Evaluation
I really enjoyed Studio Brief 4 as it was a chance to convey a personal message through our work for the first time.
When I first started designing my posters I was looking into 9/11 and I was going down that route, but thanks to the interim crit I got told to stay clear of that as it didn’t relate to my research as closely as the media did. I think this is where I went wrong with this brief; I was designing before I knew what it was I was trying to say, but then I was then helped by my classmates to find a new path to go down and the idea of the media changing people’s words for the benefit of their sales was much more suitable. Once I knew where I was going with it I had a clear message that made it easier to design than before.
A challenge that I faced during this brief was with the colour restrictions. As I did an illustration of Russell Brand it would have looked much better with a wider range of colours but I had to make sure I stuck to the brief and only used two colours and shades of those colours. I overcame this challenge in the end by simplifying the illustration so less colours were needed. In the end I think the illustration worked out rather well as it got the likeness and people knew it was Russell Brand straight away despite the simplicity of the face and the features.
Another aspect I thought worked well was the use of acetate. By adding in this stock it allows the audience to interact with the poster which will make it stand out from the rest. The reason behind the acetate is it lets the viewer of the poster physically uncover the truth of the story, and reminds them that not everything the media says is 100% correct.
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