AICE Media Studies AS- Faberlle, G

     A few days ago, I asked my friend Madi if she was willing to model for my cover and other images, and she said she would love to! Today, we had our photoshoot in my dining room. I am so happy with how it came out! Madi is the perfect model for the cover; she's a senior like me and looks a little older for her age. She has also gotten accepted into a college, so she wore her sweater from it and brought her laptop as a prop. She looks perfect for appealing to my 16-19  audience of young women. She came over around 2 PM, which was optimal for natural lighting. I used the "portrait mode" on her iPhone to create some depth of field shots where she was in focus. Most of the shots were mid shots of her at my table, surrounded by college pamphlets. The mid shot was used to make her look even to the viewer, and put them at ease and feel as if they're able to relate to her. The difference in depth of field is used to make a more "professional" feel, to make it fe...

     Originally, I had planned to meet with my cousins today to have a photoshoot for my cover image and some other images for the feature article. It seems Covid-19 has other plans. Unfortunately, my aunt, their mother, tested positive for the virus, and although they have since tested negative, we think it's best not to meet up just in case. Everyone is generally feeling okay, but this is not the time to take chances. This throws a wrench in my plans since I had a really clear vision for my cover and auxiliary images, and their house would have been the perfect location for it. I feel really disappointed. I do have another plan in the works, however. I think I should be able to meet up with one of my friends and use her as my cover model instead. She's also on break, and we can do the photoshoot at my house with some books and other props. I can also use some of my old college pamphlets, and ask her to bring some of her own. It might not be the exact vision I had, but i...

   The first step in my magazine process is to gather interviews and photography. So far, I have scheduled one interview and my photoshoot. I'm planning on asking one of my female college friends if she'd be willing to hold an interview over text or phone call, so I can ask her what advice she'd give to incoming college students. Maybe I might even receive some valuable advice myself! Hopefully I'll also be able to land an interview with a university admissions officer. I have USF, FSU, UCF, or UF in mind. However, I fear this will be difficult as we're still technically in "admissions season". If I don't get an interview with one, I think I might just quote some advice that I've heard over the past year from some specific officers. I look forward to interviewing our college and career advisors when I come back from break, though. There's a lot of information to be found there.

     T he past week, I've been strategizing who I plan on interviewing and what I'll need in order to have photoshoots, as well as the type of photos I'll want in my magazine. We're lucky enough to have a College Advisory Staff on campus, so I plan on interviewing at least two of our three advisors on what they recommend for people going into college. Today, I was able to get the email of one of our advisors, Davian Spires, so I could contact him whenever I am ready to interview. I'm also considering interviewing an admissions officer from a four-year college in Florida, such as USF or UCF, on what they look for in an application. Additionally, I want to ask a few girls who have already gone into college what their advice might be for surviving freshman year. I plan on asking my cousins, who range from sophomores to seniors in college, what they would offer.       I also plan on asking my cousins to be the subject of my cover image and some images in m...

 Storyboarding has been a long and arduous process, but at last I'm finished. Storyboarding has been somewhat challenging for me since I've had so many visions for this magazine. After all, to quote the article Storyboard Your Way to Success , "The first step in storyboarding is defining the problem to be solved." That's hard to do when your problem is too many ideas! Solidifying the elements I want to keep has been difficult, but I think I finally have an idea for the aesthetic I want to achieve. Having a visual of this is a huge step in solidifying the feel I want to go for. I struggled with the concept refinement of my magazine; however, to quote the article, "An important characteristic of storyboarding is its visual nature - not just the artwork you can include on the boards, but the very fact that the words are listed so that everyone can see and respond to them." Being able to see all the text and visuals laid out helped me flesh out what would re...