My Presentation

My Presentation on what inspires me and who I aspire to be like..

Book Cover Task

My final front book cover for Stephen King's The Shining. I created a visual metaphor of the martini glass, the blood and the roque mallet (instead of an olive). As within this story the main character Jack Torrence is taken over by the spirit of the hotel and they use his alcohol problem to possess him. Jack often makes reference to Martinis being called martians. The blood represents the blood shed that happens towards the end of the book and the weapon Jack uses on his family (the roque mallet) is present instead of the olive too.

My Inspiration

Inspiration is all around us. Is something I have learnt during my time here.

Everything is seen to me as an idea, a purpose. Everything has something unique about them that I can use in some way. My inspiration comes from great movies, movies like Pulp Fiction, Avatar, Memento or Inception those that are disruptive in their ideas or storytelling form. Books also inspire me and the way, in which, you get an idea of how the author is thinking, also your vocabulary grows. People around me like family and friends and fellow class mates; influence me when they share their ideas, thoughts and daily activities. Pets influence me because they are beautiful and have loveable attitudes. Places inspire me to achieve great things, architecture of astounding and crazy looking building influence me to take risks. Another big influence of mine would be music, and the way in which each track can make you feel different to the next. I believe you can relate to song words, like you can relate to a piece of copy, like you can relate to a piece of advertising. The world around us is changing, technology is growing and mankind is getting stronger. The different, new and exciting ways of advertising inspire me to push the boundaries, advertising such as augmented reality blows my mind, the infamous Tipex YouTube advert and the M&M shooting and defacing websites game makes me realise that there is so much more to push and discover about advertising. As long as there is a clear target audience anything can be made. Advertising with a twist also inspires me, like the well known Old Spice ads, where the twist was made with a change of target audience (Old Spice being for men but advertising it to women). 

Juan Cabral is somebody who I aspire to be like. He is a writer and director of advertising, a genius. His colleagues describe him as “fearless” because he is willing to take risks. Cabral is best known for his popular Cadbury advert, featuring a Gorilla playing the drums. The advert alone raised the sales of Cadbury by 9% and Phil Collins’s “In the air tonight” came back into the charts. “He is the world’s leading television ad man”. His career first began in his home town Argentina working for Agulla and Baccetti, there he worked on projects for Renault, Sprite, HSBC and Coca-Cola plus many more companies. In 2001, he went to the advertising agency Mother; there he produced work for Orange, The Observer and Fray Bentos. Cabral real fame began when he joined Fallon in 2003. Some of Fallon’s clients; ASDA, ASK, Ben and Jerry’s, Budweiser, Cadbury, Orange, Sony and many more. Other notable advertisements of Cabral/Fallon are the Sony Bravia Adverts- firstly the exploding paints on a Glasgow estate, and then the adverts progressed to colourful bouncy balls and finally, colourful bunnies. He is also disruptive in the way he works; people talk about his advertisements because they turn heads, most of his ads do not contain the product which is a risky breakthrough and the fact he got the trust from his client and agency is just astounding. Cabral is a brilliant inspiring figure, he has an amazing amount of experience and he got noticed. This is something I am aiming to do, to get noticed.

Bibliography

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE -Old Spice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy52yueBX_s&feature=fvsr - Cadbury Gorilla

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GURvHJNmGrc- Sony Bravia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ba1BqJ4S2M- Tipex Bear

ITAP Lesson- 16

Turn heads and be disruptive is the key to great advertising. Disruption within advertising is a positive philosophy of being different. It is the idea of change and growth within a company, brand or product. To create great advertising you need to think differently and ask better questions. The best way to do this is by researching competitors and ask why they did this this way? and what are they trying to say? and how can we do something different? Convention, Vision and Disruption are the ingredients to success. Also a good relationship with client and agency is also needed so they can trust your way or thinking and working. Within an agency you need to push the boundaries and start saying; "lets be brave here..".

A good ad needs to connect emotionally with the target audience, whether it makes them smile, laugh, jealous, angry or even shocked. If the ad does not set the right tone and is quite bland it has failed. Best advertising tells the truth. It is best to find a Unique Selling Point (USP) for a product, brand or company so that they can show it off and it sells because it is different. Brands also need to disrupt, the brand needs to show the audience that they are passionate, honest and committed. Brands that do this are; Nike, Adidas, Innocent, Coca-Cola etc. The choice of media is also important when being disruptive. New technology is developing and there are many ways to advertise through media, some examples; augmented reality, ambient and social media, events and experiments, design even song.

Disruption is creative. Creating something dynamic to replace something that has become static. It is change. Here are some examples of what I think are great advertising;

Most Talked about ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy52yueBX_s&feature=fvsr -Cadbury, Gorilla

Humour and added to common vernacular

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUSpjZEhNU8 -John Smith, Ave It

Disruption of convention (which was sex and narrative to sells jeans)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY6WTuvyF7Y - Levis, Flat Eric

Telling the truth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6GGDhHzKI -Pot Noodle, Slag of all Snacks

User generation (getting the audience involved, audience are the ad)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX_aihoo9hg - Nike, The Chain

Wit (arguably, the greatest TV ad of all time)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABcckOTVqao -Volkswagen, Snow Plough

Change of target audience (product for men, brought by women, so sell the ad to women!) RESEARCH your product and target audience

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE -Old Spice, The man your man could smell like

Humour and "wassssup" became an addition to the common vernacular, everybody started saying it. Another wasssup advert 8 years later with the same people was made to help Obama become president.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRtB5B6grnA&feature=related - Budweiser, True


Bibliography

Personal experience and the help of youtube

Smile- Logo Ideas

Smile- Outdoor clothing range. Here are some examples of many logo ideas I had which reflect outdoor activites, weather, hiking etc. I also looked at upper and lower case text.



Smile- Toy Range. Here I looked at objects like rattles, jigsaws, paint, building blocks etc. To represent on my logo for the toy range. I also found that using lower case seemed less aggressive than using upper case lettering. Target audience being parents and children.



Smile- Cosmetics. Here I looked at make up, creams and facial features which would be present on my logo design. I tried to make the logo girly looking because they are the target audience.

Brainiac Jack- Storyboard

A story board of the opening scene of Brainiac Jack. Brainiac Jack being a school kid who had a magical pen which makes him go back in time and talk to historical figures. Jack regularly has homework and test papers that he struggles with. This is when he goes back in time to find the answers. This would thus become an educational childrens programme, episodes roughtly 4 minutes long.

ITAP- Lesson 15

We are bombarded with approximately 11,00 pieces of advertising and graphic design everyday, from the moment we get up and reach for the cereal box to the moment we brush our teeth for bed. As technology is getting stronger, there are many new ways to advertise. The strongest would be the internet as more people use the internet these days then watch TV. Advertising has switched to a new level on Smartphones and iPhones, with games to stimulate and get the companies product known (Carling Game). Also a beautiful way of adverising is the magnificient augmented reality featured on the Iphones and now even consoles like the 3DS! This technology is a breakthrough using cameras to project what you are looking at but the software shows through. Eg. a new car interior when you sit in your old car and pan around.

But are we absorbing to much information? I believe we are not, as we are unconsciously selective in our noting of advertising. We can depict which adverts we want to see, and know of which relate to us and get us interested. This is why adverts need a target audience. For example, if I saw an advertisment billboard persuading people to join their company for home insurance, I would immediately not take note except maybe if I knew of somebody looking for home insurance. Same way, if I saw a family car advert on the TV claiming that it is spacious, I would immedialty switch off unless it was a very captivating advert of course.

Advertisments I would respond to are cosmetic ads, console or game product ads, chocolate branding, clothing in magazines (not very appealing or stimulating on TV), charity advertising on TV are always shocking and absorbing, DVD or film trailers- These are just a selection because I am interested in the product consciously, however, this does change the fact that a good ad would stimulate my interest.

Piece of copy..

I be but a humble pirate, a scallywag, a buccaneer. I be a one legged captain, with eyes for only treasure and rum.  I warn off ye folk with the old jolly roger. I hornswaggle, cheat and make my way in gold. At times I’ve been in Davy’s grip and cursed upon by the almighty black spot, but I be a swash buckling pioneer and have done away with ye folk who have caused me to fear. I have a trusted side kick who is at my beck and call, he be Derek my talking budgie who sits upon my shoulder. I am obsessed with hats in any shape or form; they need to be comfortable, loose and commendable. I have a hat for every occasion, whether it be for fighting, commanding or steering my ship and I keep a dusty compass and silver bullets at all times, in case I be lost or find a monstrous creature in the high seas. Close encounters with the gallows have I, afraid to be at the gates of the hangman’s noose, aye! Avast! I am not to be reasoned or bargained with; mutiny is the only option to overthrow my place upon this ship. My crew is that of a fearful sort, who are loyal and truthful but only to the captain. They follow my commands without a huff or a whistle; they know they can walk the plank if they give me any trouble. We’ve plundered into the depths of every ocean to find hidden treasure, taken it and spent it to soften our greedy ways and desires.

Fun with Fruit

Another video of me practising with Stop Motion. :) Soundtrack is Golden Brown by the Stranglers. (tune)

Peanuts?

A stop motion video, about an elephant and his love for peanuts. The soundtrack is Reet Petite by Jackie Wilson.

Task- Infographics

This is a group example of Infographics that we came up with at university. The task was to create an interesting survey involving students from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, because we have a Subway on our complex we thought it would be fun to see what peoples' favourite sub of the day was. This could be suitable for clients from Subway to see (obviously asking more people than we did), so they can get a better understanding of their customers needs and they could infact change the sub of the days if the rating it exceedingly low. The visual shows peoples' preferences by the length of the lines.

ITAP- Lesson 14

Defining the Semiotic Theory
Signs can be absolutly anything, gestures, speech, graffiti, commercials, slogans, expressions, symptoms etc.
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The three signs to remember;

• Iconic (represents what the subject looks like)
• Index (casual link between sign and object)
• Symbol OR arbitrary sign (you have to learn what it means)

--Signs are dependant on context--
An iconic sign shares the visual dimensions of the subject/object. Examples of iconic signs are an Underground sign, typical road signs like the roundabout, gender signs, toilet and disabled accessable signs, no smoking and warning signs.

An indexical sign is suttle and has a connection with an object, or it can be produced by the object it represents ie, smoke indexes fire, hyperlink indexes webpage, flowers index funeral/wedding. However, signs are dependant on context! Example would be the flowers. Flowers on it's own mean alot of things so they become indirect, however, if you stick a bridesmaid with them it becomes a wedding, a coffin or black hearse it becomes a funeral etc. This method is used alot in advertising, mostly used as a selling point in campaigns, it can create humour and relate to the audience. Here are some examples of indexical signs...
 Lightbulb could mean light or an idea..
Apple could mean health, Apple Macs, temptation..
--Onomotopoetic words are also iconic! Words such as; splash, boom, crash and bang etc---
An Arbitrary sign or symbol has no logical connection to the object, we do not know what the symbols mean until we are taught them. And we are only taught them through cultural agreements. Examples of some arbitrary signs...
radiation
no stopping (most roadsigns you have to learn there meaning)

Glorophyl Adhesive- Brief.

The brief was to pursuade people to buy "Glorophyl Adhesives" which is a strong glue, the aim was to sell how versatile the glue is and not so much strengh. This is was I came up with, obviously the character would be in humour form on the real advert but this was my interpretation using plasticine :)



small and simple :)