So, it turns out I had grasped the wrong end of the stick. I got so caught up into not wanted to do the wrong thing, that in the end, I did the wrong thing. I should listen to my instinct more often! Never mind though, we all learn from our mistakes.
In this weeks lesson, we had our project brief delivered. It sounds quite interesting to be honest. I was worried that it would all be completely technical (being a Creative Digital Media module and i know I'm not the best when it comes to technology, especially in the form of an Apple Mac.) Turns out that it won't be all that technical, so came a sigh of relief!
Our project brief is to re-brand a product that has seen a significant decline in sales since it's first release and present our concepts as part of a design pitch. We were given a range of products, from alcohol to aftershave to Spam. We were sold on the latter, and so our learning group are re-branding good old Spam! I've got a few ideas on what concept to go for, but I am not going to share those just yet!
When doing a bit of contextual research into our chosen product, I came across this... It's so cheesy, it's off the scale.
Queue cheesy Spam Advert...
Hopefully, we'll be able to create something much more appealing and modern. We shall see!
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Raving Researchers
Our task this week involved something a little more "old school" than our usual form of research... trawling the web to find something relevant. We had to visit the Library!
It was a bit daunting at first, trying to locate all our chosen books amongst the hundreds lined up on the shelves, but we got there eventually. Then came the task of pinpointing information which would be useful to our chosen topic of "Television". In hindsight, this was probably a bit too broad of a subject to research in a limited time of an hour, especially without the help of our trusty computers!Perhaps we should have focused more on a particular part related to television, such as analog and digital, as other groups had to achieve a more constrained speech. Nevertheless, we managed to pull a quick speech together using the knowledge we found in the books, albeit a brief one at that!
Our task this week was, if I'm honest, quite intimidating at first. I was confused about what the task actually involved and so, emailed Jane in the hope she would be able to help me make some sense of the situation. Her reply, to someone who understood the task, would have been so very helpful (Sorry Jane!). Maybe i was just being a bit simple, who knows! Anyway, I did try the task, incorporating the earlier research on the television, although I think I may have grasped the wrong end of the stick... at least I had a go!
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It was a bit daunting at first, trying to locate all our chosen books amongst the hundreds lined up on the shelves, but we got there eventually. Then came the task of pinpointing information which would be useful to our chosen topic of "Television". In hindsight, this was probably a bit too broad of a subject to research in a limited time of an hour, especially without the help of our trusty computers!Perhaps we should have focused more on a particular part related to television, such as analog and digital, as other groups had to achieve a more constrained speech. Nevertheless, we managed to pull a quick speech together using the knowledge we found in the books, albeit a brief one at that!
Our task this week was, if I'm honest, quite intimidating at first. I was confused about what the task actually involved and so, emailed Jane in the hope she would be able to help me make some sense of the situation. Her reply, to someone who understood the task, would have been so very helpful (Sorry Jane!). Maybe i was just being a bit simple, who knows! Anyway, I did try the task, incorporating the earlier research on the television, although I think I may have grasped the wrong end of the stick... at least I had a go!
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Perfect Presentations!
Last week, we all indulged in a bit of creative presentation work for part of our module work. It is safe to say my group and myself had put a fair bit of time and effort into our 2D Animation presentation, researching and including videos. On the surface, it was looking like an interesting and fun presentation to keep our audience interested... this was until we remembered we were in the Apple MAC suite and a team member didn't turn up! Okay, so they weren't exactly perfect!
There were a few minor hiccups along the way. Our videos refused to play in the format they were in; perhaps a better idea would have been to post a link instead as other teams had, but we wanted our presentation to be one chronological, continual piece and having the videos made this happen, whilst giving our presentation a light hearted and fun edge. Furthermore, the lack of a team member meant Lauren and I had to improvise through our presentation. I don't think we did a bad job, but had we known, it could have been rehearsed more to seem professional! However, our research was good, we had an interesting range of history and techniques about 2D Animation whilst learning and expanding our knowledge on the subject more. Even though other groups had done the same topic, they all varied in their style and research... hopefully we didn't bore the group too much!
Overall, considering our difficulties, we did a pretty good job of our presentation, speaking clearly and getting our message across.
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Here's a little something myself and Lauren found inspirational in our journey through 2D Animation, enjoy!
There were a few minor hiccups along the way. Our videos refused to play in the format they were in; perhaps a better idea would have been to post a link instead as other teams had, but we wanted our presentation to be one chronological, continual piece and having the videos made this happen, whilst giving our presentation a light hearted and fun edge. Furthermore, the lack of a team member meant Lauren and I had to improvise through our presentation. I don't think we did a bad job, but had we known, it could have been rehearsed more to seem professional! However, our research was good, we had an interesting range of history and techniques about 2D Animation whilst learning and expanding our knowledge on the subject more. Even though other groups had done the same topic, they all varied in their style and research... hopefully we didn't bore the group too much!
Overall, considering our difficulties, we did a pretty good job of our presentation, speaking clearly and getting our message across.
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Here's a little something myself and Lauren found inspirational in our journey through 2D Animation, enjoy!
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