Looking back!

Time management:

I think that I did well with the time of media as when I knew that there was a deadline in I would spend some of my frees, after school and lunch times up in media and this would help me with completing some of the tasks that were needed to be done.

I think that I spent a little bit too much time there doing the work so this meant that in the lessons I may not have anything to do so by the end I think that I would know how much time I would need to go there out of lessons to still have something to do in lesson.

I also think I did when it came to planning my photo shoot as an allowed enough time for each shot and I knew what I wanted to get out of it.

Looking back!

Organisation:

I think that I did well at the organisation from the curse as I managed to get everything together to have a very early photo shoot and I also made sure that all of my models would know when and when they were needed at least 2 days in advance. I was able to get all of the equipment that I needed to get making sure that music would be happy for me to borrow a amp a couple of days ahead than I needed it so that there would not be any confusion on the day.

I also was able to meet all of the deadlines set and made sure that I knew what was needed to be done for each of them.

Looking back!

construction:

I think that I have done well using all of the software from the start as I have to use Photoshop and from the preliminary task I think that I have improved a lot as you can see.

I have used layered text and pictures
I have used a variety of interesting fonts as opposed to the standard fonts in my school magazine
I have filled the space more effectively - note the big red gap, left!!
I have used the Photoshop software to create eyecatching flashes
I have used better quality photographs enhanced by professional photoshoot equipment, eg lighting, SLR cameras
I used black&white filters from Photoshop to give my pictures a more sophisticated feel
I have created a distinctive house-style which is much more advanced than my preliminary task

Looking back!

research and planning:

I think that it is very important to plan when you do Media Studies. For example, although an hour for the photoshoot seems a long time it goes very quickly and so if you have not planned well you could run out of time. Each shot needs to be planned carefully in advance. These are examples of the paper plans I made for the shoot:

It is also important to research your genre thoroughly so that you as you know what your audience would want to see in the magazine, for example style, clothing, interests, instruments, topics and so on.