Hey everyone- My apologies for being so bad about keeping up with my blog! I've really got some catching up to do! So here is one of the many blog posts I'll be writing today. This one is about the progress I'm making on my series.
Firstly, I am so mad that I wasn't taking notes during our critique! I don't know what I was thinking. I remember getting some really useful feedback, but now I'm just going off my not-so-great memory. So right now I'm especially open to feedback from any of you, especially constructive criticism. But here is what I do remember from the critique of my series:
1. Add more information. My topic has some really great attention-grabbing and shocking facts about corporate media takeover and the commercialism that's killing mainstream radio, and I could be using those to much greater advantage. They would be especially good for getting the attention of people who never really gave radio a second thought, but if they see these facts,
they might say "wow... radio does suck. I never knew. I need an alternative. Oh look! There's a website where I can go to find an alternative to bad radio. Excellent!"
2. Strengthen the logo. I felt that my radio logo was too generic as it was from the poster project, so I made some changes to strengthen it. I added an X across the speaker to try to communicate that something was wrong with radio, that this logo represented an idea more complex than just being an image of a vintage radio. I think the idea I was going for was on the right track- but the X was not communicating that. I've been working finding another way to i
mbue the radio with more meaning and significance. I think I've settled on an image, you can see the changes I made in the image to the left. I think the hole in the radio communicates the idea that something is missing, that something is wrong, with radio. The hole is the focal point now, instead of the radio itself; so
the message of the image has become what is wrong with radio, instead of merely depicting a cool, vintage radio. Please let me know what you think! Is it working? A little? Not at all? Does the hole really look like a hole? Or does it just look like a white circle slapped a radio? Let me know what you think.
1 comment:
Ellie, I think you're getting at something here, although I'm not quite convinced that it's completely working just yet. Keep working on the concept of something being wrong with the radio or showing that the radio isn't totally working or fully functioning. Also, remember considering what's on the T-shirts and how this contrasts people who are "in-the-know" with those who are still "in-the-dark."
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