We had a talk with Chris on Thursday and he suggested us to do another shoot if we can in a studio, before we would like to do other contents that we haven’t done yet so we just add one more studio shoot. To be honest I was quite panic as usually I plan every shoot 2 weeks before so this was so quick to brainstorm the ideas as well as styling and find location

I have discussed with Pearl and Josie then we came up with the ideas based on groupie and the word “obsessed” that we received a lot in our questionnaire. I did more research on groupie and I think this is very interesting topic so we decided to do photoshoot based on that and the theme is rock and crazy. Luckily we got 2 models that fit with the theme so the final results are amazing

Josie went home before so Pearl and I organized the photoshoot. I found the location Tichborne studio and I booked it from 1-4pm from 1-2h45 we”ll try to do the Groupie photoshoot then spend the last hour to do other pages that we still need to do

Lauren told me that she will come at 1pm to drop off some clothes/accessories that she got then she came to see her collab group. However she didn’t come to any but also didn’t notice to the group. Lojain didn’t show us any styling board however she brought stuffs to the shoot that are useful. Leah came at 3pm and just sat there for one hour. At this stage I’m not surprised with their attitude anymore so I just carry on working for the magazine.

We also had to do other pages in the magazines: the cigarettes with lipstick and the dress up game which I really like the results. I text the groupchat all the plan for that shoot but only me and Pearl brought clothes for the Dress Up game, we had around 6-7 looks which I think was okay even tho we kinda lack of accessories and different hairstyles.

The final results of Rock pts turn out so great, we got lots of photos that we like and I’m will try to pick the one that can be used as a front page.

I told Leah to develop the sticker sets cause i want to print when I get back to my country on holiday as the price is cheaper. She haven’t replied to me so im doing it by myself because I want to sell that to raise fund as well. Even when I come back home I sent her photos through Wetransfer and tag her in the groupchat what she do with the layout, unfortunately she just read my messages but not even reply

for this photoshoot we would like to have 5 models male and female cause we want to demonstrate people in sport and wear things that sporty but also fashionable. Because I want this shoot is like editorial i tried to focus on posing and styling. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find any male models that available on Friday even though I posted a casting call in our Instagram. In the end we got 3 girls so we decided to do another one with all male next week.

Me and Pearl had been asking our for models and we prepare some of the clothes, I got some football shirt and diy them a bit by made them a croptop.  Because Lojain didn’t even come to class to engage anything when we have a photoshoot, me and Pearl prepared lots of stuff for the shoot

The shoot was in Falmer sport center, I was posting a plan for the shoot on Tuesday to the group chat but except Pearl and Josie 3 of other didn’t have any reply so I just don’t know whether they come or not. On the day of the shoot Lojain-stylist ask me what things should she bring when i asked about clothes in the group few day before. Then she came late for an hour with jus a few clothes when me Josie and Pearl already took lots of photo with 2 models.

Leah lived right next to the sport center but she also late for an hour something, she didn’t do much in the photoshoot and at the end she was telling me to send all the images for her. Then we had argument that she didn’t do anything since the beginning but always ask for photos then do nothing with them. After that she threaten me that She got to redo the Zine project that’s why she busy and if she fail then my group won’t have a graphic designer. I felt bad after that conversation with her, she just not contribute anything to our team but keeps tell i’ll work at home then nothing.

However, the shoot went well thanks to nice weather. One of our model used to do gymnastic so we got lots of photos with cool poses from her. We haven’t got Lauren there to make some videos but we got many behind the scenes so we can just send her to make contents for our social media. I wanted some serious poses but it seems quite hard with our models so we just tried to shot at different angles to make the photos more interesting than the two other photoshoots we made

This week we have printed our some images that we took on last week to put on our flat plan, There still have a lot we need to do with our flat plan. Josie is preparing some questions that we can interview everyone and post on Instagram to get as much response as we can. Also we will have a photoshoot on this Wednesday so I want we to talk and plan about that but only me Josie and Pearl as usual so just kinda decided everything ourselves.

The shooting in Wednesday I want to show the contrast between football fan and pop fan, they both stay up late to watch the show, they both love a figure/team; but girls are always be treated unequal to boys. Also for the post-production I would like to edit them in the tape style and placed 2 images together. We made this photoshoot in Lauren house and luckily we got 4 people at the shoot this time me Josie, Pearl, Lauren and Lojain; even though Lojain didn’t even prepare any clothes. Leah didn’t come this time eventhough she texted us twice saying that she will be late.

The light in her house made the images have very cool styles, I was the photographer this time because Pearl was model for this time. The result was good even though I regret not trying more close up facial expression. This was the first time I try to create spike hair however it wasn’t succeed but we still use what we got. I did make up and hair for Pearl and I really like it, I think it works good in the pictures.
On Thursday we have more things to plan, we got lots of ideas for graphic however Leah didn’t come to class or reply to my messages in the group chat make me really worry about the process. Nearly 2 months she didn’t do anything useful for the group or discuss ideas with us, I just don’t trust her to do the final layout in Indesign. She texted to the group chat about the funding and I asked her if she can do it for the group then she just seen my messages and ignore, then I made the link and put them in the bio.

Because we work in the group so i hope everyone has something to do or contribute to the group, i have always asked for opinion and feedback but beside Josie and Pearl we talked in class, 3 of them just don’t care and ignore. I feel frustrated and tired but I really love this magazine therefore me and 2 other girls just do our best

This was a coming back day after a long summer holiday. In this module I will be put into group and work in position to make a real magazine. I have research some role in the summer and I’m interested in Art Director and Photographer, eventually I put Art Director as my first choice

On Thursday we have chance to look at some magazines: some of them full of editorials, some are stories, food, music, etc. We analyse detail how they place information in the front page, most of them are commercial magazine so some of them are very look alike, but we still got chance to analyse other magazine to get the idea how we want our magazine in the future be like

We found this magazine called Marfa they have interesting design and the layout inside the magazine are also creative and cool, which kinda match with the vibe we’re aiming for. As the role of art director, I love the explore everyone aesthetics and try to look at lots of magazine so that I have the ideas of what vibe our magazine most suits. We probably do some photoshoots and interviews: it gonna be in a fun way that young generations can enjoy it.

This week we have a first photoshoot that we have planned before, this photoshoot will be focusing on how other people and the media think of fan girl, with a room full of posters and cute stuffs. I have plan and assign Lauren to print and bring the poster, Lojain bring some clothes and help at the shoot. However, in that Tuesday morning only me come to class (Josie got Covid and Pearl had to pick up the model) I haven’t heard from the other one. At lunch they both said they will come at 12 or 1, but at the end no one showed up and only me and Pearl at the photoshoot. It was bit hard for me and Pearl because we also have 2 models and I had to asked my flatmate to help with the light.

In the shoot me and Pearl decorated the set and changed clothes for models and I also did a bit make up. Lucky for us that was a easy shoot so we don’t have too any things to worry about. I tried to take behind the scenes images and content that I want to edit like a reels for instagram.

The good think is the result turn out very nice and I have some contents to post on our social media

I texted to the group chat at that night about the situation they all said they had emergency that they couldn’t come.

The photos turn out very nice, and I would like to edit them like a scrapbook

On Thursday we have a lesson about a logo and we also spent time working in a group, however in the morning only me and Pearl again. We made plan for the next photoshoot

In the afternoon Leah and Lauren come, I had to explain the flatplan and the photoshoot again for them. I think we should have a logo that is unique and recognizable, however Leah seems to postponing doing that and she just used the existing font. I’m trying to push her to do the logo so we will have think to mark on our video or avatar. A part of me feel very bad when I just keep message or remind her what she should do, if I don’t she won’t do anything which makes me feel very bad and worry.

This week we had to create our flatplan only me Pearl and Josie come this week, however we kinda set up the flatplan based on our ideas at the beginning, we would like to make it a magazine but also content lots of art elements such as illustrations, graphic and images

We also love to have some DIY open pages that I believe we can stick them ourselves

There’re some pages that we want the readers to interact with our magazine like playing game etc, for this reason I also have to consider the paper material it shouldn’t be gloss so that people can write in it

Leah-graphic came on Thursday in the afternoon after the time when Chris talked about Logo which I think was very important. Then we had to explained to her again and told her we need another one. However she just kept saying that she quite tired and she will do when she get home, she just keeps asking for the images that we took on Tuesday. In the group chat we all said that the credit will be for me and Pearl who did everything and I already edited some photos. She just insisted in these photos so I sent her 7 pics that I retouched.

After a week she did nothing with these photos and also the logo, therefore I had to create one and everyone all choose that. She just kept asking me for the photos which is very annoying because I said I will edit them and send over the whole group when I’m done.

We’ve been focusing on the flatplan this one. However only me and Josie on Tuesday so we had to plan almost everything ourself. There are lots of ideas we want to do however because lack of member in our group we cant finish all of them. I had to create a powerpoint for those whose not coming to class nearly the past 1 month that we need them to support some pages for the flatplan. However only Pearl and Lauren did and the 2 other ones didn’t even reply in our group chat.

I feel frustrated but no surpirse at the same time. I had to make a flatplan in Indesign and print some of the pages out so we can stick them on the board together. flatlan plan

In general I feel like we have brainstorm ideas to cover 72 pages at this stage, we still have 2 photoshoot to do and we also work with some illustration/graphic design student so they can have their works print in our magazine. Josie had created a google form with lots of question since last week and we received many interesting responses so we want to use those words in our graphic/typography.

On Thursday we received some feedback from Chris and Mark and also from students. There are too many photos that the model look straight to the camera that Chris told me, therefore we should think of the photo selection again and try to focus on styling in the other photoshoot

In this week we have some ideas and we are talking about music and fashion, there are lots of topic related about music and fashion that we can write about. After discussion we talk about the fan culture especially fangirl, how the society misunderstood them and always label them with bad adjectives such as annoying, crazy, wasting time and money, etc. We’re deciding the colour theme can be blue, gray and pink.

This week we look at the graphic and the branding for the magazine. Chris showed us lots of cool example for logo such as Vogue, V and also showed us very bad logos.

We come up with a simple board for our magazine however I need to research more and do more meticulous board. We made our colour scheme which are navy blue, bright pink, blue and light grey, and design a simple logo based on a CD, we also look at the football ticket and merchs that we can desgin something based on that. We want to talk about how the media’s perception about fangirl? How they being treated unequally compare to man who have big passion about football or other things. Therefore, we want to do something a bit funny,

On Thursday we have Styling workshop. We should have more than 1 photoshoot so we just chose the style the shoot that most represent our theme. Some key elements are football shirt, leg warmer, kitten heels…. we try to incorporate the feminine into the sport clothes.

We also mention about the actual photoshoot we want to do might be in the football stadium the place that I know is Falmer Sport, we can have some male/females models therefore we need to prepare the moodboard, styling and posing very detail.

For the styling workshop today, our group kinda know the idea of how we gonna style the shoot, we also play around with effect and editing. I think it kinda cool, however it a bit vibrant for our overall vibe, therefore we need to plan it with our graphic design

I think this is the most complex project this year. There are lots of work have to be done for this sub-brand. However I am really enjoy it , I research lots of brands and campaign, to find what suit best with my sub-brand. Now I know WGSN where I can see the board for future theme. I learn new skill this time which is filming, however I just only edit them simple on Imovie, I will definitely learn to use Premier Pro and After Effect this summer so that I can make a better video. My 2 previous projects I did the photoshoot in the studio with the help of lighting, but this time I did outside. It was a great opportunity for me to know what to prepare to have a photoshoot outdoor and the adjust camera setting suitable with natural lighting.  Even though I had to make the photoshoot earlier than I expected because on of my model is leaving the UK soon, I feel like im not well prepared for the shoot in both styling and props. This is what I have to be more careful in the future, I need to schedule with models first and prepare what I need for the shoot. I also did a bit illustration for my brand as a gift for influencers who I invite to the brand pop up event. I am not good at drawing so the flip book are not perfect. I wish I know some 3D mockup that I can make the flip book more precise.

I have to take different role in this project and I found out managing social media is not as easy as I thought. It need to be planned carefully and need to take advantage of hashtag, time to post in order to get more attention

I like this project because it gave me deeper insight into different role in creating a campain. There are lots of thing need to prepare in advance. I know if this is the real life project, I also need to calculate the budget for the advertise and pop-up event; research for location in 4 countries and selecting celebrities/ influencers suitable for brand’s pop-up; building website and email for the brand. After this project, I know what i am lacking of I will improve my skills in editing and planning. Also I need to do more research on social media because it is very essential place to connect with audiences.