Friday 18 October 2013

LO2 Task 2: KTA 8 - Draft work



<<<<<< ticket design



<<<<<<<<<<< Logo design


<<<<<<<< billboard 



<<<<<<<<<<< Flyer Design



Wednesday 2 October 2013

LO2 Task 2: KTA 6 - Brief and Moodboard and Imaginary Entity

I shall be doing work for the Steel city festival by designing the ticket & the logo & an A5 Flyer. the main genres that will be at this festival are rock, indie rock & electronic. This festival will be local and have many local acts from "girls on drugs" and "rattle fish". The festival will be held in the 02 academy in sheffield.





KEY STATS

men: 66%

women:34%

median age: 24

steve is 26 and is an electronic enthusiast and lives every moment to hear the pounding bass! everyday he gets up to go to work at graphic design studio in sheffield to do various work for different companys in the area, but in his spare time he loves to listen to artsists such as skrillex, avicii and the 501 he also loves to play xbox with his mates, he cant get enough of the thing!
Friday evenings are his favourite; cold beers, friends round at his apartment and they're all playing call of duty!

Theory:

1. John Hartley (1987) Suggested that media produces create 'invisible fictions' of their target audience.

2. Ien Ang (1991) Similarly argued that all media producers create 'imaginary entities' of their target audience before creating a media product.

Tuesday 1 October 2013

Three Design pieces from three other companies

Purpose:
This is to advertise the festival and inform viewers of what is happening.
Format:
The format of this piece is a header from the website of Docfest.
Content:
The poster contains text that shows the date of the festival, along with the associates who are the Mediaguardian. The piece contains links to other pages on the website.
Style:
The style of this piece is quite neutral in terms of gender as it uses both dark colours and pink. The piece is very clean and simple but it eye catching because of the contrasting colours.
Layout:
The layout of this piece is landscape.
Target audience:
People who are interested in documentaries or movies.
Regulatory bodies (ASA):
This poster doesn't breach any of the ASA rules.









Purpose:
This is to advertise the festival and inform viewers of what is happening.
Format:
The format of this piece is a billboard from the V festival.
Content:
The poster contains text that shows the date of the festival, along with a list of artists who will be performing at the festival.
Style:
This piece is very basic and consists of a logo, text and a small illustration of a hand. The Font is sans serif which appeals to the target audience of people who enjoy music around the ages of 21-25+. The piece doesn't use many colours and this makes it appeal to both genders due to it's simplicity. The colours used are the colours that are used in the Virgin logo.
Layout:
The layout of this piece is landscape.
Target audience:
People who enjoy music festivals
Regulatory bodies (ASA):
This poster doesn't breach any of the ASA rules.






Purpose:
This is a teaser for the Tramlines festival.
Format:
The format of this piece is a teaser poster for the upcoming Tramlines festival.
Content:
The piece contains the logo of Tramlines, the sponsor (Nokia) and the the date of the festival along with a strap line saying "Tramlines returns".
Style:
The piece uses contrasting colours, red and black to catch the attention of the perspective viewer. The font used in the piece is sans serif and the font is a specially made on that is aesthetically pleasing and appears to be modern as it has it is broken up.
Layout:
The layout of this piece is landscape.
Target audience:
People who enjoy music festivals.
Regulatory bodies (ASA):
This poster doesn't breach any of the ASA rules.






LO1 Task 1: KTA 5 - Vlog