verbal communication skills. I would need to become more organised and step out of my comfort zone when it comes to communicating with others in order to work to my full potential in this kind of career.

Additional Tasks

I worked on every part of the magazine, so this means that I managed to experience every role during production. Every part of the production, from writing the articles to organising time scales, allowed me to work on my skills. It also allowed me to improve in some areas that I was weaker in, such as the elements of organisation and time-keeping that are essential during the production of a magazine publication.