Amanda Sue Rope's Lecture for Cardiff Illustration
1. Workshop
Artwork for a print campaign
Exploring the effect of target audience
and format on visual communication
Cardiff School of Art & Design
Y2 Illustration
Tuesday 15 October 2013
Tuesday, 15 October 13
2. The Day
10am
Introduction to workshop + Presentation
- Workshop Starts -
10.30am
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12 noon
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-
3.30pm
-
Tuesday, 15 October 13
Research + Ideas generation
BrieïŹy research your brand
Write down ideas + associations relating to your selected strapline
For your target audience, brand and formats consider appropriate visual approaches
including:
Materials / mark-making / scale / colour / type / type-image hierarchy
Roughs
Select your strongest idea and create a series of roughs (at least 10) to successfully visualise
your idea
Apply your strongest visual across each of the formats, creating at least 4 roughs for each
format type
Discussion
Put up all your work from the day - separating the roughs for your ïŹnal selected idea and the
strongest solutions for each of the formats
3. The Brief
- Select one strapline and a target audience from the provided lists
- Develop an idea for your selected strapline + target audience
- For your idea create at least 4x roughs for each print format (minimum total: 16
roughs)
- Develop each rough, reïŹecting on which is most and least successful and why
Tuesday, 15 October 13
4. Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session you should be able to do the following:
- To synthesise your understanding of the illustration process (especially
explanation and persuasion, reportage illustration and/ or visual analogy)
- To promote innovative and appropriate use of media and process when
producing imagery for a speciïŹc target audience and print format
- To employ a reïŹective iterative ârough-makingâ process to explore and
discover visual solutions
Tuesday, 15 October 13
5. The Lists
STRAPLINES
AUDIENCE
- Think Small (Volkswagen)
- Parents of, and children 3 - 5 year olds
- There is no substitute (Porsche)
- Parents of, and children 5 - 9 years olds
- I am what I am (Reebok)
- 13 - 18 year olds
- Impossible is nothing (Adidas)
- 18 - 25 year olds
- Make believe (Sony)
- 25 - 34 year olds
- The miracles of science (DuPont)
- 35+ year olds
- Challenge everything (EA)
- See what we mean (Canon)
FORMAT
- Share moments. Share life (Kodak)
- Billboard on busy road
- When there is no tomorrow (FedEx)
- Poster on underground tube platform
- The greatest tragedy is indifference (Red Cross)
- Full-page advert in broadsheet newspaper
- Fan the ïŹame (Amnesty International)
- Advert on side of double-decker bus
- Create. Play. Grow (Lego)
- Safe no matter what you make (Play Doh)
- Born to ïŹt together (Gap)
- Imagine this is you (WWF)
Tuesday, 15 October 13
6. "Print advertising should be
recognisable at a hundred paces, and
it should be obvious who it's an ad for
without seeing the brand name."
Paul Arden
Tuesday, 15 October 13
33. Link for NPCC Animation:
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2013/may/ycnstudio-creates-childline-animation-for-abuse-victims
Tuesday, 15 October 13
46. The Day
10am
Introduction to workshop + Presentation
- Workshop Starts -
10.30am
-
-
12 noon
-
-
3.30pm
-
Tuesday, 15 October 13
Research + Ideas generation
BrieïŹy research your brand
Write down ideas + associations relating to your selected strapline
For your target audience, brand and formats consider appropriate visual approaches
including:
Materials / mark-making / scale / colour / type / type-image hierarchy
Roughs
Select your strongest idea and create a series of roughs (at least 10) to successfully visualise
your idea
Apply your strongest visual across each of the formats, creating at least 4 roughs for each
format type
Discussion
Put up all your work from the day - separating the roughs for your ïŹnal selected idea and the
strongest solutions for each of the formats
47. The Brief
- Select one strapline and a target audience from the provided lists
- Develop an idea for your selected strapline + target audience
- For your idea create at least 4x roughs for each print format (minimum total: 16
roughs)
- Develop each rough, reïŹecting on which is most and least successful and why
Tuesday, 15 October 13
48. The Lists
STRAPLINES
AUDIENCE
- Think Small (Volkswagen)
- Parents of, and children 3 - 5 year olds
- There is no substitute (Porsche)
- Parents of, and children 5 - 9 years olds
- I am what I am (Reebok)
- 13 - 18 year olds
- Impossible is nothing (Adidas)
- 18 - 25 year olds
- Make believe (Sony)
- 25 - 34 year olds
- The miracles of science (DuPont)
- 35+ year olds
- Challenge everything (EA)
- See what we mean (Canon)
FORMAT
- Share moments. Share life (Kodak)
- Billboard on busy road
- When there is no tomorrow (FedEx)
- Poster on underground tube platform
- The greatest tragedy is indifference (Red Cross)
- Full-page advert in broadsheet newspaper
- Fan the ïŹame (Amnesty International)
- Advert on side of double-decker bus
- Create. Play. Grow (Lego)
- Safe no matter what you make (Play Doh)
- Born to ïŹt together (Gap)
- Imagine this is you (WWF)
Tuesday, 15 October 13