Interview

For one of our features I  (Holly) went to do an interview with the company Stabo. This was a lot easier than them sending over information for the feature. I took notes on what she was saying and I recorded the interview so it was easier for when writing up the feature. I already had questions that I wanted to ask and I had sent them over to the company so they had an idea of what I was going ask. I asked the questions and let her add to any of the questions as she wanted. Once I had done the interview she also gave money for a quarter page advert. I then went and wrote the interview out into a feature using key elements from the recording and making it to a 350 word feature. As I wanted to make sure that all the content was true and I hadn't misunderstood any of the interview I sent over the feature to the company to make sure everything was correct. 

Baking - Amber

We are having a bake sale on friday to help raise money to get our magazine printed. Leanne, Holly and I all discussed what sort of goodies we would like to sell, I said I would make chocolate rice crispy cakes and cornflake cakes. I went to the shops to buy my ingredients and then got home to start baking. It took me around 2 and a half hours to make just over 50 cakes. 

Baking - Leanne

We are having a bake sale. I chose to make cupcakes, honeycomb/crunchies and rice crispie cakes. The cakes were only cooked and I will be decorating them when to get to college to make it easier to transport. The honeycomb was a 1st time go for me, it is very simple but hard to make sure you do not burn it. The rice crispie cakes were very simple and I brought Mr Men to decorate the top. The ingredients made more then I thought and had to buy a lot more chocolate.

I am hoping to raise around £50 with all my items

Behind The Scenes of The Photo Shoot

Photo Shoot

Today was the day of the photo shoot, we have been looking at the weather forecasts all week and they all predicted that the weather would be clear, and the weather forecast was right, it was a sunny and warm day, perfect weather for a photo shoot. The plan was for Holly to go to the shop (Jemporium) and get the clothing that we would be using, the shop owner had emailed us in the week confirming that she would open the shop half an hour earlier as we were on a tight schedule, Holly got to the shop at half 10 expecting someone to be there to meet her, unfortunately the shop owner didn't turn up till 11. As Leanne and I got a lift we had arranged to meet Holly and all the models at Mill Pond, as the lady at the shop didn't turn up on time Leanne and I were left to wait around, in this time we picked out a few locations around Mill Pond that we thought would look good in the pictures. Holly and the models got to Mill Pond  around about 11.30, we got the models dressed and sorted their hair and make up out and set up the tri-pod and camera and got the light reflector ready. It didn't take long to get the models ready so we started pretty much as soon as we got there. We spent an hour at Mill Pond and then moved onto The Fitz William Museum, when we arrived we went into the reception to let them know we were starting our photo shoot. The photo shoot at the museum was a lot harder to take the photo's as people were constantly walking around the area, but in some of the photo's there are people in the background but it makes the photo's come alive as there's movement. We left the museum at 1.30pm so we had an hour at each location. In general the photo shoot was a success and we got some great photo's. 

Day Before Photo Shoot

So the day before the photo shoot I got in contact with the make up artist Freya, I was just check to make sure she had all the make up and planning on where to meet. Instead I got an email explaining that she didn't have the make up she needed and she also had a personal matter which meant she couldn't make it at the times we needed her anyway. So now we have no make up artist for tomorrow. I sent a text to Leanna and Holly explaining that the make up artist couldn't make it. A few texts were sent and we decided that we would get the models to do their base make up (foundation) and then when we arrive on location we would then finish it to the style we wanted. We all brought different bits of make up so we had a good selection to choose from.

Planning for photoshoot

As we are doing our photoshoot on Sunday we need to plan out all props and have a plan of action for where we will be through the day and how long for. we also need to think about what the weather will be like and lighting for our shoot.

So we all know what we need to bring on Sunday we have made a list for each person so they know what equiment and props. From doing this it will make us all aware and more prepared for the day.

Leanne:

• Camera
• Lighting
• Bike
• Tripod

Amber:

• Make up artist
• Postcard of cambridge
• Ice cream as a prop if needed

Holly:

• Map
• Book
• Camera (Prop one)
• Umbrella
• Models and clothes from Jemporium Vintage

As well as having all equipment and perimission forms filled in for the models and photographer allowing us to use the photos in the magazine we have to keep looking and making sure the weather will be alright for the photos on the day. I have looked on the met office and at the moment the weather is dry with sunny spells at the tempture of 15 degrees. This will help our shoot and make the photos better and fit better with the spring/summer feature.