Scheduling

With 45 days to complete this project, organization is everything.

Being able to remain on schedule is something I have mastered. It gives me a sense of relief to see distinctly where I should be on the project. I hate having to cram something in because of timing issues. I have given my self plenty of time to focus on important elements of this project.

• 6 Days for Research: I need to focus on target audience. Every decision for my magazine comes down to target audience. The more information I can gather about them, the better. Knowing that research is my least favorite element of this project, I find that 5 days (including a weekend) will be more than sufficient time for me to collect extensive knowledge of my target audience. Not only must I find information on my target audience, but I must research special elements which photojournalistic magazines have and how I can incorporate those elements with fashion. Even writing about it now, I know that with all this information, all other aspects of this project will be much easier. 
• 3 Days for Table of Context: In terms of "Table of Context", I am dictating which stories would best suite my magazine. The Table of Context is something I've seen lead many students to lose points, therefore I have set out a specific slot of time to focus on the elements which would evaluate the quality of my Table of Context. 
• 4 Days of Taking Pictures: The process of selecting pictures and positioning a model is usually not an easy task. From lighting, background, and color, their are lots of details which must be decided in order to produce a stunning picture. I hope by giving my self a weekend, I'll be able to prioritize the task and really focus on producing the best images I could possibly do. After all, the most important tool of a photojournalistic magazine are the pictures. 
• 4 Days of Editing: A couple of touch up never hurts. Not only that, but the four images are to be selected at this time. I hope to have narrowed down my choices coming into the "Edit" stage, but knowing my indecisiveness, I'm sure to have my work put out for me. 
• A week for creating the cover page: The cover page is the very first thing anyone will see for my magazine. It is made to intrigue readers. Not only that, it sets the atmosphere and theme of a magazine. There is a lot of pressure that comes with the cover page. Fonts and colors will definitely take a day or two. 
• A week for the Two Page Spread: I already have lots of ideas for my layout. Keeping in mind the images I already have, I'll take the quality of image into consideration when deciding the placement and size of each image in my layout. Writing isn't a strong suite for me, so I'll have to set at least a day or two to edit. That is the most unwelcoming aspect of this project. Yet knowing that I will be able to expose diversity and information that I'm passionate about, writing the article becomes less frightening. 
• Close to Two weeks for perfecting the magazine: Doubting every choice I make is something I constantly do. This two weeks will hopefully allow me to polish all the hard edges. At the end of this time period, my magazine will be out for the world, and away from my hands. Almost like a mother and child, my baby should be strong enough to defend itself and be a division of my personality.

Wow. I think I intimidated myself... It will be fine!

I'm sure I'll thank my self later. It's all about the details, after all.

Time to get to work!