OUGD503 - Studio Brief 02 - Peer Review Task

Characters:

- Mabel (12), Heather (9) and Louie (5)

- Vintage, 1960's/ 1940's.

Male children's fashion:

- Neat hair, parted, combed over

- High-waisted trousers, creased down the middle of each leg

- V. neck jumpers over shirt and tie

- Shorts and knee-high socks

- Prince George inspired outfits.

Female children's fashion:

- Hair in ribbons, fringes, off the face

- Matching items, for example, coat lining matches trousers

- Collars, knitted shirts, cardigans

- White knee-high socks, black shoes.

Discussions were also made as to how we could produce the book overall, since there were some differences between us in collaboration in what we felt would be the easiest method to produce the finished book. One idea was to make use of both handmade and digital means, using handmade, collaged techniques to create background for each scene and spread and then combine these with digitally illustrated characters with textures placed into shapes rather than solid colours. This way of working would mean that it would be easier to position characters within the scene and manipulate them if needed to work more effectively/ show developments in movement and the story. It would also mean that the backgrounds would appear more textured in contrast to the characters which can make the book look more engaging for the young audience.

We have decided that this way of working would be most suitable and most effective in communicating our ideas, and working as a collaboration, therefore we have chosen to split the work 50/50 between us with me taking on the responsibility for production of backgrounds/ background scenery design, and my partner taking on responsibility for character designs which will then be place into the relevant scenes when we pull all the work together. Discussion of ideas will still be communicated throughout this process.

In terms of the page spreads within the books, one idea suggested was to have the normal scene on one double-page spread which can then be opened out from the middle revealing the fantasy spread, as if opening the door of imagination. However, this would mean the fantasy spreads would have to be over a wide spread made up of four single pages. The brief states a maximum number of spreads and pages dependent on novelty elements, etc, therefore to consider this, the story would potentially have to be reconsidered more carefully to make this work.