Visual Language Module evaluation

What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

My skills have developed a huge amount through this module. I really took into consideration at the beginning of the module when the brief was given, how at this stage I thought I was a graphic designer. From last years Final major project on foundation I found that my imagery side of creating any piece of either video or photography was strong so I wanted to make enfaces on that , and stop motion I felt was appropriate as i had such a long period of time to investigate it. this was defiantly the best decision i have made it in the year so far as I am very confident in this technique now and eager to learn more about it and develop my skills. Because this module didn't have a specific final piece to create, the resolution was my main focus, which effectively was to try and show all the skills I had learn over the weeks and put it in a sequence that made sense. Creating an effective piece of imagery that had a meaning I found hard in this task and later realized that actually the question of whats a line could more simply be answered through visual language and sequence of objects that was anisially asked in the brief. Overcomplicating this aspect may have potentially lost me time in the brief, but It was still all trial and era at that stage and can definitely be seen as investigation towards the final resolution.

What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?

My method started specifically with the stop motion and photography so this was a consistent form of research/development into the final sequence in itself. At the start, we were given the perspective classes alongside the whats a line work that we were doing, so i combined them as earlier sequence and photography work fitted in well with it. Story boards were also a major factor to all my development research and towards the end I began to find more effective ways of doing these without needing to necessarily draw the idea out, which i am not confident in doing.

What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?

This module has defiantly allowed me to develop and find my style, as far as imagery and message is involved. Creating concepts and meaning was were my attention was focused and now i have got into a routine of having to plan my idea, then test run until it effectively works. I also found that especially with this kind of stop frame animation that was being created, it was good to take a step back sometimes and either analyze or get other people to analyze the work I was beginning to create. Thats why crits were so important to me this module. Photography skills have been improved because of this module, which is definitely evident after looking back at the first stop frames I had created. Being very influenced in music I kept trying to bring this element by figuring which kind of sounds and imagery worked the best together. I felt some actually worked very well.

What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?

I definitely dint use this module to my advantage in practicing my drawing and simple imagery work. This has always been my poorest element of design, and I really regret not using the opportunity to try and create work in which the class could give me feedback on. This kind of process would have perhaps given me focus in this area, encouraging me to use a more drawn based approach to my work from this point on. Saying this I do not regret the obsessive nature and excitement I now have when it comes to video animation as this has given me a good focus and even a fun hobby to have now throughout my graphic career.

Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

1.Definitely use the oppertunity to be abkle to draw more and even screen print, with such a long project, I should have used the opportunity to focus on elements I vitally needed to progress on

2.I would use more of a brainstorming stage at the begining to experiment and see what visually works best with what Im trying to say. Explore anisial ideas more

3.I would document my work as I go along more. Story boards via the computer are easy to achieve, I should have realized and focus on detailed accounts of work like this at an earlier stage.

4.asked opinions more about what works the best. The work is better assessed by a completly new person who hadn't seen it before, so i should have created surveys to try and receive effective feedback.

5. Not panicked as the process went along. I compared my work to other peoples a lot in this module. Effectively it made me work harder because peoples physical drawing and painting work made me think I had done no were near enough work, were in fact I was on target and it was going fine.


This is how I'd grade myself in the following areas:

1. attendance -5
2. Punctuality -5
3. Motivation- 4
4. Commitment-3
5. Quantity of work produced-4
6. Quality of work produced- 3
7. Contribution to the group-3