A Whole New World: Capstone Status Update: Feb 21-25

I have quickly learned that I definitely stepped into a whole new world when I stepped out of my comfort zone and into the world of PR with this project. Although I am enjoying the journey, I am seeing that it will be one filled with bumps along the way. But then again this is what Capstone is. It is an opportunity for us to spread our wings and be helped over those bumps by the guidance of our directors. This past week as one of my goals I set out to launch both my facebook and twitter accounts. I figured that would be easy enough. WRONG! As I sat there getting ready to start I realized that setting up a professional social media page is more planning than I realized. I have to have a complete idea and image before I put the face of my campaign out to the world. I decided to take a little bit of time to pull that together. You only get one first impression.

I have also contacted the vice president of the Young Democrats Chapter on campus. He is all systems go with a campaign drive. All I have to do is refine my proposal for my event and he will push it through to the best of his ability. It’s good to have friends in high places.

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I’m Late.. for a very important Date! Capstone Update: Feb 14-19

Sometimes you have to admit your strengths and sometimes you have to admit your weaknesses. I hate when this time comes around. I had one of these moments today setting up my final production schedule for my project. I love deadlines and I love having someone to answer to. This whole free work thing is really not my cup of tea. I was actually slightly relieved when Monica ( my director) mentioned that she wanted to meet with me a little more regularly than I originally anticipated. I feel as though I need that person there to keep me in line. I can’t help it I like order. I started my project management plan in this great software called Omniplan. And the software was amazing for breaking up tasks and scheduling things out over along period of time. But it was hard to see things on a true daily basis. Although the end result was rather pretty and reliable with more bells and whistles than a music store, it was nut feeling right for me. I felt like it was time for a change . And this change had to be quick considering the final draft was due the next day. I decided to go into goggle calendar and start my calendar there. I knew in Google calendar I could put tasks almost daily. This way I could almost check them off as I was done. Using my knowledge from my Advanced Internet Media course I embedded it into a separate blog. This mainly served the purpose of allowing me the ability to check my schedule at any point from any location. This way I could never be late for a deadline ever. No white rabbit in my future. I felt like this approach although new and questionable would be the best fit for me. And if it does not fit . Well that only leads us to one conclusion. If at first you don’t succeed try… try again.

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What Did You Type To Me?

I have fallen in love with the world of typography. Never would I have ever thought that single worlds, letters and symbols could convey such a powerful messages. Everyday we see thousands and thousands of words. These worlds create messages. These messages create representations of ideas. To me this is amazing I am now a lot more aware to the type around me. There are many great typographers but in the Artist Series films on Hillman Curtis' web site two of the artists struck a cord with me, these artists are David Carson and Paula Scher.

Emotions are a driving force in any kind of art or design. Typography is no different. David Carson work with typography are heavily laden with emotions. Each Piece gives off a vibe which you can feel at first glance I felt David’s work to be very raw but also very edgy. These are both attributes which I feel go hand in hand with the emotional qualities of his work. But even with the emotions in hand his work was always logical.

Classic style and instinct are two themes which go hand in hand with Paula Scher. Her no holds back approach to clean traditional logos is something that truly caught my eve. I love the fact that Paula follows her instinct and gut in every piece of work she does. She is clear and to the point. She is not one to mess around and if it is 5 minutes or 5 hours the work will be done to the best of her ability. I was really taken back by her work. It did such a great job of expressing motion, sound and the overall feeling of an event with only type. To me that is quite a feat especially since most of her work used type aesthetically but not artistically as David Carson’s did in a lot of his work.

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