Getting back into the swing of things....

As i am sure all the BA Digital Media Students are aware, Micheal has supplied us with the following tasks which I thought I could blog for clarity to myself and others:

1)Think of one thing you picked up during the last two weeks which was relevant to your course and research but not the result of deliberate study. In other words a surprise, accidental or chance discovery, observation you have made during the break. Might be the result of a social event, a holiday, while walking down the street, anything.

I guess one of the things I can say I accidentally noticed which refers to the course is the previous post about Paramount Comedy - Follow this link.

I can also say that throughout this client brief, I have dealt with a variety of different digital media requirements and really felt the urgency to get tasks done in time. My client has been ruthless and so they should be, without this urgency and demand I would not have been fully aware and dedicated to the cause.

I have also noticed opportunities arising for new working partnerships, clients involved in the music and design industry that I would not have thought about before. In fact these have been competitors within the industry which have turned out to be professional working partnerships which i have been approached about and due to help out with work very soon.
I guess the lesson learned is:

"keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"

Accidental work is better than no work after all and this has been a real journey.

2)Also give me an example of one source of Secondary Research (a book or text say) which is influencing you at the moment and why.

Well this is a tricky one, not because I don't have one but because I have too many. Recently I have been reading the following in response to the projects listed alongside below:

The Dissertation - Leo Enticknap 'Moving Image Technology from zoetrope to digital' (IMAGE RIGHT)

This book is ideal for my dissertation, exploring technology in cinema from manual to digital methods. It deals with moving image sources and how the technology affected the way these sources were produced and seen. A great read so far which I still need to get my teeth into or my dissertation.

The Client Brief -Mary V. Knackstedt - Marketing and Selling Design Services: The Designer Client

This book explores an interior designs client based relationship work and really opens your eyes to client based work. An ideal read for this project which again I need to get my teeth into due to the heavy workload I have at present in terms of client requirements and the dissertation. I definitely recommend this read to anyone looking into design based client work and selling yourself.