Production Diary Blog 20.03.2013

As I stated, last week was a bad week for my front cover and had to rebook another photoshoot. However while waiting for the shoot to come round, I spent my time beginning to layout out my DPS, but the majority of my time was spent on setting up my front cover. I set up a new page with the right measurements, so that when I eventually did the photoshoot everything would be ready for the images to just go on the cover. I also started to add the masthead, skyline and some sell lines. I decided to put them in the colours I would ideally like, but could easily change it match the colours in the photoshoot. This time I went for a much more feminine feel, using colours like pinks, yellows and oranges. I positions everything where I thought they should go and again thought it would be just as easy to move them when the images from the shoot came.

By the day of the photoshoot I had put everything on that thought was needed including, the date, price, and barcode, sell lines, skyline and masthead. I had my second photoshoot, so I spent time getting in touch with my models and told them exactly what I wanted. This time I knew exactly what I wanted for my front cover. I asked my model to wear bright colours and some floral clothing. To ensure that I got the images I needed I got my models to bring in various different outfit so I could get a range of different colours and looks to choose from. I felt that my photoshoot had gone very successfully and was very pleased with the results. Therefore the next lesson I looked through all the images and eliminated the ones I thought would not work on my front cover. I then tried and tested some of my favour images and finally found one that went well and suited what I was looking for. I then changed some of the colours of the sell lines and picked the colours from my models outfit. I also moved things around so that it suited the image. There were also some gaps so I quickly filled them with some small sell lines. I had finally completed my front cover and a level that I was happy with.

 

I then went on to finish writing my article, as I had not done so. I began to finish my article off to the best level I could. I also had a peer look over my final article to make sure it was smooth reading for my target audience and to check over it for me.