Week commencing 21st Feb - Half Term

Over half term I had to work on getting my posters finished. I chose to do these because I have the photoshoop software at home and don't have InDesign so thought I could finish the magazine work the week after at college as the software is avaliable there. I had the images prepared previously so I needed to work on getting the layout correct then adding the text and and any other images. Once I got the text right for one poster I thought that it would be best to then copy this onto the other two to make sure that they were identical to make them all match and look better. I think the work has gone well as they are almost finished they just need a few final effects adding to make them look their best. these images show where they are at the moment. I have changed from my schedule slightly due to the the software avaliable however I should still be on track to complete everything on time. I think my client will be happy with the work I have done this week as they would be able to see the campaign beginning to come together.

Week commencing 7th Feb

According to my schedule this week I should have began creating magazine pages in InDesign, completed my second photo shoot and created contact sheets to chose best photos.

 In the previous week I had managed to find some spare time in order to do the InDesign work which I had scheduled for this week, this meant that I therefore have used this week to start editing the photographs taken in my first photoshoot for the poster and magazine front cover. I have prepared all three photos for the posters, one of which can be seen which has had the headline in its basic form added, you can also see the beginnning of the magazine front cover here. For the poster I tried cutting the image out and placing it on a plain white background however this didn't look right as the image was in black and white and the shadow effect needed to be carried on. I therefore used photoshop to carry the background all the way across to look like it was all photographed. this allowed for the natural shadow to stay which added extra feeling to the poster and improved the look.

I as meant  ot do my second photo shoot on friday afternoon but one of my models was ill so could complete it, luckily I managed to do it first thing this monday so no time was lost for work and the images still came out succesfully some examoples of which can be seen in the previous post. I need to do my contact sheets this week as didn't complete them last but this way I can include all the images in.

Photo Shoot Material 2

This image is for the magazine article which will be the real life story about someone who used to be involved in anti scoail behaviour but has managed to turn his life around. This is supposed to be from when he was bad and had quite a thuggish attitude. I wanted him to look quite dark and have hostile feel to him. I chose to do a close up shot in order to focus the attention on his balck eye to show the readers what trouble he got himself into, this also allowed for a darker and more shadow based image to be taken. In the shoot we experimneted with both narrow and broad lighting to see which would show off the eye best. This image shows the use of broad lighting however I am not sure which image i am going to use yet so which lighting the final picture will use. I wanted aplain facial expressi9on so this didn't look like a posy photo and more like an image which may have been taken by the police to record his injuries.

This image will be for the no more chances article. In this I have the same models showing them just like they are business people and also like they have got a degree. I wanted a relaxed body language as this is just showing what you can get and wasn't conveying a particular message as such. the shot distance is quite far as this allowed be to get full body shots which wasn't possible for a close up. I went for a lighting which would compliment the model most and would create a bright happy feeling that would represent her feelings in recieveing her degree. I used a degree scroll for the prop as I felt this would be the most obvious thing after a cap and gown which I was unable to get. The white and red of this were placed infornt of the black clothes in orer to create contrast to make them stand out and be easily seen so that at first glance people would know what the image was about. For the image of the male I followed the same look however chose to create a little more shadow as this looked better for him.




  

Week commencing 31st Jan

For the week commencing the 31st Jan my schedule said that I would be completing my first photo shoot to get the material for the three posters. I was successful in doing this as I completed the photo shoot on Friday and managed to gain successful images which I will be able to use for my products.

As the photoshoot wasn't until the end of the week and I had a number of free days I decided to use these well and complete some of next weeks work to give me more time to work on my posters. I managed to create the templates for three of the pages from my magazine and write and complete one of the articles meaning that one double page spread is close to completion. The contents page has it layout complete and some text added however it still needs completing with images etc.

As can be seen from the previous post, the photo shoot produced some good material which I will be able to edit and place into my posters next week.

Everything went to plan with the photo shoot, my models all arrived when asked to and brought what was needed. They were very co-operating so that really helped things go well meaning I didn't have to use any contigency planning.

I was lucky enough to speak to my client this week as he took part in my photo shoot and he said that he liked the look of my work and that he was looking forward to seeing the end product so I think they would be happy with my wrok for this week.

My products are beginning to take shape now so I feel I have made progress however I am going to have to use my frees and lunch times well and come and do extra work otherwise I probably will not reach the deadline.

Photo Shoot Material




  This is an example of the images taken of the teenage boy for the shoot. The body language for this image is supposed to create a hostile feeling as he knows he has done wrong and but is ashamed so doesnt want to make contact with people. I used narrrow lighitng in order to add some shadow to create a slightly darker feeling as he is a bad character. I added a soft box to the fill light in order to make it less harsh and bright to help add to the darker lighting feeling. We also tried moving it too slightly different angles to try different lighting. His eye line and face are directed away from the camera to make him less confruntational to the audience.

For the police man I wanted to make him more authoritative, so made his shots face on. But this also meant that the audience could see his face and become aware of him so that he would be known and a help to them if they had any trouble. I used paramount lighting for this and we experimented with the fill light to change the amount of shoadow uder the chin and the hat. By using this lighting it also meant that it lit his reflective badge well to make it clear which force he belonged to. His pose is relaxed yet strong to show that he is a powerful figure.

Photo shoot plan

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