Marks and Symbol Reflection

Summary

 Marks are ways for designers to get certain messages across or promote a brand. Many people use symbols to identify a corporation or agency, they're quick and easy to identify. Designers also use pictographs to show where bathrooms are or phones, they use them because they are international and they substitute for words. They also use letter marks they are used to identify a company most of the time like HBO go a television company. Logo Type is also used to identify companies, bands, projects and groups. They are unique and easier to promote. Combination marks are when a symbol and logo type are used together for example the Nike logo. Lastly Trademarks are when all of these marks are used together.

Compare

The difference between a symbol and a logo. A symbol is where you just have a icon with no words. A logo is where you use type to identify certain projects or companies. A logo can also include some design to enhance the text.

Key Facts

One key fact that I learned was you need to make sure your symbol can be reduced in size and not lose anything from when it was at its original size, you want to make sure it can reduce to 1/2" and not lose certain parts. Another key fact is when using just a symbol you have to make sure it's very easy to identify. My last key fact is if you're using direction in your symbol you want to use arrows that point upward because it represents growth while if you use arrows that go down it represents decay.

Favorite Thing I Learned

The favorite thing I learned was you have to make sure your symbol can be one color if it needs to be. A lot of people don't think about this and it's actually very important because if you need to print with black and white you need to make sure nothing with be taken away since you no longer have color.

Conclusion 

In conclusion I learned so much about marks and symbols. For Marks I learned the different kinds you can use and for Symbols I learned about all the things you have to take into consideration. Overall I learned what to do and what not to do and it will help me a lot with my next project!

Clueless Trailer Remake

Trailer Remake

     

       

Side by Side 

Scope of the Project

      For this assignment I had to get in a group and recreate a movie trailer shot for shot. This trailer also had to take place in a school. We also had to story board and copy down the script.

Process 

      The first thing we had to do was choose a movie trailer. This was very challenging because they're aren't a lot of movies that actually take place in a school. We also had to think about the shots and if they would be to difficult to recreate. After we choose our movie trailer we then had to storyboard everything. We had to figure out which way the camera was moving and we had to know when the shot would change. We also had to listen to the trailer and copy down what they were saying. Lastly for paper work we had to create a production schedule. Next we had to find actors to use. Most of our actors were in my class and group. We also had to figure out costumes which was very challenging because in the Clueless Trailer they have several costumes and they are very odd and outdated now a days. Lastly we had to actually film which was by far the hardest part of this project. We had to consider everything the lighting, angel and sound. We used boom microphones while filming and we had a few studio lights we worked with. We also had to find locations to film and work with what we had. The filing took us about a week and a half and editing took us a week.

What did I learn?

    Technically I learned how to story board the movement of the camera and I learned ho to stabilize the camera better. Professionally I learned you really have to work together to get such a big project done and you might have to stay after to finish it in time.

 If I could do anything differently?

   If I could do anything different it would be to maybe take my time more because we were in a rush to get it done and if we just would have take more time we could have gotten better quality shots. I would do the dance scenes again because they turned out really well and they are very similar to the movie trailer.

 Conclusion

   Some experiences I will draw from to enhance my next project is to communicate more because we didn't do that much of communicating and we could have had more days to film. Overall I'm very happy android on how this project came out.