End of Module Evaluation

Presentation Slides

Creative Report

Life's a Pitch Presentation

The process of doing a presentation as a team was more difficult than I first anticipated, mainly because our work is all very different within the group. We all had publishing and other interests in music, sport, etc in common and me and Kat had experiences working with children so we decided to pitch a children's magazine similar to Anorak, basing each issue around a theme. The sections within the magazine would also be focused around a particular topic, for example we could have a historical page and a sports page. These things all link to the potential for children's art fairs and workshops. As a project this was a lot of fun to consider, the work we did around researching different magazines made me think about where ours could fit in. Although Anorak already exists, this is one of the only magazines that is aimed at children of both genders, whilst encouraging creativity.

A reason for our proposed magazine was to give an outlet to children to make things and still be creative, opposing and acknowledging the cuts regarding the funding of arts in schools. Promotion would include an on-line presence, art fairs, school/library visits and children's birthday parties. These things would all be inclusive of educational themes that we could pull from the national curriculum, hopefully making it a fun and exciting way for children to learn. Sports day style activities and music would also be a part of the activities available at events.

Presentation Script Notes

So far I have general notes on what I want to talk about during my presentation. I won't actually be presenting until Thursday so I will refine and practice my delivery before then. Doing other presentations I have found that I don't tend to look at my notes too much, I think just for a back-up I like to have them in my hand and as I am more aware of time constraints this time round I may just make some flashcards to highlight each thing I want to talk about. Overall I feel okay about it, I am most worried about running over as I have quite a lot of slides. However, I am hoping to flick through them quite quickly as I explain my creative strategy and plans for next year.

Creative Report 500 Words

Independent Leeds Feature

The new issue of Independent Leeds is out! It is such a nice feeling to have my work actually published in a magazine, and I am very pleased with the way it came out. I was a bit worried that the colours wouldn't look how I wanted but I am very happy with them! In the future I want to do briefs more like this one, as well as those for book publishing, because the content of the article aligned my interest with my practical work. I also enjoyed editorial because it is not as much of a huge task as making illustrations for a book. Also, the graphic layout is all taken care of - the only thing I had to deal with was the part of illustration that inspires and influences me the most.