Target Observation

This Elsa doll is a product that is huge with children. ( Little girls in particularly) The doll is small so it is easy for a small child to hold an play with. It also looks just like the character in the movie which allows the doll to come to life for little children. The packaging of the box is clear so you can easily see the doll inside and has cute snowflakes on it to represent the "Frozen" aspect of the product.  It has the disney logo on it which is promoting Disney`s business. This product the media form of a character and turns it into a product that children can actually hold in their hands. 

This product is from a company that is very popular. It is a type of facial cleaning towelette. The package is yellow which sticks out and grabs attention and has the logo of the producer. The product is popular with women because of make up and was in the make up section of target. It also states on the front "removes dirt, oil, and make-up without rinsing" so the consumer can easily see what the product does. This is a good business side to the product because consumers know that they are getting out of the product before they buy it. 

These bongos are designed to appeal to people interested in music. They were found around other musical instruments. They are small so they are easily picked up and used. They are wooden and have the drum part on top which makes the sound. They packaging has an open part that shows the bongos and says what they are so incase someone didn't know they could easily see. It also has the company brand name on the packaging to promote their business. This product would more than likely be bought by musicians or people in the music industry. This can be then related to media because whoever buys them may then produce music with them and put it out for other people to hear.  

This samsung smartphone is sleek and looks very sharp. It is white which gives it a very clean look. It is also touch screen which everyone loves in a phone nowadays. It is thin and easy to either hold or fit in a pocket. The screen is made out of a thick glass so it is hard to break. It has the samsung logo on the front. Many people own smart phones and other companies like this one have to compete with apple. This product`s design is similar to the iphone and has to work to get consumers to buy their product since apple is such a large company. 

This basketball was found in the sports section of target, It is round and bouncy like all basketballs. It has the brand name on the front and also has the NCAA logo on the front. Having this logo helps business because sports fans want a quality basketball and since the NCAA is promoting it, it must be of good quality. This product is also advertising for the NCAA. The packaging has a hold where the ball fits so it can easily be seen and the packaging also has the name of the company on it so the consumer can easily tell who made the product. The rest of the packaging is white which makes the orange basketball in the middle be the focus and stand out.

Media Impact

My artifact, a perfume bottle is seen and related to media quite a bit. First there are many advertisements for this product that can be seen around stores. Juicy Couture wants to get there product out there so they put out a lot of advertisements for there product. The perfume brand also has a website that can people can visit and see their products. Other forms like billboards, posters, and even tweets and instagram posts are other ways this artifact is related to media. Another form of media that this artifact is impacted by is phone and social connections. Many people rave about this product on their youtube channels or blogs and even text and communicate about it with their friends who also enjoy this product.

Movie Discussion Summary

I learned a lot from this discussion and got a lot of helpful feedback. Looking at everyone`s questions helped answer a lot of my own questions too. The question "What is the best way to show how an artifact is important to business?' gave me the idea to research the business and some of it`s demographics. The question about how to make an artifact (Raybans) social gave me the idea about how culture can play a part into it and show an image of people enjoying the artifact. The question about whether we should use pictures or videos was helpful because I did not know that we were able to incorporate both. The question about learning outcome 1 clarified for me that we need to talk about the design process. Also the questions about using powerpoint were helpful because I was considering using it but now know it would not be the easiest way.

Creative approaches

I thought that today`s activity was very fun and useful. It helped me brainstorm ideas that I could use for my movie. I think that my favorite approach was the jingle because it was a lot of fun to try to make up. I think that incorporating fun and creative things like that will make the movie more interesting and more well designed. I also liked the tweet approach because that was a little weird to do at first but ended up being useful because it created a new way to describe something. Especially since our generation is all about twitter, It would be cool to talk about the design of the artifact in a different way like a tweet that would be more interesting to the audience.

Story Board Final

By reviewing other storyboards I learned a lot about how other people included the ideas of design in their pictures of their artifacts. I learned that I could have probably made mine a little more visual. Some of the ones I reviewed had a lot of great images that really captured my interest and described what they wanted to say well. Reviewing others storyboards also gave me ideas about my movie. I took away from this that in my movie I need to make sure that my images adequately reflect what I am saying about my artifact and that they are creative and interesting so that the movies looks good when it is finished. It got me thinking in the direction I want to go for my movie. I enjoyed seeing what everyone else had on their storyboard and how the brought the ideas of the design of their artifact to life by all of the interesting images.

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One way the designers can shift viewers perception with the design in a movie is color. In the Harry Potter example Umbrindge was in pink and this made her stand out. When a designer wants something to stand out or make a point to the viewer colors can be used to get that point across. Color can also be used to create contrast like in the Pride and Prejudice example. This way the viewer can easily see a good/bad relationship. Another element that can be used is the complexity of the design. In the still from the Chronicles of Narnia there was a lot going on, but there was one main focal point. Thus draws the viewers eyes to what the designer wants them to see. The same goes with size like in the Alice and Wonderland example, the changing sizes for an interesting outcome. These elements of design allow the designer to show the reader what they are wanting them to see in unique and interesting ways. These ideas are important for when creating my movie because these types of things can be used to make the overall product better.

Story Board Check In

From the in class group I learned that there are many different ways an artifact can be interpreted. Many of my group members had really good ideas about what they wanted to say about their artifact that I would have never thought of. This made me think deeper about my artifact and things that i could talk about with its design. I liked how each of my group members took what we had to say about our artifact in a different way to make it interesting. This experience will help me on my story board because I have even more ideas about what I could talk about and show.