Weekly Production Monitoring Blog 21st March

Progress:

Last week I completed my article planning sheet. This included making final decisions such as whether to have it formal or informal and making sure it suited my plan. I also completed a flat plan of my double page spread. By completing both these things last week I could ensure that they matched each other in a suitable way. I also booked my photo shoot and ensured I have models available and props.

Everything went to plan except one of my models had a lesson when I had my photo shoot. To ensure that she could get out of her class I had to speak to her teacher and make sure that she had the work that she would have missed. I also included a layout of my double page spread on Indesign.

I encountered a problem when I didn’t have Indesign on my computer at home. To fix this problem I did a flat plan on paper. This turned out to be more effective because I could draw my images better than I would have been able to on a computer.

This is the layout of my double page spread. There will be images on the left and top right of the page and my title will be sideways next to my image.

Targets:

On Monday and Tuesday I have to make the layout for my front cover. My photo shoot is on Wednesday, this means I have to ensure I have all my props and my models know what time to come and what to wear. Then after my photo shoot I have to edit my photos.

I will have to make sure that I know exactly what I am doing and ensure that I have taken the correct shots of my models. I have to prepare my props that include make up and need to brief my models on what is happening.

I will have to learn skills such as how to use the heal tool on photo shop. I might also have to make sure I have some brushes downloaded for Photoshop in case I need to make some changes.

Contingencies:

Some contingencies that I could encounter are:

Models might not turn up. To fix this I need to ensure they know the date and time and that I have back up models.

Shoots booked but cameras not available or booked to fix this I need to make sure cameras are available.

Props disappearing. To make sure my props don’t disappear I need to make sure I put my props somewhere safe.

Not enough time scheduled for difficult or complex shoots. To fix this I need to make sure I have booked enough time with the photo shoots.

Photographs coming back out of focus after a difficult photo shoot has just been executed. To make sure this doesn’t happen I will need to take lots of photos and make sure I check them after I’ve taken them.