Colour research for magazine
YouTube a ticking time bomb
These hex codes are sampled from the image
above.
fcf31a
7b1101
ffb40b
340002
b43500
for this article I may use very
saturated/radioactive colours from the nuke.
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Friday, 14 February 2014
call sheet
Title:
YouTube a Ticking Time Bomb
Client: The Northern
Echo
 Staff |
Photographer
(Jack Craggs), Lighting Assistant (-), Model #1 John Dinsdale, Model #2
(Optional) Mathew Jopling, Model #3 (Optional) Ciaran Donnelly.
Location/Venue:
Queen Elizabeth
Sixth Form College Photo studio
CALL DATE:
Monday 24th
February
CALL TIME:
11:50 – 12:50
Transport:
N/A
INSTRUCTIONS:
Models- Wear
jeans and a white T-shirt the rest of the equipment will be provided. You will
be in military clothing and will be staging to disarm a fake bomb.
photo-shoot plans
Photo shoot planning
document
Date and time
of photo shoot:
Material to
be shot:
The material
that will be shot is for multiple DPS’s and the front cover of my magazine.
YouTube, a
ticking time bomb DPS 1
For my first
DPS (YouTube a ticking time bomb), I will be taking images of a (fake) bomb. The second image I would to take is of my
model ducking for cover from the explosion. The next image I would like to take
will involve a close up of the alarm clock about to tick on to 12. I would like
to take these images into Photoshop to give them the appropriate corrections as
well as a few overlays. These will be the YouTube logo, a lit match and
possible some grunge textures.
The online
film revolution DPS 2
For my second
DPS (The online film revolution) I will be taking images based on the
revolution. For example an image of a film makers hand up in the air, a film
maker holding a camera up in the air and an image of a router. I would like to
take these images into Photoshop to give all my images a grungy look.
D.I.Y Designs
DPS 3
For my final
DPS I would like to take some very simple images that I can turn into diagrams
in Photoshop. There are a few images I would like to take. My first image I
would like to take is of a DSLR camera. The second image I would like to take
is of all of the equipment that will be needed for the project. I would then
like to take an image of each step of building the slider. After taking all the
images I will print them all of and using a light box I will make line drawing
of each image. I will then transfer it into Photoshop where I can add colour
and correct any mistakes.
Front
cover
As
my feature article is “YouTube a ticking time bomb”, my front cover imagery for
the front cover will be very similar to that of the article. The image will be
a few sticks of dynamite lit. The appropriate corrections will be made in
Photoshop such as lighting and colour adjustment.
What
personnel do you need?
Lighting
assistant:
Models:
What props
will you need?
DPS 1
The props I
will need is a fake bomb which I will create using multiple empty kitchen rolls
which I will paint red to make it look like dynamite. I will then attach an
alarm clock and electrical wire to make it look more realistic.
DPS 2
The props I
will need are a DSLR camera and a modem router.
DPS 3
The props I
will need for this DPS will be a DSLR camera, the equipment needed to build the
slider, the materials needed, and the finished fully functional slider.
Describe in
detail your make-up & costume needs. (Include reference material to
illustrate your needs)
For all of my
DPS’s I do not really need any makeup however there are a few costumes that I
need.
DPS 1
Desert
camouflage vest or something military related when my model is taking cover
from the bomb.
DPS 2
I need my
model to look like a stereotypical film maker.
DPS 3
Studio shoots: what kind of lighting?
(include
reference material to illustrate your needs)
DPS 1
The lighting
for this photo shoot will be butterfly lighting and narrow lighting.
DPS 2
The lighting
for this photo shoot I will be using the -------- for off location photo shoot
DPS 3
The lighting
for this photo shoot I will be using the -------- for off location photo shoot
I will also be using a DIY soft box which is quite relevant to the article.
Backdrop:
The backdrop
will be white for all of my shoots on location as I would like the focus of
images to be either on the props or the model. However DPS 2 will be taken off
location and the backdrop will most likely be heavily eroded or vandalised
walls or some kind of grungy backdrop. DPS 3 will be taken within a workshop.
Lighting
equipment needs:
Drawing of
studio layout:
DPS 1
DPS 2
DPS 3
Article plan: DIY Designs
Article
Planning Sheet : D.I.Y Designs
Article target
audience: ABC 1
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Planning
Comments
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article genre
(purpose,
type)
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The article
will help film makers or aspiring to make a very useful piece of equipment.
This tool will help film makers achieve a very smooth cinematic in a sliding
motion. As the film maker will be making the equipment themselves the costs
will be reduced massively.
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Narrative voice
(1st, 2nd or 3rd person) |
The
narrative voice will be from a third person perspective as it is an article providing
information for the audience.
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Register
(informal/formal,
colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)
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This
article will be formal to ensure that the reader understands the steps of
making the dolly slider so they can make the slider themselves correctly and
safely.
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Stylistics
(repetition,
strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing,
rhythm)
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The
stylistics of this article will be use lots of repetition to ensure that the
reader understands the steps. There will be many strong adjectives to
emphasise the difficulties they may come across.
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Tone of address
(hectoring,
sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)
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The tone of
address in this article will be serious and straight to the point as the main
aim to ensure that the reader creates the dolly slider correctly.
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Structure and pace
(discourse
structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)
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The article
will be structured into 10 to 12 easy steps with a somewhat detailed
description of each step. The article will be slow paced and will include
many connectives. The article will also include a conclusion which will
consist of summarising the steps and showcasing the final product.
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Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Blog entry 4
Blog Entry 4
In this week I have managed to complete all of the planning for my DIY designs as I was behind on the production of this article and DPS in the previous weeks. However this has meant most of the other tasks that I set my self this week have come to a standstill.
For the most part of this week I have been focusing on planning, designing and finalising my article, my DPS and my dolly slider for the article DIY designs. I have completed the article plan I have finished designing the dolly slider, I have written my article. All that needs to be done is to incorporate all of my elements into my pre-prepared layout. I may encounter some problems when I import the article and images such as they don't fit together like I expected, it may turn out that my layout is extremely hard to follow and may require some alterations.
For the rest of this week I have been focusing creating elements such as mastheads kickers and textures for my DPS's. Here are some examples:
Nuke overlay using primary and secondary source imagery and photoshop filters such as clouds and sky to create the smoke effects and explosion effects. This image will most likely be a overlay onto my second page. Another filter that I plan to add to this is the oil paint tool which will make the smoke a lot smoother.
In this week I have managed to complete all of the planning for my DIY designs as I was behind on the production of this article and DPS in the previous weeks. However this has meant most of the other tasks that I set my self this week have come to a standstill.
For the most part of this week I have been focusing on planning, designing and finalising my article, my DPS and my dolly slider for the article DIY designs. I have completed the article plan I have finished designing the dolly slider, I have written my article. All that needs to be done is to incorporate all of my elements into my pre-prepared layout. I may encounter some problems when I import the article and images such as they don't fit together like I expected, it may turn out that my layout is extremely hard to follow and may require some alterations.
For the rest of this week I have been focusing creating elements such as mastheads kickers and textures for my DPS's. Here are some examples:
Nuke overlay using primary and secondary source imagery and photoshop filters such as clouds and sky to create the smoke effects and explosion effects. This image will most likely be a overlay onto my second page. Another filter that I plan to add to this is the oil paint tool which will make the smoke a lot smoother.
Blog entry 3
Tuesday
I continued to design my DPS layouts. this lesson consisted of me working on my DPS design for youtube a ticking time bomb. all components and features for this DPS were completed in photoshop in this lesson and the previous lesson. I then started to assemble the components into indesign where I attempted to achieve the most efficient layout.
Wednesday
I continued to work on the DPS design of my article youtube a ticking time bomb. The production this DPS is going well however I am constantly changing my mind about the design of the page and the components within the DPS. The final DPS design will not resemble the flat planned version as I believe I can improve the aesthetics of the DPS originally flat planned. this however has slowed the production of the overall magazine. This will mean I will have to assign myself more homework tasks to account for the time that has been lost. I also could not take my photos as both my models did not turn up so I started looking for a more reliable model
Thursday
I was not in this lesson due to a university interview. this means I am even further behind in the production of my magazine. As a result I will to assign myself some tasks to do outside of lessons.
Friday
I will be finishing and uploading my remaining documents to my blog such as photo shoot plans, my DIY designs article plan and scanning in flat plans. I will also be booking at lighting techniques for my rescheduled photo shoot.
I continued to design my DPS layouts. this lesson consisted of me working on my DPS design for youtube a ticking time bomb. all components and features for this DPS were completed in photoshop in this lesson and the previous lesson. I then started to assemble the components into indesign where I attempted to achieve the most efficient layout.
Wednesday
I continued to work on the DPS design of my article youtube a ticking time bomb. The production this DPS is going well however I am constantly changing my mind about the design of the page and the components within the DPS. The final DPS design will not resemble the flat planned version as I believe I can improve the aesthetics of the DPS originally flat planned. this however has slowed the production of the overall magazine. This will mean I will have to assign myself more homework tasks to account for the time that has been lost. I also could not take my photos as both my models did not turn up so I started looking for a more reliable model
Thursday
I was not in this lesson due to a university interview. this means I am even further behind in the production of my magazine. As a result I will to assign myself some tasks to do outside of lessons.
Friday
I will be finishing and uploading my remaining documents to my blog such as photo shoot plans, my DIY designs article plan and scanning in flat plans. I will also be booking at lighting techniques for my rescheduled photo shoot.
Saturday, 1 February 2014
Blog entry 2
blog entry 2
This week I did many things contributing to the production of my project. I started this week by writing up my call sheets so that my models know what they are doing on the day of the photoshoot. This included the models name, the other staff that will be attending the photoshoot, what the model needs to wear, what they should bring and what they should be prepared for. Although I have completed the call sheets they still need to be uploaded to my blog which I will do saturday 1st feburary.
The next lesson I created a questionnaire and started the graphics in my DPS's. I started the lesson of by creating a questionnaire that I can send to you tubers through skype so that I can gain some primary research. The questionnaire is short as I know most of the people that I send them to will not fill out a long questionnaire and it consisted of 5 questions.
The next lesson I was unable to attend due to a university interview. However I started to create some more components such as photoshop banners and ribbons to go on my blog.
the final lesson of the week I continued with the production of my project.
This week I did many things contributing to the production of my project. I started this week by writing up my call sheets so that my models know what they are doing on the day of the photoshoot. This included the models name, the other staff that will be attending the photoshoot, what the model needs to wear, what they should bring and what they should be prepared for. Although I have completed the call sheets they still need to be uploaded to my blog which I will do saturday 1st feburary.
The next lesson I created a questionnaire and started the graphics in my DPS's. I started the lesson of by creating a questionnaire that I can send to you tubers through skype so that I can gain some primary research. The questionnaire is short as I know most of the people that I send them to will not fill out a long questionnaire and it consisted of 5 questions.
The next lesson I was unable to attend due to a university interview. However I started to create some more components such as photoshop banners and ribbons to go on my blog.
the final lesson of the week I continued with the production of my project.
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Blog entry 1
blog entry 1
This week I scheduled that I would achieved many tasks in my lessons and outside of lessons.
In my first lesson I scheduled that I would receive feedback on my blue folder so I could improve some of my work. I did manage to receive some good feedback in this lesson and started on improving work such as my treatment which needed some more detail in the last few sections. The last few sections included, image control, language control, colour control and layout control objectives. I believe I can produce a treatment to much better standard due to the amount of research I have taken out on this project as a whole. I have researched fonts, colour schemes, many articles related to my genre of my magazine and many images within magazines.
The second lesson I booked my photo shoot for the 5th of February. Before I booked the photo shoot I made sure that my model was available at this time as well as my back up model. my original model is available this time and date yet my back up model is not. This means I may have to find another back-up model to ensure that my photo shoot is complete on time and I can start designing my pages. I also took out some research on fonts. The research I gathered gave me an insight to the problems I may come across when I start designing my pages. For example I may feel when I'm designing my pages that the font does not match the style of article or something as simple as the license on the font may be for personal use as an oppose to commercial use. I found a very useful site to help with finding free fonts that can be used commercially called fontsquirrel.com.
The third lesson I researched colour's for my magazine. The research I obtained within the session was very helpful to my project as I designed my own possible colour schemes for each article. The main process I had for designing colour schemes were to gather images related to my articles. I then observed the colours within the images and took colour samples using the eye-drop tool within photoshop. and then put them into various webapps such as mudcu and colourhunter. I learned that many colours will hold many connotations within my articles. For example for my article YouTube: A ticking time bomb I found that many of the colours I sampled were very saturated and almost radioactive which will be very relevant to the article itself. I learned that I need to use very simple,clean and pale colours for D.I.Y designs to make the tutorial very clear and to almost tell the reader its quite simple to build. I think I could have done a lot more research within this lesson as I did not manage complete my research for all the articles and the front cover. I will have to finish this research in my own time to ensure my schedule is not jeopardised.
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Production Schedule and monitoring document
Production Schedule and monitoring document
Week
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Date
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Activity
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1
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13th
Jan
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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 finish photo-shoot plan.
This will enable to take my photos with confidence knowing what images I will
be taking.
4 Project Monitoring &
Homework 1:
To create an article plan for the article D.I.Y designs. This
document is to be uploaded to my blog.
Homework 2:
To fill in some extra commitments and tasks to the schedule. This
will enable me to start my production stages.
Homework 3:
To research the components I need for my props and order them.
Exams/other
subject deadlines:
27th January brochure hand in (ICT)
29th January Graphics interview
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2
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20th Jan
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1 Feedback- I will ask
for feedback in this lesson on my Blue folder so I can improve some of my
work.
2 Organisation- In this
lesson I will book my photo-shoot for the for the first week of February.
This will allow me to start the production of my magazine. I will also
Research some fonts and create a fonts folder in my A2 media folder.
3 Colour research- This
lesson I will research the colours I would like to use for the product and noting
down colour codes. I will also be creating the call sheets for my product.
4 Project Monitoring &
Homework 1:
Start to build the dolly slider for the article D.I.Y designs and
take photos throughout.
Homework 2:
Write the article D.I.Y designs.
Homework 3:
Start to make and prepare my props for a photo-shoot. This will
include painting and decorating the props to make them look realistic.
Exams/other
subject deadlines:
27th January brochure hand in (ICT)
29th January Graphics interview
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3
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27thJan
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1 Photo-shoot Preparation-
Setup call sheets so that the models know the arrangements. Ensure there is a
camera available for my photo-shoot.
2 Create a questionnaire
-To add to the articles YouTube, A Ticking Time Bomb and The Online Film
Revolution. This will give me data to support my arguments.
3 Research story styles-
I will research similar articles to gain an insight on how to structure my
articles.
4 Project Monitoring &
Homework 1:
Research headers, sell lines
Homework 2:
Statistical research
Homework 3:
Research other magazine DPS designs
to use as reference imagery.
Exams/other
subject deadlines:
27th January brochure hand in (ICT)
29th January Graphics interview (Teesside Uni)
6th February graphics interview (Cleveland)
12th February Graphics interview (York St John)
13th February ICT overall hand in
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4
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3rd Feb
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1 Setup Photoshop and InDesign documents- In this lesson I will be
setting up my documents in Photoshop and InDesign. This will enable to start
designing the pages for my articles to insert in. I will use Photoshop to
create the components for my pages such as break out boxes and headlines. I
need to ensure I have the correct column guides.
2 N/A (Interview)
3 Photo-shoot- This will allow me to insert my images into my DPS
and finish my DPS to a professional standard.
4 Project Monitoring & photo-shoot review- In this lesson I will
be going through and organising all the images I captured on the photo-shoot.
I will also be editing the images I will use for my DPS. Finally I will
download my fonts that I have researched into my folder ready to use.
Homework 1:
Make a second draft of the online film revolution
Homework 2:
Make a second draft of YouTube a ticking time bomb
Homework 3:
Make a second Draft of DIY designs
Exams/other
subject deadlines:
6th February graphics interview (Cleveland)
12th February Graphics interview (York St John)
13th February ICT overall hand in
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5
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10th Feb
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1 designing elements- In this lesson I will design the elements of
my magazine such as mastheads, kickers and textures.
2 InDesign production- This lesson I will import the final textures
into my file space and then start on the production of each page ensuring I
import the photographic and illustrative content necessary.
3
4 Project Monitoring & sub editing individual pages- In this
lesson I will continue with the sub-editing of the pages. I will also try receive
feedback so that I can produce second drafts
Homework 1:
Create the second drafts of the DPS
Homework 2:
Create the second drafts of the DPS
Homework 3:
Create the second drafts of the DPS
Exams/other
subject deadlines:
12th February Graphics interview (York St John)
13th February ICT overall hand in
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Half term
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17th Feb
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Homework:
Complete Monitoring and make sure that blog elements are complete
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6
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24th
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1 Ensure that my product is consistent- In this lesson I will ensure
that my product is aesthetically pleasing and follows a certain and
consistent standard throughout.
2 contingency lesson- I’m leaving this lesson free just in case
something is wrong with my product.
3 contingency lesson- I’m leaving this lesson free just in case
something is wrong with my product.
4 Project Monitoring & contingency lesson- I’m leaving this
lesson free just in case something is wrong with my product.
Homework 1:
contingency period- I’m leaving this period free just in case
something is wrong with my product.
Homework 2:
contingency period- I’m leaving this period free just in case
something is wrong with my product.
Homework 3:
contingency period- I’m leaving this period free just in case
something is wrong with my product.
Exams/other
subject deadlines:
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3rd Mar
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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
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