1. Camera+Preliminary Task During the process for the
preliminary task I developed a range of skills that helped me in my
main task. For example, for camera i learned how to take a range of
shots in different angles. I also developed the range of camera
shots from a medium close up to an extreme close up. For my main
task I mainly focused on two things: Facial expression of artist
and costume of artist. For my my front cover I managed to get a
medium close up of my artist after so many trials. While trying to
get this shot done I took them so many times in different angles
and tried different shots. 2. Lighting +Preliminary Task During the
preliminary task I experimented with light using spotlights and
also natural sunlight. This helped me in the main task so I could
decide which type of lighting I would like to use and also which
fits the most with the picture and the overall genre. In my main
task, I used mostly natural sun light then editing it on Photoshop
either making it more bright or less bright. Some of the pictures I
took did not require any changes of the brightness, however, my
front cover photo required a lot of brightness since the picture
was edited to being black and white and made the artists face dark
and not visible. This did take me most of my time but at the end it
was manageable and it turned out better than expected. On the next
slide there should be a video on how I edited the brightness in
Photoshop. 3. Editing lighting on Photoshop 4. Photoshop
+Preliminary Task During the preliminary task I watched some
YouTube clips to help me become more familiar with some of the
tools that I will be using. Also, during the preliminary task I
learned how to edit the picture very smoothly and not make it seem
like it is heavily edited. Since Photoshop was a very difficult
programme to use since I only know the basics and I had to use more
than that to be able to get through my magazine pages. I used
Photoshop for many features such as removing the background of some
pictures, editing the brightness and editing the overall photo it
self. I used many tools in photo shop such as the dodge tool for
whiting some areas of the photo and the burn tool to fix some make
up on the eyes or make any aspect of the photo darker. 5. Photoshop
editing 6. Mise En Scene +Preliminary Task Location: In the
preliminary task thinking about location was a very big thing for
me. Since most of this was done in school the amount of places we
have was very limited. For my preliminary task most of the photos
were taken in the 6th form area or somewhere inside the school. For
the main task location was not a problem. For my front cover there
was no location other than the photo was taken in the classroom.
For the contents page the aim was to have the photo taken in a
place that looks like a waste land. It was taken at the back of the
school where there was nothing but pipes and rocks. Overall
costume: In the preliminary task the over all look did not matter
since it was only a practice task. Most of the photos were taken in
the school uniform. However, for the main task I did so many
research about common clothing female rappers would wear and most
of the clothing was very open. My main clothing was the traditional
Arab clothing since this was aimed at Arabs mostly. 7. Colour
Scheme +Preliminary Task For the preliminary task my colour schemes
were the same throughout the whole 2 pages. My colours used were
black and red and mainly white. For my main task I have kept this
the exact same however I used more black than white. My skills
developed when I started using the 3 colours differently where it
made the text pop out mostly and appeal to the audience. 8. Font
Styles/Sizes+Preliminary Task In my preliminary task my font styles
were very simple and normal fonts that come with the programme that
was used. This made my magazine pages look very dull and boring at
some aspects. In my main task, I downloaded some fonts form the
font apace website and used it. The size for the font used as
titles was mainly over 100, the normal writing font was between
12-18. I mainly used the bold fonts so it could stand out more to
catch the eyes of the audiences. 9. Organisation Organisation was
the key feature to this whole project since everything had to be
timed and done in a certain time In order to make things right. In
my preliminary task finding someone to be my main focus was easy
since it was a practice and it was very quick. However, for my main
task I took over a month to find a female that would agree to do
this for the project. The time in the main task wasnt that great
because of the mistakes I made which I had to redo more than once.
Throughout the project I started keeping in track of the time since
it was very fast and we didnt have much time. +Preliminary Task
