Since I am doing my portfolio on Yemen, I have decided to take photos of traditional objects I have around my house; Here are some of these photos.

I have been working on my portfolio for my visual communication and ICT module. I included a lot of photos from different areas of Yemen, some yemeni food, the yemeni traditional clothing/jewellery and many other things. I have also been planning on what I want my final outcome to be. My first idea is to make a canvas using a Henna sketch as I find the henna sketches pretty and are used a lot in fashion nowadays. Here are some of the sketches I looked at online;

This henna sketch was definitely my favourite one so far. I really thought the dragon made the sketch look a lot better and unique.

These sketches are very simple yet pretty which I really liked.

I also liked this sketch as it had a lot of little detailing, however I think that this one will be very difficult to create a canvas with. By researching and looking at different henna sketches, I am able to generate my own sketch. This will be included in my portfolio.

ICT AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION PROJECT

I have been doing a lot of research and have been trying to generate different ideas of what I want my final project to be. My first idea was to look at fashion as I like looking at different fashion styles. I enjoy looking at various fashion and make up trends. My portfolio was going to look at different designers and looking at their work.

Using fashion as my theme was abit difficult as it was more of an interest than a 'sense of place'. I have decided to look at Yemen as my sense of place.

I chose Yemen as it is where I come from. I am able to use my knowledge on Yemen and develop it in my portfolio. It is simple as I know alot about it. I believe that not many people know about Yemen so therefore it will be something different and new to introduce to my class.

I will be looking at the history of Yemen. To start me off I have looked at different images from Google.

I will be making a scrapbook with different images from Yemen and looking at the culture.

Advertisments

This seminar was about how companies sell their products via television advertisments. We looked at many different videos on youtube and how we felt about them. Some of these advertisments were too controversial and therefore become banned as they are sending the wrong messages to people or might be offensive and disturbing to some people.

 

Suzie Pugh, presenting our collages to the class

In todays seminar, each group had to present their sense of place collage to the rest of the class.
I spoke for my group and explained to the class what our collage was about. In my small group, each person had a small section of the paper and had their own sense of place images e.g. one person had sports and I had make up and fashion.

It was interesting to listen to everyone elses ideas and the explanations behind their collages.

For the second part of this seminar we were introduced to Metaphors. We were asked to define the word metaphor. A metaphor is when comparisons are made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. We looked into song lyrics that have metaphors in them such as the lyrics, ' Hit me baby one more time' By Britney Spears and ' I can see your Halo' By beyonce.

Metaphors are highly used in songs, media and advertisments nowadays.

Here are some images of how Metaphors are used in advertisments;

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I believe that metaphors have a deep meaning in advertisments. It expresses and sends the message in a simple way.

Sense of place seminar - Suzie Pugh

In this seminar we all looked into detail about the ICT AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION assignment which is a project that requires me to plan and manage a visual presentation supported by research material.

The theme of this project is ' A sense of place.' Today each of us discussed what 'Sense of place' means to us and how we define it. The best definition was given by a class peer, ' A sense of place is where a place you feel comfortable in. It's a place where you feel happy,safe and feel a sense of belonging.'

Many people defined Sense of place differently however we all agreed that it is about being in a place where you feel appreciated and comfortable.

After doing this, we were put into small groups and given an A3 piece of paper. We were asked as a group to cut out images from various magazines and make a collage with them using a Sense of place theme.

Visual Communication - Lecturer - Suzie Pugh

For the second Seminar with Suzie. Each student was asked to bring atleast 5 objects that have a meaning to their life. We were divided into small groups and discussed the reasons behind choosing these items. It was interesting to listen to other peoples stories behind each object them have brought with them as it says alot about the person and the experience they had.

After discussing all the items in small groups, we had to choose one item and explain to the class why it means a lot to you and what memories it holds. It was interesting to listen to everyones explanations behind the objects they have chosen. It made me realise that every indiviual cherishes their memories in a different way and that sometimes people around you might not understand the deep meaning behind the objects you have brought, you are the only persons that understands the meaning of the object and the memories it holds.