This was our final seminar session with Polina, I found this seminar very interesting and useful because I was able to grab some key points from this lecture for when I am writing my own essay abstract. For this seminar we looked at an example abstract that we could highlight and make notes about to answer four questions that I was given to analyse. These were:
What are the main terms and concepts?
The main terms and concepts of the abstract were the keywords that were displayed just below the abstract.
What background information is provided?
The background information that was provided within the abstract to give a brief summary to start off the essay on Visual Hierarchy was "Visual Hierarchy is a significant concept in the field of advertising, a field that is dominated by effective communication, visual recognition and motion".
What do you think is the research question?
The research question is also the title of the abstract and the essay which is "Visual Hierarchy and Mind Motion in Advertising Design".
How do you think the author attempts to answer the question?
The author attempts to answer the question by giving reasons and examples to back up the evidence that they're providing for the question.
For the next lecture I need to find Illustrated text images of stills from movie opening sequences that can be any type of 2D image. When writing our essay we need to make sure that we add images to your essay. We then talked through a structure of an essay and looked at some examples. A question that we were told was what can we write together with a conclusion? What you would further investigate and what you would look into further. This is a good point and what can we gain from this so that we can carry on evolving and developing, we should also consider using sub headings. I thought that this seminar session with Polina was interesting and I am going to keep things into consideration when writing my own essay and abstract.
Friday 9 December 2016
The Writing Process
Within this seminar we didn't have our usual lecture with Spencer, however we had a lady named Elizabeth Caldwell. We then focused on the topic of the writing process.
So what is a style?
It is a particular way that the design is created.
We then talked about the words that we need to use when writing n essay. we need to consider more professional words that you can put into your essay. To do this we could use a Thesaurus.
For our task we had to look at several extract and work out what sort of language and media was and can feature in.
Extract 1
In a text message or social media message
Its predictive, short, good punctuation
Extract 2
Media, newspaper, tabloid
It is formal.
Extract 4
Shakespeare - quote from the play script of Romeo and Juliet
Poetic
So what is Academic Writing.
Academic writing is:
- Impersonal
- Concise
- Clear
- Precise
- Cautious
- Politically correct
- Formal
- Transparent
I found this seminar was very useful and interesting. This is because I am able to look at the wording that I use in my essay more carefully.
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Process and Production Nick - Lesson 3 Self Publishing Portrait Zine
Within this process and production lesson with Nick, we looked at the Poster Zine. Where we looked at self portraits of ourselves, I was very interested in this process and production lesson because I had enjoyed the previous two process and production lessons with Nick. I was very happy about this lesson because I always learn a lot from them and I like that they are very productive and busy to keep me going. The first thing that we did in this lesson was work with our self portrait that had been taken for University Badges, for this part we had to look at the self portrait a think about how we wanted to display this on the poster zine that we had created. I decided that I wanted to cut out the background that was based around the photograph, however using some of this I decided to take a strip of the paper and cover my eyes so that you couldn't see them. I thought about doing this because I am not so keen on my eyes which is why I decided to cover them up, if I was able to change something about myself it would be my eyes.
We then moved onto the next page of the Zine which was to use the self portrait that we had just cut out and stuck on the previous page. However this time we had to draw ourselves, but the drawing wasn't meant to be a detailed sketch just a quick drawing. I found that this was a pretty easy part of the lesson because it was just draw yourself out on a piece of paper however I found that it was the best drawing of myself in the whole wide world, but I felt that it was a good drawing to say that we didn't have a long time on the design.
For the next part of the lesson we then used the photocopier to scan our face. I thought that this process was very interesting, but weird and different to the previous things that we had done in this lesson. After we had scanned our face using the scanner we then opened up the zine and placed our scans on the page, however before we did this we were allowed to be a little bit creative and destroy and change the scan so that it fit the page and was made to look different and create a effective art piece using the scan that we had of ourselves.
In addition to this process, we then moved on to the next part of the poster zine and started to work with emoji symbols, where we were given three different ones to work with. I found that this task was quite fun because we had to create a self portrait of ourselves just using the emoji's, once I had been playing round with emoji's to create my final self portrait for this task I found that the portrait of myself looked like it was a judge or from a Shakespeare play. I found that this was very amusing when I had created it.
For my final task within this process and production lesson we were given the task of creating a self portrait of ourselves using paper that consisted of black dot from small dots to large ones. We were told that the larger dots would represent the darker areas of the self portrait that we would be referencing from and the smaller dots would represent the lighter areas of the photograph. I found this process quite fun and very different, however I also found the task quite hard because I had to make sure that we I was using the dots I got the right size for the portrait but also the correct dots that I wanted to work with.
Overall I was pleased with how the poster zine went and to improve on this further I might make zine in to several different posters. To create a range and a series that would connect well together.
We then moved onto the next page of the Zine which was to use the self portrait that we had just cut out and stuck on the previous page. However this time we had to draw ourselves, but the drawing wasn't meant to be a detailed sketch just a quick drawing. I found that this was a pretty easy part of the lesson because it was just draw yourself out on a piece of paper however I found that it was the best drawing of myself in the whole wide world, but I felt that it was a good drawing to say that we didn't have a long time on the design.
For the next part of the lesson we then used the photocopier to scan our face. I thought that this process was very interesting, but weird and different to the previous things that we had done in this lesson. After we had scanned our face using the scanner we then opened up the zine and placed our scans on the page, however before we did this we were allowed to be a little bit creative and destroy and change the scan so that it fit the page and was made to look different and create a effective art piece using the scan that we had of ourselves.
In addition to this process, we then moved on to the next part of the poster zine and started to work with emoji symbols, where we were given three different ones to work with. I found that this task was quite fun because we had to create a self portrait of ourselves just using the emoji's, once I had been playing round with emoji's to create my final self portrait for this task I found that the portrait of myself looked like it was a judge or from a Shakespeare play. I found that this was very amusing when I had created it.
For my final task within this process and production lesson we were given the task of creating a self portrait of ourselves using paper that consisted of black dot from small dots to large ones. We were told that the larger dots would represent the darker areas of the self portrait that we would be referencing from and the smaller dots would represent the lighter areas of the photograph. I found this process quite fun and very different, however I also found the task quite hard because I had to make sure that we I was using the dots I got the right size for the portrait but also the correct dots that I wanted to work with.
Overall I was pleased with how the poster zine went and to improve on this further I might make zine in to several different posters. To create a range and a series that would connect well together.
Monday 5 December 2016
How To Write A Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Within this Business Lecture we were shown how to write the perfect Curriculum Vitae (CV), in order for us as students to be prepared to apply for jobs and placements that we will want to take or do within our or after our university course. Below is the perfect structure that we follow to create a good CV.
We should firstly start out by writing our:
Name and contact details
- Your Name
- Address
- Telephone (Personal Mobile)
- Email (Uni and Personal)
- Webpage (Portfolio)
Then:
Age - clarifies how old you are
D.O.B - clarifies when you were born
Status - Single, Relationship
After this:
Education - Most recent first
the University of Huddersfield - course
- from/to (give date of expected graduation)
don't put in the grades, grades can tell something about me. this may under sell my self
College - etc
Skills - such as computer literacy (programmes specific?)
Driving Licence
Further more:
work experience - date, organisation and job
couple of sentences explaining this.
most recent to the top
Hobbies and Interests - be brief
Don't put down that you like socialising
Finally:
Referees - work and academic reference
Name
Company
Position
Address
Telephone
Email
After writing out our CV for ourselves we also need to write a cover letter for each job or placement that we apply for, it is important that we always change the cover letter for each job and placement, so that it fits the firm and it is for that firm that you are applying for.
The final part that we looked at within this lecture was I.P, which is known as Intellectual Property. This is like a copyright protected symbol to show that it is your own work. We also talked about:
Intellectual Property Rights
People Own what they create
Idea, Brand, Invention, Design, Written work, Song, Performace etc.
So how do you protect yourself?
I found that this Business Lecture was very interesting because I was able to take a lot on board for when I am creating my own CV and cover letters for the place that I am going to be applying for my Placement Year.
We should firstly start out by writing our:
Name and contact details
- Your Name
- Address
- Telephone (Personal Mobile)
- Email (Uni and Personal)
- Webpage (Portfolio)
Then:
Age - clarifies how old you are
D.O.B - clarifies when you were born
Status - Single, Relationship
After this:
Education - Most recent first
the University of Huddersfield - course
- from/to (give date of expected graduation)
don't put in the grades, grades can tell something about me. this may under sell my self
College - etc
Skills - such as computer literacy (programmes specific?)
Driving Licence
Further more:
work experience - date, organisation and job
couple of sentences explaining this.
most recent to the top
Hobbies and Interests - be brief
Don't put down that you like socialising
Finally:
Referees - work and academic reference
Name
Company
Position
Address
Telephone
After writing out our CV for ourselves we also need to write a cover letter for each job or placement that we apply for, it is important that we always change the cover letter for each job and placement, so that it fits the firm and it is for that firm that you are applying for.
The final part that we looked at within this lecture was I.P, which is known as Intellectual Property. This is like a copyright protected symbol to show that it is your own work. We also talked about:
Intellectual Property Rights
People Own what they create
Idea, Brand, Invention, Design, Written work, Song, Performace etc.
So how do you protect yourself?
I found that this Business Lecture was very interesting because I was able to take a lot on board for when I am creating my own CV and cover letters for the place that I am going to be applying for my Placement Year.
Friday 2 December 2016
Seminar #8: Information Skills - Laura Williams
Today's seminar was a little different as we had a library session with Laura William instead of having our usual seminar with Polina on a Friday. Within this seminar we started out by talking how we should do when writing our essay and where we can get help or what information and materials we can use to help us produce our essay. The first is to identify all the keywords for the essay topic that we want to explore, this would then allow us to explore all of the areas of our chosen subject to see what we can look into further to find the answers for our essay topic. The next one is that we need to evaluate our information sources, are they reliable or useful. Are they up to date? Is the source trustworthy and can we trust and relate it to our essay topic to back up to our point that we are wanting to make. The next is finding your information for your essay, where could I find this. I could use books, magazines, newspapers or article and internet sources. The final point that we were told was were can we find help, we can find help from tutors and the people that are in the library, so that if were struggling to find something we can find it easily.
We then moved on to how we should generate keywords from our essay's research question. For example by following the process of looking at the research question, then breaking down the question and finding keywords from there. For our task we were told to look at the words in our question and see what words we could come up with from this. My research question was:
We then moved on to how we should generate keywords from our essay's research question. For example by following the process of looking at the research question, then breaking down the question and finding keywords from there. For our task we were told to look at the words in our question and see what words we could come up with from this. My research question was:
"How has the technology in Title Design in Films between the 1960's to Now".
Some of the keywords that I thought of from my research question was:
- Technology
- Film Design
- Title Design
- Title Sequences
- Films
- Short Films
- History
- Old
- Modern
The next part that we looked at was something that is known as the CRAAP test, which a process that you should use when examining a source that we have found to use for our essay. The CRAAP test stands for:
C- Currency
This is the timeless of the information which means is the information and source you have researched up to date, when was it published? Was it published around the date of the original event because this is very important to consider.
R- Reliability/Relevance
This is the importance of the information for your needs. We have to consider who published the source? Is the source that you found primary or secondary information? Also does all the information that is provided within article or source all relevant to the essay topic that you are writing. Can we trust the article, as it may contain some false answers and maybe misleading for your essay.
A- Authority
This is the source of the information. For this we have to consider who the author/publisher is of the source that your looking at? Is the publisher qualified to write about the topic.
A- Accuracy
This is the reliability, the truthfulness and correctness of the content. Never rely on just one source and the information that is told in the article. Another point to look into is where the information is from and when you look at the information throughly are there any spelling errors.
P- Purpose
This is the reason the information exists. What is the purpose of the information that you decided to look at, is it to inform people about the topic that you have researched. Do the authors make their intentions or the purpose of the information clear. Does the point of view seem impartial or objective?
The final task that we were given for this seminar was to put the process into action, to do this we were given two different sources of information. We were told to find out whether the source of information was useful or not using the process of the CRAAP test.
I found that this seminar was very useful, as I will be able to se this process when looking into different sources of my own for my essay and topic.
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