For my space essay, I was thinking of doing Pan's Labyrinth or Avatar. Also, I need a question for it. Can you help me which one I should do and what question I should have for it?
Also, for my perception essay, I have no clue on what to do on it. All the things that was told about it in the lectures and seminars have just slipped through my mind.
Also, for my perception essay, I have no clue on what to do on it. All the things that was told about it in the lectures and seminars have just slipped through my mind.
Hi Naomi, don't forget that you can listen to all the lectures again on myUCA, and look at the presentations too...here -
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Go into the Unit Information tab on the left-hand side. I will print out the brief and go through it with you tomorrow.
Hey Naomi - the production design/Space essay is actually very straightforward and both Pan's Labyrinth and Avatar COULD be excellent choices. Your question is given on the brief - you are to analyse critically the production design of Avatar/Pan's Labyrinth. First, you need to demonstrate that you understand what 'production design' means - the aspects it includes. There are extracts on MyUCA/Space/Unit Materials specifically about production design to help you answer this bit of your essay; then, once you understand 'production design', you need to use that understanding to talk about the design decisions governing the look of the film. Did you look at the links I supplied as part of Interim Online Review? I gave you lots of helpful info about how to go about writing a good essay - did you follow up and read them? You can come and see me on Monday - after 2pm, for a chat - but please do your bit - read the info provided, really think about your essay, read the info on production design, and start researching the 'design' of your films.
ReplyDeleteRegarding your perception essay, I'm not delivering that part of your course, so I'm not in the best position to advise you - I can help you with structuring it - bring your brief on Monday. BUT, Naomi, you DO need to take some responsibility for your own learning!
Hello again! I just realised that you are in technical classes all day today, so I don't suppose I will get much chance to talk to you! What I suggest is that over the weekend, you listen to the Perception lectures again, follow the presentation notes while you are listening, and make some notes on the important points.
ReplyDeleteBasically, what the question is asking you to do, is to explain why a knowledge of perception is important for an artist/designer - so in other words, how does knowing how people perceive things, help the designer etc to make things? Why, for example, might they make a thing a certain colour? - what does this say about the object, and the person that buys it? (Why are things for girls pink, and things for boys blue, for example?) Historically, why were things designed in certain ways? (Look at Modernism - what was Modernist architecture trying to say, for example,) Perception is about the way we see things and put them in context, so you need to look not just at the actual object or objects, but how they sit in the world historically, and how the consumer (that's you and me!)is influenced by their design.
I hope this helps a bit in the meantime! - I will see you first thing on Monday, and we can have a good chat about your thoughts!
Go Jackie!!! :D
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