Project Monitoring

I haven’t done a write up in a while on my blog because I have had exams in other subjects and haven’t managed to write up in the other lesson time as I have been too busy making sure I don’t get behind in my schedule.  I don’t think that I am doing as well as I could be and am slightly behind my schedule because of my exams, but I am not too concerned as I am making my time up by working very hard in lessons and using my free periods and after college time to stay behind and complete the work that should be done.

The exam situation has not been ideal however I know that I need to work hard to finish and I am prepared to do so.

I also had a problem when I did my first Photoshoot for 2 double paged spreads, front cover and contents page my pictures where lost of the camera and therefore I had no images. I went to book a Photoshoot but as the list was very full I had to get one for the next week, in which I will make sure that I do get my pictures from the camera and there are no problems, as this was a major setback in my project and wasted a lot of time.

Apart from this I think that everything else is going okay, as I said I just need to make sure that my project doesn’t fall too far behind where I won’t be able to finish it before the deadline. I will make sure this doesn’t happen by working extra hard.

Projecting Monitoring

This week in my schedule I aimed to make amendments of my body dysmorphia article, which I re-drafted and completed ahead of my schedule. Secondly I completed my task of setting up the pages for all my documents using InDesign which I also completed ahead of schedule, because I had a Philosophy exam on Thursdays lesson so knew I couldn’t waste any time. Friday’s lesson is today in which I am assessing how I am completing my project and if there is anything I am behind in. After this I will start putting together on In Design Body Dysmorphia article, creating the title, help lines box and writing the introduction.

Everything is running smoothly with my project and I feel as though I am in control and up to date with everything I have completed so far. I am not currently worried about anything in my project and feel like everything is going according to plan.

Project Monitoring

I have organised my schedule in a way which I can make sure that my Media work won’t fall behind whilst I am doing my January exams. In the weeks that I have exams I have made sure that I have set myself realistic goals so that I am still doing work so I don’t fall behind, but making sure that I don’t fall behind on my schedule. I have also made sure that I balance my skills so I will write an article, put the page together in InDesign and design one DPS, before I move on to the next one as I feel like if I choose to do all my articles and then all my designing, they might not be to my best creative ability and I don’t want to get mixed up.

I think I have set myself realistic goals as I explained with my exams making sure that I can complete certain tasks in the weeks which I have exams so that I don’t fall behind on my schedule. I believe that because I have allowed for contingency time on my schedule it has made it more realistic as things could and might go wrong, so I know I will definitely have time to finish it before the deadline.

The big challenges in my schedule will most likely be writing my articles as I have to be in a very focused and creative mind, which is often hard to find in class. I might also be challenged by InDesign and Photoshop as my skills are not particularly good, I will need to explore new things which might take longer.  

Schedule

Week	Date	Activity
1	7th Jan	1 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. 2 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. 3 Research layouts I like for my front cover and contents page to get some inspiration for my project 4 Project Monitoring & researching layouts I like for my individual DPS to get some inspiration for my project Homework 1: Research and download fonts for my magazine Homework 2: Start thinking about my article writing and put together plans Homework 3: Exams/other subject deadlines: Philosophy & Ethics and Psychology mock exam on Wednesday
2	14th Jan	1 Make amendments to body dysmorphia article and redraft it 2 Set up front cover, contents page and DPS sizes on InDesign and Photoshop 3 PHILOSOPHY EXAM 4 Project Monitoring & Start putting together on InDesign Body Dysmorphia article, creating the title, help lines box and writing the introduction Homework 1: Homework 2: Homework 3: Exams/other subject deadlines: Philosophy exam on 17th
3	21stJan	1 Start putting together a DPS for teenage pregnancy, make sure the page is set up, produce the title and create the layout. 2 Start writing teenage pregnancy article using my aritcle planning document to help me 3 PYSCHOLOGY EXAM   4 Photoshoot for front cover, contents page, teenage pregnancy and body dysmorphia article. At 11.50 – 12.50, my model is coming from Carmel college at 12.00. Homework 1: continue writing teenage pregnancy article Homework2: continue writing teenage pregnancy article Homework 3: continue writing teenage pregnancy article Exams/other subject deadlines: PYSCHOLOGY EXAM  24th January
4	28th  Jan	1 Start making break out boxes for my teenage pregnancy article and teenage stress article, make sure that they are complete and ready to put into my DPS. 2 Edit pictures for my contents page and front cover 3 Edit pictures for my body dysmorphia and teenage pregnancy article 4 Project Monitoring & Start writing my teenage stress article Homework 1: continue teenage stress article Homework 2: continue teenage stress article Homework 3: continue teenage stress article Exams/other subject deadlines:
5	4th Feb	1 Today I am going to sort out my contents page. I will look at my research I have gathered on what contents page I like and take inspiration from that and start designing. 2 Make a start on designing my contents page, putting in the pictures and I have taken and produce titles and text 3 Continue contents page sorting out my layout 4 Project Monitoring & sub edit all my pages, look over them and make sure they are okay Homework 1: Re-draft articles and make finishing touches to them all Homework 2: Re-draft articles and make finishing touches to them all Homework 3: Exams/other subject deadlines:
6	11th Feb	1 Make sure break out boxes for teenage pregnancy article and teenage stress ariticle are finished 2 Make sure that my front cover, contents page and DPS’s are put together and finished of correctly, adding the final finishing touches 3 CONTINGENCY TIME 4 Project Monitoring & CONTINGENCY TIME Homework 1: Homework 2: Homework 3: 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 1 Create Audience review questionnaire 2 Teacher assessment of project 3 & 4 Complete prep work for evaluation E exam Unit 5 Blog Deadline 25th Feb

Call Sheets

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

Title: ‘Front cover’ and ‘Teenage Pregnancy’ and ‘Body dysmoprhia’

Client: Ellie Jackson

Staff: Chris Maraner and models

Location/Venue: QE College

CALL DATE:

CALL TIME:

Transport: Walk

INSTRUCTIONS:

For the front cover I would like you t come in chosen outfit, I am the makeup and hair artist and will style you when you arrive. Would like you to pose confidently with a smile and look friendly.

For the Body Dysmorphia I would like to wear the chosen outfit with your hair in a neat ponytail, again I will do your makeup. I would like you to stand up straight with an expressionless.

For my Teenage Pregnancy article I would like you to wear the chosen outfit and again I will do your hair and makeup. I would like you to pose with a baby doll for one shot, and push a pushchair in another shot. 

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

Title: ‘Teenage Stress – drugs and alcohol misuse’

Client: Ashley Ruddam

Staff: Chris Maraner and models

Location/Venue: QE college

CALL DATE:

CALL TIME:

Transport: Walk

INSTRUCTIONS:

I would like you to wear the outfit previously chosen and I will do your hair and makeup when you arrive. I would like your hair and makeup very messy and would like you to pose as if you have had a lot of alcohol and aren’t feeling very well. 

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

Title: ‘Teenage Stress – drugs and alcohol misuse’

Client: Emma Crawford

Staff: Chris Maraner and models

  

Location/Venue: QE college

CALL DATE:

CALL TIME:

Transport: Walk

INSTRUCTIONS:

I would like you to wear the outfit previously chosen and I will do your hair and makeup when you arrive. I would like your hair and makeup very messy and would like you to pose as if you have had a lot of alcohol and aren’t feeling very well. 

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

Title: ‘Teenage Stress – drugs and alcohol misuse’

Client: Ellie Booth

Staff: Chris Maraner and models

  

Location/Venue: QE college

CALL DATE:

CALL TIME:

Transport:  Walk

INSTRUCTIONS:

I would like you to wear the outfit previously chosen and I will do your hair and makeup when you arrive. I would like your hair and makeup very messy and would like you to pose as if you have had a lot of alcohol and aren’t feeling very well. 

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

Title: ‘Teenage Stress – drugs and alcohol misuse’

Client: Ananya Edmunds

Staff: Chris Maraner & Models

  

Location/Venue: QE College

CALL DATE:

CALL TIME:

Transport: Walk

INSTRUCTIONS:

I would like you to wear the outfit previously chosen and I will do your hair and makeup when you arrive. I would like your hair and makeup very messy and would like you to pose as if you have had a lot of alcohol and aren’t feeling very well. 

Photoshoot Plan

 Material to be shot:

I will have one girl for the front cover of my magazine, and all of the double pages spreads. In one DPS, in particular the ‘teenage stress – drugs and alcohol misuse’ I will have 3 – 4 different models as I think it would be more appropriate.

What personnel do you need?

Lighting assistant:

Makeup assistant: Myself

Models: Ellie Jackson, Ellie Booth, Emma Crawford, Ashley Ruddam

What props will you need?

I will need bottles of alcohol for my teenage stress – drugs and alcohol misuse’ and a baby doll for my teenage pregnancy pictures and blanket. I have potentially thought about using a pushchair as and baby bottle as props as well to make sure that I get the most amount of better pictures that I can, then at the end I can look through them and decide which one fits in better with the colour and the layout.

Describe in detail your make-up & costume needs. (Include reference material to illustrate your needs)

My make up needs for the front cover, teenage pregnancy and body dysmorphia will all be similar. I would like to create the image of natural beauty and confidence by wearing clothes that will show off her figure, but still very classy and sophisticated. I will have her wearing the bare minimum of make up as i want to show that girls don’t need to have a lot of make-up to look nice, and i want it to be a window for the future self for other girls to look at and take inspiration.

For the teenage stress article (drugs and alcohol misuse) i will be using very different clothing to portray the image in a dark light. The girls will be wearing very dark make-up and clothes which do not suit them, and are far too revealing. I don’t want them to look very nice and would like there eye make up dark and heavy, and running down their face as they have lost control of their awareness and cannot manage to sort themselves out, connoting the bad lighting as a dark state that no-one would want to be in. 

Studio shoots: what kind of lighting?

(include reference material to illustrate your needs)

For all of my images I will be using butterfly lighting to enhance the beauty of my models and make them look soft and sweet, fitting in with the target audience. As the lighting enhances the features it will make them look confident like a window to the future self.  For my ‘teenage stress – drugs and alcohol misuse’ pictures I will use narrow lighting to darken the image and make the models look darker showing them in a bad light.

Backdrop:

All of my backdrops will be white, I will potentially use a black one for my ‘teenage stress – drugs and alcohol misuse’ article pictures.

Lighting equipment needs:

Reflector

Soft Box

Contingency Plan

What could go wrong during production	How are you going to avoid this issue? What’s your back up plan?
My models might not turn up	To avoid this problem I should make sure that I alert my models a week before the photo shoot to make sure they can still attend, so that if they can’t I have time to reschedule or get new models. I will them remind them of the time, date and place of the shoot and make sure that they are still okay to do it, then again the day before, and on the morning of the day, then a couple of hours before.
No camera or lighting equipment available	To avoid this problem I will check the day before that all my equipment is set up. I will then go on the morning of my shoot, and arrive 30 minutes before to remind them and make sure that everything is set up and ready so I don’t have a delay.
Models refuse to wear costumes	To avoid this i will make sure i give my models a full brief so they know exactly what is expected of them. I will then check with them that it is okay and let them try it on and have a trail to make sure they are comfortable. I will them check with them two days before that it is still okay.
Could lose pictures/work	To avoid this I am going to make sure that I back my pictures and work up on a memory stick, my home computer and my computer at college, so that if I lose them I have full back-ups.
Run out of time	To avoid this I will make sure that I leave plenty of time and plan in advance, getting a head start. I will also make sure I use lessons and free periods to my full advantage and also use my time at home wisely.
Don’t get a photo shoot	To avoid this I will make sure that I book one very far ahead of when I plan to do it, so that I can check I have defiantly got one.