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On the 30th of April as a year we visited the Tate modern museum. This was to develop our ideas and creativity for our FMP's. Also it was to give us inspiration for our FMP topic and to gather ideas on how to do things such as presenting our projects in the exhibition. I learnt how to present pieces of work by learning that it is important to catch peoples attention by using colour and boldness. I applied my research skills to look at different things such as colour and boldness. I applied my research skills to look at different things such as colour, mood and close ups. I did not find any barriers on this day. Throughout the day I had taken pictures of different pieces of art that I thought were interesting. We then uploaded these pictures on to showbie to show the rest of the class what we had discovered. I plan to keep applying my research skills throughout the rest of my FMP to look at similar magazines which have been created to get inspiration of layout and design.

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Here is a picture of a piece of art I was interested in. It caught my eye because of the bright colours therefore I will be using bright colours in my magazine.

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Today I created a mind map displaying the requirements and parameters of the brief. By doing this it allowed me to have more of an idea of what I would be creating as I had to write about three possible ideas for my FMP. This is because it made me realise what I could do within the parameters and requirements such as needing a certain target audience. I then chose my target audience to be the local community as I thought this audience would be most suitable for a magazine about London. I now know a lot more about what I am going to be developing for my FMP as I put all my ideas in one place. I did not apply any new skills today a I have created mind maps previously. The only barrier I came across was thinking of three different ideas, however I overcame this by thinking of quite similar ideas all revolving around photography. I presented this mind map on a keynote page so it was landscape therefore I could fit more on the page. I don't think there are any improvements I need to make so far. Also I did not learn any new skills today.

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This is my mind map which shows the parameters and requirements for the FMP and also my ideas.

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Today I created a mood board. This mood board included pictures and information of ideas for my FMP. Id not learn anything today or develop any skills as I have made mood boards before. Also I did not face any barriers as I find mood boards easy and interesting to create. I am glad that I was able to write a sufficient amount for each section of the mood board. I presented my work on a word document using images and text. I do not need to make any improvements and I did not learn anything new.

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This is my mood board which includes different factors of what my magazine will be like by using information and pictures to demonstrate it.

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Today I completed my timeline plan. This helped me develop into the project as I now know what needs to be completed weekly. Within the time line plan it shows my aim for each week of what I will be completing. This is going to benefit me as it will allow me to be organised. I did not apply any new skills today or learn anything new. I presented my timeline plan within a table which made it look neat. I do not need to make any improvements. By learning what I will be doing this will help me in future lessons to know what to do.

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Today I completed my pitch. This involved me talking about my idea for the FMP to Dave. I had to talk about the concept of my project along with what reason I had choosing my idea. Also I had to discuss my aim and who my magazine is targeted too. Lastly I had to explain how my project related to the theme 'My England'. I did not learn anything new. I had one barrier which was nerves of presenting my pitch however I think that it went quite well as Dave liked my idea. I do not need to improve anything and I did not learn anything. I plan to apply my ideas and feedback from the pitch in further lessons to develop my magazine.

After my pitch I started researching unusual places to visit in London, I looked at different websites to get ideas and write out the places which looked the most interesting. I will use this information next lesson when I write up my research portfolio.

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I visited the Warner Brother Harry Potter studios today. The benefit of this trip was to see the production of the films to inspire and help our ideas for our FMP's. I gained knowledge of how detailed and magnificent sets of films can be. The trip however did not benefit myself as I am creating a magazine. Although there was a section containing all of the magazines and newspapers created for the films which I did view. I did not apply any skills today or learn anything new. After seeing the studios we had to fill in a research sheet, this sheet was for the research part of our project. While going round the tour we had to take pictures of relevant people within the production to us. I took a picture of the graphic designer as this was the most relevant to my work. I had to talk about the skills and techniques used, also about the production requirements. I plan to develop on my idea even more in the next session.

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Throughout these days I was completing an important piece of work for the research part of the FMP. I have been developing a research profile. This includes looking at existing professional practices such as different magazines and journalists. Next I am having to talk about my target audience by doing primary and secondary research. For the primary research I created a survey on survey monkey asking questions to help me see if my target audience would be interested in my magazine. Then to talking about my target market, which includes researching what already exists and how well they are doing. Lastly I had to talk about my production requirements such as the locations I will be using and equipment. I did not learn anything new but I did use my research skills to be able to construct a document. Also I completed a research summary which evaluated my research data.

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On the 21st I started my pre-production. I completed my risk assessment sheet, equipment booking sheet and production schedule. I learnt today what I will be doing everyday throughout my production process starting with the photography on the 24th. I did not apply any new skills today, I also did not face any barriers throughout my day. The possible barrier would have been not able to get a camera for the 24th however I was able to do this. Next session I plan to refer to my production schedule daily. On the 22nd I carried on with my pre-production by completing my budget and finance sheet, location plan, location recces and flat plan.

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On this day I went to London with a few other people to collect pictures for my FMP. We went to many places such as Shoreditch, Westminster, Hyde Park, Trafalgar Square, South Bank and Covent Garden. I took close up shots and also long shots of landmarks and interesting places. This will benefit my project as I now have pictures to put in my magazine.

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Today I completed experimentation for task 3. In randomly selected groups by Dave we had to create a tutorial video for setting up certain pieces of equipment. We had to record the video on our iPads with audio. Then we had to edit the video and audio together to produce a tutorial. We made five videos and each edited one. After lunch I converted all the images I took on Thursday from NEF to JPEG on photoshop and also edited them. I did this so I could save the pictures ready for use on my magazine. Then I finished off the lasts of my preproduction. I did not learn anything new today, however I got to experience talking to new people.

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Here is my experiments on illustrator for the front cover of my magazine.

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Today I started with the production of my magazine. I looked at and experimented with my cover page. I was looking at different fonts, colours and also backgrounds. I also had to decide on a picture for the background and I decided on a nelsons collum picture as it looked the most professional on the page. After doing the experiments on Illustrator I now know what I am going to be doing for my cover page in the next lesson. I had one problem today which was Indesign kept on freezing so I have to now create my magazine on Illustrator but this is not a problem as I know how to use this better. I also planned out the first couple pages of my magazine so that I am more prepared when I have to produce them on Illustrator as I’ll know now exactly what I’ll need to be doing.

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Here is my plan for the first couple of pages.

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I started by deciding on the right cover page for my magazine and title, however I am going to be coming back to this after I have produced all of the content. I completed around two more pages for my magazine today. I did this by researching information about my chosen places then adding this information alongside the pictures within each page. I am having to use Illustrator to complete my magazine because Indesign will not run on my account. This means I will not be able to complete double page spreads. However I am able to use Illustrator and am gaining knowledge within the programme. In the next sessions I am going to carry on producing my magazine using Illustrator. Also I will be producing my advertisement for within my magazine.

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Today I carried on with my magazine. I decided on my subject for the advertisement in my magazine. I chose the Sea Life Aquarium in London as I had taken a picture of it and also thought it would be easy to advertise for it. I completed this advert today on illustrator. I also completed about three more pages in my magazine. I had the problem of deciding on fonts and layout, however I overcame this as I experimented a lot and found what I liked the most. Next session I will be completing more pages in my magazine.

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After completing my advertisement campaign yesterday I made sure that was all okay on my magazine. Then I started putting together more images alongside relevant information. I researched information about the specific place and also looked at the history. I thought I would include historic information as it would make each page be a bit more interesting and unique. I also started adding the title of my magazine in the top corner of every page to make it look branded. Tomorrow I am going to take more pictures in London of different places in order to create more pages for my magazine. I did not have any problems today

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After taking pictures in London on Wednesday in places such as Canary Wharf and the South Bank. These pictures were to be used throughout the last pages on my magazine. I carried on producing pages for my magazine on Illustrator. Towards the end of the day I decided to copy the pages of my magazine from Illustrator to Photoshop so I could turn them into double page spreads so it will look more like a magazine. After doing this I had to save some of my pages as TIFF files to send to Dave so they could be printed for the exhibition. I had the issue today of not knowing how to transfer pages from Illustrator to Photoshop however I learnt from a friend how to do it.

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Today I completed all the pages in my magazine and moved them onto the Photoshop file. I also decided to create a page where interviewed students in my class to find out there opinions of London. I then put these opinions on top of a map of London. I did not have any issues today.

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Whilst creating my advertisement campaign page I had to experiment with different fonts and colours. I ended up using the colour blue as I thought it related to the aquarium, because of blue and the association with water.

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After completing my magazine the day before I exported my magazine. I also uploaded my completed magazine to showbie and padlet. I exported the pages on to individual artboards and also one artboard ready to be sent off to be printed on the Friday. After this I started my evaluation. I did this for the rest of the day. I did not have any issues today or learn anything new.

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I carried on with my evaluation for the majority of the day. Also I completed a focus group alongside people within my class to get feedback for my FMP. I got feedback that it was very informative as it shows many interesting places to visit. Also they liked it as I included many different locations. Also they thought it was a good idea to target the local community as they might not be aware of certain places to go to in London. I got some feedback to say that it could be more asthetically pleasing and also that the text was too basic. However I got told that it looked professional. Overall everyone liked it apart from a few criticisms. After this I had to send off the pictures to be printed. I did not face any issues today

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Today I started by writing more of my evaluation. I managed to complete almost everything. After this I printed out the pages of my magazine so I could attach them on foam boards to be displayed at the exibition. I had to use a trimmer to remove the white edges of my pages. After this i had to return my ipad to the ihub. I learnt how to attach a piece of paper to foam board today. But I did not face any issues.

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Today I finished my whole evaluation. Although I had to wait to write some after the exhibition. This is because of the feedback I needed. For the rest of my day I was setting up my wall and computer for the exhibition. I had to stick my foamboards  up on the wall. Also I had to get my PowerPoint up on the computer I was using which flicked through the pages of my magazine. However there was a barrier as I had to wait for the IT man to connect the WiFi to my computer. However he ended up taking to long so I put my PowerPoint on daves harddrive to plug into the computer. I did not learn anything new today.