Saturday 26 January 2013

Help with thinking

I have been compiling a list from research of the elements that make up a stage production.


  1. Decide which play you are going to perform.
  2. Figure out a budget.
  3. Hold auditions and create your cast.
  4. Set a rehearsal schedule...but always be ready to change it.
  5. Get yourself a stage manager.
  6. Begin with the text.
  7. Costumes, set, vision...Figure it out!
  8. Publicize, publicize, publicize.
  9. Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.
  10. When it’s time to let go...


As you can see from the above example this list is just a starting place to pin down what elements are needed. I have also under taken a preliminary search for icon to help with my map idea and have found that looking for the icons has helped me think about the list above.

Publicity

Stage Hand

Writer

Buget

Actors

Lighting

Director

Wardrobe
These icon I have adapted or changed to help with my thought process from example I have found via Google.

Monday 21 January 2013

Which brief


After receiving the brief list these where four that I found the most interesting-:




Douwe Egberts coffee.

The key point that struck me upon reading the brief where, They wanted to get the people who drink coffee at work, purchased from well known coffee chains where not drinking coffee at home. They have a 250 years of expertise in making coffee, tradition can be an advantage, it can also make them look old and dated. They want to appeal to the 25+ age group ho fall into the ABC1 category. Who love life, food and travel and will pay for quality.

I ran through a few ideas and thought about a video for a central charterer who had not so happy experience getting coffee in the morning on the way to work, culminating in them having some 'me time' at home drinking Douwe Egberts coffee in a nice airy kitchen in a Victorian house. 

 

Marriott Hotel & Resorts.

The key points to the brief where they wanted to appeal to technically enabled young, who have a new mind set about work life and travel. Who want to travel with a purpose. Marriotts want touse the idea of traveling to events in Europe. They suggest that their be a minimum of three events. For example a concert in Manchester, An event in Munich, a cultural event in Moscow.

My first thought was for a stylised poster to promote the events in the style of poster from the 20's and 30's displayed in the underground and other trans port links. Also a card which would be in the same style in hotels telling you of up and coming events in other Marriott Hotels around Europe. I soon move on to the idea of an ipod touch or similar device which arrived after you booked your room with all the thing you might need for the city where you where staying, ie maps, tour guide, compass, audio guide if you going to see an exhibition. All pre loaded and the device would act as your room key and control every thing in the room. At the end you could have your photos down loaded after you hand back the device.


Plan UK

The key point to the brief are that Plan UK are a global children’s charity who want to at
sponsorship and money for their program “I am a girl”. Which promotes education for girls in the third world. Their primary audience are women aged 25 to 34 demographic classification of ABC1. Who give to charity but don't think that they are campaigners. Girls have to be show in a positive light.

This appealed to me for altruistic reasons, I though of post with cleaver strap lines. “ because we worth it” and the idea that women in the past help modern women to be what they are now.


The Royal Court Theater

The key points for the brief are to tell the story of the play before its presented on stage, that results in raising interest, enthusiasm and general awareness to their theater audience. The target audience are their existing audience who regularly attend but don't know what else goes on behind the scenes most people that come view themselves as risk takers and want to be in on something at the start.

I can see that The Royal court web site already has lots of information and it the trigger for people to visit their site I think is key. I thought about creating some thing the would stick in people memory so they would think about The Royal Court. I have though of many visual images to say that it take many things from many places before a production is put on.


Thursday 17 January 2013

New Brief

We have just been given our new brief. The design agency YCN have held  an award competition since 2001.

YCN is a design agency, which describes itself as 'Producing work across all media and representing the finest creative people for commissions and collaborations'. They say of themselves that 'YCN today produces advertising, design and other creative communications n all media; both for its own projects and ventures and on behalf its various clients'. They are a 'group of designers, art directors, developers, writers, illustrators and project managers work together at 72 Rivington Street in London'. They also run an annual competition which offers students the chance to fulfil creative briefs from a range of high profile clients and enter that work in a competition. 'The YCN Student Awards shine a light on new creative talent and centre on a collection of live creative briefs'. (http://www.ycn.org)

Winning a competition such as this one often results in the work being commissioned commercially and is a good career starter.

 
For this assignment I will choose from a list of YCN Award brief. The internal deadline for my degree assessment is in advance of the YCN submission deadline, which is March 14th 2013. It is recommended, but not compulsory, that we enter our work into the competition.



YCN Clients brief list.
Bacardi,  British Eurosport, Churchill, Douwe Egberts, Ella's Kitchen, Experian, Fedrigoni, Forestry Commission England, Goji, Lego, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Nissan, Plan UK, Reading and Leeds Festival, Royal Court Theater, The Feel Good Drinks Company, UGG, UK Greetings, Very, Yahoo!, Yell.

We are required to keep a sketchbook/ visual diary to record the generation of ideas and the progress, development and evolution of our project.
In addition my blog hold process, idea, techniques and examples of any contextual references (art and design styles) that I have researched, together with links to media sources used for inspiration.


Key Dates
Mondays 14th January - Visiting YCN in London
Wednesday 16th January -Talk about three initial ideas in response to your chosen brief for discussion
Wednesday 6th February - Full pitch of idea
Monday 25th February - Crit
Wednesday 27th February - Hand in project

Thursday 14th March - Submission deadline at YCN