Investigating Print Based Media Production Techniques and Technology – Production Schedule
“Note: Each cell represents a ten-minute block of time. Three project lessons per week plus one hour of extra-curricular study.”
Month: November 2014
(33) Print-Based Media Production
Client Pitch and Audience Profile –
The TRC Media Awards – Flat Plans
After deciding what ideas I was going to use for the invitations and poster for the TRC Media Awards, I designed a basic layout for the ideas on Photoshop.
The black area of the reel is going to be the main body for the reel, where the light grey circle will act as the film strip itself. The grey colour will only be shown through the white circles in the area they are shown, so what is displayed in the picture won’t actually be visible on the final product.
This will act as a stencil to the reel I intend to linocut, so the areas which are black are the areas I intend to cut out using the baren kit, and the areas left in white will be pressed with ink onto paper.
(32) Print-Based Media Production
Client Pitch and Audience Profile –
The TRC Media Awards – Reprographics
The Reprographics Deptartment is located at the back of the LRC and takes over two rectangular rooms.
It’s open between 8:30am whilst 4:30pm between Monday and Thursday, however on Friday’s it opens and the same time and closes at 3:40pm due to the early finishes at college.
The prices of each colour printing all vary, depending on the size of the paper and the amount of colour or type of colour that’ll be used.
A colour sheet is available to look at for the different types of colours that are printed and the vibrancy of it so that customers can know what their work will look like once printed on different types of paper.
An option for clear paper is also available which is often used by art and photography students to make their work more professional when creating research books.
This is one of the standard printers that the reprographics department have. The college uses mainly HP Deskjet printers as they’re deemed the most reliable and sufficient.
There is a wide variety of paper that the reprographics department have to offer, varying from colour to types.
There is a wide variety of paper that the reprographics department have to offer, varying from colour to types.
The department keep a record of all the printing that they do, so that they know how much paper they have used, what type, who for and also what the cost of it was. This is so that the department can keep track of mistakes and the amount of paper they’ve used, and also as evidence for what they have provided.
Client Pitch and Audience Profile –
The TRC Media Awards – Research
Before we go to the reprographics department, we needed to know what sort of information we’d need to find out, therefore we came up with a list of questions.
- What finishing techniques do they have?
- How long does it take to print the final product? (Turn around times)
- How much does it cost to print and does it vary depending on quantity and size?
- What kind of chemicals do they use?
- What equipment is used to create the final product?
- How much is postage?
- What is the most amount of quantities they can produce?
Rob also emailed us a Reprographics Request Form that we would have to fill in when we come to using the department, as it makes it easier for them to process all the requests as well as having evidence for what we requested, if anything was to go wrong.
(28) Print-Based Media Production
Developing Ideas
The TRC Media Awards – What Are The Awards?
In order to know what to base my products for the TRC media awards around, I did some research into the history of the awards and also the target audience and types of awards that are presented.
Here is my final presentation on The TRC Media Awards.
Developing Ideas
The TRC Media Awards – Researching Similar Products (Publicity Materials)
I used the website Pinterest to create an online moodboard of Film Festival Invitations and Film Festival Posters, as it looks professional and I could individually explain why each poster or logo would be a good idea to use for our TRC Media Awards, when I do the linocut design.
For my poster I will need to avoid using too much text as it will only be glanced at. It will largely consist of imagery with vibrant colours which will attract peoples attention.
(26) Print-Based Media Production
Developing Ideas –
The TRC Media Awards – Linocut Practise
As preparation for linocutting our TRC Media Award design, we had an attempt at linocutting any design we wanted, so that we had practise and know what to do and not to do, and learn from any mistakes we make within our first attempt.
Theses are the equipment that are needed when linocutting. The overall price of the equipment is quite cheap, and you can buy everything for between 75p (pencils) to £2.99 (self-healing cutting mats). Newspaper are also essential equipment as linocutting can get messy, and it also adds that extra layer of protection from the table.
The main pieces of equipment that will be used are a square piece of linocut, a Baren kit with 4 cutting tools, a pencil to draw the design, the self-healing cutting mat and the roller for once the cutting is complete.
After drawing a draft design onto the linocut, I went around it in pen so that the design stood out a lot more, therefore I knew where to avoid cutting. If I had drawn in pen to begin with, I wouldn’t have been able to change the design or improve it as several lines would be confusing and the pattern will turn out differently to what I had intended.
This is the close up of the design I intend to practice with. I decided to do a book with lines that connote written words. The reason I chose this is because it’s quite complex, as I intend to cut around all the areas where there is no ink from the pen, so that when the ink is rolled over the top, what is left is a black outline of a book with blank pages, apart from the lines that connote the text.
I began by cutting the inside of the book outline, making sure I left a big enough gap for the outline of the book to stand out once the ink was on it. Another reason that I started with the outside was so that if I was to accidentally cut too close to the outline, I could always enlarge the book by cutting further away from the outside.
This is the progress of my lino cutting after 30 minutes. It’s evident that I have a lot more work to do before it’s complete, therefore when I come to lino cutting my actual design, I will need to make sure I start my design in advance, so that I allow plenty of time to cut the lino to the best that I can without having to rush.
After completing half of the book from the inside, I decided to cut on the outside as well. I made sure to cut as deep as I could so that there would be no bumps that are mostly in line with my book outline, as if there were they would appear on the page after pressing with the ink.
Samantha Ball 