Major Assessment Project - Entry 4

Today we were scheduled to have another group meeting to generally catch up with everyone's individual tasks towards the group project. Unfortunately only me and Sara ended up being available, however we still met up to see how each others work is going and if any help was needed. 
During this meeting we also wrote down a list of things we need to be ready for our next meeting. After this was discussed i then went away and sent an email including what we had discussed and what is needed to each group member.
I believed this to be necessary as the knowledge of what the rest of the team is doing and general communication within the group is key in creating a well rounded and thorough presentation.

We discussed that for the next group meeting everyone's section of the power point and script needs to be done so we can join them all together, but acknowledging that we should try and not overload the slides with text so we can create a visually interesting presentation accompanied with a script that would be verbally communicated by us.

Previous to this meeting I had finished my section of the power point but also created an outline for a cue card with the BRUT logo embezzled on the front; so we can look as professional as possible when presenting to the rest of the class.

After this meeting, i was glad i took the lead in stating to each group member what was needed for the next meeting so hopefully we have all the material and information to pull our presentation together.

Until Next Time

Rachel

Film Project - A Chance Encounter

Last Wednesday as a learning group we were given the task to create a non audio short film, entitled 'A Chance Encounter' the aim of this task was to encourage us to consider planning, preproduction and presentation skills as a team, which i believe to be an essential skill when applied to our chosen future careers. I think that the main encouragement for this task was emphasize the importance of planning and furthermore the communication that takes place within a team.


In this session brief, we created the concept for our short plan and set out a plan to what each individual team member would create for the next session when we would be film and how we can best prepare for this session.

The main aspect that we had to consider during the pre production of this film is that all the scenes could only be edited within the camera. So we could not use and post production editing to improve our film.
It took us a while at first to think of a concept that would stand in a five minute non audio film, but once we had our idea we set to work straight away in the lesson and created our script with timing schedules (below).

From this script, we then delegated the separate pre production processes that needed to have taken place and be created. Sara was to create a more detailed and thorough script, Alex created the treatment, James completed the risk assessment and i was to create the storyboard (below).
Personally i was pleased with my storyboard, apart from some mistakes with technique and materials used,, i think i was able to capture the main significance of each scene and not visually over complicate it. So when we came to filming it would be easily understood.

Today we actually began the filming, as the cameras were hired out and we were pretty much ready to go, with consideration to props etc and after we had the conformation from our lecturer Jane that we could begin we set for town to begin our filming.
We arrived to our first location quite quickly as we drove down and we had previously planned where we wanted to film so we headed straight there.
The filming went well, everyone but Sara was actually on film as she was the cameraman and kept us in line. We worked well apart from the occasional giggle and loss of attention. The only negatives i would say were that by filming in a high street there were a lot more distractions and loss of film because of people walking into the shot etc. The other problem was that by the time we had got into town at about 3pm we were already starting to loose day light, but fortunately we managed to get our filming completed in time to what i would believe to be a high standard.


I think because we completed our task in the same learning group as previous tasks this has allowed us to become use to each others skills and behaviour. So we can decipher who would be best suited for different tasks, making the group dynamics stronger as we can pull in different skills and suggestions from the different points of views from within our learning group. Overall this task went well, and i enjoyed it further as it has given me knowledge into a field i had no previous experience in and it was an enjoyable task because of its creativity and freedom. I would be most interested in taking part in a similar project in the future and taking the skills and knowledge i learnt from this task into future works.


Until Next Time
Rachel

Major Assessment Project - Entry 3

Today my learning group met up for the third time for a group meeting. We decided to have a weekly group meeting to allow us to keep up to date with each others individual project developments. Today we also gave a meeting outline for our scheduled meetings over the next 4 weeks, so we are all aware of the work we have to do before the next meeting.

After today's meeting i decided to go away and create the product promotion poster for the brand  rather than the individual product of aftershave.
For creating the poster i decided to use Photoshop, i decided to go with the house colours of dark green, grey and black to familiarise the viewers with this house style.
I also selected the image of the man leaning against a wall as i believe it gave a casual feel to the piece but it was formalised by the fact he was wearing a suit. When it came to affecting the image, i tried to a create a modern presentation of the photograph as we are trying to increase the air of sophistication and modern relevance.

Until Next Time
Rachel

Major Assessment Project - Entry 2

After the second group discussion i decided to further develop my initial designs of the Box Packaging and the Bottles themselves, i chose to do this through sketches and further developing them with fine liners and watercolours; as i believed that i could best express my ideas through this media.
Below is my final design of the box packaging. I chose to use the fade from dark green to light green from the bottom as I believe it draws the attention of the viewer towards the logo. 

I then designed the bottles themselves after discussing various styles and colours with my group we decided to go with a design that could be bought in a gift set or individually.

Below is the bottles that i designed including the lids, i was very pleased with my final designs as i really could imagine them being displayed in a gift box and being especially popular around chirstmas and similar events.

I am really enjoying this project as it is giving me the chance to expand my knowledge of research and design into marketing and creating a product for target audience. Furthermore, i always enjoy working in a group as i believe you get a more thorough piece of work as you are collaborating individual ideas and creativity together to make the project overall more dynamic.

Until Next Time

Rachel