Opportunities handout(1)
- 1. Opportunities Every project gives you opportunities to create but also constraints to work to. Use this hand out to consider the opportunities this project has to help you improve your skills, knowledge and creativity. Opportunities What creative opportunities can you see in this project? How could you challenge yourself creatively in this project? You can refer to your previous experience here. This project gives me the opportunity to try new techniques to further my skill level on PhotoShop. It will be a creative challenge to design a successful advert that incorporates humour as well as professionalism. I will need to develop if I am going to deign a successful advert, as their will be lots of example of editing the theme of Irn Bru into famous Scottish moments such as: Braveheart, Chris Hoy’s Olympic triumph and Sean Connery as James Bond. What technical opportunities for development are available in this project? What technical challenges could you set yourself? You can refer to your previous experience here. To challenge myself technically I will look to try new techniques that I haven’t on previous projects. I may try using many of the different filter options that I haven’t previously used such as: blur, distort, sharpen and pixelate. Not only is incorporating the can of Irn Bru into the image of famous Scottish historical moments, a creative challenge, but it is also a technical one too. How could the skills you are using and developing here be useful in a professional context? Consider the requirements for different job roles. In a professional context, this can design project encompasses many skill factors that are relevant in a professional workplace. I will be problem solving, adapting to new ideas, whilst working to a schedule which is an example of time management and working to a deadline which is needed in all workplaces. Regarding specific workplaces that use a similar skill set to this project, these include: graphic designer, mac operator and a page setter. What opportunities for designing for different media does this project give you? Which final product type interests you the most and why? I will have the opportunity to design for three different media types for this project. I will be designing a poster, web banner and an drink can. The product that gives me the most interest in designing is the can. This is because the poster and web banner are fairly similar in that they are both flat deigns, where as the can is curved to look more realistic.