AICE Media Studies AS- Ortega, F

     Recently I have been trying to  decide who I want to interview for my feature article. At  first,  I was thinking about interviewing a local athlete who has multipl e  scholarship offers or a collegiate athlete but  after  contemplating my audience and concept for a little, I realized that I neede d an influencer ; s omeone who had a large following who had an influence on  others .  I decided on  Brandon Gomes,  an  artist  with ties to where I live ,  who  has over two hundred thousand followers on Instagram . He is part of the show “Siesta Key”  on MTV (Music Television Channel) and  has a good sense of style and a young man's culture. I direct messaged him on Instagram and said:  “Hey Brandon! My name is Fabiel Ortega and I’m a student at Sarasota High School. I was wondering if by any chance you would be open to doing an interview about your music, clothes, and the show for a ma...

     Making my storyboard was a fun but challenging experience.   It made me open my eyes and realize  just how difficult it is to bring a whole magazine together. All that I was required to do  was four pages which was time-consuming  enough,  so it is hard to imagine   doing it for an entire fifty plus page magazine.  Something that was difficult for me was  planning out my time to  do my storyboard.  I n the  article  Filmmaking across the curriculum: a beginner's guide  it  tells you to a llocate  lots of time to the project, and then some more, as it always takes longer than you think  (O’Brien, 2005.) Th is could not have been more accurate as it took much longer  than  planned.  One element I enjoyed was figuring out the format of the feature article.  Using the  thirds that the  paper was sectioned into  really helped me look at creating the magazine ...