The final product for 1B, in correct viewing order This advertisement sequence is meant to market Modcloth in i-D magazine. More so than Project 1A, Project 1B really seems like a culmination of all the learning, research and hard work over the past 10 weeks because it utilises not just the knowledge and skills gleaned from previous classes but also the images we have created from the tutorial classes. Inspiration A dark and macabre twist to the original tale of the Little Mermaid . Image Reference: Light, M. (2017). The Lure Review . Retrieved from: http://horrorfreaknews.com/lure-2017-review I had a spark of inspiration after watching The Lure (2015) – Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczynska’s unconventional take on Han Christen Andersen’s classic fairytale, The Little Mermaid. I had caught it during a film festival at the National Museum some weeks back and was inspired by not just Smoczynska’s spunky characterisation of the titular character (a cannibalistic m...
After the completion of Project 1A and B this week, we learned about colour theory, which I believe would come in extremely handy for Project 2. It helped to put into perspective why some previous experimentations of mine worked and some didn’t. Our learning for this week would be divided up into 4 main sections: Munsell Colour Theory, Functional Colours, Natural Colour System and Colour Combination and Others/Other Thoughts. Munsell Colour Theory In the lecture video we first learnt about American painter Albert Henry Munsell, and how he was generally considered the most successful in attempts at constructing a colour system to provide standard samples according to a logically organised plan as well as catering for the perceived affinity of colours. Colour Components (as defined by Albert Munsell), included Hue (The quality by which you distinguish between diff colours e.g how blue is a separate or different hue from yellow) ...