Week 9 Log (2)

I did pretty well on my presentation last week. But I didn't have a model because ...I couldn't. Sicne the play got changed last minute, there was no point to make a model based on Little Shop of Horrors, and I hadn't heard from the director about what he wanted for the designs. So I just showed my developmental stuff, which I'd thought would be enough. My midterm is done. Hooray. Now it's time to start the final stuff and finish this project.

PLAY UPDATE!

It has been decided today that the play will no longer be Little Shop of Horrors. It is now going to be Beauty and the Beast. This decision was based on the availability of cast members and the difficulty of the songs. To accomodate this change with my project, I've begun to research the new play and get some pictures of the characters. I'll start doing practice drawings of them this week. Sometime this week or next week, the director will hopefully let me know what he'd like for the tickets, programs, fliers, t-shirts, and posters. Then, instead of creating 3 design boards for the cast/crew to choose from, I'll be just creating his ideas from the start. I'm extremely excited about this change of plan. =]

Week 9 Log

I'm working on my outline. I'll also be practicing this presentation before I present for a grade to make sure I am confident with the navigation around the site.

Week 8 Log (2)

I have completely finished, turned in, and posted my math & science report! YAY! Now that that burden is gone, I can start to work on my outline for next week's presentations. I'll also start working on my mentor contact sheets. My main mentor was unable to email me at all this marking period because she had surgery and would not be able to stay in contact. I made up for this lack of contact with extra meetings with my secondary mentor.

Math & Science Paper

You may be wondering how mathematics and science play a role in my graphic design project. Well, I know I was asking myself this question, but then I researched these properties and I found that math and science do play a part in the art of advertising. They can be found along the way of the design process and then in the final production of the advertising media.
Math is involved in advertising when determining the cost of printing and the paper, the size of tickets and fliers, and the proportions of the drawings which are based on these sizes. To find the cost of the printing of t-shirts and fliers, multiply the base fee by the number of shirts/fliers and then subtract any type of discount (such as a group rate). In this equation, let C equal cost, B equal base fee, n equal number of prints, and d equal discount. C=Bn-d
The tickets will be the standard business card size of 3.5” x 2” and will probably just be printed at the school (eliminating the factor of the cost for printing tickets). Fliers will be printed on 8.5” x 11” sheets of paper and will probably be printed by a printing company. I do not know at this point in time how large the t-shirts will have to be and how large the posters will be. Each of the designs will be resized using Photoshop to make them proportionate to the size of the final product.
Another aspect which is involved in advertising and graphic design is technology. Many types of machines and software are necessary for the completion of my project. A computer and scanner are necessary, as well as any machinery used by the printing companies. I need to use the computer software program, Photoshop for resizing and editing my designs in order to create the final product. This is basically all of the technology which is really involved in this project.
A large aspect of advertising is science. This may seem odd at first, but think about it – colors must flow properly and go with each other and they also must be the proper colors for the tone of the design. For example, a drawing of a happy moment would be colored with bright and cheerful colors, while a more upsetting and macabre scene would be mostly darker and bolder hues. (Colour Schemes)
This method to select colors is a science; colors can have many different combinations ranging from different intensities of the same color to its complimentary colors. You can even choose these colors by looking at a photograph and extracting three or four colors which will represent the feeling in the picture. (Creating a Color Scheme) These combinations are called color schemes and each color has endless combinations.
Not only do colors need to be chosen well to blend with the other colors around them, but they also must be chosen with the overall picture in mind. The colors’ meanings must convey the message and feeling in the scene. For Little Shop of Horror I’ve tried to use mostly deeper, bolder colors such as reds, greens, and oranges while adding a splash of bright colors in each design. The small amount of brightness represents, to me, the irony of the play and how the characters are so oblivious to the oddity of this gigantic plant that keeps growing. The darker colors convey the deep and eerie events in the play while the bright colors show the quirky side of the show.

Works Cited
"Colour Schemes". Mezzoblue. August 14, 2007.
http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/05/14/colour_schem/.
“Creating a Color Scheme”. Tutorials. January 8, 2008.
http://www.chainstyle.com/tutorials/colscheme.html.
“Interior Design and Decoration”. Dezine Holdings Ltd. January 6, 2008.
http://www.interiordezine.com/index.cfm/Colour.

Color Schemes and Meanings

The following images are courtesy of http://www.interiordezine.com/index.cfm/Colour

^ Green Color Meanings


^ Black Color Meanings


^Orange Color Meanings


^ Red Color Meanings


^ Green Color Schemes


^ Orange Color Schemes


^ Red Color Schemes

Week 8 Log

I have all of my research and images set to go for the math and science paper, now all I have to do is type it up. After this, I'll begin work on my presentation outline.

Winter Break Update

I'm not going to lie, over winter break, I got no work done on my systems project becacuse we'd just turned in developmental work and all thats left for this marking period is my math & science paper. I wasn't sure where to begin with this, so I just decided to enjoy the break and wait till 2008 to start working again. Happy New Year, everyone!!