1. initial plans

1. initial plans

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  Initial Plans Toni Gibson
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  Initial Reaction• Myinitial thoughts regarding the starting brief is that I want to do something that surrounds photography whether that being a portfolio or a magazine. • I want to do photography because it is the most enjoyable part of the course in my point of view. However, I also enjoyed the creations of short films, so if possible I would like to find a way of getting that in also. • I want whatever I make to have a theme and link throughout the entirety of my project. • I want to make something that would cater to one specific audience because I think that it would be easier to create something that one group would like rather than creating something that tries to cater to everyone. • I thought that it would be best that what I did included something that I have done in a previous rotation so that I wasn’t going into my FMP blind not knowing what to do. • With my print rotation I learnt everything I would need to know for this, because of that I feel confident that I will be able to create something that would look good.
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  Initial Reaction • Inmy previous rotation when I created a magazine cover I enjoyed the process of making it, so taking that into consideration I think that I should create something that I will enjoy making because I think that if I enjoy what I'm making I think that my end product will turn out a lot better. • I want to something that mainly uses photoshop because out of the software I’ve used I feel the most confident with photoshop. • For my FMP I knew straight away that I wanted to create a fashion based magazine something like: This is because I want my magazine to be as realistic and professional looking as possible. I want to create a similar magazine to vogue because they have a good front cover design that they have kept since the magazine started, which makes people think that because the magazine is so popular the design doesn’t have to change to please anyone.
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  Initial Reaction My initialreaction regarding the starting brief was that I wanted to create a magazine of some sort because I like designing magazine covers and enjoy learning new skills in photo shop. I would like to do a magazine that evolves a lot of photography, this is because I want to try out different editing styles throughout the magazine that I decide to make. My first thought when it comes to choosing what type of magazine I want to make is either a fashion of lifestyle magazine. This is because both magazines require a lot of photography which is something I specifically want to focus on. I wanted to create a magazine because out of all the rotations I enjoyed print the most, so I wanted to do something similar to that rotation because I think that it would suit me best out of the three that we did.
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  References • Dania Denise.(2014). Modeling 101 – A Model’s Diary. Available: http://www.allmyfriendsaremodels.com/how-to-get-published/. Last accessed 27/05/2018.
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  Mind Map
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  • The mindmap that I have produced shows four potential ideas. I decided that for my FMP I wanted to focus my project either on print or film so I came up with two ideas for each. • For film I chose to look at producing a silent horror film for this I talked about how I would get the story across without actually telling it with words. For the film to work, I would have to tell the story through how the camera moves and the expressions from the actors. I chose to cater this film for ages fifteen and over due to it possibly having jump scares. I want to try and do a silent film because I think that it would show off the camera skills a lot more since there are no words to focus on. I also looked in to doing a stereotypical teenage horror film I would make it in a comedic way by including things that are well known to be in a horror film, like; running towards danger instead of runny away from it. • I also looked into doing print. I decided to plan out a film magazine that would cater to men in their early to late thirties. I think that creating a magazine based solely on it being sold to men is quite different, due to magazines usually only cater to women and young children. In the magazine I would include film reviews and I would want to style the magazine with a retro theme because I think that would fit really well with the films. I also looked at creating a fashion magazine, I would cater it towards females aged fifteen-twenty meaning it will include a lot of different Mind Map Analysis
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  content to fitwith the ages. The magazine would be based around seasonal themes including the fashion trends for each season. I would want the magazines “gossip” to be positively based due to all the magazines we see only have negative gossip. With the magazine I would focus on having something that would cater to everyone that would be reading it.
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  Mind Map
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  • This mindmap shows my final idea in a lot more detail. For my main idea I'm doing a magazine, look book(video) and photography portfolio. • For the photography portfolio, I want to have individual pages for each photograph so that I can describe in detail about how I took the photo and if it was edited how it was. I will also describe the choice in color, for the background and clothing. • For my magazine I want it to cater to women in the age group fifteen-twenty. I chose this age group because the things that I will be including things that children younger than fifteen wont necessarily be interested in. • Mind Map Analysis
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  Mind Map
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  Mind Map Analysis •When coming up with the idea of how I was going to portray my final idea of my front cover, I thought about what content I was going to briefly mention. I didn’t want to overload my cover with content because I don’t want to give too much of what's inside away. I had though of a lot of different names until I settled with “I Like”. I chose it because I think that the name links in with what the magazine is about, fashion. When planning the layout of my magazine, I mostly wanted the cover to be one image because I think it makes the magazine look more like a magazine that already exist, due to the fact most fashion magazines only use one model on the cover. This person is usually a well known celebrity.
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  Mind Map
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  Mind Map Analysis •When planning out what I want my photography to look like in my magazine I mostly want it to fit in with the season its supposed to be photographed around. The mind map mostly shows my basic plan of what I want the people in my magazine to wear and how I want their hair to be. I also looked into different locations for each season, this is so that if it isn’t quite understood what season is being portrayed by the clothing being worn then hopefully the location will help with figuring it out. Whilst knowing exactly where I want to take the photos and what I want them to wear I decided to looking into other options to see what would work best for the given season.
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  Pros and Cons Formy magazine idea, the pros are that all of them are original ideas. I wanted to create a magazine that was different and that has never been seen before. Due to liking the print rotation I thought that it would be best fit to create something similar to what I did for that. When it comes to getting the photos I need I have easy access to good photography locations that are free and legal. The cons of my written ideas is that because my idea is different I don’t have a specific magazine to look at and reference my work to, this may put me at a disadvantage when starting my production. I could struggle finding people to be in my magazine, and even if I do schedules may clash and/or they don’t put in any effort. Because my magazine is seasonal based it may be difficult finding specific locations that fit the particular season. For my film idea, the pros are that that I enjoy the process of making a short film, apart from the editing. I could easily come up with a storyline. making a short film is an easier way get across what your trying to portray. The cons are, the majority of people that I know don’t enjoy being on camera so will most likely not want to participate in a short film, or similar to the magazine the schedules may clash and/or they don’t put in any effort. I think that I will most likely not use this idea because I don’t like a lot of the editing process.
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  Mood Boards -Spring -Summer -Autumn/Fall -Winter
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  Spring
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  Summer
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  Autumn/ Fall
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  Winter
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  Mood Board Analysis •Is there any repetition in the images you have collected? Repeated colours/images styles/fonts/tone/mood • There are some colours repeated, such as pink and green. This is because they are very natural spring colours. I chose to display clothes and shoes that mostly represent natural colours because I would like to represent spring as being a quite calm season. From researching there's a lot of repetition of pastel colours. • For summer there are a lot of blues and whites, as well as oranges. Summer is represented by bright colours. This can also be seen in the shoes that I chose. Summer is very warm so the hairstyles I chose are up and out of the face. • For fall, I have chosen to theme it around different shades of grey. I have also shown different styles of boots that are popular during fall. Different shades of oranges and brown make a lot of appearances during fall, because the colours represent the leaves that fall off of the trees. • During winter black, grey and green parker jackets sky rocket in popularity. From what I have seen grey is also a popular colour in winter. Checked scarfs paired with Timberland boots look great for any winters outing. • How will your mood board influence your final product? • For spring, my mood boards will influence my final product by helping me realise what types of clothing, foot wear and hairstyles fit for each particular season. It will help my product because I can see what colours do and do not work together. Knowing this will help me decide what clothing I choose to display in the magazine and what is most visually pleasing to the reader. For my magazine I think its just as important for the page to look good as it for what is written. • My mood board will help influence my final because I have included season themed location for each planned photo shoot. This will help when it comes to choosing where I want to take my photos, though some of the photos could be quite difficult to achieve because I don’t have access to all four seasons in one week. • The mood board also can help when it comes to choosing what clothing to pair with each season. Knowing this will help the magazine look more appealing.