Developed Concepts for Interim Critique 1

 Today I began developing the first two concepts for the interim critique on Monday. I added extra some elements including colour to the initial designs and I am interested to hear the feedback from everybody on which design I should move forward with.

The idea behind this concept was to have the snake with a skin pattern of social media logos to strangle a person, surrounded by a room of smashed technology to add to the idea that social media is taking over.

The idea behind this design was to have a person literally chained to a Facebook logo (much like in movies where someone is chained to a immovable rock or object) with the message 'Break The Chain' behind him/her. This plays on the idea of breaking the literal chain and also the figurative chain of the daily cycle of social media use people these days 

are addicted to.

More Initial Concepts

Today I worked on some more initial poster concepts and I have narrowed down the four strongest designs that I will be developing for the interim critique 

on monday.

Inspirational Poster Examples

After the initial concepts I did earlier, I decided I wanted to have a look for some inspirational poster examples to try and spark some creative ideas before I did any more. I found a large range of examples that ranged from the political to the environmentally motivated.

Design Elements

After the work I did on defining different design principles, I decided I would take it a step further and look into the different design elements I would need to be aware of when designing my posters.

Design Principles

Today I decided to do some work on defining the different design principles I will need to implement while designing my posters.

I felt that this would give me a better understanding of what I need to be conscious of when working on my concepts.

Initial Poster Concepts

Today I began working on some initial poster concepts. I drew a lot of inspiration from some already established poster styles, while also adding my own taste to the designs. 

Social Media Research

Today I did some research on social media statistics both in New Zealand and Worldwide. I found that Facebook is by far the most used form of social media, and I also found that while the younger demographic makes up the biggest percentage, 

the ages of Facebook users are widespread up 

to the ages of 60+

Social Media Brainstorm

Today I drew up a brainstorm focussing on the different forms of social media and terms that are associated with each.

This will help me when I come to do my initial concepts as it will give me a database of themes that I can base my posters on.

Rhetoric Analysis

In today's lectorial we went over examples of rhetoric posters and analysed what features and elements made them effective.

I got some interesting information about things I can do to add to the visual rhetoric of my own posters, and I will be trying to implement this when I start on my initial concepts

Chosen Topic

Today I chose the topic I will be exploring for this project. Social Media being Anti-Social.