The beginning of this preparation was that we had to write what our idea was for our final project. I had a lot of ideas but I came up with poverty and pollution. I really wanted to talk this topic as I came across it before and really cared about it. I couldn't really decide how I was going to do that so then I thought I will do a feature article, at first I was thinking to do a leaflet but then I thought article would be better as I would like to talk about the issue in more depth and want people to be aware and have knowledge about this.
Through Primary research I began researching different magazine styles and front covers to have an idea of what my article could look like. I also researched the layout and I noticed that different articles have different layouts and there all creative which is something I could use as a guide. I then began researching information based on poverty and pollution and I saw some website like 'plan' which is an organisation to help reduce poverty around the world. I liked this particular campaign as it helped me to understand more about what people go through in terms of battling poverty. I also found similar websites for pollution which also gave me a bigger understating of how pollution is created in the world. After this I had to see what software I am going to use to create the actual article. I came across Microsoft publisher, Indesign and photoshop. My teacher then told me that indesign is better to use as it has all the tools and settings to create a article.
After all the research i then opened up indesign and began playing around with it to get familiar with it. I then made my first draft of my article and it was good and it helped me to see how my feature could look. I used different styles and fonts for the text and was seeing where the pictures could go. I also wanted to do an interview because I wanted other peoples views on poverty and pollution. I wanted an interview from a boy and girl so I asked Hussein and he agreed to it and I also asked Rade and she agreed to it too.
I then began making the real article and I did a lot of preparation at home by drawing them out, and that helped me because it gave me a visual of what it could or would look like. I used all the information that I found and put it in my article from my understanding. I then wanted to know where my pictures could go and I did some research on what camera I should use to take pictures. I went to the technician room and I asked for a canon to take photos and through secondary research I asked the technician which camera is best to take photos with and he told me the nikon was the best and that the canon was more good for filming. I then borrowed the camera and he gave me the Nikon D3100 which is perfect for when taking pictures and used it for the weekend. I then began taking pictures of poverty, I got my little siblings to be actors of children in poverty and it went well and they had fun doing it. For pollution I wanted to take pictures of factories with smoke coming out but I didn't get to so I decided to go to a dumping ground where there is litter everywhere and i thought this would be perfect for it.
When I got back to college I then upload all my photos and used them in my article, I then wanted to do the interview as I was running out of time so I did one for Hussain but I didn't get to do Rade as she was to busy. Using two people for the interview didn't go to plan but I was happy that I at least got one interview which was alright. After that I took pictures of Hussain and put it in my article and next to it was quotes of what he said during the interview. After I did that my article was looking more complete, I also added some colours to make it interesting and appealing to the audience. The only thing I would change on my article would be the front cover as i didn't have enough time to make it look realistic and interesting but I'm happy that i completed everything else inside which is the more important thing.
Overall I really enjoyed this whole experience of making your own product as you become passionate about it over the past couple months with the whole research and the planning with all the filming equipment's to take away. It made me more enthusiastic because I want people to be aware of this and that was the message I was trying to portray through my article. This made me learn more about my issue because before I had small knowledge and now I feel more confident to talk about it with people.
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Through Primary research I began researching different magazine styles and front covers to have an idea of what my article could look like. I also researched the layout and I noticed that different articles have different layouts and there all creative which is something I could use as a guide. I then began researching information based on poverty and pollution and I saw some website like 'plan' which is an organisation to help reduce poverty around the world. I liked this particular campaign as it helped me to understand more about what people go through in terms of battling poverty. I also found similar websites for pollution which also gave me a bigger understating of how pollution is created in the world. After this I had to see what software I am going to use to create the actual article. I came across Microsoft publisher, Indesign and photoshop. My teacher then told me that indesign is better to use as it has all the tools and settings to create a article.
After all the research i then opened up indesign and began playing around with it to get familiar with it. I then made my first draft of my article and it was good and it helped me to see how my feature could look. I used different styles and fonts for the text and was seeing where the pictures could go. I also wanted to do an interview because I wanted other peoples views on poverty and pollution. I wanted an interview from a boy and girl so I asked Hussein and he agreed to it and I also asked Rade and she agreed to it too.
I then began making the real article and I did a lot of preparation at home by drawing them out, and that helped me because it gave me a visual of what it could or would look like. I used all the information that I found and put it in my article from my understanding. I then wanted to know where my pictures could go and I did some research on what camera I should use to take pictures. I went to the technician room and I asked for a canon to take photos and through secondary research I asked the technician which camera is best to take photos with and he told me the nikon was the best and that the canon was more good for filming. I then borrowed the camera and he gave me the Nikon D3100 which is perfect for when taking pictures and used it for the weekend. I then began taking pictures of poverty, I got my little siblings to be actors of children in poverty and it went well and they had fun doing it. For pollution I wanted to take pictures of factories with smoke coming out but I didn't get to so I decided to go to a dumping ground where there is litter everywhere and i thought this would be perfect for it.
When I got back to college I then upload all my photos and used them in my article, I then wanted to do the interview as I was running out of time so I did one for Hussain but I didn't get to do Rade as she was to busy. Using two people for the interview didn't go to plan but I was happy that I at least got one interview which was alright. After that I took pictures of Hussain and put it in my article and next to it was quotes of what he said during the interview. After I did that my article was looking more complete, I also added some colours to make it interesting and appealing to the audience. The only thing I would change on my article would be the front cover as i didn't have enough time to make it look realistic and interesting but I'm happy that i completed everything else inside which is the more important thing.
Overall I really enjoyed this whole experience of making your own product as you become passionate about it over the past couple months with the whole research and the planning with all the filming equipment's to take away. It made me more enthusiastic because I want people to be aware of this and that was the message I was trying to portray through my article. This made me learn more about my issue because before I had small knowledge and now I feel more confident to talk about it with people.
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