Experimentation Reflection

So far in my FMP, i believe that i have stuck to my schedule really well in terms of deadline dates as well as personal targets set through my FMP planner which contains a list of the work i am aiming to do and by which points, my pre production work was probably the most easy to complete thanks to most of it being visual aids to build upon during my research however i found myself falling back after this i wanted my research to be a thorough as possible to ensure that i had the foundations laid to build upon to experimentation. With perseverance however i found myself gaining momentum back just in time for the Easter break, luckily i was then able to being my experimentation process. After looking in such in depth about font family and face type, editing and also doing my test shooting i have accomplished enough experience to carry me through my production phase.

During my experimentation process i found that Lightroom is a lot easier to use than once believed, i found it to benefit me more than Photoshop in terms of photo editing which i speak about in my test shoot editing blog post, these experiments as well as others done when looking at font and layout have all really benefitted me. It was given me confidence that i can independently create this magazine to a high quality and standard, by doing these experiments for my magazine whilst i have the opportunity to do so i have been given the power to explore the best possible options for my magazine ensuring that i have enough knowledge with the softwares around me to do so. In doing these activities i have been able to create an outline mock up with pages to see what my magazine will look like including the experimentations of what a layout i could use for my inside pages such as over lapping text boxes and images that are in front of title pages for a change, on top of this i could also add in a mock front cover using my test shots for my editing practise in Lightroom to have an understanding of how to develop my magazine on. Overall, i believe that my experimentations have been worth the time i put into them, i began this journey to try new things and softwares i previously wouldn't have to make my magazine to the next level, it has also a time frame of how quickly i need to be working which i believe i can do.