End of Year NEA Task
Above is my finished magazine front cover for my NEA project on the fashion magazine brief on diversity.
1. What you have learnt since starting the mini-NEA on 18th June?
While doing this mini-NEA project, I have gained a variety of skills along the way in performance and studio training and web design. Utilising research, I have acquired some knowledge on magazine conventions and have tried to emulate some in my magazine cover.
The tutorial on building a website through WIX opened me up to the site I have never used before. I found it easily accessible and a quick and easy way to create a professional site without the need of having to go through an extremely detailed process of a website buidling course for example.
Through performance and studio training, I was encouraged to take myself less seriously which made me find myself more at ease as the performance sessions progressed. The studio training was really informative and helpful when I used the equipment for my photoshoot on Monday 9th July.
In hindsight, I would have probably done more research for my project to have a larger amount of ideas and more inspiration.
In hindsight, I would have probably done more research for my project to have a larger amount of ideas and more inspiration.
2. What you have achieved for your NEA so far?
Now I have completed the process of creating my magazine front cover, I have found I am more accustomed to using Photoshop now and am able to do things using the software at a faster pace. For my photoshoot, I produced a shootboard so I knew the order and the timings of my shots. During pre-production and planning, I made moodboards, one that reflected the general representation of people I wanted to include in my magazine as the main cover image and features and another moodboard on positions. I had to put together my outfit for my photoshoot and decide which positions I would use in my shoot.
3. What your future plans are for your project?
Looking forward, I want to carry on with the project I am working on at the moment which is the fashion magazine brief and I will most likely use the same magazine title too. Though I see this mini-NEA project as learning curve, in September, I will probably continue to work on this project but I would like to produce of more material in terms of photography for cover images and features, this would presumably happen in the studio. Over the summer I would like to take location shots predominantly around London to use as locations in the backgrounds of my features and cover image.
