Thursday, October 15, 2009

Blog #14 and #15

1. Post the main question.
What are the significances of each beach?

2. Post at least three subquestions that relate to the main question, help you answer it, might generate interesting research or resources, address part of the issue, could help you if you get stuck, etc.
What sort of animals can be found at this beach?
What sort of plants grow at this beach?
What sort of human activity happens at this beach most often?
Are there any special landmarks at this beach?
Is this beach known for something?

3. Post at least three potentially useful resources. These could be news stories, videos, photography, etc.
They are mostly all pictures:


















4. Write a few sentences or make a list of ideas that you got from your resources that could help move your project forward. How can you apply this information? How might it work for you?
One of my resources was the picture of a calendar. There are a few things I can take from this. One of the things is the quick layout. I know we are doing a full fledged calendar but one I liked how they made a different shade of color for every other column. I think this makes it look organized and helps you stay focused on the specific day. It could work depending on how the layout evolves.

The second one is a landscape I thought that looked eye catching and interesting. From this image, you can assume a few things like if humans largely impact the area, what life is growing there, etc. I think our images should be able to convey a message on its own.

The third image is basically what I think is good material for the project. I think the image is sort of busy in the background with all the shadows of the sand, but I do like how the subject is in the middle and it still captures a lot of attention.

1. Write a sentence describing the final product (such as, "A documentary video that addresses the question....")
We were doing a tide calendar. In the pages, there would be a variety of pictures addressing the different aspects of beaches. Our group is sort of shaky on the idea still, but we did have a thought thrown around that ties into beach aspects. For a few months or so, the calendar could talk about the different things in different beaches that people may want to see.

2. Post an example of a professional or other high-level product that could serve as a basis for your work.


3. List three specific ideas that you can take from your example to lead you to a high quality product. Write specifically how you will apply these ideas to your work here. Be as clear, exact & specific as you can!
One of the things I can take from this calendar is fading. I really like how the reflection of the water fades into the white for the background of the calendar. We could be able to do this in our project with our pictures. Since we don't have a calendar that will be one page like this one, it would be better if we did this for some picture on the top. A smaller picture can be shown fading into the template of the calendar.

Another thing we can put an image in the back of the dates that have environmental friendly holidays so it could be eye catching. I think the leaf idea is good to mark important days. The font change into white is sort of confusing to look at, so maybe our group won't do it like that, but I think we can make graphics to fit under specific dates.

Another thing I thought was cool was that they put their logo in the title of the calendar. I think our group can somehow incorporate the logo on the front of the calendar. It may not be in the box logo that we are use to looking at, but we can definitely thing about incorporating the colors into the front. Also, the colors, I think, are a good mix. It'd be a good idea to consider a specific color template before we start making the calendar.

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