For my talking heads presentation i wanted the introduction to include why i wanted to do a project about graffiti and where i got my inspiration from. This was easy to explain as i wanted to show that graffiti has two sides to it and not many people think about the art/creative side of it. they only think that graffiti is a crime and is vandalism. 

For the target audience aspect of my presentation, i wanted to make it clear that my audience was for 15 years and over. i wanted the older generations to see that graffiti is not just vandals writing abusive words on the walls but it is art work of people who want to express themselves. 

The research that i conducted for my project included looking for places that have graffiti near where i was and making sure that it was not too expensive to go and get the pictures that i wanted. I also researched a bit about graffiti and saw that many people who have became famous for their graffiti started out doing graffiti on buildings and tagging their names onto things. This was interesting to find out because it means that anyone can get famous if they do graffiti in a creative way but they just have to keep it appropriate for the public. 

The outcomes of my production was different to what i expected as i changed the final product from a video debate to a visual debate which included pictures of graffiti and opinions of the people that i interviewed. This was a good outcome as people clearly saw what my project was about. 

For the marketing part i wanted to make a poster and business cards. I decided to go with these as it was a simple way to get people's attention and let them know that i can take pictures for anyone who wanted them. 

Overall, my production went better then i originally planned and i am proud of what i have done within my project. it was definitely harder than i expected to get everything done within a time limit but i managed to keep it in control and finish my work.  

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/art-crime/0/steps/11888
https://londonist.com/2012/06/londons-top-graffiti-and-street-art-locations 

I produced business cards for myself using the website called moo.com, this was easy to use and simple for me to create my business cards. I wanted my business cards to show a picture or two of the photos that i took so far plus i wanted my contact details on them so people can contact me if they want a photographer.

i invited my audience to my showcase my messaging my mum and asking her to come and view my work. Also i invited my partner by asking him in person as i live with him. I made sure that i had more than one person come to the showcase so i can see the different opinions of different people in different generations. 

To prepare for the showcase i had to print of some pictures from my final images and make sure they were printed off in A3 so they were big enough to see from a distance. I also listened to the interviews i conducted and got people's opinions and made them into quotes which were all in different fonts and colours so they stood out within the pictures. The final thing i done was look at different graffiti logos and tags and choose some to print off and cut out, these were also boarded and made to stand out. 

I was responsible for assembling my work onto my section within the showcase. I put all my photos and quotes up on the wall using bluetack. I was proud of the way i organised this as i had pictures and quotes separated from each other and making it nice to look at instead of a mess with everything everywhere.  

I was responsible for greeting my guests by standing by my work and explaining it so they understood what my project was about. I was also there to answer questions if they had any and to make sure they enjoyed looking at my work. 
I helped with the dismantling of my work by taking down all my work and making sure that the area that i was in was clean and no work was left behind. I made sure that no blue tack was left on the wall as it was not my wall to leave stuff on. I cleared all my work away without causing disruption to the rest of the showcase. 

I used a DSLR camera to take my pictures and I used Photoshop to edit my pictures to make sure that they was bright enough and had enough contrast within them. I used the crop tool on Photoshop to take out anything that i did not want within my picture then i used the brightness/contrast tool to brighten the colours and sharpen the textures. 

I stored my images on the SD card which was in the camera i was using then i transferred them onto my computer desktop so i could access them easier and edit each one individually. 

The only software that i needed was Photoshop and this was already on the apple mac that i was using. This was easy to use as i have had experience using Photoshop before in other projects so i did not have a problem using this software. 

I backed up my edited images onto my documents which was on the computer memory. This was because the computer gets rid of anything left on the desktop after you log out. I had to make sure i backed up everything that i needed before logging off if not it would begone forever. 

I concentrated on the concept of my idea because even though the final product changed i still wanted to show the debate about whether graffiti is a crime or artwork. I went from doing a video with interviews to a visual images and quote aspect. I did not plan this on changing but after having spoken to my tutor i would need to do visuals to pass and the video was not powerful enough. 

I also concentrated on the timing i had to complete my production. I wanted to have everything done by the showcase so i was not rushing around trying to get all my work printed on the same day as the showcase. The production schedule that i have on my padlet work wall has changed a bit but nothing major as i completed everything on specific dates. 

I wanted to make sure i was on top of everything as i was working alone so i was managing every aspect of my project. I concentrated on this because if i did not keep everything under control i have no one to help me get it back on track. This is why i kept everything simple and not too complicated so that i could keep track easily. 

After speaking to my tutor i understood that i needed a contact sheet to keep track of my photos and this was to help me choose what photos were the best ones to edit. This was easier than i thought and was very helpful in choosing pictures that i wanted to edit. 

I wanted to make sure i understood the camera properly before i took it out to shoot so i knew exactly how i wanted the pictures taken. I was very specific in the way i wanted my images to come out and i got the images that i liked. 

The post production work flow was quite simple and i got all post production done within a set time frame. This was good as i made sure that i was not rushing around chasing myself trying to get everything done. 

The techniques i used to research my production was interviews, survey monkey and secondary research as i looked online for graffiti history. The survey and interviews went well and i got responses which was good as people were interested in my project. The only issue i had was trying to find articles relating to my project and making sure that they was not bias and one sided. 

I had a few problems trying to save my work onto the computer as i had too much on my documents and so i had to delete some work from the previous year so i could put the work safely onto the computer. 

The day i choose to take pictures the weather was nice as it was not raining or windy. it was sunny and bright. it was about 15/16 degrees so it was nice to be outside. 

To get to my location i had to drive into London and then get the train from turnpike station into central London. This cost about ten pound to get the train about very little in petrol as it was a 10/15 minute drive to turnpike station. 

The closest toilet from my location was within Waterloo station which was less than 5 minutes away as my location was under Waterloo station. 

The production took about 3 days overall as i filmed on one day, edited within two and so it did not take very long for my production to be completed. 

The health and safely of the location was simple as this was a public tunnel which the public use daily so the only risk was if it got too crowded and the equipment got broken or lost. The health risk of this location was dust, this location was based underground and so it got dusty and dirty fast so it was just the matter of making sure it is not too dusty so it is not breathed in. 

My idea changed a lot from the original idea as instead of showing a video with graffiti and interviews included i changed it to a visual representation of the different opinions of graffiti. 

For my research i could of improved it by actually making an effort within my research and not just doing simple research like survey monkey. I could have made this better by doing a group interview instead of four individual ones. 

The audience actually liked my visual wall about graffiti as not many people know that graffiti can actually be art work that people are proud of. 

The changes that i have to make before showtime is getting a slogan for my project. I wanted ' what is your opinion?' above my visual work. This was a good idea because it makes peoples think about their opinion on the debate about graffiti. 

My work compares to industry standards because it is based on real life events as the debate about graffiti is still going on and that is it a major issue within society. 

I was very good at dealing with management problems as i was the manager of my project. This was good for me as i like to work by myself because i can control what gets done on each day and it is how i want it done. 

I only dealt with a few emotional problems throughout this project and that was because of my own family problems. On some days i was emotional and had a bit of an attitude so i was not in the mood to do work or co-operate with anyone. This was hard to control sometimes as i was not concentrating on college and it was affecting my work. 

I think i met the brief as i made a visual representation about the debate on graffiti which was original and a unique idea. I also got all pre-production and post production done within a time limit and managed to show my work of completed within the showcase.