At the start of the new term, we were set a short mini project to create a music flyer for one of the courses at college. We were given the content that suppose to be in the flyer and the sort of direction the flyer is meant to be giving the audience. The flyer that you can see on the right was created first. I thought that this was a cool design, however there was really no photos to show what the course is about or to catch the audiences eyes.
In the flyer to the left this was my attempt at improving, I thought that it looked great, we were given the college colour scheme and type face so we could make the poster a little bit better for the use around college. I thought that the image fit quite well on the poster, but what lots of people picked up on is that the grey at the top of the page look quite dull.
One thing that I want to do for my FMP is the extension of a task that we have done in the past. In the past task we had to come up with our own product that was totally unique, I came up with a website that allows people to find out how to build things from shops like Ikea. A lot of people struggle at building their and looking back at it, it is something that is actually a big problem for people. In the FMP I would actually create the website and a few animation to feature on it. Doing this would allow me to develop my skills in design, and website making, and these are two things that I would like to do after college.
I could make my own magazine on a topic that I am interested in. This magazine would be interactive and would extend my design skills and magazine making. I have not really made a lot of magazines but when I had done one I really enjoy it. If I could actually do one from start to finish that had lots of great content and looks great, then I reckon it would look pretty good. I could also develop a print version if I had enough time but I would decided this at a late date.
I have made a board game in the past and I really enjoyed that whole process of that project. I think something a long the idea of actually making something and creating all the object while still designing them would be something great to do.
A research Project is very important to have because it allows you and others to look back at where you have got the information, so that you can find out whether it is right. It also means that it is solid evidence that you have done research and shows the examiner that you have not just made up the the facts/ information by yourself.
Harvard referencing is one of the best ways to reference your work, it shows the place where you got the information from, who wrote it, when it was written and when you researched the information. If information changes on a website having the date you got the information is a clear indication that the website may have changed since getting your source. Having the website in you Harvard reference means that the examiner can quickly find the information with no problem at all.
An example of a Harvard reference could be as followed, According to (Arden, 2003 p.50) “The person who doesn’t make mistakes is unlikely to make anything.”).
Doing great research also means that you get a better understanding on what you are doing and this usually results in better results. If you are making something then finding out a lot about your audience means that you can do more things to attract them and keep there attention for longer. You can look at your competition and see what they are doing and look at their weaknesses and things that they might not be covering. Almost all big companies do a very large amount of research to make sure that they can do as good as possible against competition.
