Project Monitoring 3

This week I did two of my three photo shoot's (Rock Star and Album), for my rock star shoot, Joe volunteered to dress as a generic 70's rock star, I took a large number of photographs in the shoot but I will not manage to use all of them because I dont have enough space, I also took a large number of photos for the second but I will not use them all, for homework I will edit the images that I will use to make sure they are ready for the magazine design next week

Production Schedule

Production Schedule and monitoring document

Week	Date	Activity
1	7th Jan	Monday - Schedule Creation: this week I will make sure that I create a realistic schedule to enable me to submit a completed project for the 15th February in accordance with the objectives outlined in my treatment. The schedule will be realistic, detailed and will contain 3 meaningful activities to complete as homework. Homework activities should take up four hours additional study time per week. Wednesday - Schedule Creation: Today I will look at other commitments I have in my other A Levels including scheduled exams – this will enable me to produce a realistic schedule. In order to do this I will need to ask my other subject teachers about deadlines for homework/coursework during the next six weeks. Also I will book the Photo shoot for my Capture article. Thursday -  Begin tweaking the album article, the article has been wrote, but it needs changing, some of the albums need changing and some of the grammar needs changing, changing it will improve the article. Friday -  Project Monitoring & Font Research. I need to find out what fonts I will use in my magazine, doing this before the production stage of the work will benefit me because I will have the fonts chosen and downloaded. Homework 1: Speak to Capture about the photo shoot and make sure they are up for doing it, then I will book the photo shoot with a member of the band present to ensure it does not clash with any of their plans/lessons etc. Also organize when they want to the interview, whether it will be at the same time as the shoot or not. Homework 2:  tweak the album article I need to tweak the article about the albums because it is in need of adjustment, I have already written the article but it needs changing with the likes of certain paragraphs. Doing this for homework will free up the time I have in the lesson for important things to get the project finished. Homework 3:finish any other subject required coursework, I need to allow time to other subjects as well as Media, I have exams in other subjects and coursework deadlines. Exams/other subject deadlines:
2	14th Jan	Monday – Organise models for other two photoshoots. I need to organize who will feature in my other shoots, this will require contacting people that I know and seeing if they’re free during the time of the shoot so they can appear in the shoot. 2 continue and potentially finish tweaking the album article. If I finish the article about the albums, I can have it ready for the photos and the production. 3 meet with models I have to meet with the models that will be in my shoots, this is to give them a basic idea of what they will be doing and my requirements for them, this could be clothing requirements, or wether they will need to bring props. 4 Project Monitoring & Plan ‘rockstar’ article  I will begin the planning of the ‘rock star’ article this week because I aim to get all of the writing out of the way in the first two weeks, this article shouldn’t take too long to complete, I expect to finish that article in around two lessons. Homework 1: REVISE FOR DIFFERENT SUBJECT EXAM. I have an English exam the following week, so it is crucial that I revise for it so I don’t fail, leaving my plans after college irrelevant. Homework 2 & 3: Interview (and write up) Capture.. I aim to interview capture so I can get the article side of the piece done before the shoot, doing this will allow me to go into the production of the piece with both the photos and the article. Exams/other subject deadlines:
3	21stJan	1 Begin writing the next article, this will be the ‘rockstar’ article, because I have already planned the article, beginning it shouldn’t not be a problem, I aim to finish the article within the next few hours so I will need to work hard and focus purely on the article. 2 Absent – I am absent this lesson due to a driving test, I will send work home via my USB to complete when I get home, this will more than likely be continuing with the new article that I started the lesson before. 3 finish the article.  I aim to finish the article today, doing this will allow me to continue with other things that I have to do in the other articles and have it ready for the images. I had my shoot an hour before the lesson so now I have the images for two of the articles. 4 Project Monitoring & finalizing the rockstar article, the finalizing of the article basically means to check its grammar and everything to make sure it is acceptable to put in a magazine, to do this I may give it to my assessor to read to see if it is okay to add to the article. Homework 1: Do the work that would have been completed during Wednesday’s lesson, this will be continuing to write the rockstar article. Homework2: begin plan for the capture article, because I have already wrote out the interview, all I need to do now it fit it into an article, this homework task will be to finish the plan and make sure it is ready to be finished the week after so the production can begin. Homework 3:  Edit photo’s from Thursdays shoots, this involves the balance of the images and other factors, I need to get them ready for the magazine.
4	28th  Jan	1 begin writing the interview up in a correct style, my focus for this lesson was to write the interview into an article, I am not doing a question and answer layout which means I have to incorporate the interview into a story almost, this will take around two hours to complete because I aim to finish the article before the shoot on Wednesday 2 continue to write up the article, This is another hour dedicated to the Capture article, because this is the last article I have to write up, I can take my time to ensure it is good enough to use. AFTER COLLEGE (WED) - PHOTOSHOOT – Capture Article. 3 maybe finish the capture article. The article will be finished in this hour, it will be checked for any errors and saved ready for the production stage of the project. 4 Project Monitoring & photo manipulation, I will be editing the photos from Wednesdays shoot, this is so they are ready for the DPS once the production stage begins. Homework 1: Edit photos from capture photo shoot. This homework task if to finish any of the photos that haven’t been edited ready for the production. Homework 2:  start making pages on inDesign, I will begin with the front page doing the page making at home will make it easier to do the work on Monday’s lesson because the page layout is already done. Exams/other subject deadlines:
5	4th Feb	1 BEGIN PRODUCTION – FRONT PAGE. This is where the production of the magazine begins, I need to make sure I get as much done in the lesson as possible because I tend to get distracted on Photoshop and inDesign, this lesson will be for the front cover. 2 CONTINUE FRONT PAGE AND START CAPTURE DPS I will aim to finish the front cover in this lesson and begin the capture dps, I will add the photos in before the text so I can then layer the text over the top. 3 CAPTURE DPS I aim to continue with the capture article in this lesson this needs to be finished fairly quickly so I have time to go onto the other articles. 4 Project Monitoring & continuing articles. I aim to finish the article in this lesson if it is not already finished. I need to get the article and front cover done in this week so next week can be for the other articles. Homework 1 ,2 and 3  finish capture dps and front cover. The homework is the last resort for these articles because I don’t have time to do them next week because that is the week that I am working purely on the other articles to get the production of them complete. Exams/other subject deadlines:
6	11th Feb	1 PRODUCTION ALBUM ARTICLE. I already have a mock up of this dps, but I am taking a complete different approach to it, this will involve a lot of work to finish so I will need total focus on the work. 2 ALBUM ARTICLE AND ROCKSTAR ARTICLE, in this lesson I will continue with the album article and if I get that complete, I will start the rockstar article. Because I have no lessons on a Wednesday besides media, I will come in the class during my free lessons this week to ensure I get things done, I will probably take three hours of frees on Wednesday making sure I get it done. 3 ROCKSTAR ARTICLE  finish the article. 4 Project Monitoring & finishing touches Homework 1, 2 and 3: finishing touches to final project. Exams/other subject deadlines: Unit 5 Deadline Friday 15th Feb –projects to be uploaded to Moodle
Half term	18th Feb	Homework: Complete Monitoring and make sure that blog elements are complete
	25th Feb	Audience/Assessor Review Week Monday - Create Audience review questionnaire 2 Teacher assessment of project 3 & 4 Complete prep work for evaluation E exam Unit 5 Blog Deadline 25th Feb

 

 Production Schedule and monitoring document

Week	Date	Activity
1	7th Jan	Monday - Schedule Creation: this week I will make sure that I create a realistic schedule to enable me to submit a completed project for the 15th February in accordance with the objectives outlined in my treatment. The schedule will be realistic, detailed and will contain 3 meaningful activities to complete as homework. Homework activities should take up four hours additional study time per week. Wednesday - Schedule Creation: Today I will look at other commitments I have in my other A Levels including scheduled exams – this will enable me to produce a realistic schedule. In order to do this I will need to ask my other subject teachers about deadlines for homework/coursework during the next six weeks. Also I will book the Photo shoot for my Capture article. Thursday -  Begin tweaking the album article, the article has been wrote, but it needs changing, some of the albums need changing and some of the grammar needs changing, changing it will improve the article. Friday -  Project Monitoring & Font Research. I need to find out what fonts I will use in my magazine, doing this before the production stage of the work will benefit me because I will have the fonts chosen and downloaded. Homework 1: Speak to Capture about the photo shoot and make sure they are up for doing it, then I will book the photo shoot with a member of the band present to ensure it does not clash with any of their plans/lessons etc. Also organize when they want to the interview, whether it will be at the same time as the shoot or not. Homework 2:  tweak the album article I need to tweak the article about the albums because it is in need of adjustment, I have already written the article but it needs changing with the likes of certain paragraphs. Doing this for homework will free up the time I have in the lesson for important things to get the project finished. Homework 3:finish any other subject required coursework, I need to allow time to other subjects as well as Media, I have exams in other subjects and coursework deadlines. Exams/other subject deadlines:
2	14th Jan	Monday – Organise models for other two photoshoots. I need to organize who will feature in my other shoots, this will require contacting people that I know and seeing if they’re free during the time of the shoot so they can appear in the shoot. 2 continue and potentially finish tweaking the album article. If I finish the article about the albums, I can have it ready for the photos and the production. 3 meet with models I have to meet with the models that will be in my shoots, this is to give them a basic idea of what they will be doing and my requirements for them, this could be clothing requirements, or wether they will need to bring props. 4 Project Monitoring & Plan ‘rockstar’ article  I will begin the planning of the ‘rock star’ article this week because I aim to get all of the writing out of the way in the first two weeks, this article shouldn’t take too long to complete, I expect to finish that article in around two lessons. Homework 1: REVISE FOR DIFFERENT SUBJECT EXAM. I have an English exam the following week, so it is crucial that I revise for it so I don’t fail, leaving my plans after college irrelevant. Homework 2 & 3: Interview (and write up) Capture.. I aim to interview capture so I can get the article side of the piece done before the shoot, doing this will allow me to go into the production of the piece with both the photos and the article. Exams/other subject deadlines:
3	21stJan	1 Begin writing the next article, this will be the ‘rockstar’ article, because I have already planned the article, beginning it shouldn’t not be a problem, I aim to finish the article within the next few hours so I will need to work hard and focus purely on the article. 2 Absent – I am absent this lesson due to a driving test, I will send work home via my USB to complete when I get home, this will more than likely be continuing with the new article that I started the lesson before. 3 finish the article.  I aim to finish the article today, doing this will allow me to continue with other things that I have to do in the other articles and have it ready for the images. I had my shoot an hour before the lesson so now I have the images for two of the articles. 4 Project Monitoring & finalizing the rockstar article, the finalizing of the article basically means to check its grammar and everything to make sure it is acceptable to put in a magazine, to do this I may give it to my assessor to read to see if it is okay to add to the article. Homework 1: Do the work that would have been completed during Wednesday’s lesson, this will be continuing to write the rockstar article. Homework2: begin plan for the capture article, because I have already wrote out the interview, all I need to do now it fit it into an article, this homework task will be to finish the plan and make sure it is ready to be finished the week after so the production can begin. Homework 3:  Edit photo’s from Thursdays shoots, this involves the balance of the images and other factors, I need to get them ready for the magazine.
4	28th  Jan	1 begin writing the interview up in a correct style, my focus for this lesson was to write the interview into an article, I am not doing a question and answer layout which means I have to incorporate the interview into a story almost, this will take around two hours to complete because I aim to finish the article before the shoot on Wednesday 2 continue to write up the article, This is another hour dedicated to the Capture article, because this is the last article I have to write up, I can take my time to ensure it is good enough to use. AFTER COLLEGE (WED) - PHOTOSHOOT – Capture Article. 3 maybe finish the capture article. The article will be finished in this hour, it will be checked for any errors and saved ready for the production stage of the project. 4 Project Monitoring & photo manipulation, I will be editing the photos from Wednesdays shoot, this is so they are ready for the DPS once the production stage begins. Homework 1: Edit photos from capture photo shoot. This homework task if to finish any of the photos that haven’t been edited ready for the production. Homework 2:  start making pages on inDesign, I will begin with the front page doing the page making at home will make it easier to do the work on Monday’s lesson because the page layout is already done. Exams/other subject deadlines:
5	4th Feb	1 BEGIN PRODUCTION – FRONT PAGE. This is where the production of the magazine begins, I need to make sure I get as much done in the lesson as possible because I tend to get distracted on Photoshop and inDesign, this lesson will be for the front cover. 2 CONTINUE FRONT PAGE AND START CAPTURE DPS I will aim to finish the front cover in this lesson and begin the capture dps, I will add the photos in before the text so I can then layer the text over the top. 3 CAPTURE DPS I aim to continue with the capture article in this lesson this needs to be finished fairly quickly so I have time to go onto the other articles. 4 Project Monitoring & continuing articles. I aim to finish the article in this lesson if it is not already finished. I need to get the article and front cover done in this week so next week can be for the other articles. Homework 1 ,2 and 3  finish capture dps and front cover. The homework is the last resort for these articles because I don’t have time to do them next week because that is the week that I am working purely on the other articles to get the production of them complete. Exams/other subject deadlines:
6	11th Feb	1 PRODUCTION ALBUM ARTICLE. I already have a mock up of this dps, but I am taking a complete different approach to it, this will involve a lot of work to finish so I will need total focus on the work. 2 ALBUM ARTICLE AND ROCKSTAR ARTICLE, in this lesson I will continue with the album article and if I get that complete, I will start the rockstar article. Because I have no lessons on a Wednesday besides media, I will come in the class during my free lessons this week to ensure I get things done, I will probably take three hours of frees on Wednesday making sure I get it done. 3 ROCKSTAR ARTICLE  finish the article. 4 Project Monitoring & finishing touches Homework 1, 2 and 3: finishing touches to final project. Exams/other subject deadlines: Unit 5 Deadline Friday 15th Feb –projects to be uploaded to Moodle
Half term	18th Feb	Homework: Complete Monitoring and make sure that blog elements are complete
	25th Feb	Audience/Assessor Review Week Monday - Create Audience review questionnaire 2 Teacher assessment of project 3 & 4 Complete prep work for evaluation E exam Unit 5 Blog Deadline 25th Feb

Project Monitoring

This week I began the production stage of my final project, the first thing I needed was my schedule this would tell me what I needed to week-by-week so I made sure that I was staying on target and getting all of the things done in time, I have strategically planned out the schedule so I get all of the writing side of the piece finished first, I chose to do the writing side of the project first because I know that if I set myself the task of working on inDesign and PhotoShop first, I will spend a lot of time making sure that I get it looking good, which will possibly leave me with no time to do the writing side. So instead, I am doing the writing side first to ensure I get it all done. 

Another thing I have completed this week is the bookings for my photo shoots, I have decided to do two shoots because I have to take pictures for three different articles, one of which is a triple page spread. The triple page spread article has its own photo shoot, this is to ensure that I get enough pictures and the pictures that I take are of good quality, and are what I actually need. This shoot is on Wednesday, January 30th at 3.10, this is just after one of my media lessons, I chose to book the shoot then so I can get all of my things ready in the lesson so I can arrive at the shoot and get on with it. The other shoot I have booked is for the other two articles in my piece, the 'album' article and the new article 'how to become a rock star' I decided to do these two shoots in one slot because one of the models is in both shoots so they can be there instead of having to make it to two shoots. The new article I have decided to do (instead of the battle of the bands review) will have imagery taken for it, for that I will have to collect props, some of which I already own. I have decided to make the article joker and have the model dress as a cliche 'rock star' in the leather jackets, big hair and guitars. 

In my schedule I have taken into account when my exams are, I only have one exam in January so I have made sure that the week of the exam is clear of any difficult tasks so I can focus purely on the exam. My schedule is realistic, I have not given myself too many tasks to do in a week that I probably couldn't finish and I have worked it around exams and other subjects coursework deadlines so I have a realistic schedule that i can follow throughout the whole production stage.

After finishing my schedule, I realised that I haven't gave myself any contingency time in case my articles aren't written in time, or my photo shoots are cancelled. I have the soft ware at home (Photoshop and InDesign) so if there are any visual problems that I cannot finish within the lesson I can sort them out at home, I can also sort out any article writing problems at home, the only problem that could arise is with regards to the shoots, If the models don' t turn up or the shoot get's cancelled, I have no other time to book them other than my free study time. 

Photoshoot Plan - Albums to Hear Before You Die

Date and time of photo shoot: February 7th 2013 - 15:10

Material to be shot: 
Models: Jack Woodmansey, Oli Patterson  
Props: Albums (10)                                              

What personnel do you need?

Lighting assistant: Chris Marriner 

What props will you need?
Albums (10 corresponding to the list)

For the shoot I will have the models posing with the album, once I have enough shots of the model holding the album they will change to the another album, I am aiming to have each model hold five albums each, I will not use all of the photos from every album, but I will still take pictures of all of the albums to to be sure. 

Backdrop:

-       Standard white paper

Lighting equipment needs:

-       Light boxes

Drawing of studio layout (what the image will look like):