Saturday, 8 December 2012

OUGD404- STUDY TASK 3 - Speech Made Visible


Scottish

To represent the scottish accent I am going to use a Blackletter font because it has a medieval feel to it










South African

I have found a font that was designed for the world cup in South Africa. I feel this is the best way to represent the accent through the use of big chunky stems, with an element of handmade. The accent is quite sharp and distinct.









Italian

From the images I have collected, the general style seems to be elegant with a handwritten feel. I think a script font will work best in representing an Italian accent.








Texan

From the texan research I have found that a big, bold slab serif font will work best in representing the Texan accent.









Mexican









Somerset

The accent has a traditional oldie feel to it. I feel the best way to represent  it is to use a simple Roman font.








Birmingham

The only way I can think to represent a Brummy accent is to use a big bold block font because the accent is loud and brash.

Cockney


To represent a Cockney accent I am going to use a ransom note font because it represent the cocky, cheekiness of the accent.




German

Blackletter style fonts work best in representing the German accent. The accent has dominant, harsh tones which is represented by the harsh shapes of the letterforms.








Chinese 

To represent the Chinese accent I am going to find a font that resembles Chinese characters and symbols.







Swedish







Friday, 7 December 2012

OUGD405- How to...

Competition Research

Below are some examples of deception within previous competitions. Most of them all use the same technique of faking winners to encourage people to apply. This gave us the idea to get one of our peers involved in our competition to help get people to apply and avoid suspicion from the rest of the class.

















Other competitions

Below are some examples of general competitions. We were looking at the catch lines and language used so we can replicate it on our posters to give them authenticity.

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Visual Research

We have decided to base our designs around the Lomography company. It has a distinct, memorable, retro vintage style that fits are target audience.


Photography competition




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We have decided to use the lomography logo on our promotional material because we think it will add authenticity to the competition.