show meeting 1

during our meeting about planning the show we started to draw up all of the details we would need to fulfil. firstly there was only a few of us in the classroom so trying to decide what needed doing with only a few brains was tricky but we managed it and the rest of the class turned up in drips and drabs.  once everyone was there we decided we need to get into groups to figure out who was going to be in charge of what. i volunteered myself to be in charge or sorting out the guest list and sorting out invitations. i will be looking into design agencies around brighton/lewes and eastbourne area. Andrew made it clear to us when we were sorting out our planning sheets that we needed to sort the money for the shows and sort our budgets for everything first as obviously this is going to be one of the most important parts. we have a rough etiolate of around £50 per student so far. 

new brief

Today we have been set our new brief to self organise our final year show for us and the 3rd year students. i don't know how this is going to work because the 3rd years are going to have a separate brief so we won't be able to sort things out with them we will have to do the majority ourselves and wait till they have finished their brief before we can change/discuss anything. This is going to be a good opportunity to decide how we want our final show to look and we have to come up with a name, theme, everything. its going to be held at the brighton media centre so we will need to pay the deposit for that asap. 

unfinished ident

on my final ident i haven't finished completely due to client changes, i have uploaded this to herclues in a folder saying that its unfinished because i have client changes to make. I've spoken to val about this and she was happy for me to finish it after the deadline date and send it to her afterwards. i was worried adding this piece of work in would affect my grade but after speaking to george he said to show the difference that it is an unfinished piece of work because of the client changes i need to make and it wouldn't affect my grade for the project. i have also decided to add this note into my blogger as another form of saying how its not done yet. 

communication

For my communication evidence with Val and Diana i have made up a word document showing all of the emails we have exchanged. i thought this would be easier that showing all of them in my blog and that way all of the emails are in chronological order. 

ident 1 & 2

these are 2 of the idents i have created for latest tv. these are the rough videos and all the final tweaks have been made i just haven't rendered them out yet just incase latest decide their is something else they want to change. i am really pleased with the way these have come out and t has also helped me to further my knowledge into AE. i have thoroughly enjoyed working on these although working with clients has been eventful at times, especially when we dint agree on things but as the designer i have to respect their decisions and make the changes for them. 1 of my niggles with latest was trying to get logos, and finished music for the idents, especially as they are getting all of this free work you wold expect them to make the most of it and to have the small details ready for us to work with. Overall Val and Diana seem very pleased with what i have designed for them so that is a positive. 

I don't know if i would work with latest TV again as i have found some of their communication to be difficult to receive and also some feedback has been on a different subject so this makes things confusing. Val has tried to keep in regular contact though and along the way i have made sure i have let her know with updates, colour schemes, what logos to use. i have sent videos and images for val to see and overall this seems to of been a great way to send the information. 

final ident

This was my final ident that i have created for latest. After speak to val about it we decided that the logo needed to be moved down and also the wings still need adjusting ( i did know about this prior to sending her this rough movie) Val was really pleased with the colour scheme and the way the idents all had an overriding theme and they linked together nicely. I changed the music so that the start and end would fade out nicely. i think my longest indent is 8 seconds and the shortest is 6. I emailed the same video to Diana who replied with an email that was nothing to do with this video in particular but asking me to start designing something new, obviously it is way to late for me to start something new. i haven't replied to the email yet as i am unsure of what to say so i am going to ask george/andrew for their opinion on the best way to work around it. i have found working with clients quite difficult and its hard to not fall into  a pattern of just doing your own work instead of doing exactly what your client wants, obviously i can suggest different themes and design ideas but at the end of the day i'm not the one who is going to be using the work. 

feedback

i got some feedback from val about my newest ident and she seemed pleased with it the only changes she talked about where 

• taking away the zoom on the logo
• moving the logo down to give the bird more room to fly

obviously the wings are still quite clunky and this is something i still need to work on but overall she seems happy, I'm just waiting for feedback from Diana to see what her opinions are. 

My other indents are basically finished with just a few minor tweaks to be made. and i have got my storyboards and work in my sketchbook.