Today we went out and took photos for our school prospectus. We already knew what shots we wanted because of our plan last lesson. This increased the time that we needed with the cameras and allowed us more time to work on photoshop. I have photos of the front of school, the new sixth form building and other photos of students in lessons. The photos are professional looking because of the way I took the photos, I knew what shots I wanted and where I wanted them. I used close ups, establishing shots and many others. The reason they need to look as professional as possible is because I am trying to make my work as high quality.

In today lesson we was told to come out with a plan for our school prospectus. We drew up our ideas with boxes seperating the spaces for where we want our text and photos. We also wrote what photo shots we was going to use such as a close up. I decided to use different angles such a long shots and medium close ups because they were effective for the photos that I wanted to use. This will help us for when we are going to take our photos. I feel this is going to increase my chance of a better piece of work because I will know what photos to get and where to place them. This task will be a way of practising for the final magazine cover. It will allow me to know what I am doing and then once I have finished I can look what I need to improve on.

Today I had a introduction on photoshop. We learned a few things, one of the things I learnt was how to use tha magnetic tool. This is where you cut round the part of the photo you want to put onto your front cover. We also learnt how to save,
 copy and paste,
 lasso,
 blur,
 include text,
 colour
 and eraser.
This is the main skills that I need to know for my plimary task. This will be hard to skill as I have never used this software before. If I can get the hang of these skills then I will be able to produce a high quality piece of work. We was shown the skills and then was allowed to try it out for ourself, I found it hard as I had never used this before.

Today I had my media exam. After that I was introduced to the plimary task by my teacher. We have to make a school propestus, using photoshop. We was told that we have to produce a front cover of a new school or college featuring a photograph of a student which is a medium close up. We also need to include a laid out text and a masthead.  I have never used this software before and I am looking forward to because it is a good skill to have. We also got introduced to our main task, it is to produce a front cover, contents and double page spread of a new magazine. This intrests me because I can do this take on a music magazine, I will enjoy this because music is a big impact in my life. The plimary task will help me gain practise for my main task.

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