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** Q is a popular music magazine published

monthly in the United Kingdom. The magazine has an extensive review section, featuring: new releases, reissues, music compilations, film and live concert reviews, as well as radio and television reviews. It uses a star-rating system from one to five stars; indeed, the rating an album receives in Q is often added to print and television advertising for the album in the UK and Ireland. It also compiles a list of approximately eight albums, which it classes as the best new releases of the last three months. A new issue is released every month. Most of the magazine is devoted to interviews with popular musical artists and is well known for compiling lists e.g. “The 100 Greatest albums”. Usual features include the Q50, Where the magazine lists the top 50 essential tracks of the month; cash for questions, in which famous celeb/bands answer questions sent in by readers. The magazine has a close relationship with the Glastonbury Festival, producing both a free daily newspaper on site during the festival and a review magazine available at the end of the festival.This is the current issue of Q

**Heat is a British entertainment

magazine published by German

company Bauer Media Group. As of

2004 it is one of the biggest selling

magazines in the UK. Its mix of

celebrity news, gossip, beauty

advice and fashion is primarily

aimed at women. It also features

movie and music reviews, TV

listings and major celebrity

interviews. A new issue is released

weekly.

** Empire is a British film magazine

published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. Bauer purchased Emap Consumer Media in early 2008. It is the biggest selling film magazine in the United Kingdom and is also published in the United States, Australia, Turkey, Russia and Portugal. Empire is populist in both approach and coverage. It reviews both mainstream films and art films. As well as film news, previews and reviews, Empire has some other regular features. Each issue features classic scene, a transcript from a notable film scene. The regular Top 10 feature lists Empire’s choice of the top ten examples of something film-related. E.g. 10, Best Chase Scenes. The At Home section covers Blue-Ray and DVD news and releases. Celebrity Mastermind is another regular in which a celebrity is given questions about the films they were in or they directed.

Current issue

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*Vogue is a globally recognized fashion

and lifestyle magazine that is

published monthly in 23 different

national and regional editions by

Condé Nast. The magazine is

considered to be one that links

fashion to high society and class,

teaching its readers how to ‘assume a

distinctively chic and modern

appearance’.

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Masthead

Website

Barcode

Issue and price

What country the

magazine is for

Main cover line

Left side third

Main cover image

features picture of

who the main story

is about

Font

Same colour

scheme

Other stories

featured

*Date of

lesson

Pre, Prod or

post

production

Task (what

you will be

doing)

Where will

the task take

place

What crew

and cast are

needed

What props

and

costumes are

needed

What

equipment is

needed

18/3/15 Pre production Health & safety,

clearances

Media

classroom

Just me none none

19/3/15 Pre production Personnel to be

used

Media

classroom

Just me none none

23/3/15 Pre

production/pro

duction

Start sketches,

start creating

my front cover

Media

classroom

Just me none Sketches and

Photoshop

24/3/15 – Production Creating the

rest of my

magazine –

taking any

photos needed

Media

classroom-

around school

Me and

model(s) that

need to be used

for images

none Canon 600D

(camera), SD

card, tripod (if

needed),

Photoshop.

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* In my magazine I want to include information about upcoming films or new releases. For my main cover/main cover line I want to feature a new released film and information about it so that this grabs the readers attention, featuring a celebrity will also grab the attention of readers if their a fan or like the actor/actress or maybe the director of the film. Featuring interviews with celebrities will also be in my magazine and will appeal to buyers, making the magazine interesting for readers to find out some information about them. To make my magazine a bit more ‘fun’ I want to feature a top ten of something- to do with films, for example: Top Ten Movies of 2013 etc. I also want to include personal reviews of films so that readers can send in there own opinions and get involved with the magazine. At the back of the magazine I want to include a page of current released films- maybe that have just come out on DVD and a list of films that are due to be released.

* On the front cover, I will include the main cover line and image. For the left side third, I will put some topics in the magazine e.g. Top Ten…, ‘First Look’ etc. Front cover will also feature bar code, price, issue and maybe a puff could be used of a free feature given to the readers if they purchase this magazine.

* The contents page will feature the rest of the articles included in this issue of my magazine and page numbers. Some images may also be featured on this page to make the page look exciting, the same colour scheme of the magazine will still be used and maybe a web address and any other key but small information.

* For my double page spread I am going to make a ‘Top Ten’ of a topic to do with films, this will make it more interesting and fun for the readers. For example I could feature a top ten of a actor or director or a top ten of a certain genre.

**For my magazine, the images that I use that are from the internet will be celebrities (actors/actresses, directors) that are named in the article or under the image.

*Any other images that I have taken myself, I will use pupils from my media class, depending on who I would need for that article.

**For the images that I take I would just like to use a plain

background so that the main focus is on the model and not the

surroundings, however if I want to involve some scenes from a

movie, adding a background might make this better. So if I do this I

will use the field to have a nature surrounding or maybe a brick

wall on a building for effect.

** The main piece of equipment I will need to be using is Photoshop, this will be

for editing images and creating my magazine. Using the tools on this program

will really benefit my magazine and improve the way it looks.

* The only other piece of equipment I will need to use is a camera for my own

images that I will be using for my magazine, I will use a cannon 600D. I will

also need a SD card for this.

* I may use a tripod as well if its necessary for some images that I need to take.

**I will need permission for any images I use off the internet that are

not mine, images I take myself of anyone, interviews and any

article I use in my magazine that contains any important or

confidential information about someone/something.

**Copyright is an ‘intellectual property right’ protecting things that are

created by a person’s skill, labour and investment in time and money. Most published works will state (usually in the first few pages) that no part of the publication can be reproduced in any material form without the written permission of the copyright holder.

*The law is designed to protect an individual’s own material such as articles, programmes, scripts or songs as well as those who publish the material such as newspapers, broadcasts and film and music producers.

* In relevance to the media, copyright is a serious consideration. It determines the extent to which a quotation or the work of a third party can be used in an article or broadcast. A writer as well as the print and broadcast media can maximise the potential of their own work and prevent others from using it.

*Copyright does not extend to an idea nor is there copyright in news. Anyone can report on an event, however the way the information is expressed is what is considered protected work and cannot be copied (e.g. word for word) nor can the footage or photography be used.

**The only health and safety issue for my magazine is for when I take

images. The models that I take images off need to be safe and made

sure that there is nothing for them to trip on, also any positions that I

make them do need to be safe and made sure they don’t fall over or hurt

themselves.

What I must do

*1 Follow the training you have received when using any work items your

employer has given you.

*2 Take reasonable care of your own and other people’s health and safety.

*3 Co-operate with your employer on health and safety.

*4 Tell someone (your employer, supervisor, or health and safety

representative) if you think the work or inadequate precautions are

putting anyone’s health and safety at serious risk.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/law.pdf

** It is important for everyone entering the publishing industry to have a basic understanding of the legal restraints they are

working within. The main legal areas are: copyright, defamation, blasphemy, seditious libel, criminal libel, contract law, right to privacy, reporting restrictions, law and the Internet and CD/Film and other electronic publishing.

* Defamation- Defamation protects the reputation of a person from defamatory statements made about him/her to a third party. A person (the claimant) can sue a writer or broadcaster if they feel they have been discredited. The outcome from such legal action can be timely and expensive.

* Blasphemy- An offence arises where a statement in some way vilifies or denies the truth of the Christian religion. For a statement to be termed a blasphemous libel, it must also have inference to indecent or offensive terms that shocks and outrages the Christian community.

* Seditious Libel- Seditious libel is speaking or writing anything offensive to the government or the representatives of the government.

* Criminal Libel- It has been defined perhaps with more precision to be a censorious or ridiculous writing, picture or sign, made with a malicious or mischievous intent (The 'Lectric Law Library, 2002).

* Contract Law- Contract law has come to us from common law and is a vehicle by which persons voluntarily create obligations upon themselves. A contract is made up of a promise of one person to do a certain thing in exchange for a promise from another person to do another thing. Contract law exists to make sure that people keep their promises and that if they do not, the law will enforce it upon them.

* Right to Privacy- The right of privacy prevents the unauthorised commercial use of an individual’s name, likeness, or other recognisable aspects of one’s persona. It gives an individual the exclusive right to license the use of their identity for commercial promotion. A breach of confidence is when an individual seeks an injunction to prevent the publication of confidential information about them. In order to establish a breach of confidence a claimant must prove that the information is deemed confidential, the information was imparted in circumstances which suggested confidence and that there has been or will be unauthorised use of the information.

* Reporting Restrictions- There are some restrictions prohibiting the reporting of information generally regarded as sensitive or in the interests of national security. There are also automatic bans that restrict reports relating to the likes of divorce cases, hearings concerning sexual offences and indecency and committal proceedings before magistrates’ courts.

* Law and the Internet- Rapid changes in technology have bought with it new challengers for the law. Many users of the internet promote the freedom of information and consider it a regulation-free media. The global nature of the internet makes it difficult for individual countries to enforce domestic laws and there is no international body or court with the authority to create the law on the internet.

* CD/Film and Other Electronic Publishing- These are new and changing areas. Often laws and ‘accepted behaviour’ are not moving as fast as technology. In any area which is new and rapidly changing, a publisher needs to make added effort to stay aware of changes in ethical perception and legal realities.

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* Accuracy: The press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information, including pictures.

* Opportunity to reply: A fair opportunity for reply to inaccuracies must be given when reasonably called for.

* Privacy: Everyone is entitled to respect for his or her private and family life, home, health and correspondence, including digital

communications.

* Harassment: Journalists must not engage in intimidation, harassment or persistent pursuit.

* Intrusion into grief or shock: In cases involving personal grief or shock, enquiries and approaches must be made with sympathy and

discretion and publication handled sensitively. This should not restrict the right to report legal proceedings, such as inquests.

* Children: Young people should be free to complete their time at school without unnecessary intrusion.

* Children in sex cases: The press must not, even if legally free to do so, identify children under 16 who are victims or witnesses in cases

involving sex offences.

* Hospitals: Journalists must identify themselves and obtain permission from a responsible executive before entering non-public areas of

hospitals or similar institutions to pursue enquiries.

* Reporting of crime: Relatives or friends of persons convicted or accused of crime should not generally be identified without their consent,

unless they are genuinely relevant to the story.

* Clandestine devices and subterfuge: The press must not seek to obtain or publish material acquired by using hidden cameras or

clandestine listening devices; or by intercepting private or mobile telephone calls, messages or emails; or by the unauthorised removal of

documents, or photographs; or by accessing digitally-held private information without consent.

* Victims of sexual assault: The press must not identify victims of sexual assault or publish material likely to contribute to such

identification unless there is adequate justification and they are legally free to do so.

* Discrimination: The press must avoid prejudicial or pejorative reference to an individual's race, colour, religion, gender, sexual

orientation or to any physical or mental illness or disability.

* Financial journalism: Even where the law does not prohibit it, journalists must not use for their own profit financial information they

receive in advance of its general publication, nor should they pass such information to others.

* Confidential sources: Journalists have a moral obligation to protect confidential sources of information.

* Witness payments in criminal trials: No payment or offer of payment to a witness - or any person who may reasonably be expected to be

called as a witness – should be made in any case once proceedings are active as defined by the Contempt of Court Act 1981. This

prohibition lasts until the suspect has been freed unconditionally by police without charge or bail or the proceedings are otherwise

discontinued; or has entered a guilty plea to the court; or, in the event of a not guilty plea, the court has announced its verdict.

* Payments to criminals : Payment or offers of payment for stories, pictures or information, which seek to exploit a particular crime or to

glorify or glamorise crime in general, must not be made directly or via agents to convicted or confessed criminals or to their associates –

who may include family, friends and colleagues.