Assignment 2: What images mean.

                                                                                                              Assignment two asked of me to understand what images meant to me, how an image can make you feel and how images are used for advertising. I took part C of the assignment; pick random advertisements, erase the company brand and leave the image solely for people to tell me what they thought of the image on its own. I looked over the internet to find examples of good advert design. I found some very successful ones; the kind of adverts that hardly need the brand logo to be identified and some not so successful ones. The ones I have picked though made me laugh a little though which i suppose is good when your trying to sell a product.

This image was the first thing to catch my eye. Its actually an advert for frozen chips. When I asked people what they thought they said childhood, what it was like to always be in a huff, visiting the the grandparents. I think the moral of the story is probably something to do with the kids having to eat brussel sprouts rather than chips. The image looks very homely. I'd imagine it has been set in older times because food wasn't as fancy back then or their was a shortage of it.

The next Image i chose was very interesting. The image is very graphic. It may depict toy soldiers but still shows a very real scenario. I asked a group of people again what they thought of this image. People conjured up ideas of colour, race, war, power and toys. I found the word toys to be strange because this would be a very weird way to sell toy soldiers to children. The image was actually for Amnesty International and is meant to show militia about to execute a hostage.

The last image I used shows a wee plastic guy who has lost a plastic leg after falling off his plastic skateboard. people said this remind them of child hood and always breaking they're toys. Some people said it reminded them of pain or the feeling of trying to achieve something your never going to get. Some people said wrestling. This one was the simplest image of them all and probably the funniest. The image was actually used in an advert For Locktite adhesive...

Assignment 1D January 2011

The Johari window is quite a surprising tool. We can tell allot about people from what we see of them but there's always going to be things we don't know about them because they keep them to themselves. Another thing interesting about this theory is that there is things that people can tell about you that you don't know about yourself. Things you do or characteristics you have that you never noticed or never realised you had. I think this is the reason some people can be on the line of confident and arrogant because they are creating the wrong ideas about there image by creating a personality that falls into, what the Johari window calls the 'Blind' square.

Assignment 1C January 2011

This was an email I sent to my partner in response to part B of the assignment:


'I said you only had one bro didn't I? lol. I'm always getting interior and interactive design mixed up!? Sounds cool. I'm doing part C now. I'm saying that If i had to change anything i would have given you some more varied pictures. some pictures that were harder to interpret. I'm also saying i was surprised about the age you thought i was. Most people say I am quite young looking for my age. I've just turned 19 so you were quite close I suppose. I've also said that i have realized that you can tell alot about someone from their family and friends. From your friends and family i can see your influences and the way you act around them from your body language in the photos.'

Assignment 1B January 2011

For the first assignment of the semester we were given photos of a random person that was on the design course. With these photos I had to try and gather as much information about the subject as I could. The photos I got were of a girl from Interactive media design. The photos showed her on holiday abroad, at parties and socialising with friends.

I reckoned she was the oldest of two children. She has a younger brother who she seems very close to. She enjoys family holidays to resorts and maybe from one photo she's been on an exchange trip? On holiday it looks as if she enjoys reading and board games. Since she's came to university she's enjoyed socialising, going out and meeting new people. It looks like she has lots of friends and two very close friends who appear in a few of the photos. She looks to be the kind of person who is into pop music. She dresses nicely and likes to go to clubs that play that kind of music.