Weekly Production Monitoring Blog- 29/03/11

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

Day 1: I sorted out and made all of the objects that needed to go onto my bin, i made the eyes and the arms, stuck them together so that they were ready to be attached to the bin the next day.  

Day 2: I had my photo shoot on the morning. Before i went i had to fix my bin up so that it had the eyes, mouth and arms attached. I then took it upstairs to the photo shoot room where i set up the props and put the model in place so that i could start to take the photos. I played around with the position of the model and the bin until i was happy; i also changed the position of which i was taking the pictures until i got a position which looked effective. After the photo shoot, i uploaded my pictures onto my computer and looked through them making sure i was happy with the shots that i had taken.

Day 3: I started to play around with the photos, finding the ones which were worth keeping and those that weren’t. I then started to load them into Photoshop so that i could start to edit them. I made up half of a front cover but then decided that i didn’t like the layout of it so i decided to start again with a different picture.

Day 4: I edited one of the pictures of the bin so that it had cartoon eyes, mouth and arms. I decided that this would be more effective on the front page rather than having a bin on there that didn’t stand out.

I feel as though everything that i did went to plan this week however there were a few problems which occurred. For example, when i was taking the bin up the stairs for the photo shoot, the arms and the eyes fell off so i had to re attach them when i got back up, taking more time up. I also had problems with Photoshop for example, i  merged my work together and then needed to edit it afterwards, once i had closed the programme therefore i had to start it all again. Again, taking up valuable time.  

This week, as well as using Photoshop and learning some new skills on there, I took some pictures and learnt how the lighting and positions affect the pictures. I learnt how to use the brush tool in Photoshop and i learnt how to use the magic selection tool to create the contrast between block colours. I used these skills whilst creating the mouth.

Targets:

Next week, I hope to get my magazine finished.

Day 1: I want to get the front cover almost finished and out of the way so that i can concentrate on my double page spread.

Day 2: Again, i think i will be working on the front cover so that it is nearly finished.

Day 3: I will start on my double page spread, making sure that i am still working on my front cover.

Day 4: I want to have finished it all and have it handed in.

Next week, i am going to have to use up a lot of my own time so that i can get the project finished. If i don’t use a lot of my own time then there is no way it will get finished because there just isn’t enough lesson hours available.

Contingencies:

The main problem that can occur this week is me not getting my project finished. Hopefully, this problem wont occur because i will have worked so much in my own time. Other little problems may occur also such as Photoshop and InDesign not working or the computers breaking down. If this occurs then i will have to trail around finding other computers that i am able to use.

 This is the first front cover i did. This is the one i wasn't happy with so i decided to re do it and make it a little better with the items on it standing out.

This is where i am up to now on my front cover. As you can see, i have used a different image for the bin and placed the picture of Adam infront of it so that it has more depth. Also you can see that i have edited the picture of the bin to make it look more like a cartoon which makes it stand out more.