Contingency Plan

My Top Ten Project Killers

What could go wrong during production	How are you going to avoid this issue? What’s your back up plan?
Running out of post production time and not having software at home	I am going to ensure that I follow my schedule and if I miss any lessons or have any incomplete work I will catch up/ finish work during my frees or at home as homework. Any Photoshop or InDesign work will be completed at college in my free lessons, as I don’t have this software at home. Running out of time is the most likely problem for me, but I am aware of what I need to do and how tight my time schedule is. Therefore, I will organise my time better.
Fonts not installed on C drives	I will install all relevant fonts onto the C drive before I start my work on InDesign and Photoshop. This will be done in advance of any producing or editing, to ensure they are there. Should anything happen, for example the fonts are deleted, I am going to make a note of the names of fonts, or the hyperlinks for them, so they are easy to track down.
Models not turning up	I will make sure I have good communication with my models and they know what day, time and where to meet for the photo shoot. This is very important, as no models means no photo shoot. I will send a text to my models the day before the shoot as an extra reminder.
Running out of network space	This could be a huge problem, as the photographs will have to be stored on my network immediately. To avoid this happening I will make sure I delete any old photos, or documents I don’t need beforehand. I could also bring a USB stick as a backup.
Problems with the photos, could be underexposed, overexposed or out of focus.	This will be avoided by checking the photos on the camera as soon as they are taken. I will also ensure that the camera settings are correct and ask for any help or assistance if I am unsure.
Might lose a USB stick	I will save my work in more than one place, this is very important as there is a potential risk of me losing all my work. I will only use my USB stick for individual pieces of work and not for my whole project.
Model might not pose right, framing and eye line might be wrong.	Again, I will ensure I have good communication with my models. If they aren’t posing how I want I will politely ask them to move. I will assure them that if they don’t understand anything they shouldn’t hesitate to ask. I will be checking the photos as soon as they have been taken, so will be able to see if any adjustments need to be made. I will also be taking lots of photos, 50-60 photos so there is a wide range to choose from.
Computers crashing after you have spent hours perfecting a particular piece of work	I am very aware that this could happen, therefore to avoid this I will save my work after about 5 minutes. This will ensure my work is safe. I will also have a back-up copy of my work.
External shoots planned but bad weather causes me to abandon the shoot	To avoid this I will check the weather forecast regularly up to the day of the shoot. I will also have a back-up day, so if the first day isn’t appropriate I will have a day, for example the following week, available. I will inform my models of this plan.
Photo shoots taking a long time set up so that I am only left with a short time to get pictures	I will have a practice run of my shoot, this will involve me, on my own, setting up the props etc and see how long it takes me. This means that if I need help setting up the studio I have time to ask a friend to help. I will also book enough time for my photo shoot, so I don’t run over.