Research and Planning

1. Research into genre helped me with production because it gave me a feel of the style that is represented throughout the R&B music industry. Once I had established this, it was easier for me to choose my colour scheme and the house style that I thought best represented the artists and music within the genre.
2. My research into audience contributed to my production because it helped me to pin point areas of my magazine that I wanted to make unique to appeal to my audience. It also gave me an overall opinion on what they wanted to get out of an R&B magazine so that I could ensure that they would want to buy it.
3. I pre-planned the production of my magazine by ensuring that I had all the shot types that I needed for every section of my magazine. I tried to get as many pictures as possible to be confident that I could fill my magazine up nicely. I also created mood boards for mise en scene and font types to get an idea of how I wanted my magazine to look. 
4. At the start of my planning I found it hard to meet some of the deadlines set because I underestimated the volume of the tasks that I had to do. But as I got more confident in how I wanted my magazine to look, it made it easier to produce the actual magazine.
5. I have learnt that with my second planning, I will get a head start and use more of the time I have been given. I think I fell behind which didn't necessarily lesser the quality of my work, but made it a bit of a rush to get things done.
6. I tried to incorporate the audiences feedback as much as possible throughout my production process. It was very useful in showing me sections of my work that perhaps needed improving that I couldn't see before, but had a feeling something wasn't right.