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This is my futures project I chose to make a magazine cover as I like journalism.I chose to do it about dogs as I love dogs very much and think they should be treated in the best way possible and when I am older I would love to own a business for abandoned dogs and even have some of my own.

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My ‘What am I” triptych

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This is some of my my future inspiration and things I would like to achieve as I grow up.

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Nature Triptych

This is my nature triptych,I used a image of flowers and grass that haven’t been looked after them used two images or flowers that have been looked after to show the difference.

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Triptych

These are my two Triptych’s that mark asked us to make I did the first one about my dog because she’s a big part of my everyday life and another one of a school that set on fire near my house.

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Triptych

I chose these 3 images to be in my triptych because I want to show that positive magic empowers black magic.

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Billboard-Fairy’s Vs Incubus

This is how I have presented my second film poster which I created in PowerPoint because my trial for Photoshop has ran out.I liked the idea of putting it on a billboard because I see a lot of new films around the town town center on billboards and I think it fits great with my movie theme.

Billboard image from: PSD Mockups. 2020. Billboard - 4/7 - PSD Mockups.

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Movie premiere-Fallen

This is how I will be presenting my first film poster,I created this in PowerPoint because my Photoshop trail has ran out therefore I improvised.I chose to do a movie premiere in a cinema because new films are usually shown in cinema commercials and I think it fits with my film idea very well.

Cinema screen image from: Creative Market. 2020. Cinema With White Screen.

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Week 7 Completed Schedule

This my final completed schedule which has helped me to get my final tasks completed.

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FMP Evaluation

For this project I was asked to create my own individual final major project using magic as the theme. I had to pick either to use photography, graphic design or TV and film. I was also asked to do primary, secondary, artist and legal research, inspiration, brainstorms, schedules, reflective journals and explain everything I do in full detail.

I chose to use photography and produce 2 magic themed film posters because in past projects I have really enjoyed using Photoshop to create film posters and it has also been my best work I have produced on the course, another reason I chose this idea is because I really enjoy photography as I get to control everything from props to costumes to the atmosphere and I really love using my imagination and then turning it into reality. My initial idea which I wrote in my proposal was to create one poster to do with positive magic and turn my model into a fairy and another poster portraying black magic and making my model look possessed and have dark smoke coming out his mouth. I then changed my black magic idea because I didn’t have the correct resources to create this image so I had to improvise and change my idea to a fallen angel/demon and used black wings to portray this idea. I created multiple brainstorms to show my different ideas and to help me finalise on what I wanted to create, I also brainstormed photography techniques to show that I understand how to use a camera and what settings would be needed to produce the best photograph that I can .The initial research I did was researching what magic was and understanding what other people thought magic is, I also researched about depth of field as it could improve my photography. Schedules played a big part to this project as they helped me to keep organised and made sure I completed each task on time.

I conducted a lot of different types of research the most helpful was my qualitative research using survey monkey which is a survey I created for my family and friends to answer  this really helped me to understand my audience and what they portray as magic. I also did some artist research looking at 3 different photographers to give me ideas and inspiration this really helped me to think of some really unique ideas for my project. Another helpful piece of research was legal research this made me understand what plagiarism is and what the outcome could be if you conducted this act. I don’t believe there was any research that wasn’t helpful all my research has helped me in this project because I have learned knew information and also been given a lot of new inspiration. The types of research I did was primary research which is also qualitative and quantitative research, I also carried out secondary research. All my research has impacted my work greatly as it’s made sure my work is all legal and so that I understand the concept of magic and to also make my work even better using new information. My inspiration really helped me in this project such as looking at magic themed books such as harry potter and myths and legends reading these books made me understand what other peoples take on magic and what they think super natural creatures look like by looking at in illustrations. I also looked at magic themed film posters to give me ideas how I can edit my posters to make them look magical and eye catching for my audience.

My demographic audience is 18 and below for any gender, I made one poster for a much younger audience as it had fairy’s in it and another which I wanted to be quiet dark and scary which I made an 18.I knew my audience was 18 and under because the minority of people I asked to complete my survey was around the ages 16-18 as they are the most common ages on my Facebook but for the slightly older people I created another film poster which is for 18+.For the under 18 film poster there is a fairy on it which is more appealing for a younger demographic whereas on the other film poster I have tried to portray a fallen angel which is a much darker and scarier theme which is more suitable for an older age group. This is important because if I didn’t make something for a certain age group some people from my target audience may have no interest at all because my film poster may be too childish or too scary for their age group.

I produced my work by creating ideas using brainstorms, reading books for inspiration and also looking at other photographer’s work which helped me create some unique ideas. I created schedules to keep me on track of all my tasks that I needed to complete and to keep up to date with everything. I did a lot of preproduction work such as prop lists, health and safety, legal research, primary and secondary research, and creating surveys. All my preproduction work helped me to carry out my photoshoot safely and with a final idea. I used my IPhone 7 plus to take my photographs because I had to improvise because I was working from home due to covid-19 which stopped me from being able to use a professional camera. I used the portrait setting on my camera and used the brightness bare to change the lighting. I used a black umbrella as a reflector so that the natural light could bounce off it to make my photographs look even better, I didn’t have any photography lights so I used natural lighting and I also used black and white fairy/angel wings as props. When it came to editing my photographs I used my phone to change the exposer, brilliance, highlights, shadows, brightness, black point, saturation, vibrancy, sharpness and definition. I then was able to get Photoshop using adobe and created a contact sheet of all the pictures that I took. I used Photoshop also to create my 2 film posters which allowed me to use more tools such as the quick selection tool, horizontal type tool, layer style and crop. My work pushed me to improve these skills further because I wanted my final major piece to be the best work I have created and to help me experiment with new tools.

Overall I feel very good about my project and what I have produced I have put a lot of time and effort into it and really hope that it pays off. I couple things didn’t go to plan such as the day I wanted to take my photographs it started raining which created a safety hazard but I overcame this by checking the weather so I can do it on another day and doing extra research while I wasn’t able to take my photographs. Another thing that didn’t go to plan was the props I wanted to use I wanted to use dark makeup and glitter for my pictures but my model wasn’t comfortable wearing makeup and the glitter I ordered for my fairy photo shoot didn’t come on time due to covid-19 so I improvised and still came out with some great photographs. I found working independently much easier as I didn’t have no help to think of an idea which feels really good to know you did everything by yourself, I also liked working independently because its gave me new skills and made me more confident. If I did this project again I would be more precise with my editing and focus on just one poster other than 2.I kept to my schedule and made sure that everything I wrote on my schedule was completed on time to a high standard, my schedule really helped me make sure all my tasks was completed on time and kept me organised on the other hand I didn’t stick to my proposal completely as I had to change some of my ideas due to the lack of resources I had at home, my proposal helped me to have a straight idea of what I wanted to do and gave me something that I needed to follow so I didn’t go off course. Looking back at my schedules I think I have used my time very well and made sure I had something to do every day to assure everything gets do on time and in detail. I could of improved with time management by starting my tasks a bit more early than I did so I could fit more tasks in one day other than just doing one task every day I could of done 2 or 3.I am happy with my final piece and I think I have edited it well and stuck to the magic theme and what I was asked to produce. I am going to present my ‘fallen’ film poster as a movie premiere because I think it will fit great with the movie theme and my ‘fairy's vs incubus’ poster will be presented on a billboard because I see a lot of new movies on billboards in town .

 I received some peer feedback on Facebook and I am happy with the comments, I have been told to improve on being more precise on my editing skills which I agree on to make my work look like it hasn’t been edited and more realistic.

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Plagiarism

This is some more research I found on plagiarism and what the outcome could be . What’s the difference between revising, a., 2020. What Happens If You Plagiarize?. [online] Scribbr.

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Reflective journal week 7

This week I finished off my other film poster using the photographs I have of my model in the white wings,I print screened my process and explained how I edited and created my film poster.I am happy with what I created.

This week I also posted my final 2 film posters on my tumblr which I am very proud of and I put a lot of effort into creating this.I also posted them on Facebook to get some peer feedback which I have screen shotted and put on my tumblr I am happy with my feedback and I know that next time I need to take more attention to be precised.

I haven’t started my evaluation yet but that’s the first and final task I will be starting next week Monday.I didn’t get to start it this week as I’ve been focused on editing my other film poster and also doing some maths revision.

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Peer Feedback

This is my peer feedback I received on Facebook,I am happy with the options that can got on my work and I definitely know I need to improve on my cropping skills next time.

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Week 7 Uncompleted schedule

This is my uncompleted schedule which I will be completing at the end of the week when I have finished all my tasks.

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Final film Posters

These are my final film posters which I am very proud of.I have put a lot of effort to create these posters in Photoshop and am now going to begin my peer feedback.

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Adding and Editing text

I added text by using the ‘horizontal type tool’ I then wrote my chosen text and used the fonts ‘Bernard MT Condensed’ and ‘Agency FB’.After that I changed the layer style,I added a drop shadow,inner glow and outer shadow to create font that was eye catching.