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1. Initial Plans
Luke Ross

2. Mind Map
Video games
• About the different types of games there are I
well known and ones that are not that well
known.
• Talk about the new games that will be coming
out that people are looking forward to and are
going to be big, discussing how much money
each of the games will make and talking about
the games past and history.
• Talk about the company's that make games and
are competing with each other, for example
Dice, Activision etc… and talk about which one of
them has the most highly rated games.
• Talk about games that are old and should be
remastered onto new consoles with graphic and
gameplay improvements.
• Rate the new games out according to other
peoples reviews and also own opinion, possibly
with a new rating system made specifically for
the magazine and unique from any other.
• Talk about the difference in games that make
one new game every year for example fifa and
call of duty and then at games that take years
apart from each other to come out, for example
grand theft auto and uncharted.
• Look at the difference between x box and
PlayStation and the games that are brought out
on each and how different they are as well as all
the different aspects for example story.
• Put in breaking game news and rumours about
games that are coming out and get people
excited for them.
Movies
• Talk about the different movies to start with
and introduce a movie as an example of all
the movie genre.
• On the front page of the magazine include
images of film covers that are coming out and
old films that are renowned so that it
advertises a magazine about multiple features
and different things.
• Talk about the difference in each movie genre
from each other and how lots of films can be
split in to different genres and contain links to
multiple different ones.
• Talk about the best movies that are the most
famous in history and about how people from
different eras love different films and how
time has influenced film today.
• Look at new films that are coming out and
how they re going to influence new films in
the future as well as how much money they
will make and what they will include.
• I will talk about the new movie rumours and
what people are saying and include synopsis
of different movies coming out to inform the
person that’s listening.
• I will include information about the directors
of the films and make it so that people are
informed about what other movies they have
done and new ones that they are making.
• I would also add information about the actors
playing well known roles and my opinion on
why they will be good at it.
News and channels on TV
• The opening would be images of all the different
news company's and channels with the people that
are on the news for example weather people and
anchormen/women.
• I would talk about the top story's on the news and
what's recently going on at the moment in time.
• Also I would look at how the news represents each
story and see weather they are reporting it in the
right way or if they twist them making sound
different than it is and taking certain story's out of
context.
• I would talk about each person that’s on the news
as it is without it being taken out of context and
compare it to see if they actual have taken it out of
context.
• I would look at the different channel option and
what each channel on a normal TV channel have
and see what type of programs they put on and
there target audience.
• I would compare the content of the BBC and ITV to
see how they are different and what each of them
offer in terms of entertainment.
• I would have a look into other news channels all
around the world and explain how they work and
compare how they are given news to us, the upside
and bad side of it.
• I would talk about celebrities that are always in the
news and weather or not they should be and if they
contribute anything to the news or if its simply to
make up time, seeing if there is a audience for what
happens in celebrities lives.

3. Mind Map
Video/computer games
• Under the batman article I would I would
include the Spiderman game with its initial
release date and images as well as a possible
synopsis to the games story and what type of
features it would have. I would include a
actual picture of the game and underneath it
some fan art by somebody and then giving
them credit underneath.
• I would talk about the release date and other
important information about the Spiderman
game, I would also include fan art of the
Spiderman game and a actual image from the
game so that there can be a comparison. I
would talk about who's doing the voice of
Spiderman and how its been made.
• I would also talk about and discuss the issue
about the game P.T. I would talk about how it
would almost be produced by a certain
developer and because of a falling out it will o
longer be developed anymore, I would go on
the say how much people loved the gameplay
demo of the game.
• All of the above would be on the second page
of the spread sheet.
• On the last page of the inside spread I will
include information about games that are
already out and that are well known and
renowned. to start with I would talk about
assassins creed, I would look at the first game
and then the latest they have realised. I wold
do a graphics comparison and then I would
compare the plotline from them both then
going into the favourite games of assassins
creed and then the most hated. With a
mention of the movie.
• The first thing that I need in my magazine
article is front page and I think for the front
page I would make the title of the article
and magazine and include images of the
different games that are coming out, to get
a glimpse from the front cover what the
magazine is about. I would include: assassins
creed, the last of us 2, the next call of duty,
new batman game, new Spiderman game,
the goonies, and pacman. I would include
more on the final product but for now those
are the main ones that I want to get in on
the cover. I would also include ratings under
each game so that people can see what to
expect for it. For the next batman game its
just rumours at this point, so on the front
cover I would include fan art of the game
with a question mark, as if to say is it coming
and when will it be out.
• As I opened up there would be a two page
spread so on the top half of the page I would
include information and rumours about the
possible new batman game by Rocksteady
and I would include all of the information
about the game that we know for sure and
then go on to say its not confirmed, I would
also put some more fan art of the new game
next to it and talk and discuss it and point
out why its good and give credit on it to the
people that made the fan art. I will also
include a possible release date so that I am
able to give a spectated or initial release
date to it.
• After I had talked about assassins creed, I
would go on to talk about the call of duty
series, I would do the same thing that I
would do with assassins creed where I
would take the first call of duty and the
latest one and compare them for graphics, I
would also compare story and then I would
look at the most liked call of duty game, call
of duty modern warfare two and call of
duty infinite warfare, I would talk about the
multiplayer on each the options that they
have and why people prefer a certain one, I
will look into the story of them both and
then talk about the other features that they
have for example zombies and then go onto
say how much game time people get out of
them both compare that and then talk
about which out of all the call of duty series
is the best buy. I would then talk about the
three different black ops call of duty games
and compare them and there features to
the rest of the series as well as the
developers of them which is Treyarch and
how they differ from Infinity ward. And the
sledge hammer games that are made for
call of duty discussing modern warfare
three and advanced warfare.
• After I have discussed that for a page I will
move onto the back cover and the final
page where I will include more fan art and a
synopsis into what the magazine is about as
well as some more images of game which
would match up to the front cover.

4. Mood Board
The game
magazine

5. Mood Board Analysis
Is there any repetition in the images you have collected?
Repeated colours/images styles/fonts/tone/mood
• For the colours that I collected 2 of the images was from the first call of duty game, one of the pictures was of gameplay of the game and the other is
the front cover of the game. The gameplay image uses a dark tone with grey and dark colours the mood is war and it is reflected by the tone and
colours and follows the basic war style. The front cover has all of the same features as it s a reflection of the actual gameplay. The next three images
are assassins creed and they all have the same type of colour scheme which is a white greyish and has some dark colour scheme of black, these
colours are in all three of the images, one of the images has more flare than the other two. The other two assassins creed images are plain and
bland. They follow the same mood style and font style and has the same mysterious tone to it. Other images that I included in my mood board are
two magazine covers both of them are blue and have headlines on it and has a large font to stand out. They have a clear bright mood and style to it
making it a cover that contains information which is how I would like mine to be. Another image that they have and works well with it is the concept
of its series is Fifa, I included the Fifa 17 because it gives off a bright atmosphere and mood to it, a nice style and the font is big standing out as well as
the colour scheme that focuses on yellow, the kit of the player on the front. The Spiderman game is there because I like the colours that are bright
and the way that the suit looks I think I would include that type of bright atmosphere in it tone and style of the game looks good and bright. I
decided that I wanted a star wars look to the magazine as well so I added the star wars battlefront game in as well, I think that it has good tone to it
and suits the picture and advertises to people because of how big the game is.
How will your mood board influence your final product?
• My mood board will influence my final product because I will use a lot of the colour schemes in the final magazine cover and I will do this because all
of them could fit together nicely, a lot of the pictures that I chose was quite dark colours with some blue and some bright green the reason that I
wold like to use these colours is because I think that they can link nicely to x-box and PlayStation which would be the consoles needed to play the
games I talk about and my magazine would then appeal to people on both consoles. There would also be a mention to pc gaming. I would use the
font style of Fifa 17 on my magazine cover because I think it looks good and stands out. I would use the same type of image styles in my final prodject
as well as mood of the images, I would put some images together to make it look more appealing to the audience the mood would have a good
atmosphere and would stand out.