Evaluating images for preliminary task

1. The purpose of this image is to show the free
space of the facility of the school, taking it at this
angle allows the all inclusive to be shown as well as
the schools well structured and sophisticated
looking building which this should appeal to the
varying audience. I think that taking it from this
angle makes it look quite professional and quite
skilled as it hasn’t been taken at a straight angle
blankly but imposes skill and professionalism. The
effect on the audience would be that it is quite a
controlled environment and is a safe place to be. I
would say that the only down fall about this shot
would be the lighting as I could have taken the
photo in way that really reflects the colour of the
building making it stand out more so that the first
thing you would be drawn to would be the colour
reflected from the building. Also I could have had
some sixth former students it the shot too, to
show them using the facilities.
By Christal Domingo

2. This picture was taken to manifest the
determination of students whilst enduring
private study to show what sixth form requires
and how it resolves in success. The purpose of
this image is to motivate young students to
working harder in there subjects and using free
periods wisely. What is good about this image is
that its is a medium close up of a student with
some indication of what they are doing. But
however the angle to this shot wasn’t quite so
good because its not at a good angle therefore
moving round to the right hand side would have
given me a better shot of the students face and
in more detail of what they are doing, as the light
from the window reflects on to the page of the
students work this doesn’t allow us to see her
written work as it relates to the idea of student
determination. The effect on the audience would
be to motivate other students to consider
working harder out side lessons.

3. This image could be recognised as a medium close up
as it if from the top of her head and to the waist of
her body this image again represents student
determination in utilising there time well. The purpose
of this is to show how important studying is and how
it helps. What is good about this image is that its been
taken from the front view of the student and has been
zoomed in to really isolate the main subject (the
student) in showing what it is she is doing. This shot
could have been improved in terms of lighting perhaps
and really capturing the students face to display their
facial expressions. Another thing would be the amount
of cleavage shown as this could be seen as
inappropriate or informal for the purpose of
representing the school.
In cropping this image it focuses on the precise detail
of what I want to be represented which is her
concentrating going there work.

4. As much as this is quite a nice picture the
main points of improvement would be the
positioning of the two students in the
shot, the person on the right is at quite an
awkward angle of which not much of
there face which illustrates facial
expressions are shown, the angle from
them to the nose of the camera is quite off
and in some way makes the image look
weak and less effective. The lighting would
be another issue as there isn’t much light
reflecting on then and if there was it would
bring the image to life a bit more and not
just look so dull coloured.

5. The purpose of this image is to show ownership of
the sixth form building and to also promote the
facilities it comes with: open space, table tennis and
the balcony. I really like this image as it does truly
look quite professional. The angle in which the
image had been taken allowed the entire building to
fit in one shot and is still able to obtain
professionalism with the blue sky which is in
contrast with the colour of the building in contrast
the darker colours surrounding it. The reflection of
the light on the building is just about right, but with
the use of changing the brightness of the image
(when using Photoshop) it would help with making it
look a little bit brighter. The white coloured building
of Lerner has really made itself standout in this
shot, therefore it must capture the attention of the
audience as its white solid structure is enough to
influence opinion about the new sixth form building
as it conveys a controlled and safer environment.

6. This image was taken out of interest of
involving the younger school in the
magazine, but later found that this was
irrelevant to appealing to my target
audience as it is a sixth form magazine.
However one of the reasons this image
was taken was to show the involvement
of younger students and determined
teachers as in this image a teachers is
holding a bag which says ‘I love books’
this connotes that teachers are as equally
determined as students in helping them
achieve the best. This promotes the
schools great interest in education. The
audience would be able to look at this an
consider the schools interest in helping
students achieve good results.

7. I feel that the main problem with this shot
would be the fact that it is a mise-n-scene
camera shot therefore to many things are
going on in this shot and it is not clear in
showing the purpose. I would say that the
angle is just about perfect its just that the
image could have been zoomed in a bit to
gain more focus on the three students in the
middle instead of being distracted by what is
going on around them. This image is to
generally show that there is more to sixth
form than hard work but there is the social
experience of getting to know new people.
By zooming and cropping this image it really
focuses on the main essence of the image
which is the students interacting, displaying
the image in greater detail in what I’m trying
to put across.