I have decided to make this doll very simple and traditional looking. Using fabric to make all parts of this doll seems like a good idea because it allowed me to work quickly and efficiently. The final doll looks very clean and professional. As a group, we have decided that we are going to make a dimensional representation of a hurricane as a person, which hasn't specified from which material she has to me made. I had to make sure that she is big enough in size, so that she doesn't blend in with smaller objects displayed on the table. Those dolls will be the main focal point therefore they need to be noticed as soon as someone walks to the table.
0 Comments
'Overall, we received a lot of positive feedback on our display, as well as a few things we could improve upon. The audience liked that our display was visually interesting- there were plenty of things to look at and pick up. They also liked the storm instruments, as a tool of interaction. Our tutors recommended that we make the instruments visibly separate to the rest of the objects, e.g. by painting them with a colour that doesn’t blend with the display, such as red. As a group, we have agreed to make more storm instruments, as they are relatively simple to make and proved really popular with the audience.
-One thing that was brought to our attention, was that the audience were unsure about which pieces of the display they could touch. This prompted us to consider ways in which we could visually indicate the separation between “display pieces” and things that the audience can pick up/ take away. Our tutors suggested we leave a border of negative space, that separates the display pieces from the audience, while the stickers and storm instruments are closer to the edge of the table. I think this is a good suggestion, and believe it would avoid the audience’s uncertainty. -Scale was also mentioned- a couple of people suggested that it would be nice to have the storm characters bigger than the other pieces on the table, so they appear more dramatic. I think this is a really good suggestion, although I’m not sure how achievable it would be to change this. Unless we re make the paper objects so that they are really small, it would be difficult to change the size of our storm characters within the time we have left. -Our audience really liked the fact that we had focused on the characterisation of storms, and said that it would be nice to focus more on the characters themselves. For example; somehow incorporating the storm’s names in bold, either on the display or on our poster. As a group, we appreciated this suggestion, and have decided to place the storm’s names on the poster. We also intend to put the names on some of the paper objects that the storm “destroyed”. -Poster- When discussing our poster, our audience liked the bold, colourful design. They also recommended that we integrate the storm names. This will make our display sound more exciting- as if advertising something that feature “storm doris, ian, barabara, etc”. This puts more emphasis on the storms, making them the focal point of the display. Our audience also advised that our poster could change throughout the day- for example; the patterns (representing that of a weather map) could change throughout the day (e.g. by adding/removing pieces), thus mirroring the ever changing patterns on a weather map. -Arrangement of stickers- Our audience said they would like to see the stickers laid out in a more interesting way, rather than just randomly scattered across the table. For example; they suggested we lay them out in a trail, or beside each storm character. We liked this suggestion and will adapt our display as a result. -Flyers- our peers liked the concept of our flyers, although they suggested we could make them slightly smaller, (e.g. a6 instead of a5). This way, they would be more like top trump cards, allowing the audience to pick them up, and possibly even play a game with them. Again, we liked this suggestion, and will reduce the size of our cards to a6.' -By Beth Griib It was important that we covered the tables at the Forum with something so that it plays well with whatever we decide to display on top of it. A piece of fabric seemed like a good idea and its easy to print on top of my but also it is easy to transport it to the actual location. Printing was the most efficient and effective way of adding image on top as we just used the shame shapes, printed multiple times next to each other in order to make a pattern. We decided to use only grey tones for the main tablecloth as we were worried that bright colour would take attention from the objects on top of it. The patterns are shapes we picked from the podcasts and maps, which directly link to the hurricanes.
As for the poster, the same blue piece of fabric with colourful prints was used, which complimented the whole idea. In this case we allowed ourselves to use bright colour, as the poster wasn't located directly next to our table, so it wasn't clashing. Again, the shapes and colour was taken from the maps and podcasts. I have decided to chose this hurricane mainly because of its old fashioned name and the fact that it waa the strongest hurricane in the 1969 Atlantic Hurricane season. and caused severe damage to the Lesser Antilles, the Greater Antilles, and the East Coast of the United States, especially Florida, in August–September.
|
Archives
May 2017
Categories |