Project Monitoring 2

This week I have started to design a layout for my article "Screenwriting for dummies" pages 3 and 4. I have added the appropriate colour scheme  to them and also a drop cap designed. I also carried out my interview for my article review and interview and recored it for help on my first draft of the article this meant that I could do my first draft of my article which is nearly complete.

For my planned photo shoot it fell through at the last minuet as my model did not bring the props I needed from them for the photo shoot. For this i should have planned more ahead and maybe made sure the props where in the studio or the college a day before to make sure I had everything needed. This meant I had to reschedule my photo-shoot to the Wednesday the 13th of February. Due to this I spent the lesson doing a contents page that was scheduled for later on in the production time. This means I have put back on the layout design and colour scheme of the article "Review and Interview" for a week. Instead focusing on completing articles and other things scheduled later on. I will design my headers and kickers for my article "Review and Interview" in this final lesson of the week and continue the final drafts of my articles for homework ready for the next production week.

Project Monitoring

In this session this week I had a successful photo shoot for a few reasons. At first I could not find the designed effect I wanted for my lighting because the lights where not working from my set up planed. This could of been resolved quicker if i had tested lighting before hand. However with persistent experimenting I used the snoot light instead of my planned honeycomb lighting. With this I took an hour for my homework task to get this desired effect of a film noir look I was going for. (see image below)

Using photoshop it took longer than i had expected to edit and refine my image for my article screen writing for dummies. This is due to a few factors them being not remembering all the editing techniques that help enhance my photo straight away but also they took longer to execute correctly than once planned. However after more time on the photo i managed to edit it using effects such as levels changing it to black and white and using unsharp mask. (see image below)

As for not completing my schedule fully because some tasks took longer than expected i was unable to write out two intros for my article screenwriting for dummies. This means that i will have to add this in to a homework task over the weekend to have it all up to speed ready for second week of production on my magazine.

However due to colour scheme research I found that the colour scheme yellow and black was a much suited colour when i was designing my layout. This has meant i have changed my original colour scheme and in fact page numbers and layout completely. Instead of doing a 16 page magazine I will now be doing a 20 page one with two additional pages of advertising but also a double page spread with just my image and headline on and now another double page spread with the article on.  (see Image below)

Schedule A2

Production Schedule and monitoring document

Week	Date	Activity
1	13th Jan	1 Schedule Creation: For this week I will plan out and create a production schedule to help me keep on time with working out the production dates and what tasks I will do on what weeks. This will help me have a finished product to be able to submit on the 28th of February. The schedule will have to be very detailed and also realistic this means I will add 3 different homework tasks a week adding up to 4 hours of work outside of class. 2 Schedule Creation: To produce the most realistic schedule possible I will work out when I have time for my production and when I can not realistically do production on my product due to other commitments in other A level subjects. For this to work I will ask my subject teachers and research when deadlines exam dates are meaning I can work round these for my schedule. Homework 1: For homework one I will do some font research for my first article ‘Screenwriting for dummies’. For this I will research possible fonts to use for the headline of my article. I will try out examples of the size of font used also the style whether it will be bold have drop shadow and other effects. For this I will look at default fonts in the program Photoshop and also research on websites such as dafont.com Homework 2: For homework I will test out colour schemes for my first article ‘screenwriting for dummies’. This will include looking at existing designs of the same genre magazine and setting up a simple plan of my layout and working out colour ratio. I will also work out if I will use the 3-colour rule or less colour or more colours. Homework 3: I will write out a brief plan of how my article ‘screenwriting for dummies’ will be wrote and how it will flow. Using my research tables I will pick out the most valuable and beneficial information for the article.  I will do I calculated estimate on the number of words the article will be meaning I can use this information for layout design in the future. Exams/other subject deadlines:
2	20th Jan	1. For this week I will look through the images I have taken in my photo-shoot for homework and find the best ones to use in my article and to edit. The photo-shoot images I have chosen I will then place them into the program Photoshop and edit them. Firstly changing the contrast and levels to get a more desired effect of what I want. 2. I will write out a detailed plan of how my article ‘screenwriting for dummies’ will be written and how it will flow. Using my research tables I will pick out the most valuable and beneficial information for the article.  I will do I calculated estimate on the number of words the article will be meaning I can use this information for layout design in the future. ‘Screenwriting for dummies’. I will write 2 intros for the article and then pick which one I like better and the one that flows and reads the best. For this I will use my plan made the week before. The article will take around 1 hour to write and around 10-15 minuets to proof read and make any corrections. 3. I will use my images edited for the article ‘screenwriting for dummies’ and put them into InDesign then I will create my layout planned earlier in flat plans and other research I have done. With this I will then add the colour scheme I have decided from my homework plan of colour schemes.  Then edit and tweak the colours to get a correct and professional look on the pages. 4 Project Monitoring: For this I will use around 20 minuets of my lesson time to reflect on what I have done over the past week and what went well if I stayed on target and time. I will also reflect on what went wrong why I missed times if I did and also why work has not been done if it has not been. & With the font research I did as homework I will open Photoshop import or use the font selected in Photoshop. I will then add the desired effects chosen in the plan for example drop shadow and stroke. I will design headlines for the article ‘screenwriting for dummies’ then they are ready to be placed on my layout page in InDesign. Homework 1: For this homework I will have my interview with my YouTube channel owner and ask him my questions posed on my interview question plan. I will record this so I can look back after the interview and write down quotations and also most helpful and beneficial information that will go into my article ‘Review & Interview. Homework 2: For this homework I will do a detailed article plan for my article ‘Review & Interview. This will entail working out the flow of the article and also writing out 2 intros for my article. The length of paragraphs will be determined and also a calculated estimate on the overall length of the article. Homework 3: For the homework I will work out colour schemes for my layout of the article ‘Review & Interview. The colours will be determined from tests and working out the ratio of colour. I will test out different ratios and mostly likely stick to the 3-colour rule for this layout. Exams/other subject deadlines:
3	27stJan	1.The first lesson I will write my article for ‘Review & Interview’ This will be a first draft and the article will take around 40 minuets to write because most of it will be wrote in form of question and answers anyway. The checking and corrections will take around 20 minuets to do and this will take up the whole of my first lesson. 2. For this lesson the first half will be putting my colour schemes on to an InDesign page and tweaking the colours for the best possible look. The last half of it will be my photo-shoot for the article ‘Review & Interview’. It will take place in the studio and will be all worked from my photo-shoot plans. The second of the half of my lesson will be transferring images on to my network and then starting to edit them on photo-shop.  3. This lesson I will be finishing editing on my imagery on Photoshop. I will then place them into my pages done last lesson with the colour scheme and start to do my layout for the pages. Positioning my imagery in the correct place and at the right size. 4 Project Monitoring &For this lesson I will place my finished article of the ‘review & Interview’ into my InDesign page with the photos and colour scheme. I will then position them in the way I had my pages planned out with my flat plans and other research. Homework 1: I will do my final draft of my article ‘Review and Interview’ this will take around 40 -50 minuets. I will use my first draft and add corrections and create my final draft ready for putting into my page layout. Homework2: For this homework I will finish my final draft of my article ‘Screenwriting for dummies’. Using my first draft I will improve and make final corrections to my article. This will take around 1 hour to do. Homework 3: For this homework I will design my headlines and kickers for my article ‘Review & Interview’. These will be created in Photoshop and before I do this I will do some font research for the article in the same homework time. Exams/other subject deadlines:
4	3rd   Feb	1. This lesson I will create all my kickers and headlines and magazine name to go onto my front cover. I will do this using research I have done for my flat plans and treatment and create my fonts in the program Photoshop. This will take the entire lesson to do and I will have finished name and kickers for my font cover. 2. This lesson I will take my images taken in homework from the photo-shoot for my font cover. I will put them into Photoshop and edit those adding effects and making it look professional. I will then pick the best-edited photo to go onto my font cover and place it into my Photoshop font cover document. 3. For this lesson I will create my font cover using everything created last lesson with the image and headlines and kickers and name I will position them all. I will add details such as a barcode for a professional look. This will take the entire lesson and will be close to finished at the end of the lesson. 4 Project Monitoring & For this lesson I will layout my entire article for ‘Screenwriting for dummies’ on to my colour scheme page In InDesign. I will then place in my photos for the article and start to arrange my layout for the page working with reference from existing designs. Homework 1: I will write my kickers and headlines for my front page and try to incorporate clever language and sales techniques such as alliteration and repetition.  I will have these all planned and finished ready for the first lesson of the week. Homework 2: For this homework I will do a check of all my documents making sure I have everything I need for my next lesson everything is saved in a safe place ready to be accessed in lesson. Homework 3: This homework will be a plan and a final check over to make sure nothing has gone horribly wrong. If something needs redoing or corrected I will plan for this in this homework time. Exams/other subject deadlines:
5	10th  Feb	1. If I need to do something again such as a photo-shoot I will rebook this in this lesson for this week if possible or the closest time to this lesson possible. The same goes for corrections to anything else such as rewriting an article or designing header and kickers again. 2. This lesson will be a lesson all on layout design and corrections to layout. I will start on the article ‘Screenwriting for dummies’ first making sure I do not need to alter the colour if I do I will do this in this lesson.  I will then tweak the positing of the photos to the perfect place and also play about with the positioning of the headlines kickers and article. 3. This lesson will be a lesson all on layout design and corrections to layout. I will start on the article ‘Review & Interview’ first making sure I do not need to alter the colour if I do I will do this in this lesson. I will then tweak the positing of the photos to the perfect place and also play about with the positioning of the headlines kickers and article. 4 Project Monitoring & I will use this time in the lesson to make corrections to my front cover tweaking the positioning of things and possibly the size of headlines and kickers. I will work on the name of the magazine more in Photoshop making it look as professional and appealing as possible. Homework 1: For this homework I will do any corrections to my Mock ups and the design and change the design with the feedback from the focus group I did. Homework 2: For this homework I will proof read my article on my mock-ups and make appropriate corrections to the article. Homework 3: I will finalize my mock up page and add the correction to the final page having it all complete with in the homework time.  Exams/other subject deadlines:
Half term	17th Feb	Homework: Complete Monitoring and make sure that blog elements are complete
6	24th	1. This lesson will be to finalize my article ‘screenwriting for dummies’ making everything look the best possible and complete. This means if anything looks like it could be improved little details this is when I will do it. 2. This lesson will be to finalize my article ‘Review & Interview’ making everything look the best possible and complete. This means if anything looks like it could be improved little details this is when I will do it. 3. This lesson will be to finalize my front cover making everything look the best possible and complete. This means if anything looks like it could be improved little details this is when I will do it. 4 Project Monitoring & I will make sure everything is done and is a finished project and product ready to be submitted in time for the deadline. Homework 1: This will be to do any corrections that need to be done. Homework 2: This will be to do any corrections that need to be done. Homework 3: This will be to do any corrections that need to be done. Exams/other subject deadlines:
	3rd  Mar	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 7th March

Interview question plan: article 3: Interview & Review

Interview question plan

 1.What software do you use and what is your process of getting content from playing the game to uploading on to YouTube. 

2.Seen as you are uploading content 5 times a week now how much time does this take up and how do you keep yourself motivated? 

3.How did you first discover minecraft? 

4.What so far has been your favourite part of YouTube?

5.Do you script your content? If so what would be your tips on writing a successful script? 

6.What are your top tips on becoming a successful YouTube channel?   

7.What are your plans for the future of your YouTube channel? 

8.For fun- what would be your weapon of choice in a zombie apocalypse?

Article Planning Sheet: Article 2: Top 5 YouTube filmmakers

Article Planning Sheet

Plan the language use of the primary code of your article in the box below.

Article target audience: Film students

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	My type of article will be a round up article named ‘Top 5 YouTube filmmakers’. This will be an article to provide information to my readers that could benefit their studies and or interest in film.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	I will use 3rd person because it is information on YouTube channels.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	The language I will use will be informal to connect easier towards my target audience, reasons for this is because the young age of my target audience will relate and be more comfortable with informal language and this also allows a light feel towards the article making it convey a more friendly and inviting feel. There will be slight use of mild taboo and use of maybe a little bit of colloquial language.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	The style of the article will be very informative and will not try to be clever with the use of different styles. The rhythm of the article will be a short rhythm with short paragraphs.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The tone of address for the article will come across matey and trying to connect with the audience it will also be informative as it will be providing information to the reader.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The structure of the article will work around the layout designed for the article to fit in. This meaning for the opening paragraphs there will be a short intro summing up the community of filmmaking on YouTube. Then it will have many sub headers that summaries the YouTube channel and what benefit they can provide. The end of the article will be a conclusion of how the YouTuber’s information will benefit. It will follow a discourse structure of having a beginning middle and an end in a form.

Article Planning Sheet: Article 3: Interview and Review

Article Planning Sheet

Plan the language use of the primary code of your article in the box below.

Article target audience: Film students

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	My type of article will be an Interview and review article. The purpose of the article is to inform and provide information but also give an insight in to the life of a YouTuber. This article will be an interview with jack who has a YouTube channel with over 30,000 subscribers. This is an educational and beneficial article that will hopefully inspire young people of my target audience to try their hand at making YouTube videos and films.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	I will use 1st person because it is my own opinion on his YouTube channel. But it also will be me asking the questions in the interview as well. This allows my audience become more connected. This way the audience can easily get into the state of mind and becomes more involved in the article.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	The language I will use will be informal to connect easier towards my target audience, reasons for this is because the young age of my target audience will relate and be more comfortable with informal language and this also allows a light feel towards the article making it convey a more friendly and inviting feel. There will be slight use of mild taboo and use of maybe a little bit of colloquial language.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	The style of the article will be very informative and will not try to be clever with the use of different styles. The rhythm of the article will be medium to short rhythm with a long sentence to every 2 or 3 short sentences.  The tittle has a form of repetition in and as for repetition it will have many question and answers in the article.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The tone of address for the article will come across matey and trying to connect with the audience make them feel as if they are in the interview.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The structure of the article will work around the layout designed for the article to fit in. This meaning for the opening paragraphs there will be a short intro summing up the channel. Then it will have many question and answers throughout and end with a conclusion of how the answers and information gained could benefit the reader. It will follow a discourse structure of having a beginning middle and an end in a form.

Article Planning Sheet: Article 1: Screenwriting for dummies

Article Planning Sheet

Plan the language use of the primary code of your article in the box below.

Article target audience: Film students 

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	My type of article will be a How to and informative article mixed together. The purpose of the article is to inform and provide information on how to write screenplays. This article will be about the process of writing an industry standard film screenplay. This is an educational and beneficial article that will hopefully inspire young people of my target audience to write their own screenplay.
Narrative voice (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	I will use 2nd because it connects to the reader on a much higher level than 3rd person but is not first person as it is not my opinion.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	The language I will use will be informal to connect easier towards my target audience, reasons for this is because the young age of my target audience will relate and be more comfortable with informal language and this also allows a light feel towards the article making it convey a more friendly and inviting feel. There will be slight use of mild taboo and use of maybe a little bit of colloquial language.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	The style of the article will be very informative and will not try to be clever with the use of different styles. The rhythm of the article will be medium rhythm with a long sentence to every 2 short sentences.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	The tone of address for the article will come across matey and trying to connect with the audience however with the informative side to the article it will set a matey but informative serious tone.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The structure of the whole article will work around the layout designed for the article to fit in. This meaning for the opening paragraphs there will be a short intro, a medium sized paragraph to fill the rest of the text box on the first 2 pages and then the bulk of the writing will be on page 3. It will follow a discourse structure of having a beginning middle and an end in a form. The ending will be a conclusion to summaries all the information in the article and what you can achieve from the articles information.

Model Review & Interview article call sheet

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

 

Title: RoughCut

Client: The Northern Echo

 

Staff: model

Location/Venue: Darlington QE media photography studio

CALL DATE:

CALL TIME:

Transport: Make own way to location

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Wear own clothing
• Will be expected to pose in certain poses told by me on day of photo-shoot.
• Will be expected to use props for the purpose of the photo-shoot.
• Look at reference images of photo-shoot plan of the article ‘Review & Interview’.
• Will be expected to hold a camera on a shoulder rig so be careful however if dropped not your fault.
• Will take around half an hour for images to be taken.  

Model front cover call sheet

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

 

Title: RoughCut

Client: The Northern Echo

 

Staff: model

Location/Venue: Darlington QE media photography studio

CALL DATE:

CALL TIME:

Transport: Make own way to location

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Wear own clothing
• Will be expected to pose in certain poses told by me on day of photo-shoot.
• Will be expected to use props for the purpose of the photo-shoot.
• Look at reference images of photo-shoot plan of the front cover.
• Will be expected to hold a camera on a shoulder rig so be careful however if dropped not your fault.
• Will take around half an hour for images to be taken.  

Model screenwriting for dummies article call sheet

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

 

Title: RoughCut

Client: The Northern Echo

 

Staff: model \ craig

Location/Venue: Darlington QE media photography studio

CALL DATE:

CALL TIME:

Transport: Make own way to location

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Wear own clothing
• Will be expected to pose in certain poses told by me on day of photo-shoot.
• Will be expected to use props for the purpose of the photo-shoot.
• Look at reference images of photo-shoot plan of the article ‘Screenwriting for dummies’.
• Be expected to sit down at a desk for the purpose of the photo-shoot.
• Will take around half an hour for images to be taken.  

Lighting Assistant Review & Interview article call sheet

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

 

Title: RoughCut

Client: The Northern Echo

 

Staff: Lighting Assistant

Location/Venue: Darlington QE media photography studio

CALL DATE:

CALL TIME:

Transport: Make own way to location

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Set up lighting in the same way as diagram on photo-shoot plan for the article ‘Review & Interview’.
• Make sure all lighting is working and not faulty on day of photo-shoot.
• Set the soft boxes to a setting for the effect of butterfly lighting.
• Set up the White backdrop for the photo-shoot.
• Test the flash for the camera.
• Check the images are in focus and have the desired look and lighting needed.
• The photo-shoot is for a film magazine and this one is for an interview with a YouTube channel owner.

Lighting Assistant Screenwriting for dummies article call sheet

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

 

Title: RoughCut

Client: The Northern Echo

 

Staff: Lighting Assistant

Location/Venue: Darlington QE media photography studio

CALL DATE:

CALL TIME:

Transport: Make own way to location

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Set up lighting in the same way as diagram on photo-shoot plan for the article ‘Screenwriting for dummies’.
• Make sure all lighting is working and not faulty on day of shoot
• Set the soft boxes and all other lighting to the right settings needed for the photo-shoot.
• Set up the black backdrop for the photo-shoot.
• Add the snoot to the light for snoot lighting.
• Set up honeycomb lighting on to black drop
• Test the flash for the camera