February 25, 2008

thoughts in my head...la la la

couple of things on my mind... 
we have a portfolio site due in this friday, which is exciting because it gives me a chance to brush up on my CSS and also to come up with a new design. im thinking of creating a sophisticated look and feel. chic and elegant. probably use colours such as black with red, or turquoise and grey, beige and maroon. 

at the moment i am busy with my mood board, which is where i basically think up of visual concepts for the project. for example - the type of images i will use, font styles, colours...  

on this site, i will have all my semester's projects as well as some extra links, like this blog and and work from last year. 

other thing on my mind is my SRP. iv been thinking of many ideas that i could do... some are just too extravagant. like creating a site for UCT students to register on... way too complicated...and plenty wishful thinking. also thought of a site for up and coming artists. people who don't have a lot of exposure... and can showcase their works on the site. give them an opportunity to be recognised by various galleries and potential buyers. 

i also had another idea, which i think i might just carry forward, after i have discussed it with marion... my course convenor... 
hi marion! :)
um... yes, so, the idea_ the sports societies at UCT could be much better organised. and what better way than to have a site central to all sports clubs? in my case however, it would be about 3 or 4 clubs. some i would have a good idea about, such as squash and golf... maybe tennis and rugby as well, after i did some research. 

the site would be a place where the clubs could put up notices, be an opportunity for match schedules to be uploaded in advance, giving players a chance to plan their week around their matches, practice timetables where people could sign up for practices, or book courts. meet fellow teammates and also be an opportunity where social activities could be organised by the various sports clubs committee's.

i also think it is important for the sports clubs to have a mascot, rather than different teams having single mascots. this would give the sports societies a common public identity. logos and merchandise could also feature the mascot. i think something like this would be great to be discussed about by the sports clubs on the site. 

February 24, 2008

being able to do production in the interactive stream has allowed me to explore areas of my creativity in a large way. aspects of the foundation course last year covered a variety of characteristics of online media and so the course in this semester will be an opportunity to expand on what we learnt last year.

a key element for this semester is the project management for the senior research project (SRP) which, im sure il be mentioning throughout this blog.

speaking of this blog, this is actually my 2nd blog which i've started up. my 1st is the usual run of the mill online blog where a character such as myself decided to share random details of my life.
www.christinandersen.blogspot.com

the purpose of this blog is to share with you the ongoing process of my interactive media course in my 3rd year at UCT. this is the way in which i will be documenting all my views and insights to do with elements of my production course.

pieces of my puzzle...by the end of this year, i intend to complete my puzzle. all the projects i will do, and the skills i will, hopefully, learn :) will be the collection of puzzle pieces to complete my final picture.