PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP.

A picture of wood samples (DnAD research)

My beautiful hand cream 

Than I remembered I had my super cool sample from UCAS art fair from the 'Swansea Met Faculty of applied design and engineering'.

Marcus helped me figure out how to take the picture in action, so you could see that the booklet pops out when you open it.

These are my first tries adjusting the shutter speed and apature in a quite direct concentrated light with a black background.

Than Marcus brought in the flash in order to capture the cubes as they are while poping out.

We figured that if you wear a black glove or have a string that would open up the booklet there is a possibilitie of getting a really good picture.

THE KENNEDYS. STEP 2

One day of planning can save up many days of panicking. I have arranged all the actors needed for all the shots. I have talked with Matt about all the equipment I might need (had a small induction itno the SLR Canon 1100D camera, nice), talked with the mack suite guys about the sound-booth and how can I use it to make the background music, also arranged the bar in which I'm planning to film one of the scenes about LOVE, it's in call lane not as busy at the opening, talked with Suzannes boyfriend about filming someone in skatepark for the shot passion - he agreed, many thanks, Suzanne and Lizzi agreed to film in part 'friendship', and Suzanne also agreed so I would film in her flat which is amazing (more thank you's are needed)

THE KENNEDYS

I hearded about The Kennedys project in Amsterdam from David and than I was considering to apply but it wasn't anaounced open till very late and then one day Thomas just posted it on my facebook wall saying that it's open for entries. i went online to check out the requiriments and suddenly realised that I want to try and apply. The requiriments seemed simple enough Create a PDF that would have answers to set statements and questions, your creative CV (we've been having sessions with John about it) and samples of work (that I was a bit worried). The first one was to create a video about something important and so it was taht i never worked with film and wasn't planing to but than today IT STRUK! AN IDEA! I was walking to work and thinkin 'important things' and how you could create an inspirational message showing cool pictures of people dancing, and loughfing and having fun, and being with their family and having outdoor activities and all these flashing images and than I realised that it's a bit BORING....Been there done that....After I came back from work still thinking of that video (just couldn't let it go) I remebered my hometown and one of the exhibitions I've been in and remebered this poster about toilet paper and it JUST KLICKED!!!!!!!!! Images of REALY important things and than SMALL things are important as well...situation in a toilet where a person doesn't check for the toilet paper and it grows into a big ridiculous drama!!!! YES! The idea is here! Will sit down write a script and do a storyboard NOW! So exited! have two weeks to do this!

OUGD503. LITHUANIAN SIDE BRIEF

While I was in Lithuania I met one girl from the so called 'Oranges'. They organize (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) Olympics for 9-12 classes around Lithuania. And started the talk about their designs and tho I did tell myself that I would not do anything for a Lithuanian audience, I decided to break my rule and actually take this in as a life brief for the responsive. It is a really BIG re-branding project. The only thing I am really happy about that the girl that is in contact with me is really well organized, open for ideas but know what she wants and the best thing communication skills. Žana is very quick at writing back. I think i m going to be enjoying this. They actually have a problem after the Olympics is done I will try to get them more sponsors by improving the look of the organization.

We are using drop box as our file sharing system, we also are using e-mails, which makes things clearer because there is quite a lot of designing involved and a lot of information.

The first deadline for the logo's is next week. 21st-22nd of February. I really fast deadline for a very important thing. I will try and keep them consistent because earlier they had different people doing the logos and they all are not as bad but really different to each other.

I will need to do a brand guidelines. Simon and Lorraine were talking about them yesterday in the session which i found helpful. Now I even understand why is it needed. Because tho all the files are really organized in Drop Box it is still really hard to make sense of it.

Audiance:

9-12 class children (very smart children/nerds), age 15-18.

Deliverables:

4 logos
Named programs
Periodic Table
Presentation slides
Stickers
Booklet ribbon bookmarks

I will be designing in Lithuanian language but I will keep an English description for this. So it would still be possible to mark. I will need to write the brief myself for this and than this brief will have two parts, olimpics is one of them than improving the organization as a brand the second task.

OUGD505. A LIST OFF GOOD THINGS.

Yesterday I sat down and wrote a list of GOOD things and here it is in a more digital form:

1. face punching my bed and passing out (usually after traveling)
2. The capital of Lithuania (Vilnius)
3. Bass guitar
4. The morning track
5. Walking in the house naked when no one is in
6. Dancing to your favorite tune
7. Friends
8. Undiscovered places
9. Walking
10. Possibilities
11. Jazz and Hip Hop music
12. Sunshine and warmth
13. Collecting stuff
14. Stories that people tell you if you ask
15. Conversations with other people or sometimes with myself
16. Obsessing over stuff (Snask at the moment)
17. Doing something you are not supposed to be doing (nothing illegal)
18. Making memories
19. That moment when you feel so happy - you don't know what to do
20. Meeting new people
21.Starting a new brief
22. Buying a dress
23. Getting unexpected presents or postcards
24. Graphic Design
25. Making food for others
26. Pancakes
27. People with strange habits
28. Truth
29. Orange juice

I had to choose one in order to analyze it more and I was struggling because all of the things were promising.

At the beginning I chose DRESSES. But than started looking at the good things and bad things and I could not find enough of them. So I went on choosing TRUTH!

TRUTH

Good:

1. Makes You and other people feel better and know where they and you stand
2. People that tell the truth are more reliable, trust-worthy, respectful and more influential
3. You can't argue with the truth
4. Makes you healthier (it's proven that people that lie less are more healthier than people that lie a lot)
5. By telling the truth you get rid of all the people that are not honest to you.
6. Being truthful to yourself lets you do the things you really want to do.
7. People prefer and want to know the truth
8.
9.
10.

Bad:

1. People might not like the truth
2. People might get hurt because of the truth
3. It's hard to tell the truth
4. Sometimes white lies are useful.
5. Truth can change (earth - flat, earth - round)
6. Pink Lies are good (acording to SNASK)
7. Advertising wouldn't exist without lies
8. Sometimes truth or lie can determine a person lives or dies (Death penalty)
9. You can never be sure if the person is telling the truth or not (exception: Lie directors and psychology)
10. One persons truth can be another's lie

After having the small crit/session with others (Nigel, Tani, Jemma, Neithan, Josh, Mikey) I realized that I need to specify it.

5 Things to narrow down and research into:

1. Lie directors/other ways to know the person is lying
2. Death Penalty/America/The legal system
3. Lady Gaga (controversial) / Pink Lies/ Carrier boost
4. Advertising
5. Conspiracy Theories
6. Political Scandals/ How many because of lies?

So now I need to choose a new theme and research into it. Most likely going to go with lie directors and how to tell that a person is lying. I find it quite interesting and I am curious what technology is there to determine if the person is telling the truth or not.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO IMPROVE:

1. Illustrator skills
2. LEARN embossing
3. More laser cut
4. Writing skills
5. Keeping up with blogging and not hatting it.
6. Documenting my thought process/design development
7. Care more about marks
8. Time management
9. Be more aware of what is happening in the design scene and the world
10. Staying focused
11. Learn about new and developing technology that might be used for interaction in design

5 THINGS HOW YOU COULD IMPROVE IN THIS BRIEF:

1. One of the final pieces might be embossed (if relevant)
2. Blog every day no matter what amount, just keep it up every day
3. Have a notebook and keep track of everything
4. Read more of magazines and newspapers or blogs/ news sites
5. Contact creative people

TASK FOR NEXT TUESDAY

• 5 examples of branding, deconstructed into something that you are researching
• 5 examples of print that you want to explore more and can relate to your research

OUGD503. RESPONSIVE. CREATIVE PARNERSHIP. ASWERS

BRIEF TITLE:

L'Artisan Parfumeur jkr Brief



Why have you chosen to work with your creative partner? What are your aims?


I chose Thomas because he tells me off and he’s really good at time management and keeping me on schedule. I learned that whiles we were doing the PPP group presentations. He tells me when to stop being crazy and start the work but he still encourages me to keep on thinking all the crazy ideas. So I think our partnership can bend the boundaries of design and it will be a challenge for two absolutely different people working together.


My aims for this brief are to produce an amazing piece of design that would astonish other people and would be a good piece to put into our portfolios. As well as winning – no one enters a competition without the aim of wining, I would not like that to be the main aim, but it can be one of them. I think this partnership is one of the strongest aims. Making it work and learning from each other.



What are your specific areas of creative interest in this brief?

I think I could contribute to the concept and the presentations (distribution) of the final piece


What specific design skills do you have to offer in relation to your chosen brief? How do you intend to use them?

I have my ideas to offer. I think Tom is better in using the creative software so probably I will learn quite a bit from him. On the other hand I have a bit of after effect skills to offer, as well as Audition (if we need any) and I am a fast learner and not afraid of contacting and asking stuff. So if we go into the shop I will need to be the one ‘Go ask her for some samples’ person.



What specific non-design skills do you have to offer in relation to your chosen brief? How do you intend to use them?

My personality and let’s make everything we do interesting. As well as motivating the other member of our partnership and being always amused about strange stuff that people usually don’t find amusing.



What will your specific roles be in the collaboration in relation to your brief?

I do the ideas, Thomas does the work. Simple as. Obviously I will want to help him and everything.
But that was our agreement.



What will your individual responsibilities be in relation to your brief?

We will both analyse the brief and come up with ideas, both contribute to the research and development and both make design and idea decisions. I think it’s going to be a 50/50 collaboration. Obviously tom is going to time manage the whole thing and create deadlines and I am going to be the crazy one with changing our idea every day and driving Thom crazy with my more and more brilliant ideas. So to sum it up: Tom will be the organized side of creativity and I will be the slightly needed chaos for the collaboration to work and succeed. I will probably work on organising photography studios and making stuff happen and doing whatever needed to make the ideas work. While Tom do the design part of the brief because he is way better at the creative software 9(I might learn a thing or two)



What will your joint responsibilities be?

We will both analyse the brief and come up with ideas, both contribute to the research and development and both make design and idea decisions. I think it’s going to be a 50/50 collaboration.