Progress Monitoring- Week 3

Monday- today was a successful day, I spoke with my two models and discussed what day and time would suit them best for the photo shoot. We sat down and went through both their timetables as well as their deadlines for subjects, for example Louise couldn’t do Thursday because she had her French listening exam. We came to the conclusion that Friday, first lesson was a good time for us all. I then checked that this slot was available, which it was, and I booked the equipment and studio for that time.

Call Sheets (given to models on Monday)

 

 

Tuesday- during this lesson I challenged myself to start creating my health article on InDesign. I selected 3 magazines; Glamour, Marie Claire and Company and spent the beginning of the lesson flicking through them for any double page spreads that were similar to the one I was trying to create. (Below is an example of one of the articles I used for inspiration) I think that this lesson could have gone better, as I found it hard to picture images and text on the page when they weren’t there. I attempted to use substitute images from Google and I think that this was useful. I did get a general idea of the layout of my page and how the final product would look, but I do think this will be a lot easier to do after the photo shoot and after writing the article. Therefore, if I were to do this again I would carry out the photo shoot and write the article beforehand. However, I did find this lesson helpful in that I now know which articles I will use as inspiration, this will help me when comparing my article later on.

Marie Claire- example article (Tuesday)

 

This was the beginning of my health article construction.]

 



Wednesday- today’s lesson was extremely successful. I focused well and have made a lot of pogress with my health article. I used second person and included lots of facts in a fluent way and aim to have this article completed as homework. I think that this lesson was really successful and am happy with progress I made.

Friday- Today I carried out my photo shoot and all went to plan! I texted my models on Thursday night to remind them to turn up, and what clothe they needed to bring. I think that the photo shoot went well and after flicking through them and creating a contact sheet I am happy with the outcome and have plenty of images to choose from. Chris (the technician) was very helpful in terms of lighting, but other than that I was very independent; guiding the models and telling them what poses I wanted, where to stand, etc. I took around 50-60 images and think that this was a good amount, as it has now given me more choice for my article and front cover.



Contact sheet- (Friday)

 

 

Homework- I completed my call sheets on Monday lunchtime and gave them to my models before the end of the day, this made sure they knew where to be, what time and what to bring.

I also completed writing my health article and proof read it, my friend Abi also read through the article and said that it was fluent and interesting to read.

Health article- written up. (Wednesday and completed as homework)

 

 

Homework- On Thursday I also started redrafting my ‘Happy Never After’ article, using the feedback I received from my focus group. (See post 'Happy Never After Construction')