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Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION

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OUIL603 Extended Practice

Credit 60 s

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STUDIO PRACTICE Project Proposal Name

Emily Flanagan

Date

30/01/2017

Blog Address

Rationale To explore the ideas of communicating an emotive atmosphere through the use of shape, scale, colour and composition within a specific social/political matter.

Create a portfolio of work within these themes/subjects – build myself into a social commentator rather than just an editorial artist / delve further into reportage and narrative.

Themes / Subjects War: RELIGIOUS/WAR ON DRUGS/ WAR ON TERROR politics: UK/USA/RUSSIA???

Social: REFUGEES/XENOPHOBIA/SOCIAL INJUSTICES Commentary: mundanity (505) everyday/overlooked issues/what am I not seeing/ BEYOND AESTHETIC***** exhibition collaboration with class.

Professional Context & Contextual References

Oliver kugler Pawel Kuczynski JIM DOW Koryo collective Matt craven

BA (Hons) Illustration - Level 06 OUIL603 Extended Practice – Major Brief BRIEF TITLE Brief To explore the ideas of communicating an emotive atmosphere through the use of shape, scale, colour and composition within a specific social/political matter.

Products & Proposals

Function & Context

(ask about what these sections mean because they are all the same to me.)

Informative, commentary, social, political, educational,

Holding a collaborative exhibition about having a voice based on social/political matters.

Context & Distribution

Audience & Tone of Voice

Exhibition/social media accounts Sending to contacts/editorial platforms/art bloggers

People interested in social/ political matters – no specific age range.

Additional information/Considerations

Deliverables 5 x publications/zines based around the story of the refugee crisis 5 x prints taken from these publications 5 x sets of magnets based on elements used in these publications/prints

ACTION PLAN – use this section to identify specific tasks that you need to complete in order to resolve the brief.

Week What do you need to do?

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Address the specific social/political scenario I wish to focus on Begin finding articles and supporting material for contextual research Look at artists who have focused on similar research for their artwork.

Begin looking into the science of how a person perceives shape/ scale/composition to create atmosphere – make these experiments//social experiments among peers using simple shapes/images – finding these images online

Deadlin e 8th

13th

Begin incorporating my social/political subject with my findings- make work which will impact an audience.

20th

Use elements from findings and separate them- similar to COP magnets.
 Strip theory down and create images on my subject from this theory.

21st

Create a narrative to run through publications – final prints can be from images used in publications.

30th

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Create magnets from characters/objects shown in publications to 5th mirror the final prints.

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RESEARCH ACTIVITY: FMP

Deadlin March 30th e

Details

Research into theory behind creating atmosphere with composition/scale/shape – experiment with peers and test different variations – document results for each to find the most affective variation for desired impact.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY: OLD SAW MILL

Deadlin 8th/feb e

Details

Look at reference imagery of woodcutting/ the old saw mill to make quick brief turnaround.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY D&AD FUR FOR ANIMALS

Deadlin March 1st e

Details

Research process of skinning animals/look for solutions and approach brief from a positive angle rather than a cliché shock angle.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY NEW STATEMAN

Deadlin 20th feb e

Details

Look into what would have happened in Germany won the war/ find visual symbols of this/ look at previous illustrations in the new statesman –

RESEARCH ACTIVITY CMV

Deadlin 18th feb e

Details

Learn how to create glitch like effects on photoshop – research into imagery/stories and articles around Syria before and after bombings.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS / TEXTS - (Harvard Refernced)

MAGAZINES / JOURNALS / ARTICLES – (include publication date and details)

ON LINE REFERENCES / WEBSITES / ARTICLES (include specific urls)

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIAL (Films, events, exhibitions, conferences)

BA (Hons) Illustration - Level 06 OUIL603 Extended Practice STUDIO PRACTICE

Project Proposals 10 steps to producing persuasive project proposals

1. Set clear aims and objectives 2. Be SMART (Specific , Measurable , Achievable , Realistic , Time Conscious) 3. Use words from your brief 4. Justify the need for your proposal 5. Describe your audience 6. Describe your motivations 7. Consider the reader 8. Eliminate vagueness 9. Visualise the ending 10. Assume nothing