43221 Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College

Monday, 7 March 2011

Production Monitoring Blog - 7th March

Progress:
Last week I developed ideas for my front page and double page spread; my first idea for the front page changed part of the way through the week, so I made another flat plan with my new idea on it.
I also did my schedule, treatment and photo-shoot plan to plan what I am going to do, when I am going to do it and what I will need in order to carry it out.


Targets:
This week I need to complete:

  • Flat Plan for front cover/double page spread and rationale
  • Start to create my article
  • Start to create layout on InDesign
  • Do photo-shoot
How I will do this:
  • Book a session in the photo studio, and recruit people to model for me.
  • I need to prepare my models and ideas ready for the photo-shoot... plan; make-up, angles, clothes, lighting beforehand so it's all ready and also I am going to do some 'tester' make-up/photo-angles at home, so that I know what works and doesn't work before the actual photo-shoot.
  • Use the softwares to create my article/InDesign layout. 
Specific Skills Needed:
  • Photography Skills
  • Photoshop Skills 
  • InDesign Skills
  • Face-painting Skills
  • Staging of shoots Skills
Contingencies:
  • Photo-shoot:
    • Models might not turn up
    • They might not be wearing suitable clothing
    • Setting up might take too long and not leave much time to take the photos
    • Camera could run out of charge
    • Photos may come back blurred
    • Props disappearing
    • Equipment failure
    • Not having a tripod
  • Post Production:
    • Memory sticks getting lost/corrupting
    • Computers crashing and losing unsaved work
    •  Fonts from 'DaFont' not being installed on C drives
    • Running out of time and not having the software to finish at home
    • Doing work at home and not being able to use it at college because the software compatabilities aren't right
    • Losing vital files such as articles or photos etc...

  • To make sure that things like this don't happen I will have to make sure that:
    • I have backup models
    • Have spare clothes just in case
    • Do all make-up and planning of the set up beforehand so that I can go straight in, set up the lights and get on with it
    • Spare batteries/spare camera
    • Take a few photos of the same pose, so that I can choose the best one
    • Bringing spare props/keeping them safe
    • Knowing that there's spare equipment
    • Send someone to go and get a tripod/improvise with a table etc

    • Saving work in more than one place every time
    • Saving work as you go along/save different copies so if the computer does crash you only lose what you have done since your last save
    • Installing fonts as you upload them
    • Try and keep to schedule/using the library to finish work- not home
    • Save your work in a compatible file
    • Making various copies of your vital files in different places.

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