Production Diary

1. By Jack Francois

2. 
 Today we have been introduced to the new task that
we must do for our media course work. I have
decided to write about the EU referendum in a
newspaper article. I will also be creating a billboard
to advertise the newspapers edition. Furthermore, I
have decided to work alone on this project as I have
now learnt from previous experiences that I cannot
rely on anyone so I have decided to do it myself.
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3. 
 Today I have started my research and planning. I
have carried out a interview on some people to see
what they think about the EU referendum and what
they want to see in my article. Moreover, I have
started to create my templates for my newspaper
article as well as the context page which I have done,
but I just need to include the text now.
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4. 
 This lesson I have completed my templates for the
front page, context page and the 2 main article pages.
Furthermore I have completed my plan for the
newspaper article that I am going to write. Now the
next thing I need to do is write the article itself. Once
I have done this I will play about with the colours
and the pictures to see where they look best.
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5. 
 Today I have updated my shot types and started to
write my newspaper article. I have found it hard at
first to get started but it is starting to get easier over
time. I have completed my two main pages layout
for my article and I now need to upload them with
my front cover and context page. Moreover, I am a
quarter of the way through the article and hope to
have completed it by the end of the week.
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6. 
 On the 17th of October I went up to London to gather
pictures for my front cover of my newspaper. The
pictures consist of the houses of parliament with a variety
of shots, from close ups to extreme long shots. Moreover,
I got images for the inside cover as well which will consist
of MP Mark Francois and the houses of parliament. Now
that my basic layout has been completed for my
newspaper article, I can now start adding detail to the
newspaper; including the images that I took being
inserted into the article and have a look at the colours and
lighting for them to see if they need to be changed.
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7. 
 Today I have worked on my front cover of my
newspaper article as well as the newspaper article.
The newspaper article is nearly complete, I only need
to complete one more sub heading and the
newspaper article will be complete. Moreover, I have
changed the brightness and the contrast on the
image so it looks more in depth and more attractive
to the target audience. The next time I work on the
newspaper I will editing the borders and where to
place the newspaper article once it is complete.
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8. 
 Today I have completed the newspaper article, on
which I have added a summary and read through
and corrected any spelling or punctuation.
Moreover, have started to improve my newspaper
front cover. The front cover idea has changed, I have
decided to take a picture of my face and put the
British flag on it. I plan to do this next lesson.
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9. 
 Today I have finally came up with an idea on how I
am going to put the British flag on my face. I am
going to take a picture of the British flag and
Photoshop it onto my face using this tutorial for
help(which is displayed below).
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7d0yeMDho
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10. 
 Today I have finally completed the front cover photo
on my newspaper. It took a long time but I managed
to do it.(with some guidance from my colleague). My
next task is to get feedback from my teacher to see if
I can improve it.
 The reason why I wanted to change it was because
there was not much creativity in the newspaper and
I was afraid I might get marked down for it.
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11. 
 Today I have received feedback from my teacher and
he has concluded that I should add a thunder cloud
in the background to show uncertainty and also so it
makes the newspaper look more neutral as that is
what my target audiences are. I am now going to
work on this and try to boost the grade I get on this.
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