Presentations and Farewells!

This week was the class's final week within 'Issues in Publication and Design'.
Previously I have posted the draft of my exegisis coupled with information on the artefacts I have created on Emily Post (1922) etiquette.
There were some amazing work created and shown to the class on monday. I was somewhat impressed. These included a door which had been painted light blue to follow the theorists we have studied design principles. This had framed images and text tacked to it explaining and demonstrating "Door" etiquette. This student was voted the best out the class and received a chocolate as a reward!
There were alot of films and audio created to demonstrated people's 'babies' or textual interventions on Post's work. Many were highly humorous.
I feel my presentation went well. Sadly the audio would not load, however the short film I had made featuring sock puppets seemed to entertain the class, and I feel the tenancy agreement stating 'my baby' of house sharing etiquette and the 'Mr Funny' poster met the graduate qualities of the artefacts.
I must say that this has been quite a unique course overall. I'm not sure if I am a born 'designer' at all but it was most certainly interesting, and I hadn't realised prior how much thought went into delivering the message to the audience using formatting, fonts etc. Fonts even have there own term 'typography,' it is definately more involved than I had initially thought.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the presentations, they were very creative, unique and imaginative. The artefacts presented also demonstrated each student's style and their personalities shone through, which was really nice as a conclusive lesson.

I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog, it is the first I have created, which again has been a unique and new experience for me.

All the best,

Foxy Cleopatra

Week 10- Editting

My apologisies this has not been broadcast earlier the activities seem to be lost I'm afraid.

This week in “Issues in Publication and Design” the class was given lengthy and grammatically incorrect sentences to shorten, restructure and edit. The purpose of this was to give the students practise on how to edit others work, notice grammatical and spelling errors and demonstrate that similar- sounding words can have very different meanings.

I have copied and pasted those activities, please see below. The correct word is written at the conclusion of the sentance in capitals.

Choose the correct spelling in the following sentences

1.      Please let me know if (there/their) are any reports left to edit. THERE

2.      Please wait (there/their) for your orders. THEIR

3.      (They’re/their) efforts to address the inconsistencies went unnoticed. THEIR

4.      She was the harder worker (of/off) the (to/two). OFF TO

5.      The lecturer went (of/off) to teach in Dubai. OFF

6.      They should (of/have) known better. HAVE

7.      The exam was (to/too/two) difficult for the new students. TOO

8.      The students were (to/too/two) nervous to read the questions carefully. TOO

9.      She went (to/two/too) close the door and stood (too/to/two) close to the dog.  TO TOO

10.  Most students know when (its/it’s) time to hand up their assignments. IT'S

11.  The leopard cannot change (its/it’s) spots. ITS

12.  The dog knew (its/it’s) (master’s/masters) voice. ITS MASTER'S

13.  The group is not hungry because (it’s/its) had (its/it’s) lunch. ITS ITS

14.  We all need to (accept/except) the things we can’t change. ACCEPT

15.  I give all students feedback (accept/except) the (ones/one’s) who won’t (accept/except) it. EXCEPT ONES ACCEPT

16.   Can we get your (advise/advice) on how to proceed with the proposal? ADVICE

17.   The manager will be able to (advice/advise) us on which strategy is best. ADVISE

18.   The CEO and the general manager (compliment/complement) each other in their  

  approach to staff management. COMPLEMENT

19.   The guests were full of (compliments/complements) for their host. COMPLIMENTS 

20.   He reported the incident to the head of (personal/personnel). PERSONNEL

21.    I agree with you in (principal/principle). PRINCIPLE

22.   The (principal/principle) feature of the building is its large staircase. PRINCIPAL

23.   Do you know (where/were) we are supposed to leave our assignments. WHERE

24.   This (semesters/semester’s) exams (were/where) very hard. SEMESTERS WERE

Insert the correct word in the sentence.

1. I shall complain to the head of ........................... (personnel/personal) PERSONNEL

2. I’m not ..................... to the idea. (adverse/averse) ADVERSE

3. The politician was not particularly ................. about the matter. (discrete/discreet)  DISCRETE

4. He refused to pay his ................... rates. (council/counsel) COUNCIL

5. I like most vegetables, but I loathe spinach and brussel sprouts. (loath/loathe) LOATHE

6. They agreed in ............... to the suggestion. (principal/principle) PRINCIPLE

7. I will ............... your letter to the chairman. (forward/foreword) FOREWORD

8. This wine would be a wonderful ............... to any meal. (compliment/complement) COMPLEMENT

9. To mark this ............ occasion, the Queen will give a speech. (historical/historic) HISTORIC

10. It’s a .................. issue, and I will not discuss it in public. (personnel/personal) PERSONAL

11. The newspaper article included an .................. to the PM’s scandalous past. (illusion/allusion) ILLUSION

12. The ................ should be written by an expert in the field. (forward/foreword) FORWARD

13. Our project is divided into .................. parts. (discrete/discreet) DISCRETE

14. The .................. will be reworked before filming begins. (scrip/script) SCRIP

15.  My music teacher told me to practise my ...................... (cords/chords) CHORDS

16. This is the .......... for my thousand shares in Telstra. (script/scrip) SCRIPT

17. These documents are of ...................... interest. (historical/historic) HISTORICAL

18. She will ................. the student before making any recommendations. (council/counsel) COUNSEL

19. It wasn’t real; it was all just an ................... (allusion/illusion) ALLUSION

20. Poor Bill had an .................. reaction to the flu injection. (averse/adverse) AVERSE

21. He paid her an unexpected .................... (compliment/complement)  COMPLIMENT

22. The school ................. spoke to the parents. (principle/principal) PRINCIPAL

23. I’m .............. to give him any more money; he will just waste it. (loathe/loath) LOATH

24. The child pulled out the telephone .............. (chord/cord) CORD

Below is a paragraph the class was asked to rework. I have rewritten mine in bold beneath the initial text.

Rework the following paragraph to improve its coherence and flow

Most people are familiar with the story of the sinking of the Titanic on April 14, 1912. Few people know that the Titanic was actually one of three sister ships of the British White Star Line. The ships were all built in the shipyards of Belfast, Ireland. The first ship to be launched was the Olympic. It was launched on June 14, 1911. The Olympic was three inches shorter than the Titanic. Their original designs were identical. The third ship was named the Britannic. It was initially named the Gigantic. It was renamed after the sinking of the Titanic. The Britannic also sunk. It sailed from 1914 to 1916, and it sank on its sixth voyage. Only the Olympic had a full career. It operated successfully from 1911 to 1935. The interior details of the Titanic and the Olympic were identical. Moviemakers and historians still study the many pieces of the Olympic sold when it was decommissioned to help them reproduce the Titanic.

Although most are familiar with the story of the Titanic’s sinking on April 14, 1912, few know that it’s one of three sister ships of the British White Starline, built in Belfast, U.K. The first launched was the Olympic, whose design was identical however 3 inches shorter, on June 14, 1911. The Britannic, which was originally named the Gigantic but renamed after the titanic sunk sailed from 1914 to 1916 and sunk on it’s 6^th voyage.

The Olympic operated successfully from 1911 to 1935, and as it’s interior was identical to the Titanic, moviemakers and historians have studied pieces which were sold to attempt to reproduce the Titanic.

Until next time,

Goodbye

  

Old Spice Advertisement & Social Networking

This week, within 'Issues in Publication and Design' we discussed current media stories, social networking and issues of using Youtube links within adverts and whether there is copyright issues associated with the creator who originally broadcasted the video.

Our tutor used Old Spice cologne adverts which have been modified several times to demonstrate how a video can be adapted and changed over and over on the internet to create many different versions. This is turn questions the authenticity of the original material which is placed on the web initially. Even though many of these different versions are highly entertaining, is it a copyright issue?

Social Networking sites such as Facebook are within a similar category to Youtube. Whatever is posted to a social networking site is broadcasted material for anyone to use, yes the site can be set to private however the material can still be viewed and any individual is permitted to use the material without permission from the creator.
In turn, there has been occurances where vieos or imagery has been taken from youtube and used in advertisements in other countries. Is this legal? At this stage there are no International laws to prevent this from happening. It is suggestable that social networking and mass media has evolved so rapidly there isnt the societal structures to monitor or 'control' it's effects.

The final issue discussed within the tutorial is whether or not journalists who 'tweet' information regarding news stories should respond to reader's comments. In my opinion, no they should not, a journalist's role is to deliver news to the public in an objective fashion and seek not to influence the reader or state their opinion.

Until next time, cheerio!