Contingency Planning

1. Getting Articles –

If I have any problems with getting articles, as if someone is not able to be interviewed or not able to be photographed I will have to think of a substitute for those pages. The substitute could be an advert or I could extend another article which will fill the empty page. I could also use someone else to fill in.

2. Printing –

It is not always reliable when it comes to printing your work off so I need to allow myself a lot of time to print and get the magazine together. I think people will be thinking the thing so getting some pages printed off extra early will be a good idea to make sure I have the whole magazine printed off. I may also have problems with the ink, e.g. bleeding and aligning of the pages so I need to keep time spare to make sure the magazine is at the professional standard I want it to be at.

3. Photoshop & InDesign –

Both programs are going to be used through-out the whole FMP, from editing images to laying the pages out. I need to get more experience with these programs in order to know what to do when things go wrong. I also need to get myself used to InDesign otherwise I will use up too much valuable time making big mistakes. The programs sometimes can crash and close down so to avoid lose my work, I need to make sure I’m saving it as I go along and backing it up in more than 1 place.

4 – Taking Images & Locations –

When taking my images I need to make sure that the locations that I am going to are suitable for what I want to achieve. The locations need to be outstanding and different. They need to fit in with the unique theme of the magazine too. If the locations aren’t good enough or I can’t take the photos on that day, I need to have a back-up location in place.

5 – Equipment –

The equipment I will be using will be camera, tripods and computers/laptops so I need to make sure that all the equipment is in working order and if not, I need to something