1. Chaos/Disorganised
Chaos is an interesting theme as it is very easy to simply throw work everywhere and paint the walls a random colour, but to create a deliberately chaotic environment with a set path for visitors to follow and a coherency to the design is far more difficult. Work could be displayed in newspaper cuttings, discarded magazines, or on peeling posters on mock brick walls. There is also opportunity to splash paint everywhere and graffiti things, which is always good fun!
2. Industrial
I have chosen an industrial theme as it is easy to create a dramatic environment. Walls decorated with steel patters, work hanging on chains from girders and metal-framed TV screens could be used. To guide the visitors round, there could be mock health and safety signs. Also, these signs could be used to create atomsphere at the entrance. A soundtrack in the background of metallic sounds could also be used.
The work i would display in the exhibition is:
1. Mr Roboto
Mr Roboto was a 2D animation I created in the 2nd year set to Mr Roboto by Styxx. It tells the story of a refuse collecting robot who is treated with disdain by the workers in the surrounding city. However, when "clocking off" time comes and the workers are free of their stifling, soulless jobs and go out for the evening, they will happily smile at Mr Roboto and give him tips. Mr Roboto is both a design exercise - the title character is designed with a "form follows function" philosophy and the environments takes inspiration from many different sources such as Japanese anime and the "steampunk" design style. The animation's purpose is to offer a comment on modern society and the negative effects it has on people such as constraining happiness and creativity.
2. BBC Four Idents - Sci-Fi and Discovery
For a Year 2 3D module, I created two idents for the digital channel BBC4. One of these was titled "Discovery" and featured a Rube Goldberg Machine (a complex device designed to perform a simple function) which switched on a TV. A video of it is below:
The other ident was an experiment at mixing CGI with real video using green screen. It featured a stereotypical alien character, wearing a union flag waistcoat, landing on earth to introduce a British Sci Fi season:
3. 3D: Face and environments
The 3D face was a modelling exercise designed to enhance our skills in complex and organic modelling. We created a 3D model of our own faces and textured/animated them:
The other aspect of my 3D work I wish to show is my environment design, one based on the Large Hadron Collider and the other based on a Coalworks:
Hi Tom,
ReplyDeleteI really like the work you want to exhibit. And in general I like the way you're planning to present it. My only observation is related to your CV. It's massive. So I suggest you two options: Divide it in two: one your CV and another one as part of your portfolio. Don't put them together because if appears as if your CV was a 10 pages document. Scary! Also, I think you're bombarding a potential client with images. Be sure that YOUR work looks outstanding in your portfolio. I don't mean boring, but maybe you're including too many graphics to prove you're creative and a designer. Your work speaks by itself, give it the chance and the space to do so. I suggest you to start with your CV. Clean it a little bit, get rid of textures and colours that you might not need. You can print it out and I can give you a hand with that. Also, typo used... I found it a little bit heavy. Information wise: I would start saying who I am and what I have done, not what I want to do. Check the order of the information you are providing. Start with basics: name, etc, follow with studies, and then with work experience. If you want, at the end add your aims and interests, but be sure of not making it more than one page.
Related to your research, I'm really happy to see that you got so much information about what an exhibition should contain to engage and inform the visitor, that was the main purpose of this task and I'm sure the knowledge you got from this visit will be precious when doing your own show. See you in class.