AICE Media Studies AS- Gonzalez, D

 Over the course of days I've had to cover photos, Ive had several setbacks in my scheduling. Ive determined that the best time would be after the break, as we are very busy in this moment. During this time period, I will take the time to process and learn more about InDesign, and furthermore develop my understanding of the software to be prepared. I've gained much more insight with the tools, such as putting pictures into the software, and simply changing font for mast head. With this, I have created the scheduled time in which I have enough time to make the portfolio project.

 For my article, I have decided to interview Caleb Hutchinson, a local high schooler in my area and a good friend of mine who is very fit and set on staying healthy. Caleb's journey started a year ago, and has been lifting everyday which has become daily routine in his life. I will be asking him a total of five questions, and we will also be taking photos of his workouts and lifting, along with casual off time photos of him. We plan on doing this over our 2 week long break between Christmas and New Years. With the time from beginning of our break to the 22nd of January when our project is due, creating a design template and taking photos must begin in the early stages. This will help me become much more comfortable with the software.

 For me, storyboarding was a simple, and basic process. I believe the most challenging part of the storyboard in my opinion was creating a layout, and thus following that layout. With this came the proper way to have created a mast head, and still searching for the need of a selling line. Collaborating with a partner also proved to be an issue, as we both had to keep the same idea and basis. As stated by Higgins in 'Storyboarding your way to success,' raising levels of creativity and solving problems more effectively were noticeable throughout. When planning things out, a lot of our collaborating proved to be an issue because we had to many concrete ideas which we also needed to get rid of to achieve a final product. In my opinion, the hardest part was the creation of trying to have a flow throughout the magazine. As stated by O'Brien in 'Filmmaking across the curriculum: a beginners' guide,' story sequence is pertinent to the creation, and in my own opinion, I ...