Exhibition 2010

Over the week, we had many problems, some worse than others.
I have listed the main problems below;

One of the more important ones, was that of the constantly falling work. The way we hung it meant the tape would become warm and loose and eventually fall, we decided not to overhaul the entire display, but simply deal with the work as and when it fell (which was often).

Another problem was the very out of sync timetable. Team members would come in, and change their days to whatever suited them best, which did on some occasions leave only one person opening the shop, often later than 9am.

The final major problem would be that of funding. Everyone was against spending a lot of our own money on this exhibition (me being one of them). However, a few people wouldn't even hand over a few pounds for printing and stationary, which is nothing short of TIGHT!

I felt that the exhibition on the whole went very well, I think we all worked well as a team, and had each others backs, some non-group members also stepped up when necessary which I think was great.
Some team members made little or no appearances during crucial times, (Adam Rietti being one of them). No matter how often he was contacted, he would still ignore the messages and not come in.

I do feel proud to be involved in such an event, as all work and props were our own. I do however think the lack of University help or even interest was nothing short of appalling! Not only did no-one other than our lecturers show up, they also gave us no financial help or even a few free prints. It is for this reason that I believe the exhibition was not as good as it could have been.

However, when it's all said and done, I enjoyed this module, and felt the way the exhibition turned out and the number of positive comments meant we did ourselves proud.

I think this module was a perfect way to finish our degree, as it made us work with people day in day out, who we normally wouldn't choose to work with. This meant we learnt a lot about each other and helped us to prepare for future employment.

I wish everyone the best of success for the future.

I have created welcome boards for the exhibition, as general feedback was that people were confused about what the exhibition was actually for.

Below is a low-res copy of the A3 information board.

I arrived at the shop at 8.45am on Saturday 22nd May and was the 3rd person there after Sav and Tom Mortimer. I was very impressed with what the group had done the day before, and felt that we had a great looking exhibition!

Although the group worked all day the day before setting up, there was still the odd task to do during the day whilst the exhibition was open. The day started pretty quietly, the odd person would stop, poke their head in and walk away. We did however get a fair amount of kids in to draw on the wall. Personally I think the exhibition could have done with a few more things like this, set up,to get the public involved.

The work would occasionally fall from one of the wires and hang wonky, this was solved by adding more tape! The walls also needed more doodles to cover the horrible, ripped plasterboard..... so we did some!

Towards the end of the day, we decided that the placement of the sofa was possible putting people off from entering the exhibition. The way we were sitting meant that as soon as someone walked in, they would see us, crowded together in the back of the room - this was possibly intimidating for some people. We cured this problem by using the sofa cover as a curtain, and put the sofa behind it. This cut off our personal section of the shop from that of the exhibition.

I was not in attendance today to help the teams set up, due to a close bereavement.

I have however, had lengthy conversations with Sav today over the phone and he assures me that everything went according to plan and we are all on track to open tomorrow.

We originally decided to print 6 A2 posters for the windows of the exhibition, but due to pricing being £11 per A2 sheet, this idea might well change.

I have been in contact with Sav and Mike, and we will be meeting in University on Monday 17th May to print all work and design the t-shirts for the event.

I have received Adam's updated poster designs and will print these Monday.
I am having trouble getting hold of Rob C to get his invitation designs from him, it is especially difficult as he doesn't use Facebook or check his blog that often.

Other than that, the design group and myself are on track!

Now we know what unit we are having at High Chelmer, the time has come to print off posters for the windows and directional arrows.

Digital copy services will charge £2.80 for 4, colour, A3 Posters and 10 directional arrows will cost £1.

So in total, the group (including myself), will need to bring a small amount of money to the exhibition to cover the £3.80 printing fee.

Since I didn't update any news on the exhibition over Easter, here it is:

Rob C - Banner COMPLETE

Shou Wang - Letter Head & Logo COMPLETE

Me - Flyers (front and back inc sponsors) COMPLETE

Richard Dutton - Poster still needed tweaking as of last Thursday (22nd April) as ghost images were still visible above certain images.

Adam Rietti - Still confused about what tasks need doing. He is making 1 poster which MUST
be ready for print by next lecture (Thurs 29th April).

**Awaiting Sav's orders regarding printing of Flyers and Banners**

I have decided to go for high-quality printing of my work, displayed in a well-made work book. WH Smith and Staples both sell presentation books of high quality. Here is an idea of the book I would use:

Printing would possibly be done on premium glossy, photographic paper - 255g/m2.

The reason for choosing a book with clear, presentation sleeves is due to the fact when I graduate from University, I willl attend various job interviews, some of which may include more photographical elements than animation, and others, more animation than photography. Putting my work in sleeves makes it easier to add and remove work when necessary.

As I forgot to include the "sponsored by" elements in my last flyer upload. Here is the final front flyer design. The back remains unchanged.

Here is my CV with a few changes. I have included more client work and deleted my GCSE grades as I feel that college and University education is enough to display.

Here are the finished, flyer designs all ready for print. Unless any changes such as sponsorships or dates occur, these will be the designs that will be printed.

These images below have been taken and manipulated by me over the years. These are possible candidates for my portfolio.

Here are 3 pieces of work I have done over my 3 years at University which I may use in my portfolio:

3D Studio Max



Photoshop (Showing the effects of fast food)



Photoshop (new logo design for Remus Horse Sanctuary, Ingatestone)

Here is my completed CV. Information includes employment, education and experience to date.

Here is my final business card design. Printing and chosen paper remains the same as the previous post.

Richard Dutton - To finish his remaining 2 poster designs, using photographic imagery and changing text to Century Gothic where necessary.

Rob C - To change poster designs to match the theme of the exhibition. This includes changing type and imagery where necessary.

Shou Wang - To add to the A4 letter head. Info to be added includes, title of exhibition, website address and contact details.

Me - To finalise flyer designs now the information is available to do so.

All to be done by; Thursday 25th March

Below is the final front flyer design to be distributed prior to our exhibition.
The logo has been changed by Shou Wang, it now works very well with the overall theme of the exhibition. The sponsor has also been changed from Tesco to High Chelmer to honor Tesco's request.

I have added a rough design for the back of the flyer as well. This will be reviewed by Mikey and Sav on Thursday 18th March and any changes will be done ready for the following week.

- Richard is ongoing with his poster designs. I told him to use more photographic imagery rather than hand drawn artwork as it looks much more professional.

- Shou Wang will have A4 letter heads completed for invitations by Thursday 18th March.

- Rob C has done some great banner and poster designs, he will finalise these ready for this week (18th March).

- Adam was behind on his delegated work due to his late start, he will produce a range of work to be evaluated by our team in this weeks lecture (18th March).

After speaking to both team leaders, they decided that flyer number 2 was the best and have decided to go with this as the final piece, minus a few changes.
The logo is to be changed by Shou Wang to fit in better with the "arty" style of the theme. I suggested maybe a paint pot instead of a camera lens, although I left it entirely up to her.
The sponsors were also said to be too big, so they have been shrunk down in size.

Rob has produced some very professional looking work, although it does not fit in with the chosen theme. He agreed, and will have updated poster and banner designs by Thursday (11th March).

Adam has still not contacted me in regards to his tasks, so I presume he has no problems and I will be expecting work from him on Thursday 11th March.

Richard has produced some simple poster designs by hand. I suggested he use more photos or royalty-free images to fit in with the rest our groups ideas. These should be ready by Thursday 11th March.

Below are the updated flyer designs to be reviewed by Sav and Mikey on Thursday 4th March.
I have re-designed 3 flyers, all using the title and font that was agreed last week, as well as including the date of the exhibition.
I think that the first flyer is a bit too cluttered with the different paint splatters, The 2nd flyer is my favourite as it is well laid out with a good use of space.

The feedback from the team leaders regarding my flyer designs were great!
Both Mikey and Sav liked the designs and felt very little needed changing. The second flyer was their favourite and it was decided that this was to be used once a few tweaks had been made.
First of all, the logo which was made by Ellaine, was to be placed within the flyer. The words "design studio" was to be adjusted a bit. paint splatters from the 3rd flyer should be used instead, and all sponsors placed along the bottom of the flyer (so far only Tesco is confirmed).

I will have the updated flyer design done, and ready by Thursday's lecture (4th March).

- Allocated work was not completed by Richard Dutton. He assures me 3 poster ideas will be done by the 4th March.

- Rob C and Adam Rietti were not present at the lecture. However, I spoke to Rob and poster designs will be done by the 4th March.

-Adam has not been in contact.

Here are 3 flyer ideas that I have come up with for our exhibition entitled 'Design Studio'.

I have kept the flyer clutter-free and used bright colours to grab the readers attention. There is also room to place the exhibition logo when necessary. I think these flyers work well as they display the information clearly and effectively, and also show the 'arty' style of our exhibition through the flyer design.

This piece is from the 3D Animation module in Year 2. This scene represents summer and was made from scratch in 3DS Max. I am quite proud of this piece as it was my 1st attempt at using a new software.

This piece is from our Generic Software module in year 1.
It is a sequel to the popular action movie, Die Hard and features me as the star. It was produced on Photoshop using all my own imagery.

Just a rough idea for a CV layout. I decided to keep the layout simple using strong but not over-powering colours which also keep a connection with my business card. I'm not 100% sure I like this idea yet, I will tweak it a bit more and see what I can come up with.

For my business card, I wanted to make it different to the generic cards we see in everyday life - landscape with a small logo, a few dull colours and the persons contact details.

Taking these points into account, I decided to make my business card portrait and use bright colours to attract attention and simple fonts to make it easy to read. I have also included one of my favorite design quotes by the late Hungarian painter Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, which I think completes the whole card.

My Business Card is one sided in order to keep production costs to a minimum and will be printed standard business card size (3.5inch x 2inch) and on Matt 255GM photopaper.

The new groups have now been established and the leaders of the 3 groups have delegated work to their groups.

Groups
Graphics Group - Leader: Craig Barker (Me)
Web Design Group - Leader: Mike Sibley
Exhibition Group - Leader: Savva Pelou

As the leader of the graphics group I am in charge of making sure the work required is dispersed evenly between my team members.

The work to be done is as follows:

Posters - Richard Dutton
Flyers - Me
Logo - Shou Wang
Banners - Adam Arietti
A selection of each - Rob C

We have all agreed that rough ideas will be shown in this weeks session (Thurs 25th Feb)

Today we presented our theme ideas to the class in the hope that one of our ideas would be chosen for the exhibition.
We presented our two favourite ideas - Apocalyptic and Behind Closed Doors.

Using our groups work, Sav produced a powerpoint presentation showcasing it all with detailed information of how things would be made if our idea was chosen.

Unfortunatly our idea wasn't chosen and the class decided to go with another group's work - Design Studio.

This week we all got together and decided to do some more work on our other theme - Behind Closed Doors. Although we are very fond of our Apocalyptic theme, time constraints and lack of resources could prove to be a problem for this large theme.

Below is a flyer I have created for Behind Closed Doors, I have kept it simple and spacious and feel the space works well within the boundaries of the design.

This week we spent the majority of the lecture refining ideas and reviewing the workspace that we have been provided with. Theresa took some photos of the shop along with some measurements which can be found on her Blog.

Savva was in charge of allocating the tasks for our chosen theme, mine was as follows:

Craig: To design and present flyers for the "Apocalyptic" theme. (I chose Craig for this task as he has strength in layout design and also works without boundaries.)

Below are two of my rough flyer designs. The "Apocalyptic" wording has only been put in to ensure the layout and spacing of the flyer worked well.

Today we were given the brief of this module and put into groups of 4 or 5 depending on the number of students.

We are required to produce an exhibition of our own work and design the theme of the exhibition, which is to be held in an empty unit in the Chelmsford shopping centre.
Our group got to work straight away by putting all our ideas into a mind map. What we came up with is listed below.

Invitees
Local Newspapers
Local design agencies
Local Radio
The general public

Advertising
Website
Free Ads - Local Newspaper
Radio
Mail Outs
Flyers
Stickers

Themes
"Behind Closed Doors" - Various sized doors, some on floor, some have nothing behind them
"Anti-Gallery" - No White walls, work not straight
"APOCALYPTIC" - A destroyed environment.

The Apocalyptic theme was instantly popular within our group, so we decided to research this idea further, and I think we have come up with some very powerful and unique ideas. For example.

• Graffiti on walls
• A Burnt out car! (with Police tape around it to prevent the public from touching it)
  
• Hazard tape around each individual exhibition
• A bent street lamp (to light the room)
• A burning skyline (painted/printed onto material then stuck on the wall)
• Using recycled objects to save money (serving drinks from a Jerry Can, using coffee jars as cups) - cheap and effective
• Victim's chalk outline on the floor (adds to the scene and easy to clean off)