Odd One Out Proposal

Final Major Project Proposal

Well for a start this assignment was one of the most open assignments I've ever had, so it was a hard choice deciding what I actually wanted todo. I did have a few idea's of what I wanted todo but I knew the subject's wouldn't have enough content to base my final major project around, also would I be interested in the subject for 6 months? So therefore I had to sit down and make a serious choice for what I want todo for my FMP.

So after sitting down and going through everything the end result was staring me in the face, this is my passion which is Graphic Design but my FMP shall be heavily influenced by Typography, I knew that the content of this subject will be

enough to base my Final Major Project on and also I know my strengths, weakness's, and what I can achieve. But I want to learn more about this subject. I really want to go into this area of typography but keeping a very strong theme of graphic design.

What is Typography?

Typography at the most basic is a combination of font size, spacing, colour and type but however typography is a form of art. Some of the very best highly artistic typography is found in advertising design for example Britain was the first country to start developing skills in Graphic Design, which is why are visual art is classy. Typographer's make an artistic statement of today's opinion's/view's of the world around us. Some extremely nice piece's of art work use type as a visual medium. The font, letter spacing, colour's, shape's and the story/point behind the piece are all important considerations for maxium visual impact. Even the smallest of points can make a huge impact in the world of today. Typography is enhanced due to the perfections and close eye to detail.

After reviewing all of this information it brings me onto the content of the final major project. It shall involve a website, interactive CD-ROM and a 3D animation. Every piece shall be a lot of information behind it but the presentation shall be up to scratch for perfection.

What I want todo for each of them is portray my opinions of the world of today from a young designer. I will be thinking outside the box to portray my views through my designs and the three main aspects of my Final Major Project.

Website idea

For my website, I am going to create an online portfolio of my designs but this shall be interactive for the end user. Why will it be interactive for the end user?

It shall be highly interactive for the end user because from the start when they go on my website it will ask them to enter the site, then once moved onto the next page all the letter's of the alphabet shall appear in different font's, then once the user has clicked on a letter of their choice the rest of the page shall become non-interactive and then a box shall appear with my designs/work in it and also a description of that letter in the world Typography but my work shall relate to the letter some how either through the name, design or both. So i'm interacting with the end user all the time while they have a online interactive experience.

Interactive CD-ROM idea

My interactive piece is going to be a vectorized image of my whole body. My body shall be filled with other vectorized images that relate to my Final Major Project subject but everything shall be extremely interactive, The way in which I intend to portray this is for example: Clicking on my eyeball then a design shall appear with a description about it, This description shall hold what influenced me, what inspired me, a detailed description about the piece and so on, So this piece shall have everything to do with my FMP but in one way shall be a portfolio but an extremely grand interactive experience for the end user.

3D Animation idea

My 3D animation was sorted straight away from when I decided on my Final Major Project subject. My 3D animation shall be a kinetic typography piece. What I'm actually going todo for it is take my opinion's on the world as a young designer and portray it through moving word's and images. The design of the animation shall be non-linear. Nothing shall have a straight line within the animation. The colour's will be kept extremely plain and also very modern but adding a splash of colour every now and again, adding a retro look but will influence the end user to keep interacting with the animation. But I want to also create a 2D animation in either after effects or motion to try out the experience of creating a 2D kinetic typography animation but I shall take my bad opinion's upon the world of today and portray them through this animation, So the 3D animation shall be inviting and colourful but the 2D animation shall be scary and uninviting.

The name of my Final Major Project

I did an experiment on facebook to see if anyone would help create a name for my FMP. Basically I typed into my status: " Riah Goodison Needs a title name for my FMP, It's based on Graphic Design but heavily influenced by typography/type design/ typeface/ fonts and so on...anyone got any ideas...or wanna help". People came out with things that related to the subject obviously but then I thought why does the name of my FMP have to do with anything with the subject. So I was listening to the album of Master Shortie which is called OddOneOut and it basically hit me and I knew exactly what to call my FMP because I'm odd to everyone else, so it just fits in perfectly. "The name of my FMP has nothing todo with my subject but has everything todo with me, it's going to be a very personal project".

I don't think I will change my idea's for my Final Major Project unless they are humanly impossible to do, I'm extremely eager to kick start my FMP off.