Answer the following questions based on your project. You must answer them in complete sentences and using specific language, thus I don’t want to read something that says “This is the best project I have composed b/c I fulfilled the assignments expectations.” That tells me nothing. Use specifics. This should end up being a full paragraph (7-10 sentences or more). I also want you to be real and honest about your responses (um, don't give me any B.S. =)
1. Believe that this is the best project you have ever composed. Tell me why.
2. Doubt that your project is any good at all. Tell me why.
3. Predict KT's take on your project (i.e. how do you believe I will react to your project).
4. Agree or disagree with your sense of KT's take on your project.
**Overall question: what might you learn about a project and yourself as a composer by reflecting after-the-fact?
This is DUE by class on Thursday, September 16, 2010.
For this project, I found the most difficult aspect to be the invention process. I stumbled around changing ideas left and right, never really feeling comfortable settling on one idea over the other. I wasn’t quite sure whether I was following the prompt and transitioning a mass media genre over to the 40 somethings in a realistic way. After spending the majority of the time doubting my ideas, researching different book covers, and talking to older friends of mine that read countless books, I settled on the concept of “True Love” and how it relates to the mass media (or at least the female population) as well as older women. Once the idea for the book formed in my mind, I couldn’t take a step further until I wrote out the summary, which ended up being four pages long. The arrangement of the book was very important to me, even if it was never going to be written. Finally, I began composing the style of the book cover, switching from dark and mysterious to shading to warmth and carefree. I decided on taking a picture for the cover since my artistic skills are not the best. I had the book cover already conceived in my head, so it was merely a matter of finding a location that matched it. My friend helped me, as her camera is much better than mine, and we must have taken 40 pictures of the same thing, re-arranging the angle or the objects. After downloading the images onto my computer, I searched out the perfect one, adjusted the lighting, added some shading and color changes, then inserted the words, settling on white for the color and a cursive font. After designing the cover, and finding myself quite pleased with it, I found the other aspects of the project to fly by with ease. When writing the cover letter to “my boss” I found myself inspired to defend my ad, as at this point I wanted (and still want) to see it in bookstores. I felt like my work spoke for itself, but picking apart the little details of the cover and explaining them to show how they drew in a new audience was fun and intriguing, since when the project was first assigned I was very nervous and doubted that I would be able to make a decent presentation. Writing the cover letter also helped inspire the layout for my pitch, the arrangement spurred the invention for another genre (and at this point I’m beginning to realize how rhetorical discourse works and why it was important for us to read all of the, let’s admit it mostly boring, but very informative articles for class). Overall, I’m very pleased with my project, and I hope that everyone else will love it as much as I do.
ReplyDeleteI think, like Sarah, the hardest part of this project was trying to come up with an idea. I always tend to have a lot of ideas, and even up to the very last point (coming up with a slogan) it is like a constant battle for me to settle on one thing. I do not think my project is all that great, but that is mostly because I always feel like I could have changed things last minute and made it better. While I think it was a fun project (particularly because it is quite different than any other project I've done), I'm not a huge fan of presenting or using programs like photoshop. I had thought of just handdrawing the whole thing, but it seemed like that would also be too complicated. As far as what I think Kara will think of it, I think she'll like the actual drawing that I placed in the middle, but I'm not sure if she will like the concept behind it.
ReplyDeleteI did a great job on this project because I was creative while following instructions. I used InDesign to create the poster, which wasn’t easy, but definitely worth it. I worked hard on the design for a while and am happy with the way it came out. It’s colorful and eye-catching. The novel concept of the 40-year-old divorcee murderer with a cupcake shop is outside the box and attention-grabbing.
ReplyDeleteDoubting my project, I’d have to say that the concept of the story might have been too out there. Would 40-year-old women really want to read about a cupcake lady killing a man? Would this incite violence in readers? Is the poster too pink (and thus childish)? I feel the same way as Giselle feels about never really being satisfied with the final product because I keep thinking about what could be changed or be better.
I think Kara liked my project and thought it was funny and different. All of the instructions were followed in the poster, pitch, and cover letter and she’ll like that. I agree with what I hope her take on my project is.
I think reflection allows a composer to understand their work on various levels, not as just a final product but as a whole process. I also think reflection can be revealing to the composer. For example, as I reflect on this project, I’m thinking about how I enjoyed doing this assignment more than I had expected to. I stressed about this project at first, but when I look back, I realize that I actually had fun doing the work. I used a different composition process than I normally do for schoolwork (ditch the organized, embrace the creative mess).
I’d be lying to myself and you if I said that this was my best work. I won’t make excuses for myself; I just didn’t put forth enough physical effort. Because I didn’t utilize the technology at my disposal, the poster didn’t look too hot. Aside from the fact that I could have spent more time crafting it, I don’t think it delivered its message. I realized this after listening to everyone else’s pitches. Which were all AWESOME, by the way. I think by default, and especially by comparison, there was amble room for improvement with how I presented this pitch all-together. I actually really liked my story-line, but didn't sell it. If I had to go out on the limb and assume your response to my project, I’d say that you were unimpressed. I blame my delivery, mostly. I got nervous and really didn’t do my story much justice and definitely didn’t reach the time limit. For that, I can’t argue that such a response is unreasonable. Now that I have seen the standard of excellence set by my peers, I’ll be sure to bring it much harder for project #2.
ReplyDeleteI think that my project was definitely well thought through. The concept of my project, Glee, right now definitely hits the 12 to 23 year old range, and turning this into a book would definitely hit the older generation, therefore I hit the guidelines perfectly. I stretched my capability using glogster to create my poster; however this definitely allowed me to fulfill all expectations of what a poster for the 40 year old range should look like. I completed all of the criteria that was asked for therefore I think that my project was really good.
ReplyDeleteI feel like my project lacked some enthusiasm. It seemed like a very dull plot to a book compared to others such as murder mysteries. Although I used Glogster, I didn’t use many technical things, I kept the technical use to a minimum and just wanted to complete the project.
I think that Kara will like my project. Although one of the simpler concepts, it met all of the criteria that needed to be and I think would actually work in a book. I think that my cover letter and poster were better than my presentation but nerves kicked in and hopefully she will see that!
In reflection I think that I did an OK job of this project. It definitely wasn’t anywhere near my best work as I struggled to come up with the right creativity to achieve something really good. I didn’t realize that a cover letter was only to be one page and you had to change the font smaller to fit the writing on the page, therefore I know I messed up there as I went onto two pages, but I have definitely learnt that for future reference.
The reason I believe this is the best project that I've ever composed because when I went about this project I picked something that I've always wanted to go about writing. I've been telling my parents for forever that if I ever wrote a book of memoirs it would be called Tales of a Tumbleweed. The hardest part about this project was making it live up to what I've always pictured in my head. I feel like the book cover I came up with for the project was a little too bland for my personal taste. I also wasn't too confident with how the drawing turned out.
ReplyDeleteI think that you believe the letter to the my "boss" is entertaining, especially if you watch Nip/Tuck and Rescue Me. I wanted to have a little fun with some of the characters and I figured why not be entertaining. I think that you will think the idea is unique. No other project was like it and in fact there is no book out there (that I'm aware of, anyway) quite like my idea. I believe the poster will be a bit of my downfall so to speak. I'd have to say if this is an accurate prediction of your thoughts, that I'd agree with them.
This assignment allowed myself, as a composer, to work under the parameters of a professional, working-world composer. It no longer felt that I was composing my best piece for school or a professor. I was able to emerge from the desk and rise to the level of professional publishing agent in tackling an assignment that would be common in that field of work. By approaching this assignment in this manner I was able to compose my best work in an environment I hope to encounter in the near future. However, when looking at the requirements of any professional in the publishing industry, I begin to doubt that my project is any good at all because I question the presence it would have in the working world. I struggle to see the quality and effort behind it. I’m not saying I didn’t put any effort into the project myself. But from a professional standpoint I feel it fails to meet the required standards.
ReplyDeleteIf I were assessing this project myself, I would encourage the composer to look targeting a larger audience. The project’s audience is very exact, the single working mother who barely has time to cook herself and is still looking to lose weight. Secondly, I would ask if the subject matter of ‘fast food’ has a restricted audience itself? Yes they do target kids more readily than adults, however, by targeting kids are they not already dragging along the adults? These are the questions I would ask the composer. These are the doubts I hold towards the project myself. What I have learnt by looking at my project from this view is that I need to step away from my regular composing process and, not completely ignore it, but carry it out in different perspectives.
1. This is the best project I have ever done because I took the idea, and by researching what attracts readers forty and older to a book. I got firsthand accounts from several people who fit in that category of what attracts them to a book cover. Then once they have been hooked by the cover, what makes them take enough notice to buy the book. I spent hours researching everything I needed for the poster; a name for the publishing company, its logo, what kind of background I should use for the cover, the position and clothing of the female main character, a credible review source, what a review should look like and what the review should say to make people impressed. Then I spent a lot of time and energy drawing and coloring the picture in an effort to make it look good. I also tried to do something that no one else did, I am not sure if that is a good or bad thing. I got the idea that I should make the book one that someone my age would read but have it advertised in a way that would make older consumers purchase it. I didn’t really change the story of the book very much to make it more attractive to them. Well I did take the advice I was given about the older reader wants to read something that is possible and not magical which is why the book has ‘vampires’ and ‘werewolves’ as genetic mutations created by scientists.
ReplyDelete2. I think that my project was horrible because the picture was not that great. It didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped. The picture was too busy. I also got a little nervous when I went up to present and I didn’t mention all of the things I should have. I went for a topic that was too obvious, I didn’t think outside the box enough. I also think it was horrible because it wasn’t like everyone else’s, I tried to take a book that people in my age group was read and make the poster interesting enough that older readers would buy it too.
3. I think that KT will mark me down for my project. I think that she won’t like the picture on the front. It doesn’t look as professional as the others who presented. I also think that she will think that I missed the idea of the project altogether because instead of taking my subject and making the bounty hunter older or a mom or something I took a book that people my age would read and manipulated the poster to try and increase the number of sales by aiming for an older consumer.
4. I agree with my sense of KT’s take on my project. After seeing the others present today I think that my poster pales in comparison to the others. I also think that I should have endeavored to follow the guidelines of changing the characters to suit the new consumers demographic better.
I also have to agree with Sarah that coming up with the original concept was really difficult. Once I had that, though, it didn’t seem to get easier thinking about possible cover designs. I’ll be honest: I don’t believe that this is the best project I’ve ever composed. It’s true that you are your own worst critic, and I definitely see room for improvement in my poster. I will say that I think I did a great job given my lack of experience with the overall concept, but I think I could have been a little more creative with the layout and appearance of the finished product. I think my problem is that I’m not considering the project in its entirety as I reflect; I’m really only thinking about the poster aspect. I think I explained myself and my ideas as clearly and professionally as was necessary in my cover letter, and I think I did a really good job in communicating all of my ideas in my presentation. I won’t say I was flawless, no one ever is, but I think I did a very commendable job (and I went first voluntarily, so kudos to me ). I think Kara will respond positively to my overall project, though I have a strong feeling she’ll give my poster plenty of critiques. And however she takes it, I will take her criticisms and advice and learn/grow from them because she sure knows more about this than I do. As for the overall question, we certainly learn our strengths and weaknesses in the editing world through these projects. They also give us that little bit of experience we need to help us find the type “WEPO-ing” (please excuse the scare quotes) we really want to focus on. I definitely think reflecting on the projects is helpful. Through our reflections we get to be honest about our thoughts and feelings towards our presentations, projects, and ourselves. We all had our game faces on during class, but in our reflections we can take them off and let each other know how we really felt.
ReplyDeleteLike any good serial killer, this project was creeping in the shadows, awaiting the perfect moment to leap out and murder me. While I thoroughly enjoyed every moment leading up to 2:30 AM the day it was due, the finished project was an assailant just waiting for the opportunity to claim my head for its sadistic pleasure.
ReplyDeleteComputers hate me. That makes this project that much better. I wrote out this entire response twenty minutes ago. However, when I clicked to post it, Firefox ate my words. I hope they were delicious, because they cost the existence on any of my technological devices. I will now be a Safari snob all the way.
Regardless, this project was an interesting exploration of my method of composition. For example, I didn’t know that I go absolutely insane the day the my project is due and attempt to redo the whole thing and then lose my marbles even further when I go to talk about how this project unfolded for me.
Creating the poster was a great experience. I got to explore the mystical realms of my imagination and see how far I could stretch my mind to make this work. Focusing on subjects appealing to the initial, younger age group, I contemplated vampires and the supernatural, music and musicals, and reality television.
Somehow, I ended up meshing together the supernatural and musicals and came up with a subject that not only I found most appealing, but also one that I was sure would appeal to the 40-something crowd.
That and writing up my pitch and cover letter were the easy parts. I relished in the creativity and how I could compose for different audiences in different genres. Yet, when I came to completing the poster, I was a hot mess. I became the most tyrannical perfectionist on the planet and would not settle for a sub-par poster. The picture had to be just right and the font had to tie in wonderfully. I would not settle for nice or good.
Unfortunately, I feel that, in my fiery vision of passion and heat, I did not get the best product. Working through my five different posters, from which I had to choose, each one had something wrong with it. The picture was too blurry, the font was too light, or the way my subject was interacting with the lamppost made her look like a stripper.
I finally settled after my computer decided to crash and I could make no further changes, but I was still not pleased. I wanted a faded yellow font atop the muted red background; yellow was not working atop yellow. I finally went with blue, but I printed the poster at least three times before I had to choose one.
Let’s not talk about the date on my poster. We can all pretend, as we are creative, that I came from the distant future to present a book that would be published in the next Spring 2010. BCE and CE are old hat. Let’s move into the new era of awesome.
The presentation was daunting. I truly felt like I was going to pass out at certain moments or that I needed to find a rubbish bin or toilet to deposit some stomach acid. I can endure public speaking, but I do not like it.
KT’s take could be one of acceptance and general understanding. Remember the song that struck a chord in the minds of the knowledgeable? That song was from a hit musical about differences and acceptance. Let’s all hope that that is KT’s take on my project. Alas, with failed perfectionism still in mind, I did enjoy this project, but I feel that so much could be improved. Maybe I need to relax. After all, those who don’t mind never look foolish.
I could easily say this is one of my best projects ever, because it reflects who I am so well. I like the way this project allowed us so much creative freedom. I was able to incorporate so much of myself into the process, as well as the final product. I was able to incorporate my love and uncanny aptitude to find humor in any situation, by using it as my genre. I had fun learning to use glogster, and I think my final poster showed that I had fun…
ReplyDeleteHowever, it is for these same reasons that I’ve started to doubt my work. After seeing my classmates posters, I couldn’t help but notice how different mine was from the rest. Everyone else had a very neatly organized poster. They used lots of clean lines and muted colors (because apparently adults don’t like bright colors). My poster was a little disorganized and chaotic (but on purpose!), so that it would seem fun. I used lots of vibrant colors, because I feel like everybody, no matter how old you are, is just automatically drawn to them.
I think KT will like my poster. She might have some issues with my color schema, and perhaps the juvenile nature of my photos, but I stand firmly by what I said before. Just because we’re marketing to old(er) people, it doesn’t mean the poster has to be boring. It was supposed to inspire a desire for youth and a vibrant lifestyle… I think Kara will like the originality of my poster, and hopefully appreciate all the creative energy that went into it.
If I were to tell you that this was the best project I have ever composed, I would have to specify that it is the best in the sense that it was something I have never attempted before and you can’t have a superlative for something that stands alone. I did however have similar experiences over the summer while I was doing an internship at a local theatre in South Florida, where I was writing the information on performances for the playbill. There was a surprising amount of research involved, which I enjoyed, and I got to play around with my language in order to make things sound appealing. ‘Come one, come all.’ But as far as that goes, it was just me and whatever I was writing. I already had the material there before me to reinforce, I wasn’t expected to create anything other than what was there. To add to that, I was able to keep myself hidden behind my writing, I wasn’t expected to give any presentations. I think I got a byline underneath whatever I wrote. With this project, I was creating something of my own as well as presenting it to a ‘board of executives.’ Two things I don’t consider myself to be too comfortable with. In that respect I think it is the best project I have ever completed because I was successfully able to accomplish it despite my own uncertainty.
ReplyDeleteTo doubt that my project is any good at all, I would have to tell you that I was not successful in my accomplishments, considering everything I have said before. If I were to say that I did not feel that my presentation went as well as it could have, then you would believe that I doubt my project is any good. Same with the process of creating a new idea, maybe I don’t feel like I came up with the best idea I could have for this project. Although I have to say, I think that I was able to make the perfect switch with the trend I chose; musical theatre in schools. What better way to target an older audience than a reunion? But I will pretend that I doubt this under the circumstances for the reflection.
I predict that KT will appreciate the idea I came up with, but maybe she didn’t feel that my presentation went as well as it could of. I can accept this and say that I can only get better with practice, or so I’ve heard. Maybe KT did enjoy the presentation, I don’t know. But at least I already have my response if she doesn’t. If I were to predict anything else KT might have thought about my project, maybe she didn’t like what I did with the poster. I know I didn’t use the programs talked about last Friday when the Digital Studio made a presentation, but by then I had already had my poster finished. Honestly, I liked my poster after I had finished it. Before I saw what I could really do with a computer that day in class. I do wish the colors had printed the way they were supposed to. Maybe that’s Kinkos fault, but by then it was too late anyway. Maybe my future projects in this class will be more impressive.
I guess I would agree with what I predict KT would think of my project. But I can’t predict that she might feel a different way. This is most I could anticipate. I would agree because I have already thought of what might happen therefore it is easier for me to accept. Maybe I don’t like to be surprised. Besides, disagreeing at this point would be useless since the project has already been presented to the class and submitted.
I’m not sure that I can honestly say that this was the best project I have ever composed. I am very confident about my overall idea and the effort that I put forth, but I think that my finished project could have been better. The execution of my ideas should have been more thought-out. The most difficult part for me was dealing with digital technology to make my poster. I decided to use Glogster for the first time and when I printed it I was not expecting the logo to have to appear on my creation; this meant that I had to cut my cover out with scissors to crop the logo. I had also decided to print it on matte photo paper and it was much thinner than I had anticipated. Last minute I decided to frame the cover with the Facebook chat message and I really liked how it came out. If I would have had more time I might have figured out a way to do this digitally, but overall I think it looked attractive. While I was pretty darn nervous, I think my presentation was very good. I wish that I wouldn’t have been so shaky and would have had more confidence, but what I said represented my poster well. My project met the requirements and was creative, so I think that KT will respond positively to it. I could possibly forsee her docking me for not digitally making the chat message box and I would understand that, but overall I think she will like my project. I think my biggest issue was confidence in my work this time around and this is something that I will definitely work to change for project #2.
ReplyDeleteFor this project, I went back and forth a lot on designing the poster. I read and reread the instructions to make sure I had it right. It was hard for me to find an image that worked well with the fashion concept that I had.
ReplyDeleteThis project was challenging in the way I think KT expected. It made me analyze my work and update it accordingly. The bad part is that I second guessed a lot of potentially better ideas for the project.
I have worked with graphic design before, in Photoshop and Elite Vision (yearbook layout program) so I wanted to utilize those experiences in designing the right book poster, but at the same time, I didn't want to get too technical or too overboard with details. In the end, I thought that simplicity spoke more than would another design. I liked the end product, but in working with it, I realized that I lied on my composing illustration because I edit my work more than anything else.
This is the best project I’ve ever composed because I met all of the requirements and I believe that I exceeded expectations in some areas, such as my choice of plot, my cover letter and I believe that I made an effective pitch in class.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think that my project is any good because I had a different vision for the poster than the one that I pitched in class and I feel like the one that I pitched was not necessarily way below what was expected, but it was not what I expected from myself. I also know that I could have made a more convincing/well-thought out presentation if I hadn’t been as nervous as I was.
I feel that Kara T will react to my project neither positively nor negatively. I feel like I met all of the requirements and I put a lot of effort into the concept and poster. Although the poster was not what I wanted to present I feel that it still met the guidelines but it definitely could have been more creative.
I would probably lean more to the negative side myself, only because I am a perfectionist when it comes to my own work. I expected more out of myself for the poster (a lot more) and was frustrated by trying to create it on the computer. I would rate myself a little above average on the other elements of my project.
Through reflection I am able to focus more on the positive aspects of my work, rather than assuming people will only see the negative ones. I think it will definitely help me to focus on how I can improve myself for the next assignment.
This project was the best I have ever composed because rather than focusing on what I wanted the project to be like, I imagined a target audience and attempted to appease them more than myself. I did a lot of research on book covers and posters to advertise them, I wanted something that fit the genre but still was original. The story concept was easy for me to come up with because it’s something I’m actually already writing. I did however do surveys to assure that the concept appealed to the 40 something year old dynamic, the results were overwhelmingly positive.
ReplyDeleteI am extremely doubtful that my project was any good because I was extremely nervous and do not do well with public speaking. I was busy having a minor panic attack and forgot some of the points I wanted to make in my presentation and feel like my graded will suffer because of it. I’m also not entirely sure I made time which has me worried. I was dissatisfied with the quality of my poster board, most students had theirs printed on hard stock and looked professional; mine was attached to a foam board. My original plan was to have it on an easel so it needed to be sturdy enough to stand up without folding over, then we used the projector and negated the necessity of my foam board. I was a little frustrated with my poster design because I couldn’t figure out how to put the police badge in the zombie’s hand and had to settle for putting it in the corner which I felt detracted from the overall effect of the poster. It also came out smaller than I hoped, but any bigger the design got blurry.
I feel like KT will like my concept of a supernatural being becoming the main character and hero of a story, though she was probably less than impressed by my presentation. She will most likely comment on the unprofessional style of my poster board with its rough edges. I notice that we all are comparing our projects to everyone else’s in the class, but I’m wondering what she is comparing them to.
I would have to agree with my sense of KT’s take on my project. However, how could I not when I’m projecting my own feelings onto what I assume my professor thought about it. I feel that good or bad this project has helped me prepare for future projects and real life experiences in the industry.
I think this is the best project I've ever composed simply because it is clever and witty. I mean who would've thought to remix hip-hop and Darwinism? Of course it took me forever to think about it, that always happens with projects. I have one idea set in my head, until the day before where I just randomly become consumed with alternate ideas, until ultimately the project ends up being something completely different. In this case I'm happy with my final piece. Not only was the idea itself genius, but the actual poster I think was one of the best graphic animation works. It actually looked like a real ad, and it reflected all the hard work and hours of confusion meddling with Illustrator.
ReplyDeleteThe only aspect of my project that I doubted was my presentation and persuasion skills. On paper I'm invincible, but when it comes to presentations and public speaking my skills slightly suffer. I think I did well in the end, but of course when I sat down I immediately thought of all these other things I could've said and better ways to say them. I hate when that happens. It always does. Hopefully my audience understood my concept and saw the correlation between the idea and target audience.
I believe Kara liked my project. I noticed that when I revealed the poster to the class, she smiled in an impressed manner. Also, when I was done with my presentation and handed her the work, she whispered "good job". I think she enjoyed my creativity with the project and the fact that I thought completely outside the box.
Like Alex said, I actually had fun doing this project. Of course at first I was stressing about it because it was somewhat confusing, but once I got it I just ran with it and I was able to base it on something that I absolutely love (hip-hop), so that made me happy as well. I wasn't completely aware of my advertising capabilities either, so doing this project made me realize that it might be something that I could pursue in the future.
This project was really exciting for me. I obviously love gymnastics, and I always love when an opportunity strikes that I can use it as a basis for a project. This time however it was tricky. I knew that in order to relate to 40 something’s I would have to turn the scenario into a “gym mom” approach from the beginning. The struggle was that not only am I not a gym mom but my mom was never that way either. She was the furthest thing from it, so I had to use my imagination with this whole book. In fact, I had to step out of my comfort zone a lot for this project because I really am unfamiliar with computers in general and a significant amount of the photo shopping and editing dealt with computer programs I had never used.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I did was write the summary. I needed to put a name and face to the people in this book, and I started writing summary after summary. I hated every one of them. I wrote the summary about 5 times before I came up with one I liked, but once I liked it I fell in love with it and really was able to move on from there. I decided to the cover letter next.
For the cover letter, I had a really rough time. I tried to make sure I could balance between a summary, promoting myself as well as the book, and my author somewhere in there. I do feel that by the end of my drafts I was able to create a well thought out cover letter.
I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to do with the poster, and when I shared my rough draft with my mom I was shut down to say the least. She basically told me that I went about it all wrong and that she would never pick up that book in a million years, and since she is 40 something, I took it critically to say the least. She pointed out every little issue with it and I went ballistic and threw the whole thing away and had to start from scratch: twice. After this I decided I would rather take the picture than attempt to draw it. I decided to use my medals, and use myself as well as my mom as the cast for the photo. I could manipulate my mom to stand and act the way I wanted so I knew the poster would come out as I envisioned. It really did turn out the way I planned, and I loved the way I manipulated the wording to fit with the poster. I ended up being very satisfied with my poster even though I am the world’s biggest perfectionist. I really worked hard on the font choice and the fact that it was lower case, as well as the style and placement of the entire poster.
I hope that Kara will feel strongly about my project the way that I do and that she can see the hard work I put into it. I know that she will be able to find flaws, but I’m hoping that the strong image and the relation to the 40 something is good enough to impress her as much as I was actually impressed with myself.
When I started this project I was so excited because I would to get to use my artistic side, which I rarely get to use in this major. I definitely didn’t fufill my expectations of what I had for myself. The concept I chose was not as original as I wanted it to me.
ReplyDeleteI feel Kara will agree with the fact that my project is not as original as she wanted it to be either. With what I had come up with, however, I knew I had to make two worlds meet on the cover of my book and I felt I did that to the best of my ability. I liked doing this project, it really challenged me to think, and I felt it was good practice for all of us in careers we will later have.
I learned during this project that I need to choose an idea and stick with it. I changed my mind a lot and it left me with little time to create my final idea. I had a great idea after I completed the project, this reminds me that I need to look around my room for inspiration, because I surround myself with things I love the most, and things that inspire me.
I feel I did a great job on this project because I kept my audience in mind while I was designing my poster and writing my cover letter. I enjoyed the challenge this project presented and the creative freedom it offered. I had a lot of fun coming up with a creative story line, looking for cover art and creating a poster I felt good presenting to the class. I do wish I had Photoshop skills because there were some really great ideas I came up with while designing my poster that I didn’t know how to execute. However, I put a lot of thought into color, image and font choice for my poster. My main worry is that I was nervous presenting to the class and I skipped part of the points I had outlined for my presentation. This always happens to me I’ll be ready for the presentation and I know that my classmates are in the same boat as me, but I still get stage fright. This project has spurred me to work on becoming proficient in Photoshop and it will help me to become more comfortable public speaking (after all practice does make perfect). I hope Kara will see value in my project because I put a great deal of thought and effort into creating my plot, design and overall composition. I feel proud of my final poster and I’m pleased the evolution of my idea from start to finish. I do feel this project has made me think more about my composition process and will be beneficial to me in my future.
ReplyDeleteOkay, well starting at question one, I believe this is the best project that I have ever composed because I got to be creative and have fun with it. It wasn't like the usual, b.s. project that was on a certain structure and I couldn't pick a subject on my own to work with. I actually had a lot of fun producing it in the Digital Studio, not only did I learn a new tool to use but it was fun just messing around with my idea for a few hours and watching it come to life. Why I would doubt that my project isn't good at all is because the idea came last minute and a super awesome student would have began it the very next day it was assigned. Okay, that was a bit out there but I think my design could have been better. I think in simple terms more than complex, so my creativity lacks sometimes. Plus, I am a little graphically designed challeged, so I get flustered easy. I had a difficult time with coming up with a new concept and writing the presentation took a little thinking to make it seem realistic with a ficticious concept. Hence why the project is late, but rather take an extra day to do it right then take a zero. KT will probably like the idea that I have come up with, but I am sure she will want to see better projects come from me. She already knows I am a class day late on my project because I have this horrible monster in my closet called procrastination. I think though she will be greatful to the fact that I just didn't get all frustarted because I procrastinate and throw it together in an hour, but took the time to be honest and work on it for the last few days. I agree with this sense because I have talked to KT about it in her office and she knows that I'm not trying to be a crappy student who misses out on class and does not care. As for what she will think on the overall project, I guess I won't really know that until I present it to the class tomorrow morning.
ReplyDeleteI think as a composer and reflecting on this after the fact, I will just have a better idea of what I am doing into. I think sometimes we lead ourselves to believe that our own work is perfect, but once we get the critical feedback from the class that is what freaks us out and brings us down. I think it is a good idea to go in with the positives and negatives too because I see it as tending to have a one track mind set on all positives because the negatives are scary to think about. Hello stress and lack of sleeping! So getting that mind set early on is a great thing as a composer!
This is the best project I have done because it was creative on my behalf. The idea took forever for me to come up with but I think I finally executed it wonderfully. I honestly thought marketing witches/wizards to an older crowd would have been difficult but I think it turned out wonderfully. I personally am not a fan of science fiction but after working on my book cover, I would have read my book. Also, the design work for this book cover was the best I have ever done in my life. It took hours of work to be satisfied with the final project but it came out wonderfully.
ReplyDeleteThe only part of my project that I doubted was when I was selling it to the audience. At first I thought 3minutes would be so long, and I wouldn’t have enough to say so I started to talk about everything. However, when you made the signal for the 3 minutes mark I kept asking myself if there was anything more I could have said. Since I was one of the first to present, after seeing others projects, I thought of things I could have added to help get my point across.
KT’s take on my project was a positive one. Based on the feedback I received from other class members, I think it is safe to assume that KT’s is the same. Students after class came up and asked about the design program I used and thought my book cover looked nice. And she probably liked the blog aspect of my book, especially since this class’s blog is what helped inspire that for me.
The assignment at first was very difficult for me figure out a direction I wanted to go in. I changed my idea several times before being satisfied. I think it was for the better anyway because my first couple of ideas we boring to me and seemed to be over done. This project was difficult but at the same time enjoyable!
From the very beginning I knew my project was going to be a success. Fortunately right off the bat I had a great idea and decided to run with it. As time went on and I continued to work on the presentation of my project, I found myself learning and finding new ways to improve it. I felt that the genre I picked was very well balanced and would hit home with all ages, but especially my target audience. I had a great experience with Photoshop, considering it was really my first time using it. I must admit I was a little bit nervous about it not coming out the way I had pictured it in my head, but Photoshop gave me the flexibility to be able to do that. This project has opened me up to a whole new interest of mine and has encouraged me to further explore this area. I could definitely see myself working on similar projects as a career choice. Although I am not the worlds’ greatest public speaker, I feel that I am able to write a persuasive and captivating speech that intrigues the target audience. After getting over my initial fear of speaking in front of everyone, I think I managed to portray my project in the way I wanted it to be.
ReplyDeleteThe most difficult part of my project was definitely writing the cover letter to my boss. While most of the class claimed to be a creative writer, and although this is not my concentration, I still believe that this is my strongest skill. I found it difficult to come off intelligent and professional without being too wordy and overplayed. I could use a little more guidance in making my cover letter more professional and effective.
I felt that you would appreciate the hard work and effort I put into making my poster as professional as possible. I took everything into account down to every placement, font, color, and picture on the poster so that it would be appealing to a 40 something year old. I thought my concept was very strong and that you would be able to clearly see that through my poster and my pitch as well.
I tried to critique my project from every angle and every perspective in hopes that I would give my best work possible. I would like to agree with KT’s take on my project in hopes that she enjoys the end result as much as I do.
I’d like to thank you for this opportunity in discovering something new. This project really opened me up to a whole new world of implementing my ideas. I really enjoyed the journey of this project and where it ended up taking me.