Monitoring log - 24/1/2014

This week I intended on beginning the creation of my InDesign products for each of my double page spreads. This was successful as I was able to create the layouts for “Diets. Dangerous or Delightful?” and “Eat Well. Stay Well.” In terms of my diets DPS, I was successful in creating the layout, inserting the article into each break out box and adding colours, to complete this double page spread I need to insert images which I have not scheduled to take for 2 more weeks, download and use the correct fonts which I have stated in my treatment and add page numbers. I believe the creation of this DPS has been very successful this week. For my eat well DPS I have created a basic outline of shapes for the text, images and break out boxes, this has enabled me to know where I will insert my article and images.

During this week I also gained feedback for my article “Diets. Dangerous or Delightful?” The feedback I received was very positive including comments about the use of small sentences and subheadings for the pros and cons. It was said to be different due to not using one long, continuous article however this was seen as a good thing. I am very pleased about the feedback I have received.

I feel that everything ran smoothly this week as I was successful in the creation of my DPS’ and gathering feedback. The only difficulty I faced was finding computers around the college that I was able to use InDesign on as I much prefer to use a Mac and these computers are often in use throughout the day. 

Below is a screen shot of my progress of my "Diets. Dangerous or Delightful?" double page spread. This shows what I have successfully done during this week. It has consisted of using shapes and the fill tool to use different colours for each break out box and inserting text into each box. 

This is a print screen of the main outline of what my "Eat Well. Stay Well." will look like. This is a very basic outline of what I hope my final product will look. My next plan of action is to begin using colours to add detail to my DPS, write my kicker and insert my article. 

I believe the Northern Echo will be pleased with my progress this week as I have successfully created the main outline of these two double page spreads. This means that my production is well on the way and once these are completed all that needs to be done is the photography and inputting my chosen images into each page. 

I feel that the current stage of my production does mirror what is stated in my treatment as I have followed the layouts I had initially chosen and used the same colours. The only major difference that is clear is the layout of "Eat Well. Stay Well." as I have moved the main image to the second page of the DPS rather than having it on the first page before the article, I have done this because I believe it will appear more continuous rather than jumping straight into it without giving the reader an idea of what the article is about.