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Insight Puzzles Presentation

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Alexander shaw insight puzzle presentation

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Thursday 27th January 2011

Today i have been working on researching 3 successive people. The three people i chose were, Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta), Sally Field and John Barrowman. I have believe that i have finished the research. I then had started working in a new document on the subject of - My Opinion Of Successful People’s Childhoods and What Makes Success. I will be placing all my work in my folder as i find it easier to work in, then placing all my work on my blog.

http://www.myprimetime.com/work/life/content/res_ceo/index.shtml

Issues to be taken into account

Health and Safety - I do not see any major health and safety issues with my painting. A minor issue could have been the smell of the paint, it could have given me a headache. Another minor issue is that when putting the work up on the wall in the gallery, i would be using tools, e.g a hammer or screw driver with nails and screws.

Equality Issues - I don't believe that there is any issues with this in my painting.

Offence - I feel that my painting should not offence anybody. The painting is not related to anything that could offend people.

Human Rights - There is no issues with this as i have painted a painting and this does not go against any human rights issues.

Copyright/Intellectual Property Rights - My work does not have any copyright or intellectual property rights as i have created a painting and the images in the painting is my own work and from my mind, so there is no issue within this.

Incitement - My work will not cause a problem with this.

Libel and Slander - My work will not have an issue with this.

Final Painting

Here is a photo of my final painting. It was finished last Thursday 13th Jan 2011.

There is little difference between the test painting and the final painting.

Artists Statement

Here is my artists statement that will be placed next to my painting in the shop in town.

We are hoping to go down to the shop in our free periods to display the work.

Alex Shaw

A Force of Nature, 2011, 30cm x 40cm

Acrylic paints on canvas.

alexshaw2007@yahoo.co.uk

“A Force of Nature” shows the beauty and excitement of the weather, but is an issue in daily life. Tornados, which occur mainly in Tornado Alley in the USA, cause death and destruction, and this is what many people see, but they do not see the beauty, power and excitement of a tornado.

Alex Shaw is in the second-year of an Advanced Diploma in Creative and Media at Long Road Sixth Form College. His ambition is to go to America and chase tornados.

Changing Spaces is a project set up by Cambridge City Council and Love Cambridge, which has negotiated the use of vacant shop fronts around the city for exhibition purposes.

Statement Of Intent

Statement Of Intent

What I intend to do for my final pieces is, on my canvas, I would paint this image but enlarge it and add more to it.

This is the test painting that I did yesterday.

I intend to paint a tornado in an open landscape, but have a transmission tower and wire poles. My original idea was to add a town as well, but I could not paint the town to the style of the rest of the painting.

My main goal is to paint the painting in the same style as I did to the test painting. I expect to finish the painting tomorrow as I have a full day at college. One problem that I might face is the paint not drying fast enough so that I can add in extra detail. At the moment, the title of the piece that I have in place is ‘A Force of Nature’. I am planning to change the title, but have not come up with the final one yet. I am hoping to think of the title when the final piece is finished tomorrow.I want the title name to have a relationship with the painting.

I will be creating a physical object. The materials that I am working with is Acrylic paint, (White, Black, Brown, Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow) I will be mixing the colours on paper to get the correct colours that I want. For example, grey, light blue, dirty blue, ect. I will be working on a canvas, the size is A3, which I feel is suitable. On the canvas I will draw an outline of the image that I will be painting in black pen so that it stands out and I can see it clearly when painting. I have chosen to use acrylic paint as it is thick and I can paint in a blotchy style and you can see it more clearly. I will be using a medium size paintbrush for most of the painting, then a small thin paintbrush for the more detailed parts. I decided to work on a canvas instead of working on a sheet of card because I felt that it would be more professional and that it would stand out. I also felt that working on a A3 sized canvas would be easier than working on one that is larger. I also have a small amount of time to create it and finish it.

My piece is about the issues of tornadoes. Tornadoes are a force of nature that cannot be controlled. In the painting, I want to show the beauty of a tornado, but then show that it can destroy things. I want the viewer to have the same view on them as me, as people don’t fully understand them. Tomorrow is the only day that we have been given to complete the piece. I plan for the painting to be finished in time. I cannot plan a timetable for tomorrow, as I will be working as I go along, because of the way that I will be painting it.

Painting

Here is a photo of my painting. Tonight i am going to try and take a clearer photo i will also try and zoom in on parts of the painting. I took this image using the Mac on Photo Booth. The size of the canvas is 20cm x 20cm. I have used Acrylic paint. I started at 10:50am today. at 1:30pm i went to show it to my mentor Steve. He said that he like it. he also like the way that i painted it. He thought that putting a town in, would not fit really well because of the that that i've painted it. If i did paint a small town, the style of paint would be smooth and it would not look right. Instead of a town, i put a transmissions tower and half way up it, it has snapped and is being sucked into the tornado. It also got struck by lighting.

Ideas For Steve

Hi Steve, please can you answer these questions below on my main idea.

$ What do you think of the idea?

$ What do you like about the idea?

$ Is their anything that you are unsure about?

$ What suggestions do you have for how you might get started?

Here is my project proposal

Project Proposal - Idea 1 – Tornado

My first idea is, on a sheet of card, A2 size, I would paint a huge tornado with a town by the side of it. In the painting I want to show the beauty and excitement of a tornado and then the fear and the destruction of it.

On the card, it is going to have a hilly landscape. The tornado is going to cover around half of the sheet of card to make it stand out. I would paint the tornado using a mixture of grey paints which can be made from black and white paint. Then under the tornado, I am going to have dirt being thrown up in the air.

On the right had side of the page, I am going to have a town. This is to show that the tornado could change path and destroy this town, like many evens in the past.

I am going to have a water tower being ripped from it’s support and being sucked into the tornado. Even though the tornado has not hit town, it’s still creating destruction.The tornado will come from a stormy dark sky, with streaks of dark green to show that a tornado would have been able to form and give it the right setting.

To create this, I will need a sheet of A2 card, then a few paintbrushes, small and medium. The other main thing that I am going to need is the paint. It does not matter what paint I use but I will have to the standard colours like, blue, green, red, yellow, black, white and brown. When it’s being displayed, it will be stuck on a wall with either blutac or pins. I think that it will work in the exhibition space as it will draw the people in, as they would be interested in looking at it.

I want to communicate in my work that tornadoes can be big issues. They are deadly and destroy peoples lives. The subject is that tornadoes are deadly. Tornadoes are not something that we get in the UK, but in the US, they get a lot. I want the audience to be interested in my work. I don’t really know how I would expect them to react, as I don’t know that person that would be viewing it. I would be looking at the book Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers, which is a photographers work while storm chasing. It has some very exciting photos.

Challenge 5

Part 1 - This break, Monday 10th Jan 2011 10:30am, i will be talking to Steve Thorne to see if he can be my mentor. The reason for this is that he has a history in art.

I have spoken to Steve and he has agreed to be my mentor for this project. I have just sent him a link to my blog through a text, so that he can see my idea.

I have created a separate post, which has the questions for Steve with my project proposal. He is going to put any feedback and the answer in the comments box for that blog post. He is going to do it at lunch.

Part 2 -

Part 3 -

Challenge 2 - "JUST A MINUTE, VIDEO DIARY"

Challenge 2 - "JUST A MINUTE, VIDEO DIARY"

This is what I would say if I made one. I did not make a video as I really find it uncomfortable being in front of one a recording my self.

For idea 1

The subject of tornadoes is important to me because it is a force of nature that is beautiful, but deadly and devastating. The science of it is also very interesting. It gives excitement and fear at the same time to people. My feelings towards tornadoes is mainly beauty and excitement, even though people are getting their lives torn apart. The devastation does not really hit me until the tornado has gone, then your main attention is on the path that it left behind. In my paintings, i want to show the two sides of a tornado. The beauty and the devastation. A tornado is a force that no man can control. A tornado is an uncontrollable, unpredictable, and your life is in the hang of it, if near one. Tornadoes cannot be created by mankind. Only the force of nature can create this. The effect of a tornado after it's gone cause's much pain to many people. This is a thing that most people forget about when a tornado happens, they are more concentrated on the beauty of it. If i was chasing a tornado, i feel that i would forget about the devastation it would cause. I would be having excitement and fun while others fight to save their life's.

(To note, i have not seen a real tornado. - Seen them through films, tv shows and footage.)

Challenge 1

The issue is on Celebrity Life.

Celebrity life can be represented in many ways, like in music and Tv.

$ Lady Gaga - Talks about her life in her songs and videos.

$ Dead Set - Big Brother (Tv Program) - Celebrities in the Big Brother house, see their life and actions, have a zombie outbreak in it.

Lady Gaga

One song that she wrote was Speechless. It was written to convince her father, Joseph Germanotta, to undergo open heart surgery. This song is is a reminder for her younger fans to appreciate their parents. She was so upset that he would not have the surgery, so she said that she would stop singing if he did not undergo the surgery.

Dead Set

Charlie Brooker is the creator of the drama. He is a british journalist, comic writer and broadcaster. He also starred in the show a zombie. A celebrity in the show is Davina McCall, She is the real Big brother TV Presenter, and her character has also been brought into the TV Drama. Her celebrity life has been brought into the show, but her life changes when she turns into a zombie. An eviction was filmed outside the real big brother, where other locations within the big brother side in the program was filmed on an old military site.

Lady Gaga,

Bad Romance song title comes from when she generally felt lonely when she was in relationships. She gets drawn to men with whom the romance never works out. This is what inspired her to create the song.

Dead Set

Recreates the celebrity life that features in the Tv show Big Brother.

Project Proposal - Idea 2 – Flu – Hospital on black Alert

Project Proposal - Idea 2 – Flu – Hospital on black Alert

My second idea is, on a sheet of card, A2 size, I would draw and colour many different items to show the state of emergency at the hospital.

When the product is finished, it will look like a collage of many items that will be drawn by hand the coloured in afterwards. Items that I might draw could be bacteria, the hospital, injections, a high figure number in the colour red to show the amount of people ill with it.

What made me think of the idea was the major flu outbreak that is happening at the moment, at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge. The hospital is on ‘Black Alert’, which is the highest alert. Also many people have died of it at the moment.

To create this, I will need a sheet of A2 card, a drawing pencil, and colouring pens. When it comes to being displayed, it will be stuck on a wall with either blutac or pins. I think that it will work in the exhibition space, as it will draw the people in, as they would be interested in looking at it. I hope that they would agree that flu is a serious problem at the moment.

I want to communicate in my work that the flu is a big problem and that people should take it seriously. I want the audience to be interested in my work. I don’t really know how I would expect them to react, as I don’t know that person that would be viewing it. But I hope that they will understand it and take it seriously. For my mentor I would like to ask Steve Thorne, who is another media teacher at college. He has a history with art experience, so if I need any help or support he could guide me.

Project Proposal - Idea 3 Money Issues - VAT Increase

Project Proposal - Idea 3 Money Issues - VAT Increase

My third idea is, on a sheet of card, A2 size, I would a someone in a supermarket with a trolley, and they would be looking at the price of a product with a shocked face.

On the card, I am going to have long supermarket shelves with many items on them with price tags. The price tags will be prices that you would not expect to pay for that item. For example, a loaf of bread, priced at £1.49 and a 2-litre bottle of coke for £1.99. Due to the recent VAT increase, this has inspired me to think of the idea.

In front of the supermarket shelves, I will then have a person with a trolley. The trolley will be nearly empty due to the price of items. The person is looking at the price of a product with a shock face due to it being very expensive.

To create this, I will need a sheet of A2 card, a drawing pencil, and colouring pens. When it comes to being displayed, it will be stuck on a wall with either blutac or pins. I think that it will work in the exhibition space, as it will draw the people in, as they would be interested in looking at it and they would agree with the character in the piece of work.

I want to communicate in my work that money can cause big issues. The VAT has increased and shop prices are increasing. I want the audience to be interested in my work. I don’t really know how I would expect them to react, as I don’t know that person that would be viewing it. For my mentor I would like to ask Steve Thorne, who is another media teacher at college. He has a history with art experience, so if I need any help or support he could guide me. What inspired me to do this, is the recent VAT increase and all the talk that has gone on about it. At the moment, I do not know of any creative practitioners that my idea could relate to.

Project Proposal - Idea 1 - Tornado

Project Proposal - Idea 1 – Tornado

My first idea is, on a sheet of card, A2 size, I would paint a huge tornado with a town by the side of it. In the painting I want to show the beauty and excitement of a tornado and then the fear and the destruction of it.

On the card, it is going to have a hilly landscape. The tornado is going to cover around half of the sheet of card to make it stand out. I would paint the tornado using a mixture of grey paints which can be made from black and white paint. Then under the tornado, I am going to have dirt being thrown up in the air.

On the right had side of the page, I am going to have a town. This is to show that the tornado could change path and destroy this town, like many evens in the past.

I am going to have a water tower being ripped from it’s support and being sucked into the tornado. Even though the tornado has not hit town, it’s still creating destruction. The tornado will come from a stormy dark sky, with streaks of dark green to show that a tornado would have been able to form and give it the right setting.

To create this, I will need a sheet of A2 card, then a few paintbrushes, small and medium. The other main thing that I am going to need is the paint. It does not matter what paint I use but I will have to the standard colours like, blue, green, red, yellow, black, white and brown. When it’s being displayed, it will be stuck on a wall with either blutac or pins. I think that it will work in the exhibition space as it will draw the people in, as they would be interested in looking at it.

I want to communicate in my work that tornadoes can be big issues. They are deadly and destroy peoples lives. The subject is that tornadoes are deadly. Tornadoes are not something that we get in the UK, but in the US, they get a lot. I want the audience to be interested in my work. I don’t really know how I would expect them to react, as I don’t know that person that would be viewing it. I would be looking at the book Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers, which is a photographers work while storm chasing. It has some very exciting photos. For my mentor I would like to ask Steve Thorne, who is another media teacher at college. He has a history with art experience.

Ideas Spider Diagram

Here is a photo of my ideas spider diagram.

Ideas Mindmap

Here is a photo of my ideas mindmap.

Generate Ideas With Freewriting

Here is a screenshot of the task that i did on paper.

Ideas

All three ideas are all based on events.

Idea 3 - Event - Money - VAT Rise

Looking back at this, i think that it is to do with politics but at the moments i don't know.

Idea 3 - Event - Money - VAT Rise

My idea is to draw on a sheet of card, someone in a supermarket and they would be looking a the price of a product with a shocked face. The issue that i am trying to show is that the cost of items are more expensive than before and people will not be able to afford it in the long term.

URL'S

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?itemId=5001707512&type=CAMPAIGN&site=150&gclid=CNDS9c_ApaYCFcxO4QodkjVMZQ

Idea 3 is an event where the VAT has risen from 17.5% to 20%.

VAT rise from 4th January 2011. The increase will slow economic growth and add £7.50 a week, or £389 a year to an average family's bill. Shops lose out on money as t

he public stops spending more money due to the cost going up. This then puts peoples jobs at risk.

Idea 2 Event - Illness - Flu - Addenbrooke's hospital on "Balck Alert"

My idea is that on a sheet of card, i would paint/draw many different to show the state of emergency at the hospital. It would be like a collage of many different items, for example, the hospital, injections, bacteria, and a number figure to show how many people have got it.

What made me think of the idea was the major flu outbreak that is happening at the moment. Addenbrooke's hospital is on black alert which is the highest, and many people are dying over it. I want to show this event on a sheet of card.

URL'S

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-12110709

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Surge-in-flu-puts-Addenbrookes-on-black-alert.htm

Idea 2 is on an event.

Addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge is on 'BLACK ALERT', which is the highest state emergency for the hospital. All this due to a Flu outbreak this year due to the lowering amount of Flu injections this year. There has been a steep 60 per cent jump in the number of

patients admitted with flu in a single week.

Idea 1 Event - Weather - Tornado

My idea is that on a sheet of card, i would paint a huge tornado with a town by the side of it. In the painting i want to show the beauty of a tornado, but then the possible destruction. I believe that this painting has very good potential.

I thought of this idea because i am interested in tornadoes. The issue is that they bring joy and excitement, but mostly while that happens, they bring fear and devastation to others. I want to show this in my painting.

Tornado Outbreak

A tornado outbreak begun on 22nd May, 2010 and ended

on 25th May 2010. The storm system responsible for the tornadoes affected a large area from North Dakota to New

Mexico. Overall there was a report of 26 tornadoes.

The main tornado was the EF4 Bowdle tornado which started in walworth county as an EF2 tornado 4 miles west of the city of Bowdle, South Dakota. The tornado touched down directly on a farmstead and it was the most damaged structure in the immediate area. A few outbuildings were destroyed. A residence in the area sustained roof damage but the building was not severely damaged. Moving into Edmunds County, the tornado weakened into an EF1. Debris was flung hundreds of yards from the tornado. The tornado then quickly strengthened into an EF3 tornado 1.5 mi (2.4 km) NW of Bowdle. A large number of outbuildings were severely damaged or destroyed. Tree damage was widespread in the area. The tornado continued to move northeast and reached its peak intensity as an EF4 1 mi (1.6 km) north of Bowdle. Many houses and outbuildings in the area suffered major damage. Trees were debarked and cars were thrown into the air. Transmission Towers were toppled and crushed. One of them was torn off its concrete footings and was thrown hundreds of yards away. The tornado then shifted directions and moved eastwards as an EF2. A state radio tower was toppled before the tornado lifted shortly thereafter. Based on damage reports, the tornado traveled a distance of 5.01 mi (8.06 km).

Here is an image of it.

Here is some footage of it.

Seen from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-May_2010_tornado_outbreak#Bowdle_tornado.

and Storm Chasers Season 4 Episode 5 & 6

Extension

This project at the moment has been extended from Friday 14th Jan to Monday 17th Jan

Thursday 9th December 2010

Start Of Day

Today i am going to finish drawing the city. This should be finished by second lesson.

When this is done, i am then going to start the evaluation and this will hopefully be finished today.

End Of Day

I have finished doing the product today. I have also finished the evaluation.

Wednesday 8th December 2010

Start Of Day
I plan to outline the shanty town drawing in a thin black pen so that it will stand out. If this is completed today, i will then start drawing the city in pencil, so that i can rub out any mistakes.

End Of Day

I finished the outlining of the shanty town. Then i went on to start drawing the city. It is nearly finished, but i have to do one more drawing tomorrow.

Tuesday 7th December 2010

Start Of Day
I plan to print out the logos and then cut them out and glue them down. when this is down, i plan to start drawing the shanty town. I do not expect to start drawing the city today.

End Of Day
I printed out the logos to measured sizes. Then cut them out and stuck them down into the positions that i had measured them to. When this was done, i started drawing the shanty town. This was completed today, but it just needs to be gone over in a thin black pen to make it stand out.

Monday 6th December 2010

Start Of Day
Today i plan to start to create my product. I am hoping to get quite a bit done today, so that tomorrow, i can add the logos and start drawing.

End Of Day
I have got half way and i need to add the logos, then i can start drawing it. This will be done tomorrow.

Weekly Plans

All weekly plans can be seen near the back of my work folder. This is why they are not on my blog. I do post daily plans on my blog, but they are not in my folder, as it would take up alot of space in it, (+ paper and ink).

Contingency plan For The Creation Of The Product.

The Contingency Plan can be seen in my work folder. It is under Idea 1, Contingency Plan For The Creation Of The Product. It was created today and is four pages long.

Monday 29th November 2010

First of all, i will create week plan which can be seen with the others in my work folder, (what needs doing, when and what do I need in terms of equipment). Then create a contingency plan for the production of me creating my product this week. After this I hope to start my product. Today I would only need an A1 thick sheet of card, then a ruler, pencil, then a thick black pen and I might need a paper cutter. This would be used to create the boarder on my product, dividing the sheet of card into three parts as you can see in my miniature version in my sketchbook. If this is done today, because I will start working on the product second lesson, I will then start printing out the company logos, and use a paper cutter to cut them.

Thursday 25th November 2010

Here are two screen grabs of where i have been looking up images of shanty towns. This is so that i have some examples and an idea of what they look like, so that it will make it easier when i draw mine.

Screen grab of some of the images in microsoft word, so that i could print them out, and then place them in my sketch book along with the future city concept art. I am also going to but architectural building in my sketch book as well. All this will then help me draw my shanty town and city.

Also in my sketchbook i have nearly finished the design layout of my product. A photo of this can be seen below.:

As you can see it, I have not drawn a city or shanty town yet, this will be done this afternoon. I will be putting rough designs in it. I is not the final thing, It is a miniature of what i will be making next week. Also the cutting out is not as neat, but this will be to perfection next week as I will be using proper equipment like a paper cutter (guillotine).

After this blog post, i will be getting a few more company logos, due to the scale of my actual product that will be done next week. Then place the architectural and shanty town images in my sketch book and work in It. Then last lesson of the day, i want to extend my research on an architect, that i started researching on the other day.

Thursday 25th November 2010

Start Of Day

I want to finish getting the logos, then a copy of the logos to my final layout design so that i can get a sense of what it should look like. I then want to start some shack town designs, and city building.

End Of Day

I have left the logos out as these can be collected next week. I work on my miniature product layout/design and this is done and can be seen in my sketchbook. I then looked up shack towns and city buildings. All this work can be seen in my sketchbook. The work is over 9 pages. I have also made next weeks week plan template ready for next week. I also had to reprint some work as I could not find it in my work folder, so it must had been misplaced. I then had to edit a weekly plan as i had a huge spelling/ grammar mistake, so this had to be sorted.

Wednesday 24th November 2010

Start Of Day

Create a layout design of my product, so that i get an idea of what i need. I will be like creating a miniature of my final product. Then get a collection of technology company logos.

End Of Day

I have created a final layout design, but this might change slightly during making the final product next week.

I have got a collection of logos, but i still need to get more, then get a collection of technology company logos.

Frank Lloyd Wright - An Old Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright, original name, Frank Lincoln Wright was bourn in June 8th 1867 and died in April 9th 1959. Before he died, he was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works. Wright promoted organic architecture (exemplified by Fallingwater), was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture (exemplified by the Robie House, the Westcott House, and the Darwin D. Martin House), and developed the concept of the Usonian home (exemplified by the Rosenbaum House). His work includes original and innovative examples of many different building types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums. Wright also often designed many of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the furniture and stained glass.

Wright authored 20 books and many articles, and was a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe. His colorful personal life often made headlines, most notably for the 1914 fire and murders at his Taliesin studio.

Already well-known during his lifetime, Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time".

To View Much More Information, Please Go To This URL Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright

architecture Buildings

Here are some architecture buildings.

Architecture

Architecture

Another way to describe my advanced built city is some amazing architectural designs but within them having advanced technology. You cannot see the technology designs in my design as its designing an advanced city, so you would only see the city designs.

Below are some details on what an architectural designer is:

An architectural designer is an architect that works in the design of a building or urban landscapes, as opposed to the construction documents and management required to construct it. (It’s the designs of buildings that will be seen in my product as you cannot see the technology). Architectural designers have good creative skills, imagination and artistic talent. Although most students of architecture are trained to be designers in school, not all become designers in practice. Non-registered designers are similar, but cannot legally refer to themselves as "architectural" designers in most parts of the world. Most are referred to as building designers, especially when not employed by an architectural firm.

Here is where the information a an architecture comes from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_designer

Tuesday 23rd November 2010

Start Of Day
The first thing that i want to get finished today is the audience feedback. This was previously started last week. What i still need to do is handing out the questionnaires that i created last week to people and let them read my idea and see the example. Each questionnaire will have to be done one by one as each person needs to read and see my idea then answer the questionnaire. The people who fill them in will be able to give feedback in a section below that does not fit into the questions . This will be the easiest way to get feedback now as nobody gave me feedback through the internet - HOTMAIL + FACEBOOK. Then after that, I'll produce a mini document which will give my views on the questionnaire results and feedback and take into account any of the negative views. The questionnaires will be placed in my work folder after they have been completed.

I want to research into architecture designers, as creative looking buildings is what i am going to include in my drawing product.

End Of Day

I have finished the audience feedback on my idea. Then have started looking into architecture. So far i have not found any architecture designers. It has been a long process for looking for a designer.

Monday 22nd November 2010

Start Of Day

Today, i first of all will create the weekly plan for this week, which will be able to be seen in my work folder. Then after this, work of my list of items that need finishing, that i've already started, so that any work don't go astray and get forgot about, cause it won't get finished then. The list can be seen with my week plan, in the folder.

Middle Of Second Lesson

I have created the week plan which can be seen in my folder and have nearly finished the list so far... but i am still working on on the introduction page to the creative buildings, and i still need to do the idea 1 questionnaires. They have been created but have to be printed off. I hope to do this by mid day tomorrow.

End Of Day

I have created the week plan which can be seen in my folder. I have also done the introduction page to the creative buildings section. I want to finish the audience feedback tomorrow. I hope that it will be finished by 1:50pm at the latest.

Friday 19th November 2010

Today is Extended Project day, so no work will be done on the exam project.

Thursday 18th November 2010

Today college is not open due to open evening.

Checkpoint 1 – 17th November 2010

Checkpoint 1 – 17^th November 2010

Description

Most of my work is placed in my folder as I find it easier to work in. I also have some work on my blog and in my sketchbook.

The very first thing that I’ve done was think of my ideas. My ideas have been put into a 2-paged document with short descriptions. Then after that I, expanded on my three ideas, with a wider description of the idea. Also for each idea, I have created a rough layout for what the product would look like. My three ideas are descriptive. I have done a lot of work for the ideas, as the ideas are important as one will be chosen out of them for me then to work on and produce. This took a while as I found it very difficult to understand the exam document. The ideas slowly came along. I have created and presented my presentation, which had two of my ideas in, that interested me the most. After the presentation to the client, I was aloud to choose which idea I wanted to produce as the client like them both and thought that they would be doable. After this I have started the working process on idea 1, looking into cities with futuristic looking buildings, getting future city examples. It is still a work in process. Just yesterday I have started on the audience feedback of idea one, but no one seems to want to give me feedback. Today I am hoping to create a questionnaire for my idea 1 and have people look at my idea and answer the questions.

Analysis

I was surprised by the views of the client after the presentation of my two ideas. I was also aloud to choose which idea I want to work on and produce, and for me, it was idea one where they world and technology come together to create this advanced city as I strongly believe that it can be done. After the presentation, I have started to work and develop my idea, since the presentation. Also gathering feedback on the idea and still gathering feedback on it witch I plan to do tonight or tomorrow when I am not at college.

Evaluation

I found it difficult to think of my ideas due to me finding it hard to understand the exam document. It was a long process for me to understand it and to get my three ideas. Since I have though of my ideas, I have found this exam project quite enjoyable, as I am left alone to do my work. I have needed a rough outline of where I need to go next after finishing an item. At the moment I feel that I am on track. I am looking forward to start producing the product in a week or two’s time. I have also found it difficult to get audience feedback. I have posted a message on Facebook, which leads to a link with my idea on a separate blog, asking if they could read it and give me their views/comments. I have also sent an email to all of my hotmail contacts, but have not received and feedback yet, so this has lead me to creating a questionnaire. This has still to be done, my aims is that it would be fully completed next Monday as I am also going to get member of the class to fill them out as well.

Forward Planning

From today, I plan to create my questionnaire and finish the audience feedback of my idea. They would be place in my work folder afterwards. Any negative feedback from the questionnaires will be taken into account and I would work on the negative feedback with my idea and make it better. I am also going to research online to see an estimate prediction of when the world could, or might be possible to create something like my idea. Even though, I believe with today’s technology, the world could create a city like my idea now ready for around 2025

Next week I shall start to sketch some building designs in my sketchbook, then some designs for a shack town. I shall also use the web to get a huge collection of technology company logos so that I can get a more of an idea of what the product will look like.

Wednesday 17th November 2010

Start Of Day

Start the market research and audience analysis, gather audience feedback on my two ideas that were present in my presentation.

End Of Day

Corrected Presentation

Here is the corrected version of the powerpoint, that was done yesterday.

Globalisation presentation

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Tuesday 16th November 2010

Start Of Day - Upload the corrected presentation to Slideshare, then embed it onto my blog. The continue with the one-page report explaining how I plan to change my idea with the clients feedback if this was not finished yesterday. After this, I will then go back to my idea that I’m going to create which is idea one, and change the idea with the client’s feedback, this will include a few minor changes.

End Of Day -

Pete's Hand Written Feedback

Here is a photo of Pete's hand written feedback/comment/notes, that he did during the presentation last Friday. This can also be seen in my folder.

Its his views on how i presented the presentation and views on the ideas.

Monday 15th November 2010

Start Of Day

Today I plan to blog Pete’s comments on my ideas from the presentation from last Friday. After this I then plan to correct and comment on my presentation printout that is located in my folder, then go back to my digital save file of the presentation then edit it to the corrected version that I’ve done to the 1^st printed version in my folder then print that out and place it with the hand corrected version. Then start to write a one-page report explaining how I plan to change my idea with the client’s feedback.

End Of Day

I have finished blogging Pete's comments, and I have also hand corrected my printed presentation powerpoint. I then have corrected the digital copy of the presentation and printed that off, which is now located within my folder. The corrected presentation shall be uploaded onto my blog tomorrow. I am half way through the one page report and i shall finish this tomorrow.

Presentation Feedback

Presentation Feedback

Today I had to present the presentation to the client. The presentations were running over the time schedule that was given, so instead of my presentation being at 12:50pm, it was at around 1:05pm. I had been very nervous today because I really find it uncomfortable getting up in front someone to talk or present something to somebody. Later in the day I then found out that the presentation was going to be recorded so that I had proof that I did it when it comes to examining my work, and this made me feel more nervous about the presentation.

When I got into the classroom, I did not know how to start. When I started the presentation, I went straight to the 3^rd slide which was the example of idea I as I though that if I talked about the idea before the client saw the example, he might not have understood it as well, so I talked about the idea with the example showing, so that I could explain it bit by bit.

When the presentation was over, Pete (The Client) then gave me his thoughts on the presentation and ideas. He was near enough positive about the presentation, but I made a few mistakes within he creation of the presentation, for example, on the 1^st idea example, I included the Coca Cola logo in the example layout image, and the client did not understand what Coca Cola had to do with companies and their technology as it was meant to have technology companies logos as they would have imputed their technology to help create this advanced city in the near future. The client thought that the two ideas would work well and asked me which idea I liked the most, and that was idea one – an advance city. Also one last thing that the client thought that wouldn’t work as well on idea one is that the present day scene was countryside and he though that people would not want to change a lovely countryside into a city. So at the minutes, I think I am going to change it to a poor looking town, as this would have a better effect on the audience. So I believe that idea 1 is my chosen project idea now, and of course I will take in the client’s feedback and make the changes. On Monday 15^th Nov 10, I shall begin the work towards me creating the final product.