Evaluation- How have you approached the task and how have you managed time, equipment and other resources?

Time

To begin my media practical the first thing that I did was to create a gantt chart to show how I was going to manage my time throughout the process of producing my own music magazine.

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By doing this I could keep looking back to make sure I was managing the time I had correctly to ensure that I would meet all deadlines that were set.

To keep my time accurate I made sure that I planned my ideas ahead so that I could stick to these throughout the production and if any changes needed to be made, it would only be very slightly.

I made sure that I was using my time well outside of school to complete the work that needed to be handed in, to ensure I was doing at least 4 hours of media work a week made sure I would meet all the deadlines. Although I spent much longer time some days/weeks as I wanted to make sure I could complete everything really in depth.

Equipment

To ensure I achieved a high standard photograph to put into my magazine I used my Canon EOS 40D DSLR camera. For some of my pictures I also used an external flash so that facial features of my models really stood out.

To do the creating part of my magazine I used Adobe Photoshop. The program has many features that helped with the production of my music magazine. From image manipulation, different font and texts sizes, to being able to rearrange images and text to look like a conventional music magazine. The program creates each little bit that you do in a separate layer so that it can be rearranged so different things can be placed on the top of other things.

Models

I had 3 people as models to feature inside of my magazine, this made easy for my to stick to my time plan as I only had to arrange 3 separate photo shoots although more took place my ideas changed slightly during this pre production stage. All of my photo shoots took place in my own time after the school day, which shows how I have managed my time well.

I feel I have worked very well while working individually to create my music magazine and feel my time and resources have been managed very well.