Weekly Production Monitoring Blog- 21/03/11

Progress:

This week, I worked independently and at college to get the production started.

Day 1: I finished off the article layout in InDesign and ready so that I could add in the text and the pictures next week.  I also got the pictures that I had taken of my other model uploaded onto the computer so that I could resize them into the poster advertisement size.

Day 2: I placed the edited photos onto the Photoshop document so that they were there, ready for the final production of it. I also made the letters for the separated sub titles in a different font and added effects to them so that they were also ready to place in position on the final product.

Day 3: I have my photo shoot next week so I decided to leave the work on the documents for after this. This is because I wouldn’t be able to place the other objects on the page in the correct places until i have the photos actually on the page and in life size.

Day 4: In the lesson, I helped a friend out with his photos so i was up in the Photo Studio for most of the lesson. When i came back down, I started to search on the internet for Cartoon feature ideas that i could stick on the bin for my Photo shoot.

I feel as though everything that i did went to plan however I feel as though i could have accomplished more if i have had booked my photo shoot earlier. By now, i should have all of the photos loaded onto the computer so that i can start editing etc. But i don’t so the consequence of this is not having as much time for the actual production of the magazine.

This week, i again, only used Photoshop and InDesign. There was no new skills learnt, and the skills that i used, i had touched on before hand in other lessons.

Targets:

Next week, I hope to get my magazine nearly finished.

Day 1: I want to get my bins sorted, so all of the features want to be printed out, and ready to stick onto them for the photo shoot the next day.

Day 2: I hope to get my photos taken by around half 9 so that I can use the rest of the lesson to upload them and start putting them into the documents.

Day 3: On this day, i want to write up my article so that this is in place. I also hope to start editing the front page in Photoshop.

Day 4: I want to carry on with the Photoshop front cover so that i can get this finished.

In my own time, i will come up to the media room and use the library so that I can also get the article started and on a moving progression at the same time.

Contingencies:

The main problem that could occur this week is the model not turning up for the Photo shoot. If this problem occurs then i will have to use someone else and then as a consequence, I may have to change the style of my front cover. Another problem that could occur, as in every other week, is the computers not working, if this happens, then i will have to use my time efficiently and sort other things out that doesn’t need the computers.

This is the progression of the front cover... as you can see, i have put the letters on so that they are apart from each other and have added effects to them. I also have added two pictures in and have edited a bar code.

This is the progression of the article layout. As you can seem there is a font for the quote along the top that i like, there is also the article written into it. I have managed to get ahead of my schedule as placing the text into the article was organised for next week.