COMMUNICATION REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT:
Coronavirus has prevented a lot of things from happening and as a designer at University it has been incredibly hard, especially with the developmental process of my project. However, I decided to make the most of producing visuals of my project in the most fun way possible which personally was done through the means of collage. In previous years I have used software’s such as V-ray which is available on the Uni computers however, using Enscape and Photoshop to produce collaged based visuals was incredibly fun. My time at Cardiff Met has enabled me to become more confident using photoshop and I am happy with the results I obtain for my visuals.
‘AIDA’ is an opera which incorporates bold, bright, rich, and vibrant colours, textures, and tones to its set design and often can look very overwhelming in a positive and fun way. As an interior designer I used these overwhelming colours to my advantage and produced a space which I believe captures AIDA and its concept. I produced a mixture of night and daytime visuals to allow viewers to gain a better understanding of how the space will look at both matinée and evening shows.
During my Communication reviews I was advised to ensure that I collaged in the surrounding environment to make the space more realistic. The feedback I obtained during this tutorial has enabled me to focus more on adding more detail to my final visuals which has helped them to become to an even better quality than what they were before. Although I managed to complete this part of the feedback I struggled initially as I found it hard to make the surrounding environment look real. To overcome this struggle, I decided to research into how to make the background collage look real on photoshop which was incredibly helpful and enabled me to develop my visuals further, making them a higher quality and standard.
During this stage of the project, I started to develop my final presentation which would show my design development from initial design ideas to final finished visuals. Completing these presentations shows me how my design has developed overtime and allows me to also pick out mistakes or things which need to be changed before my final submission.
This project has really enabled me to push myself out of my comfort zone and take risks with my project, and I believe that this has helped me develop as a designer.
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