VisLang: Communication Model vol 3.75

The top image and the very last shows the hand cut/placed type used to denote the title of my movie, "With a Chance of Rain: An illustration of a communication model"

The next three images are just a bit of a teaser of my movie. Jill's hair has changed.

Fifth image down is some furniture made for Jack and Jill's studies.

Second to last image is a shot of the rooftop of Jill's apartment building, where she will send off the pigeon (who has no name.)

The New (new and edited) Dialogue

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This is Jill. In this illustration of how a communication model works, Jill represents the Sender. The Sender is in charge of distributing a message that he or she wants others to receive. A Message does not deal only with saying something, but how it is said and the treatment of the actual content. The Receiver in this context is Jill's brother Jack.

After writing her letter, she will attach it to the pigeon and send him off to deliver the message. A channel is how a message gets from a Sender to a Receiver. The pigeon is the channel.

If there are any problems with the delivery of the message, the problem is called Noise. Noise alters how the Receiver perceives the message. Since the paper got wet and the ink smeared, the rain acts as noise. Jack now has to fill in the blank based on his personal knowledge and cultural background. His response to Jill will act as Feedback to let her know how her message was received.

Minimal noise will allow for a clearer communication of the message and keep everyone happy and unconfused. The End.

VisLang: Communication Model vol 3.1 furniture

I met with Johnna today for a crit. I asked her if the new characters were working better than the old, she agreed that they were. I also asked if a narrative-style voice over to explain my communication model worked better or if I should switch to visible text on the screen with the rest of the animation. She said that the voice over was more interesting and continued the consistency of my animation.

The rest of the class was spent building furniture. To start all of these little things, I generally draw out a pattern on white paper. I then cut out the white paper version and transfer via tracing to the correct colored paper. Then I cut out the correct colored paper versions and glue everything together. Behold, the two tables and two chairs that will act as props/scenery in my movie. I enjoy the small size in relationship to my characters. They look so cheap and tiny.

VisLang: Communication Model vol 3.0 new characters

This is the new storyboard. There was a major disconnect between Lucy the sender and Fargo the message in the last character set. Now that I have Jack, Jill and the pigeon (tentatively named Dmitri), there is a greater relativity between them. The pigeon will now act as one of the channels in the model, carrying the messages between Jill and Jack.




This is Jill and Jack. And Dmitri, the pigeon.











This image is just showing scale of my hand-cut characters.








This is a close up of Jill's pencil. The dime showing size again.

VisLang: Communication Model vol 2.0 character development

These past few days have been spent organizing the scenes I want to include, as well as actually creating my sets, props and characters.

I have broken my movie down into 5 scenes.
1- Lucy is walking (intro, this is Lucy)
2- Fargo walks/escapes (this is Fargo)
3- Fargo is wandering- finds noise (is distracted by many things)
4- Joe finds Fargo
5- Joe Lucy and Fargo, all united (Feedback, restart cycle)

VisLang: Postcard Iterations (set 3)

VisLang: POSTCARD 2

"There is an obvious disconnect between the person and the card. I'm not sure if the card is being swiped but it appears as if it is being stolen or taken away. Personally it seems to be representing bad decisions and over spending since the money isn't tangible. People are more inclined to keep spending and keep spending without any real sense of responsibility. Eventually the person ruins their credit or drains their bank account and ends up with a lot of over draft fees." 
-Mike




Mike understood my intentions exactly as I wanted them to be taken. He commented upon the fast action as either representing theft of the card (my intent) or as fast/irrational spending (my under-current intent). There apparently was very little to no noise from my original piece. 


His piece to me says "consumerism." in context to his response, it is a negative thing that will land you in poverty, debt, and an eventual self-destruction. Even the model he chose to use- pale female, nice dress, upper-middle class, young-ish - speaks to our culture. What is acceptable? What is the "american ideal"? How will little girls be raised? We as a nation are sinking into our consumer-driven lives. Women are especially bad. Women tend to live the stereotype of poor money handlers. Charge first ask questions later. 

VisLang: POSTCARD 1

VisLang: Jamie Presentation Notes (for reference)

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vis lang notes

community-

system- gas prices

products- traffic, highways and car together

components-  okay- let's design a car (not thinking about the aftermath)

traditional design operates on component level (imma design a book), we need to work in the system level- what results will our book cause?

interrelated systems

interrelated products

interrelated components

components

components are logos, packaging, advertising, store layouts...

product is apple

system would be any other brand- HP Toyota, MTV,  Coke, ANY other brand- pop culture? (Docs in cars fall under this category), apple is influencing other peoples store spaces

community- social status to have something mac brand- including the car you drive, the area you live in, the job you have ... all things to make up your social status

VisLang: Postcard Iterations (set 1)

VisLang: Reading sumation

- "minimalism is sometimes only appreciated by a few "visually educated" people." I believe this statement to be true but I also believe that non-'visually educated' people are able to enjoy a project/advertisement sometimes more so than someone visually educated. Since I have started studying visual advocacy, I rarely find an ad or a commercial that I enjoy without any little things that I would change in that ad.

- the concept of noise is interesting- they describe it as anything between the viewer and the message you're trying to send. Do your feet hurt? Then there is noise. Does your nose itch? Noise. How can we as a designer make our message easier to read after someone has had a hard day at the office?

- "Too much decoration may be aesthetic noise, but decoration can also be the redundancy' that visual communication needs." I think the word 'redundancy' needs to be altered- you don't want to bombard your viewer over and over and over and over again. You just want to strengthen your ideas by adding certain elements to your process.

- "entropy" was described almost as being Ethos. "technical language" use scientific papers- make it something someone can trust.

Under the General Education and Adaptability section, someone made the point that in order to be a good designer, you need to be focused and clear all unnecessary thoughts from your mind. I concur.

VisLang: Debit Card Connotations

Positive:
easy
fast
small
"in the black"
modern

Negative:
defenseless
traceable
expires
overdrawn
lost

Neutral:
plastic
flexible
shine
light
condensed
concise
technologic
glossy
gold
auto-deduct


Other:
sign
receipt
replacement
magnetic strip
embossed
slide
card number
tender
cash (less)
tradable (card gives you cash)
ATM
rounded
flat
pin number
digits
bank
signed/unsigned
personalize(d)
charge
wallet
pocket
purse

(Other_ Actions:
drop
stuff
cram
slide
cut (in half)
activate
cancel

VisLang: Final Kodak

My original mode of appeal was determined to be logos. After finding a particular path to follow in both ethos and pathos, I decided Ethos should be the way I go for my final piece. The original add brought the viewers attention to the ideas:  "anyone can do it" and "take 100 photos." It was aimed towards middle class citizens.


I portrayed my photos coming out of a wallet. My model is wearing jeans in order to keep it casual (no dress pants, but no holes in the jeans either). There are so many photos that they are falling out of the wallet. 


My tag line "The possibilities add up." was used to comment on "100 photos," "save money by using our film," and "it's okay to be creative. Do different things." 


I included the well-known kodak brand name to point out that "with kodak, all these things are possible." 

Vis Lang: "Final" Three

These are the "final" three composition iterations for the Ethos kodak magazine spreads. 

Points:

-lots of photos "add" up- reference to money in a wallet.

- in an alley where graffiti is likely to be found

-two page spread

Playing with placement and color combinations. The top has a red hue, referencing the logo

The second has muted colors so the Kodak logo stands out more

The third has bright colors, the two reds are similar- allowing the logo to stand on its own and yet blend with the rest of the spread. 

VisLang: More process Kodak

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I really enjoy the thought of taking your thoughts, memories, passions with you. Kodak (though its capability to take 100 photos) allows you to do just that. You can constantly have the things you love within you reach. Right now the colored papers represent the 100 photos of course...

VisLang: Ethos progress iterations

I've decided upon a 2-page magazine spread for ethos. It could easily be shrunken for a 1-page spread if I end up doing that later. Top two are smaller on the page, leaving more breathing space and more traditional "book" borders. The last three spreads take up more room on the individual pages. I really just played with the logo placement. All of the logos on these spreads are scanned-in spray-painted stencils. I could easily switch out their actual logo if need be but I enjoy having the logo fit in with the rest of the graffiti theme. I have a couple printed out where I spray painted directly onto the spread. I'll try to scan those in later as well, but for now they are strictly physical beings.



Logo placements (in order of appearance):
centered small
centered big
right bottom, replacing the last of the "100" images
bottom left justified
bottom right justified

VisLang: IN-CLASS PROGRESS

We had a full class crit.

Ideas/feedback generated by said critique:

Ethos: The 100 photo idea
-photo sized boxes vs the squares (which could represent Polaroid, the competition)
-100 photos should be different, not one image broken into 100 parts
-100 photos not necessarily in the grid format
-spray paint the kodak logo if all the other images are of graffiti
-possible 2 page spread
-last image is just the kodak logo

Pathos: a photo in a photo
-go with 2 photos, one background, one of the hand with another photo
-few kids as a before and after?
-house in the background?
-clean inner image/burnt background?
-"keep your memories for years to come"/"keep your memories throughout the years" if it's the family before/after idea