Weekly Production Monitoring Blog 7th March

Progress:

Last week I was thinking of what kind of front cover I could have, and coming up with possible ideas. I created a flat plan on Photoshop and I also made a hand drawn flat plan of a different idea.

For the Photoshop an additional flat plan, it was very hard to get images and I had to settle on the limited images I could find. This meant that it wasn’t an accurate representation of my idea. I was also meant to finish some more planning work but because my time was restricted last week I will have to make more free time this week in order to not fall behind.

Using Photoshop I have increased my skills but using the cut out tool. I learnt how to select different parts of the image quickly and with ease. I also learnt how to use the healing and the cloning tool. This proved very helpful when I was spreading the image of smoke on my front cover. I also learnt the transparency settings, to make the smoke look transparent.

This was the Photoshop flat plan. It is of a man in an artichoke costume being smothered in smoke off exhausts. This is symbolic for what is happening to the world and is also exaggerated. I was thinking of having the main sell line in a speech bubble and this would make the audience think more. The image in the background was meant to be a man in a plant costume but because there was none of these available that I could find, it had to settle for a man in an artichoke costume. The facial expression was also wrong as well, he is meant to be looking distressed. The layout of the magazine is also a possible idea that could change.

I also created a hand drawn final flat plan is of a woman. Using the comparative juxtaposition technique, I was going to have one half of her face before global warming and one half of her face after global warming. The before part of her face will be in makeup and will be edited to look bright and vibrant. Her hair will also look nice and her eye will be bright to show positive emotions. The right side of her face will be all sunburnt. Her lips will be edited to be chapped and her face will be edited to be dull. Her eye will also be dull to show lack of emotion. Her hair will be messy and she won’t be wearing any make-up.

This is more likely to appeal to a female audience as the model is a woman. Women also tend to read and buy magazine more frequently than men.

Targets:

This week I am aiming to get my planning finished by Friday. Finishing by Friday will give me time on the week end to work on my actual production. That mean I need to complete my treatment, come up with a final idea. Plan what my title will be and who my model is and what props I am going to use. I need to create a final idea flat plan and also a double page spread with rational. Finally I need to complete my treatment work. For the treatment I am aiming to get this finished by Wednesday.

To achieve this I will have to ask look for models and ask them if they will be able to participate. I also need to make a list of props I will need and ensure I have them. I need to check my idea will work and ensure I can do the make up for the model.

Technical skills I will have to learn will involve using Photoshop and learning photo skills through tutorials.

Contingencies:

Models might not turn up or they might turn up without a costume or with a wrong costume. To ensure this doesn’t happen I will make sure that the models know exactly what they should wear. Props could disappear by being misplaced or being lost. To fix this I will have to make sure that I always keep my props in a safe place, maybe in a box in the corner of the classroom.

There might not be enough time scheduled for difficult or complex shoots. Time problems could also be the case for setting up photo shoots leaving just a short amount of time for photos to be taken. This means I will have to plan what I need to do and estimate the time I would need to do this so that I can book the study for a long enough time. Photographs could be taken incorrectly and might come back with out of focus. This means I will have to take multiple and check the photos during the shoot.

My memory stick could be lost and misplaced and this could result in some work being lost and needing to be completed again. This could also be the case with computers crashing. To fix these problems I will have to ensure that I save my work whilst doing it, and that I back my work up.