Project Monitoring - 15th February

Photoshoot Planning Document

Date and time of photo shoot: 28^th January at 02:10 - 03:10

Material to be shot: For my front cover I was going to have a model dressed up like Marilyn Monroe as she is going to be the main talking point in my 1^st article, but i decided that it wasnt going to be possible to do this as it was going to take a long time to try and find the right looking model for the job. I will have to create a still life photoshoot that includes different objects that would represent marilyn monroes life. I will need another model for the ‘Can’t handle the stress’ article as well as a model for my ‘Our sex life has flumped’ article.For my 'Cant handle the stress' article, I would like images of a teenager that creates the illusion and emotion of stress through the imagery. For my 'Our sex life has flumped' article I would like imagery of another average teenager, but show the different shapes of body parts she has and maybe use the camera to show the distortion in the images.

 

What personnel do you need?

Lighting assistant: Chris mariner

Makeup assistant: N/A (can be done by myself)
Models: 2 models

 What props will you need?

I will need many props for my Marilyn Monroe shoot, all of the different objects need to represent Marilyn Monroe and an aspect of her life in particular. I was thinking of including objects such as make up bags, scarves, channel perfume, red lipstick (this was one of her most used items of make up), lots of pearls etc. The model in the 'can't handle the stress' article will be dressed casual but her hair will be messed up and she could grasp her t-shirt to make her look stressed out. I dont need any props for my 'Our sex life has flumped' article because I mainly want to concentrate on the models body shape, showing that you can feel confident with any sort of body shape.

 

Studio shoots: what kind of lighting?

 

Backdrop:  The back drop for the shoots will be white; most of Marilyn’s shoots had white backdrops. I think this also creates clearer more professional looking images with a white background.

Lighting equipment needs: I will be using narrow lighting; I believe it shows the model in the best light.

 

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

Title: Flair

Client: The Northern Echo Newspaper

Staff: Chris Marriner – Lighting Technician, Chelsea – ‘Our Sex Life Has Flumped’ Article Model

Location/Venue: College Mezzanine, Photo-shoot Area

 

CALL DATE: 30^th January
CALL TIME: 02:10

Transport: Own Method

 
INSTRUCTIONS: To produce images that can be placed both on the front cover and in two DPS’s, I would like my model for the ‘Our Sex Life Has Flumped’ article to show that any average teenager can feel uncomfortable with their bodies, by showing images of different body parts and shapes, using the camera to distort the images in a quirky way. I would also like a still life photo-shoot to be completed; this includes specific objects that in some way represent Marilyn Monroe.

Call Sheet 1

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

Title: Flair

Client: The Northern Echo Newspaper

Staff: Chris Marriner – Lighting Technician, Jess – Stressed Out Teenager Model

 

Location/Venue: College Mezzanine, Photo-shoot Area

 

CALL DATE: 28^th January
CALL TIME: 02:10

Transport: Own Method

 INSTRUCTIONS: For my ‘Can’t HHHHandle The Stress’ article, I would like a photo-shoot produced that will show the damage that teenage stress does to the average student, due to an overload of work or pressures of producing high grades. I would like Jess to incorporate movement in her modelling that will show the stress that she would be going through.

 

Production Schedule 7th January - 25th February

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 Article Creation: This is where I begin designing my first article ‘A Touch Of Class’ and begin writing and editing it, I may also do some extra content research. Because I changed the article idea completely, I will have to start researching the content from scratch. Book my photo shoot. I will also create a good file structure, so when creating my project I know where everything is.   4 Project Monitoring & Article Creation: I will continue writing my ‘A Touch Of Class’ article, I will then have a look at home much more I need to complete and review what I have to do in the upcoming weeks.   Homework 1: do some more content research for my articles   Homework 2: Continue writing up ‘A Touch Of Class’ article   Homework 3: Try and find some models to prepare for my photo shoot   Exams/other subject deadlines: Philosophy and ethics exam 15th January
2	14th Jan	1 Finish Article Creation: Finishing ‘A Touch Of Class Article’, I may then start writing my second article which is ‘Can’t handle the stress?’ this is all about teenage stress. I may also do a little bit more research into teenage stress.   2 Carry on writing my articles: I will have hopefully finished my ‘A Touch Of Class’ Article and be well into my teenage stress article.   3 Carrying on with writing the article: I will have hopefully reached the middle point of my teenage stress article, with much more research to include.   4 Project Monitoring & finishing my article: hopefully I will have completed two articles over the first two weeks and found as much research as possible to include.   Homework 1: Do as much research as I can for the content of my article   Homework 2: Start writing a questionnaire for content of my break out boxes or some extra research   Homework 3: Start looking at some fonts   Exams/other subject deadlines: My philosophy exam is on the 15th. This could mix up my schedule because I will have to spend a lot of time doing revision.
3	21stJan	1 Article Creation Time: I will just be starting to think about what should be included in ‘Our Sex Life Has Flumped’ article. I need to do a lot of research into this so I think I will have a whole lesson doing some research 2 Carrying on with article creation: I will just be starting to write the article at this point if I have the right amount of research to include   3Article Creation: I will be well on the way with this article, hopefully finishing it by 4th lesson   4 Project Monitoring & finishing touches to article creation: I will take a look at what needs to be completed that I may have missed due to possible issues in my schedule. I will also hopefully of finished my third article   Homework 1: Carrying on with writing my article at home   Homework2: Preparation for my photo shoot, including finding models & having a meeting with my models, showing them call sheets   Homework 3: Downloading and saving fonts & research magazine layouts   Exams/other subject deadlines:
4	28th  Jan	1Photoshoot planning: I will begin getting the props together that I need for my photo shoot and I will locate some reference material for my photo shoot   2 Photoshop front cover: Start developing the front cover in Photoshop & masthead creation   3 Photoshoot: Take photos for the 2nd and 3rd DPS which is ‘Can’t Handle The Stress?’ and ‘Our Sex Life Has Flumped’                           4 Project Monitoring & Photoshop: Monitor my project using the blog and continue to develop the front cover of magazine, input photograph into Photoshop   Homework 1: Do my first photo shoot on the 28th January at 2:10-3:10 for my front cover and 1st DPS   Homework 2: Catch up with my blog and make sure everything is in that needs to be   Homework 3 : Contact sheet   Exams/other subject deadlines: N/A
5	4th Feb	1 Set up InDesign pages & Photoshop Begin to set up the page margins and rulers in InDesign and continue creating the front cover   2 Photoshop & InDesign Finish front cover on Photoshop and start to develop the InDesign DPS pages   3 InDesign:  Start creating break out boxes for all of my DPS’s   4 Project Monitoring & InDesign: develop the InDesign DPS pages   Homework 1: Finish front cover on Photoshop   Homework 2: Contingency photo shoot   Homework 3: Peer review work   Exams/other subject deadlines: N/A
6	11th Feb	1 InDesign:  develop the InDesign DPS pages     2 Final Drafting of my project: Put together all the last aspects of my product making sure it all fits together   3 Final Drafting: Put together all the last aspects of my product making sure it all fits together   4 Project Monitoring & Overspill: Use this time to do any tasks that still need completing.   Homework 1: Additional design work   Homework 2: Test designs with TA   Exams/other subject deadlines: N/A   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

Our Sex Life Has Flumped - Article Planning Sheet

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	My third article is called ‘Our sex life has flumped’ this article is about women feeling much more confident about their bodies, and how one body shape that is seen in the media is not necessarily the most attractive body shape to everyone.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	Once again I will be using the 3rd narrative voice, it’s quite chatty, and when talking about body shapes and things like that it’s important that the readers feel involved and inspired by what you are saying. 3rd person is the best narrative voice to use for this.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	I would like it as I said to be quite chatty, so informal. We don’t want the readers to feel uncomfortable when reading the article. I don’t think any taboo will be included.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	I will definitely be including some strong verbs and adjectives, I will be describing body shapes etc. once again I would like the article to flow and have a good rhythm to it.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	I would like it to be very chatty and easy to get involved in, but not with any sarcasm.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	1000 words is about the size I want my article, this makes it not too long and will keep the readers interested. I will start by explaining some main facts about sex life and then begin to talk about body shapes etc. I don’t want my paragraphs to be too chunky.

Can't Handle The Stress - Article Planning Sheet

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	My second article is called ‘Can’t handle the stress?’ this article talks about ways in which you can deal with stress, teenagers go through a lot of stress because of exams and A levels and just in general being a teenager. This article is inspirational.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	Once again I will be using 3rd person, it’s quite chatty and will interest the readers straight away. I could also be mixing the narrative voices throughout the article, depending on whether I feel the need to voice my opinion.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	Its going to be quite informal, I want it to be comfortable to read and not too full of facts otherwise it’ll get to boring. In some areas I may use some taboo.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	I want it to be very upbeat and interesting; metaphors may be included to make the sentences sound much more descriptive.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	I want my article to be quite friendly and chatty; I don’t want to include sarcasm or anything such as that. I still want it to be serious as stress can be a serious subject, people can become quite ill due to it. Cosmopolitan can be funny but serious at the same time.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	I don’t want to article to be too long, a thousand words is more than enough, I want to write it so all the main facts are included and not just a load of irrelevant information. Not too many long chunky paragraphs.