Screen Based Communication

Flash project is coming along well. I have nearly finished storyboarding so I will start building my animation tomorrow.

I am using the statistics of Operation Barbarossa, i.e people killed, tanks, aircraft etc etc

I am going to use Russian Constructivism as an underlying theme throughout. Strong, bold shapes with muted colours and have type over the top. My piece is also going to be narrated.

Amnesty International

Here is my final piece for the A3 poster for Amnesty International. I tried to give the poster an urban feel to appeal to a younger audience. The green plants represent the lush forest of the Congo and the blood shows the death and destruction that has destroyed the country.

Amnesty International Brief

Hand in for Amnesty is Friday, so this week I am just getting everything together. I have worked on A3 design sheets to present my work and my ideas building up to the final piece. I am just working on some sketch book stuff and organizing to print the final designs on foam board for presentation. 1000 word conclusion to write, doing that tomorrow once all the work is completed and ready.

Visual Thinking Exercise

We were given a brief to work on as a group for 1 day. The brief was based on the current economy and how the governement are encouraging people to 'Spend More & Save Less' to inject more money back in.

We were put in a group of 5 and we spent the morning in the library researching economics and different methods of getting our message across. We looked into many ways of conveying our research and how we could put this across to all age groups.

Around Midday we settled on the idea of using facts as our way of presenting our work. We felt this was going to be the most effective method and would encourage people to spend their money. We decided to make 2 posters, aiming one at students and the other at OAP's.

We thought about what things would make us spend a bit more of the little money we had in order to help the economy and we decided that what we most wanted once finishing university was a good job. We used this to research facts on the difference you could make spending a little more every week.

Everything in these posters is accurate and true.

Amnesty International Brief

Our next project is a brief for Amnesty International. For this we need knowledge on the kind of things that Amnesty do around the world and the work they do for different causes.

This gives me the chance to do some real research into
Amnesty, and looked into all the different ways of
approaching the brief.

The Brief is to raise Amnesty's profile and create a higher awareness of their work. The target audience is people who rarely or never donate to charity and to encourage all ages to support the work that Amnesty International do.

Book Binding

For one part of the course we try bookbinding. Hannah showed us examples of her work, which was very good and demonstrates many different ways of binding pages and creating covers.

The first book we made was made from card scored on the folds and then joined together with tabs. The larger the card and the number of folds determines the amount of pages in the book. This technique is simple and a very effective way of creating a book. This technique is known as the Circle Accordion.

The next type of binding we tried was Japanese Stab Stitch. This involved cutting a back cover from card, then cutting another piece the same size. With the front cover you have to cut a piece off the end and subtract 2mm for the join where the book opens. Once you have all your pages cut, you clamp the book together and punch the holes for the stitch. With all the pages and covers lined up, you stitch through the holes until it is secure. La Voila!

Type & Tape/What the duck!

Here's the final piece from our type & tape brief which was to make a typeface using tape.
We decided to create a typeface that was to be used outside and could be used on a large scale.
We tried a few different characters to see if the style would work across
the board.
I think this worked out well and from a distance this looked like it was actually painted on.

I enjoyed this brief and it was good experimenting
and realizing that a multitude of materials could
be used to design type.

WayFinding/Recording a Journey

We were given a brief by Neil to document a journey as we drift through a new or unfamiliar area. When we describe a journey we have different ways of describing the experience, some factual some emotional. We only tend to focus on the information that leaves an impression on us, so we don't actually take in that much info. Everybody will take different parts of the journey in and recognize only what they feel is most important.

When in a new place you will notice much more of whats around you. A new area and things you haven't seen before is a new memory therefore you find interesting, but somewhere that you pass everyday is less so and you probably won't notice as much because you have seen it before.

What things do you notice on your journey through somewhere new???????

Vernacular Typography Brief

For this brief we were asked to create a series of photographs that record lettering in the public environment. We have to use this information and present 3 different sets of lettering used, taking into account
- Typeface
- Materials used
- Origin and Place
- Textures and Colour
-Tone of Voice

Vernacular Typography is type that is found within the local area.

Navigational Typography is signs that show you the way or letting you know where something is.

Fascia Typography is type or signs that are attached to a surface but can be moved i.e illuminated signs.

Architectural Typography is type that is part of the building and are usual set in stone using simple san serif fonts. Also memorial plaques.

Hand-Rendered Typography is type that is painted on by hand, things like labels on bins, stencils and noted scrawled on walls or doors.

Visual Recording Brief

For this brief we were asked to record primary research in Poole using photography, drawing and note taking. We were to look for symbols, signs and landmarks that help us to navigate through an area we are unfamiliar with. We then have to produce 3 editorial illustrations visually recording our experience in Poole.

Look Again/Think Again

The brief was to take a series of abstract photographs that we think reflect on the statement 'Look Again'. Taking an experimental approach by using different camera angles and techniques. I don't have a camera at the moment so I decided to use some photos that I had taken last year whilst travelling.

The brief was very vague so open to personal interpretation, I decided to match images together to highlight different views on the same picture.

Heaven or Hell? Which image do you think of as heaven and which do you see as hell?