Photoshoot behind the scenes 2

Production log 29/01/14

Production log 28/01/14

Today in class, we started the magazine presentations where people from my media class would go to the front of the classroom and present their magazine following what they have done, how they have done it and why as well as referring to the genre and audience for their specific magazine. Prior to the presentations, I created an audience feedback survey using the programme Survey Monkey where I constructed a list of questions relating to my magazine. This involved multiple choice questions such as ‘Which element(s) on the front cover of my magazine, do you find most appealing?’ and  closed questions including ‘Looking at the double page spreads, do you believe the layout of the pages are clear and easy to read?’.  Although, I presented this online I also printed out paper-copy questions so other students in my class could easily fill out the survey while watching my magazine presentation. I found the presentations to be really useful as we helped one and another by suggesting different improvements they could make to alter the quality of their magazine.  Unfortunately, during the double lesson we had run out of time, resulting in me not showing my presentation.

After school, I continued to work on my evaluation questions as the deadline is next Friday. Before starting my second evaluation I went on to the Haydon Media website and found a list of the different requirements we were advised to include in each question. As I went along I highlighted the different requirements to make sure I had definitely included them in my answer. I decided to write the evaluations in word as I was running out of time and therefore did not have time to change this to a mixed media format. I will definitely consider changing this in the next few weeks.

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Contact Sheet 2

 

Production log 27/01/14

 

Today after school I went to Ruislip woods with my model Sophie for my second photo shoot. After looking at different image ideas I thought this would be a great location to take photos as I initially wanted to create a diverse between my work and include images taken outside. Furthermore, I thought the nature effect followed by the shadows created by the leaves of the tree would enable me to picture good quality photos. At the beginning of the shoot I found myself very limited with the different poses I could get my model to do as the weather was really bad resulting in the woods to be full of mud and dirt.   It was also raining which consequently slowed down the process of my photo shoot as I would fix the model’s hair every few minutes. I also changed the angles of the camera to take a selection of different pictures ranging from long shots to mid shots and close up shots to low angle shots. I thought the differentiation of shots would help create a variety within my work and improve the quality of my pictures. I also took photos inside with my model positioned against a plain, white wall. However, the lighting was too bright resulting in my photos to not be as good quality. I will therefore re-think about including these images in my final magazine.   

Production log 21/01/14

 

The video above shows the different parts of the front cover for my magazine. As you can see, I have included my masthead at the top followed by the caption ‘The Music Magazine’, which is important as it shows readers who may be unfamiliar with my magazine what my magazine is called. I have placed the sell lines either side of the model's head to make the layout of my front cover look more organised and structured. The sell lines featured on the front cover have been written in different fonts and sizes to make the page look more creative and appealing to read. The main sell line '3 words Alexandra Flume rocks' has been further enlarged to show readers that this is the main artist conveyed in my magazine. I have also separated the text into three sections with three different fonts to make the sell line stand out and bring the readers attention here first. At the bottom of the page I have also included the magazine's bar code as they is a key convention of any magazine. I was also instructed by my peers to include this feature in my audience feedback videos as I mistakenly forgotten to include this in my first draft.