Editorial Project Action Plan

Project Action Plan and Timetable

Week	Week Commencing	Activity/ What I Intend to Do	Resources/ Materials
1	16th November	Module briefing ad find out films. Little White Lies research pages in sketchbook. Start research of editorial illustration Update blog with evaluation of last project and thoughts on this one. Watch and review each film- The Birds, Tetsuo Iron Man, The Grand Budapest Hotel Look at books on reading list, spend time researching editorial design	Internet and book research, make new Pinterest board, Little White Lies magazines, reading list
2	23rd November	Finish reviews and sketches for each book, print all research Begin mood boards and mindmaps for chosen film. Review previous Little White Lies edition covers, get a better understanding of the publication, aesthetics, imagery, audience, target market etc. Weekly update on blog	Access to Blogger and Prezi, Pinterest for secondary imagery, digital software, magazines for mood boards
3	30th November	EXPERIMENTATION WEEK Experiment with materials for portraits, mark-marking in uni session using oil pastels and ink, could look at risoprint to use purple and pink? Start scanning mock-ups and illustrations to look at digital composition CAD workshop working in Illustrator to make a spot illustration, wireframe for producing two-page spread Work on artist research	Photoshop, Illustrator, access to teams files, inks, oil pastels, coloured pencils
4	7th December	Artist research of Luis Mazon, editorial illustrator for Little White Lies, focus on technique, application Other artists to research: Lauren Child, Wes Anderson, look at illustrators for The New Yorker, other magazines/websites Select appropriate methods of illustration in relation to film and characters Thumbnailing process and sketching ideas, turn into clearer concepts Weekly blog post and SWOT analysis	Digital software, painting, digital mock-ups, thumbnailing, internet for research
5	14th December	Update blog on progress and artist post. Continue experimentation with different themes covered in the film (Friendship, loyalty, teamwork, love, war, travel), focus on Zero as main character for front cover and spot illustrations, link between him and Gustave/ Agatha Illustrate on book pages and pull out quotes to use in the design. Collate imagery, colour schemes and typefaces and create a visual mood board to use for the final design. Break for Christmas	Collated materials: colour swatches, primary and secondary imagery, typography and quotes from the film, movie details (run time, actors, screening, box office)
6	4th January	Tutorials Finalise ideas and begin finals, narrow down ideas and complete a SWOT analysis for each, possibly collect opinions from the public on their favourite composition (could be on @amelias.studio Instagram) Print finals to see if the compositions work to the correct scale, colour choices when printed? Annotate and update sketchbook with typed evaluation and SWOT analysis	Thumbnailing ideas, create survey for response to designs, on Instagram account
7	11th January	Digital illustration and colourisation. Compose each part and piece together in InDesign or Illustrator. Progression blog post showing thumbnails and development of my ideas. Making any additional pages, possibly the inside cover pattern using assets created earlier in the project, continuity through cover and interior illustrations	Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, inks
8	20th January	HAND IN on Monday 4pm, finalise loose ends in sketchbook Final annotation, research and add screenshots of progression, showing any changes and alterations I’ve made in the process. Artist blog post, make sure its up to date with progress, conferences and artist research Complete evaluation.	Digital software to construct the cover design Word processing, Moodle