Crit-chen 2

Self organised crit at home... in the kitchen. 

OUIL504 - Authors

Chess pieces are working well, it is a good overall metaphor. 

Birds are okay metaphors for singular ideas but might be a bit distant from the overall theme. 

Try pushing the chess piece idea forward and seeing how I could combine the keyhole idea of showing secrecy. 

Think of how this can translate to animation and print. 

One suggestion was using shadows, this stemmed from the idea of blackmail and intimidation but also links to secrecy and mystery. If something is blacked out we can’t see what is happening, this might be a good idea to experiment with in some storyboards. 

Need to clear up a few things about the specifications of the actual brief. Mixed messages have been received in the group about how many colours can be used in the animation. 

OUIL501 - COP

I am stuck with my topic, I keep finding different pieces of research and I think that each piece drags my research in a new direction and things just keep expanding. Suggestions from other people about changing my question made me think about the wording and what I am actually asking. By asking HOW cultural blending has changed the way we define ourselves doesn’t really construct an argument. I think by just asking ‘has cultural blending changed the way we define ourselves’ will help me to organise a more structured argument between the possible answers of yes and no. 

I think this slight change in question will help me focus my research more because I can identify whether a source is agreeing or disagreeing and start to form opposing arguments. 

I need to get up to date with blogging the research I am finding so that I can keep track of it and build up a bank of useful sources all in one place. 

Zine

I needed a bit of input on the cover of my zine because the components I had to work with weren’t making a balanced image for the front cover. This needs to make an impact to encourage people to look through it so I don’t want to rush it. I think I need to do a few roughs to get this sorted and then put it together on photoshop and print. I really want to get this brief out of the way soon so I can focus more on the authors brief because it needs some attention. 

This crit was really helpful to me, I feel like my authors brief has a bit more direction now and I have been reassured that the metaphors I am working with actually do make sense. COP is still something I need to keep working on, I have made a slight change to my question as a result of this conversation but I will have to test whether it makes things any easier for me as I continue with it.