FMP Briefing

FMP Briefing

50 Credits – Nearly 50% of 3^rd year

Dissertation week use to print and bind

4 weeks to write statement of intent

-       Research

-       Testing

-       Printing

Testing briefs over 4 weeks, are they worth doing?

1^st of February – SOI FMP

SOI will change over time with extra briefs etc

Post dissertation week:

Designing, exploring, developing, portfolio development

11^th Week before Easter, interim presentations

Where are you so far

Have a significant amount of work to react to design context

After easter PPD Presentations

Easter focus on placements, visits, studios, contacting etc – Couple of days a week placement?

Book as many placements, visits before easter

Print will be open on Saturdays within coming weeks

Buy portfolio case

Buy camera

Link Dissertation to FMP – Branding, competition, digital age and media

Briefs made up / written need to be able to exist in the real world

Marking Criteria

Time Planning 10%

Respond to changes, problems – plan for, document and evaluate, problem solving

Research 10%

To gather, organise, evaluate and analyse it. Secondary, primary, appropriate methods

Critical Awareness 10%

Analyse nature of research and planning – how has it informed decisions

Visual Quality and Technical competence 20%

Ability to produce high quality professional work

Independent studio practise 20%

Resources – Effective use of studio space

Conceptual understanding of Graphic Design 20%

Concepts, problems, analysing GD, how it works, is it effective etc

Presenting 10%

Appropriate methods of professional presentation combining visual, verbal and written techniques

Selecting briefs

Subject knowledge

Skills

Interest

Complete professional finish

Theme – they have to work as a whole

Project journal – Part 1

Includes

Development work – writing on briefs, SOI etc

Live confidential briefs

Design Context

Understanding where my work sits

Reading – Biblography SOI individually driven

Any unreferenced sournces – PLAGERISM

NOTE ALL REFERENCES

SUBMISSION

Project journal

Design context and publication

Design development and solutions

Evaluation

Minimum of 5 significant briefs and DC brief

29^th May 1pm

Design Context

Part 1 – research

Studios, designers, exhibitions, events

Identifying, exploring areas of specialism to assess my work against. Judge against. Where do I lie within the industry.

What is the context of my practise

What are the processes out there, printers studios, interviews

-       Teachers (education)

-       Retail (shop owners

-       Theatre companies

Questions

Clients

Considerations

How you got into GD

Areas of specialism

Advice

Part 2 – Producing a publication

A book, publication, website…anything

Any format – make it appropriate to you

Lulu.com

Bookprint.co.uk

Blurb.com

Book-publishers-compared.com

DC – Consider product, range, distribution

e.g – Book, paperback, hardback, boxed, retail graphics, advertisements, promotional, website

Contact Amber if doing any ISTD briefs

Don’t define 6 briefs until SOI

Discuss collaborations with Fred

Where do I lie?

RETAIL

PRINT

ILLUSTRATION

PRODUCTS

ADVERTISING

Preparation and proposal – Part 1

Bring form to tutorials

‘I am interested in the impact of printing processes and illustration in relation to retail products and advertising.’

‘Illustration amoung retail design within its products and advertising methods, considering printing methods and finishes.’

Design Dicisplines

e.g Retail Packaging, signage, shop windows

Design Skills

e.g Practical skills – demonstrating in FMP