Thursday 14 January 2010

CONCLUSION TO PROJECT

Final Outcomes:

One book in box with prints
Gift cards
Website
Facebook site
8 final posters
Plan for "Mirror Image" exhibition - showcasing work on body image


I think this is a fairly comprehensive set of pieces to convey the Body Shop's new campaign. I'm really pleased with some of the final images from this project and with the overall conclusion I have come to.

Using the mask proved really successful and created some interesting images,.. it is something I would like to take further in my own work. Also using the medium format and Holga cameras was a good new experience and one I will definitely continue with.








A few images off a film I didn't think I'd be able to use. This was a colour film which I took in London and Winchester showing people wearing the mask in crowded places. I wanted to create a sense of a person who felt isolated as others swarmed around them. The lightning was poor and a lot of the shots were using long exposures which is difficult to judge on a Holga so when I was unable to scan the film I decided just to abandon it. Then I decided to see if I could make any black and white prints in the darkroom and came up with these. Although none of the images were hugely successful I do like the effect of the ghostly moving people all around, and this is an idea I might have developed further if I had more time on the project.


Re-designed pages for my book. Trying to make the type and layout more interesting to increase the flow of the book. I have also re-ordered some of the pages to avoid some sections getting repetitive.












I also slightly redesigned and reprinted my final posters in response to some of the crit feedback.

Type / layout experiments













One of the pieces of feedback I received in my crit was that the layout of the book pages andth type could be more varied and dynamic to make the book more interesting. Here I experimented with some different page and text layouts to see what worked best.

Friday 8 January 2010

Photos of Final Book and Case, and other promotional items

























The book is printed double sided onto sugar paper and stitch bound. It would make a good promotional item to be sent out to share holders or people associated with The Body Shop.

I also created designs for Gift cards to lnk with the aesthetic of the new campaign.