Aice Media Studies AS- Charles, J

 

      This week was a productive one. I got casting done, some shots, and even started to edit a bit. Aside from learning the ways around InDesign, casting people was also something I was nervous about. Because of the world pandemic, it was expected that casting was going to be a bit harder to make happen but I got through it. I ended up casting 5 people and we met our highschool to began taking pictures! I included some shots from this week below. There were some complications, like someone not showing up, but I had someone as a backup for the missing person. The shoot was fun and I am extremely pleased by the results. I also started to play around with the coloring of the photos. I am close to done with my first draft of the essay in preparation for my peer review. So far, I am proud of the result. I look forward to hearing my classmate's feedback. 

      Last week, I was practicing on Indesign preparing for the editing of my shots. Now that I have a basic understanding of the software, I want to further practice placing text but with inspiration shots. Because I haven't been able to go out and take shots yet, I want to get a basic idea of what shots I can take when the time comes. I used Pinterest for some inspiration (down below), I was looking for group shots to adhere to my "inclusive" and "diverse" theme. Specifically, I was more intrigued with birds-eye angles because I feel like the vibe matched the vibe my magazine was going for. When I found some that I liked, I took them to Indesign and applied what I had learned the previous week. I was mainly focusing on the cover and where the text could fall on the page. Last week I was struggling with making a colored background and I finally figured it out. What I did was, I made a rectangle with the shapes tool, then filled it with my desired color, then fi...