mandatory assignment – interactive infographics website

Create an Interactive infographics website. This website is presenting a symbol, which is going on a journey through four different style eras from the last 50 years. This object is changing through the different styles, and helps presenting Abstract Expressionism, Swiss, Pop Art, and Psychedelia.
The target audience is High School students, studying Media and Communication, and the site must be designed to meet this group of people.
So here is my report, going through a journey of planning, design, development and through to the finale stage, launching the site.

The object i chose for this assignment was glasses. The journey of my object was from the 1940s, to the 1970s. Going on a journey

learning activity – building a website from start to finish

1. Write a detailed brief for your website.
2. Create a wireframe according to the brief.
3. Draw some sketches to plan your design.
4. Build a working websites according to these specs.

It’s important for me to see that you can follow through on the entire process – from the brief to the completed website. Please explain why you make certain decisions. How do these decisions fit in with the business strategy?

Upload your brief, wireframe, sketches and link to your website to your WordPress blog. There’s quite a lot to do for this assignment, so it’s advisable to keep your website simple

BRIEF
Creative and structureded newly educated graphic designer who works with logo design, web design, motion design, brands etc. Good knowledge from the Adobe programs, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamveawer, Adobe After Effects etc.

GOALS
The goal with this website is to show my graphic design work to others, by showing my latest work in the Portfolio page and maybe be an inspiration to other designer world wide. The goal is also to show who i am behind my design.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Design companies within advertising, drawing, illustration and future customers.

COMPETITION
Other graphic designers which also offer the same services as i do.

CONTENT
Home, about, portfolio, resume & contact.

PRODUCTS
Logo, photography, html & css.

WIREFRAME

Link to my website.

learning activity – coming up with a stratergy

I was supposed to post this on saturday, but i have been lying all weekend with a terrible migraine so i`ll post this today.

1.Set up a meeting with a business owner and ask him/her what he/she would want from a website. Also ask him/her what the business strategy is and how the website would fit into it.
2.Then write a detailed document about this.
3. I would like you to use the information from this document and create a website architecture.
Now let’s focus on the web design strategy. Your document should justify all the major decisions you make – from the domain registration, hosting, design and target audience through to what you decide in terms of programming.

I chose a good friend of mine who is a photographer apprentice, and she also has her own sole proprietorships. She take on both small and bigger jobs, like children photography, confirmations, pregnant photographing, portraits, wedding etc. She has a great experience by photographing, she has studied media & communications on high school, and she has studied photography in a population college here in Norway. Her target group is both women and men in the age of kids to grownup`s.

What my client want from a website is a website with a unique, but simple design which represents her photographs and conveys information on her business in a practical and creative way. My clients business strategy is primarily identify which products and services there is interest and needs for, so i don`t spend unnecessary time, energy and money on something customers don`t have interest for. I will examine what the prices other in the industry have, and set up a price list. To begin with i probably would go for a lower or the same price as my competitors. If i go for a higher price than my competitors my guess is that my clients would chose a competitor, instead of me since my services is fresh on the market and since nobody knows if thats are any better than anyone else have to offers. It can be a good thing to have a website which shows what i as a photographer can and what i have to offer for my clients. I would started campaigns and competitions to attract myself clients in different target groups. Social media has come to be, so marketing through for example Facebook, Instagram etc where people can like, comment & share could be a good idea. Otherwise i think that good service and quality strong products is important to achieve happy clients. If my clients are happy and the business goes well, i most likely have chosen a good business strategy and i have reached my goal by starting my own business.

The strategy with the website is to make a good website with a satisfied design which the products could live up to. The website has to presents the products in a good way so the clients want to use my client over and over again. The website needs to have a good portfolio with different categories, so customers can see what the photographer has to offer in different categories. In addition to a portfolio page, the website also has to have an about site, where information of the photographer can seem exiting, and could stand out. The website also needs a contact page where customers easily can contact and “book” the photographer.

I proposes to either build this website in WordPress, or One.com`s system, Web Editor. If the website is build on one of these to alternatives, the client easily can make changes on the website her self. When she has to chose a domain-name, is proposes that she chose a simple name that is easy to remember, and which is representing here as a photographer, like evelynphotography, evelynwillmannphotography or ewphotography. I think is has to be her name and the word photographer, so people easily understand what kind of website this is.

For the typography and colors in the design at the website i would have use a few, 1, 2 or at the most 3 colors, and 1 or at the most 2 different typographies. And i feel that the colors and the typography in her logo should represent her site as well, so every element in the website is thought through.

learning activity – creating a brief

This learning activity was to interview a real client, and create a creative brief for a web site based on the interview from the client.

Client: Wacker Chemicals AS
Serivce: Silisium

What is the client’s service/product?
The product is to deliver Silisium to Germany, and they will make products out of the Silisium

What are their requirements?
Right quality at the right time

What is the website’s goal?
Marketing the product the best way possible

How are you going to achieve this goal?
To achieve the goal it is important to show the customers that my client are doing a great job marketing their products.

Build the website architecture (so we can see what sections will be needed)

What is the design style that will be required?
A simple and classic style with different navigations that shows the customers what Wacker have to offer, along with good information about what Wacker does, in both Norway and in other countries in the world.

What are your suggestions for marketing the site?
To marketing the site at it`s best i suggest:
– Use pictures from the “open day” where family and friends were invited
– Use the local newspaper to promote themselves
– Get references from customers
– Use the existing logo and colors

mandatory assignment – title sequence

Last friday i delivered my mandatory assignment 07 – title sequence. This assignment wanted us to create a title sequence for Noroff`s Diamond awards. This sequence was going to presents all the studies at Noroff. The sequence should be animated, and a song needed to be included.

I`ve did some research to get a better point of view, for this assignment.

– Age 18-23
– Both women and men
– Student`s work
– Target group: both women and men from the age of 18-23 (students)
and all the way up to 65(?) for parent, siblings, grandparents etc.
– Animation, song and effects
– 10 to 30 seconds

And here is my title sequence!

This assignment has been both fun and challenging, since i`ve never used adobe after effects before, but after this assignment i know the program alot better and now i know have to make this kind of short films later.

learning activity – applying basic animation principles

Create a character. This character can be a letter, a person, an animal or any type of illustration, use your imagination. This character will play the main role in your animation. Take this character and draw it in five different exaggerated poses. In each of these poses the character has to express some kind of emotion.

Yup, i know, i am a terrible drawer.. At least i have started my “winter break” so i will just chill, aand look at the assignment and adobe after effects.

learning activity – playing with ideas

If the idea is at the heart of everything, then I would like you to think of a movie that you love. Then look at its current title sequence and come up with a new one.
Sketch up the rough idea in the form of a storyboard. Your storyboard needs to be at 30 frames and should be for at least 1minute of motion design.
Please scan and upload this activity to your WordPress blog.

The movie i chose was The Notebook.

learning activity – shooting in low-light conditions part two

1.Take four low-light photographs.

One should be a sharp photograph that focuses on a static object, like a building or statue.
The second photograph should showcase moving objects, like cars or running water.

learning activity – shooting in low-light conditions part one

1. Describe the steps that you will take to ensure that you take a high quality photograph in low light conditions. Refer to exposure, lenses, tripods, colour temperature, flash and ISO. Your answer should be a minimum of 350 words.

When you are photographing in the dark it is necessary (at least important) to have a tripod, or something to place your camera at, so it is at the same place at each picture. The shutter speed has to be long, for about 30 second or more. If you are photographing a object/motive with a lot of light(s), these will often get really overexposed so its good to underexpose the object/motive, to reduce the light in the picture. When you are having a Photoshoot in the dark the use of flash can be really strenuous on the motive/object/humain being, and then you dont get a good photo and the mood you want from the shoot. When its coming to the ISO you should have as low ISO as you can, to reduce the noise in the photo. The bigger ISO you have, the more noise will get into the picture. You should also have a low shutter speed, so you can avoid blurry pictures and that the picture isn’t focusing on what the photographer wants it to focus on.

learning activity – mastering the art of product photography

Question 1

Draw up a list of the most important aspects of a product photograph. Refer to shadows, lighting, quality, ISO and editing in your answer. Mention at least five things.

When you are photographing a product photo you should have a neutral light and avoid shadows. Lightboxes can be a good idea to use during the shoot. The ISO should be as low as possible to get a good result. You should photograph in RAW format so you have more options, and it is also easier to edit the picture later. It is not necessary to do alot of editing of the photo, since you want it as real as possible.