A huge part of this digital media course involves choosing topics for each project. Selecting an interesting topic is imperative as it helps with motivation.
I have four very important projects looming which I need to get started on. I’m going to go through each project and detail my search for inspiration.
First up, is the visual communications poster due in two weeks time. I have already created a synopsis for my film and brainstormed a few ideas. My genre is psychological thriller as this is my favourite genre. I was passionate and engaged when writing my synopsis.
I researched numerous posters in the genre and noticed what they share in common. I’ve sketched a few ideas and played around with a few layouts in Photoshop. Once I nail down a layout, I will take an original photo and start to add some cool detailed effects. I feel well prepared for this assignment but it will take a lot of time and effort to get it looking professional. I’m going to work on this poster everyday this week.
The Research Methods assignment is due in three and a half weeks. Plenty of time, right? Yes, but there are a lot of elements to this assignment: a literature review, s survey, a focus group and a business plan. I still don’t have an idea. My first idea was to create an app for elderly people with dementia but it would be too complicated to conduct primary research with this group.
Other ideas are an app for those with Autism and ADHD, a friendship app like Tinder, a universal TV remote, thimbles for guitar players with long nails (hence the photo of Dolly Parton). None of these are brand new ideas, but none of the current versions are successful.
In order to nail down an idea, I will need to do some quick research on my four ideas and settle on the idea which has the greatest need and which would hypothetically be the most profitable.
I have to build my own website from scratch using HTML, CSS and a JS menu. This website isn’t due for another month but I have to submit my research proposal next week. I need to choose a hero to base my website on. I don’t really have a hero but there are people whose work I’m passionate about and would enjoy researching. Charlie Kaufman, Haruki Murakami and Paul McCartney were my initial three “heroes”, my favourite screenwriter, author and songwriter respectively.
However, I kind of want to do my website on a woman as women are under-represented in the hero category. I started to broaden my horizons on the definition of hero and began to consider modern, young females my age who I admire. Alice Phoebe Lou and Sinéad Burke came to mind next. Alice Phoebe Lou is a young musician and Sinéad Burke is a writer, academic, teacher and activist (the list goes on). She is an advocate for those with disabilities and she is also on track to becoming a fashion icon.
I’m still not 100% sure who I’ll choose. I’ll sit with it for a few more days and I will compile a list of websites with nice design.
I am delighted with how my first 3D model turned out and I cannot wait to start my next one! This final project is due on one month. I did a lot of browsing of 3D landscapes and architecture on Bēhance and realised I was drawn to dreamy, pastel designs. This led me to choosing The Grand Budapest Hotel. Might be too ambitious but hey, I’ll give it a bash and see what happens.
