Sunday, 6 May 2012

Assignment 4 Tutor report

I've received my tutor's report on assignment 4.  Here's the whole report which is very gratifying as I put a lot of thought into the assignment.

Overall Comments
Assignment three focused on Monochrome, where you were asked to choose suitable colour images from a theme to convert to black and white format, bringing out qualities of form, tonal ranges of contrast and texture. You were also asked to express an account of why you chose a particular subject and comment on how you think you succeeded. This you successfully completed.

Assignment four has given you an opportunity to develop your creative thinking with design and manipulation techniques.


Feedback on assignment

You have produced a very clear brief for the project following an inspirational idea and carried out significant research of similar magazine covers that gave some background to your ideas.
Your documentation shows a step-by-step explanation of the creation of the magazine cover with clear instructions of your Photoshop techniques used in alteration and manipulation of the chosen image. You have further expanded your skills by adding text and colour that is quite striking and would I am sure attract teenagers looking for an interesting magazine with topical content.

Yellow, red and black are all contrasting colours and analysing the psychology of colours where red is the most emotionally intense colour, signifies danger and is also the colour of love. Red also is one of the most successful colours used by Manufacturers of food, drinks and cosmetics, etc. Yellow is known as cheerful and sunny. Black is authority and power and also implies submission. This then would suit the style and design you have chosen.

Your documentation clearly points out the stages of development of the final image with detailed changes in the text style, the added banner and carefully chosen alteration to the title of the banner that simply lifts the impact of the image. I think it is important that you have shown screen shots of the various manipulation stages in the assignment.

You clearly enjoyed working on this assignment and have produced a commendable product that you can be proud of. You explored the areas of adjustment and manipulation and honed in on your design skills in successfully applying this to the project in hand. To the untrained eye, the level of ethical justification to changes of the original image is very pleasing and would not necessarily cause offence to the model. Well-done Jennifer!


Sketchbooks/Learning Logs

Keeping sketchbooks and a learning log is an integral part of this and every other OCA course, not only because they constitute 20% of your marks if you choose to have your work formally assessed but they are also an excellent way to see how you are developing.


Your blog is great and fully up-to-date. Just check the numbering of the exercises, as I think you are a digit out (Alteration is Exercise 23 not 22)


Formal Assessment
As you are studying for the degree in Photography I am sure you plan to submit your work for assessment at the end of this course, from the work you have shown in your assignments, I suggest that you are very likely to be successful in the assessment.