at the beginning of this project i was very looking forward to create a cool magazine with other creatives, cause i’ve been working alone for first year so I want to hear and work other people.  Unfortunately things don’t go right and my group has been tear apart so basically only 3 people working. Josie and Pearl did amazing on their roles, however as an art director I have to take over the other roles as well.

The good side is that i learned so many new things, such as graphic design, creating gif and filter, learn more about social media and layout, etc. However, it was challenging for me to take over so many things, and communicate with team. I had very short time to finalise and print the magazine as I had to do all the layout and graphic last minutes. While Lauren not creating any other contents I had to edit lots of videos and made 2 more interviews with my friend for the video contents. At the end, we finished 2 video interviews in one day and i had time to edit one more behind the scene to post on Instagram.

For printing part, it was super hard as no where accept to print the sixe I wanted which 29x29cm so last minutes we had to change to 21x21cm but still very expensive so I had to pay for the one that we’re gonna submit. I’ve contacted with a printing service to print 25 copies later, but the sample one we have to go to Brighton PRINT CENTER which is quite expensive but very fast. If I had more time, I would probably find a better solution for this or we can create more things to raise fund  and promote the magazine.

I would say i’m not enjoy at all working in this group, it makes me lots of stress but i’m mentally stronger now, I don’t even need to ask them for their advice I just make decision myself which faster and more efficiently. I really want a group work is the place where we can learn from each other and support each other to make a final work, however, this group makes me stress a lot. Also I feel so lonely in class as most of the time i was left alone even in the presentation mock up day. It was very frustrating to communicate with people that aren’t replying and always have an excuse. ( I haven’t seen Lauren for a while and when we talk about presentation this is an excuse that she made)

I understand that everyone having their own problem, but this is not professional and not respectful to the group.

In overall, I am appreciate my flatmate helps with graphic design, mentally support and my friend Mia that she helped me with the video interview. I am proud of the outcomes of this project and all the new skills that I learned.