Progress

Well, so far I have my idea, I have filled out my brief and have the basis of my Graded Unit in process.

I am going to to produce a Football-themed magazine, using Adobe InDesign.

The magazine would need to include:

• Front Cover
• Contents Page
• Introductory/Welcome page.
• Questions Page.
• Interview Page.
• Feature Articles
• Expert Columns
• Advertisements
• Quirky Features
• Back Cover.

My magazine will hopefully be around 50 pages long, depending on a spectrum of variables.

I have a number of ideas for articles, such as:

• Professionalism in football
• Sexism in football
• Liverpool FC feature
• Controversies
• Look to the future
• The debate on fielding ‘weakened’ teams
• SPL Reform
• The FA Youth Shake Up
• Football disasters
• Greatest teams
• Let’s talk Formations

Introduction

I'm David Chalmers, a 20 year old student studying HNC Communication with Media at Forth Valley College.

Okay, so the main purpose of this blog is to document any ideas, or progress with all things relating to my Graded Unit.

So far, my lone idea has been to create a magazine. I would like this to be Sports-themed, but I don't know much more than that. I can't write every article so I don't know who I could get to write articles for me, or what other jobs I would need helping with. It's my job to decide on every detail about this project and to actively make things happen.

I can only think of this option because I have already done a Radio Show, while we are shooting a Video in another class, so I thought it would be good to keep things varied and do a Magazine for my Graded Unit, seeing as at the end of the day, my ideal job is to be a writer for Football Magazine 'Four Four Two'. This would be good exercise for writing, or editing, or anything related to journalism, and probably a good experience for me, and especially relevant considering my career ideas.

That's all I have to say for now, so keep on checking for updates.

- Dave