Tuesday 16 February 2010

Thursday 11/02/10 - 10am - PRESENTATION DAY

Before our presentation at 11.50am we kept going through it and making it better. We needed to slow down and speak clearer to get our point across. We also wrote down possible questions that could be asked and discussed how we could answer them.

It all went well, I was very nervous but we all did the best we could. Laura Groves liked our concept but she wanted a more dark theme. There were also comments on our lyric pages and whole book presentation  which we agreed on. However I am pleased with our outcome and we couldn't have worked any harder than we did. There are lot's we can change and improve with the actual idea and outcome but as far as group effort is concerned I am proud of us all.












Wednesday 10/02/20 9am to 2am

Today we got everything produced. I finished the Flash in the morning and then met the group at about half ten to finish everything else. The collectors cards that we wanted slotted in the packaging took all day to produce for some reason and that was with all of us doing it! Everything went wrong with them such as printing, colour, font, etc. we managed to get them done by about 5ish along with everything else. Steve went to Print Factory and Hobbs to print off the packaging and CD sticker. The CD sticker took only about an hour to do and we were all happy with it. Steve also managed to make a dust cover on Wednesday night which was good because this meant we had time to prepare for our presentation.

We went to the photography studio to take photos of our stuff so that we could include them in our presentation. However  because it got to 9pm and the university building was closing we had to continue at the library. We all went home to eat and then met back up at 10pm until 2am at the library. We managed to find a large room on the lower ground floor with a projector which was perfect for practicing our presentation.

There was a conflict about who was speaking as the girls wanted me to speak and me and Steve wanted Steve to speak. My reason was because although I seemed to present well in the library I knew I'd fall apart in the actual presentation. For some reason I just really felt uncomfortable speaking. Steve and the girls had an argument about who should speak because of a comment was made about a girl should speak instead of a boy because Laura Groves was female. I didn't even care as I was tired but Steve took offense. Everyone finally agreed that both of us should speak which was fine by me. Me and Steve rehearsed a few times with notes and then we all went home to get some sleep!



Wednesday 03/02/10 to Tuesday 09/02/10

I have not had chance to write on my blog during this particular week due to the constant group work and my collaboration work. Throughout this week we have met up every day roughly from 10am to 7pm. Some days were early mornings and late nights with all of us attending. We have worked really well as a group and have been together most of the time. We have also had a lot of input from the tutors regarding the logo and packaging etc.We decided to stick with idea of the packaging being a book. On Thursday I spent all day producing the logo on illustrator, whilst the group helped and also worked on the lyric pages of packaging. This took a while to do and people were getting frustrated with the slow pace of the logo, however we managed to all agree on an end result.











John Young brought in a book on Vaughan Oliver which gave Steve inspiration for the lyrics pages. By Tuesday we had mock ups of the packaging and our final layout ready to be printed in In-design. I had also produced an example website in Flash using the same concept as the
 objects. All we had to do on Wednesday was pick an idea for our front cover and dust jacket and prepare for our presentation. We also needed to produce the final product to show at the presentation.

Tuesday 2 February 2010

Tuesday 02/02/10 - 10am to 6pm

Today we had a chat with Chris about our idea. He liked the concept but said that we need to simplify it and stick with one purpose. We need to be sure of our idea so that we can sell it well in our presentation. We are focussing on lost and found objects that can be used to hide things as well as seeming secretive. The objects suggest moods and emotions that are unknown which creates mystery. They once meant something to someone but now that meaning is lost and open to suggestion. This fits well with the Blue Roses' music that is said to be found, kept and cherished. We talked about making the CD packaging in to a book of some-sort and then he showed us the Radio Head album amnesiac, which is similar. If we are going to do it in the style of an old book then we will have to make sure the images and text stick to the traditions so that it is professional.
Steve and Lauren then suggested making it a book with lyrics and just one image on the middle page spread. We could then use other images for collective postcard like tip ins. We then took final photographs that we felt fit with our packaging and website. We might also stick with the dust jacket idea.

We still need to decide on a logo and font.

Attendance:
Steven Cherry
Lauren Avery
Sarah Baker
Jade Wells


Next meeting:
Wednesday 03/02/10 - 10am

Aims for next meeting:
- Focus on generating a logo.
- Select favorite images.
- make mock ups of packaging ideas.
- Be prepared to pick our exact images and packaging so that we can start to make it and do the logo.




Monday 1 February 2010

Monday 01/02/10 - 10am to 6pm

Today we decided on our packaging and website. We have planned all the objects we are going to use so that we know exactly what photos to take in the studio tomorrow. We are meeting with Chris about our project at 11.25am and then going straight to the photography room to get our photos. I have done rough sketches and notes for the website and also had a mess about on Flash. We have all made mock ups and images for our packaging as well as experimenting with font and logos.

I feel we have had a constructive day today but I am a little worried about the deadline. We all seem to be working so hard and really well together but for some reason we don't seem to be ahead. Maybe it's because we struggled with ideas at first. We are aiming to get the packaging done before next Monday. This way we can do touch ups next week and concentrate on our presentation skills. Hopefully the site will go smoothly if I can get all the coding right.

Attendance:
Steven Cherry
Lauren Avery
Sarah Baker
Jade Wells

Next meeting:
Tuesday 02/02/10 - 10am

Aims for next meeting:
- Focus on generating a logo.
- Plan for our photo shoot; sketching & thinking about what we want on our images.
- Prepare for Flash; sketching out what is needed.

Sunday 31 January 2010

Friday 29/01/10 - 12pm to 4pm

Today we had no meeting but I have been in the mac suite. I have been recapping my Flash skills and experimenting with the images we have to make a website. I need to do more paper and pencil planning and work out what needs to be on the website. Also images that will work best. Not having a logo is a massive problem and this needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

Thursday 28/01/10

We were not aware that the presentation we had today was so formal. Therefore when we met at 10am we began to panic. Our presentation was at 4pm so we spent all day sorting all of our work out ready to present. This is when steve come up with the idea of a dust jacket which could go around our packaging. This would be the same image as the cover but have dust on it. We watched another groups presentation before us and they had really prepared for it and use a power point presentation. We did our best with what we had and the tutors liked our idea but agreed it should be more developed. From this we realized we need to prepare who is going to speak and exactly what they will say. Also to have a mint condition final product to hand out, as well as an in-time power point presentation of images including ideas and research.

Today we also talked about our mascot Peter La Scalla! That then prompted me to open the tape holder and read the information inside the folded paper images. To our complete astonishment we found that it had been signed by him! We are definitely keeping him as our mascot! GO TEAM LA SCALLA!!!!

Attendance:
Steven Cherry
Lauren Avery
Sarah Baker
Jade Wells

Next meeting:
Monday 01/02/10 - 10am

Aims for next meeting:
- Develop our ideas.
- Prepare for more photography and what we want.
- Think about a logo and font.
- Start planning the website.