Responsive Session 1

Today's session revolved around the many important factors when it comes to selecting a brief, we got together in groups and started making a couple of lists.

1. What do I want to get out of  this module?

1. Expanded Portfolio
2. Better Collaboration Skills (Not just Soci
3. Better Time Management Skills
4. More Efficiency
5. Better Brainstorming Skills
6. Exposure and Recognition
7. More involvement in Industry
8. More experience
9. Patience

2. What do we want to get out of this module as a group?

1. Win Stuff (Eg, money, pride and trophies)
2. Exposure (Recognition, publicity and fame)
3. Connections
4. Portfolio Building (Individuality, Distinct, Range and Commercial)
5. Collaboration
6. Experience
7. Placements/Work
8. Competition (Eg, Trends, Quality, Styles)
9. Real World Deadline, miss it that's it
10. Where I fit in the Industry (What kind of animator/illustrator am I?)

3. Why are Competition Briefs Useful?

1. Freedom of Choice
2. Open creativity interpretation
3. Strict Deadlines
4. Brings your Standards up
5. Risk Taking
6. Confidence Boosting
7. Comparison to other Practitioners
8. Showing Off
9. Experience

We begin to realise then that the module does not actually focus upon the finished product itself, but on the intricate process before that, it is about the experience, networking and sense of professionalism taken from it all. Going back to these briefs, we need to consider numerous things, such as how such an opportunity can get us recognised in the industry. 

We need to Explore:

• Approaches to the informed and strategic selection of briefs
• Brief analysis and the clarifying of problems in response to a client centred brief
• Brief management
• Project review and documentation
• Presentation
• Roles and responsibilities in relation to individual and collaborative practice

"Creative Practice is an ongoing examination/conversation between the dynamics of personal exploration and professional practice."

Not all competitions are golden opportunities to get us where we want, a helpful tip in keeping our works safe should such an issue arise is to send our original works to ourselves through mail, sealing and protecting that work as yours.

For our next session, we are to reanalyse the three briefs we picked out and choose one that we are happy to work with for the next couple of months, we should consider the following questions to aid us in our choice making:

• What's the problem?
• What is it asking you to do?
• What is it trying to achieve?
• Who will benefit from this?
• Who is the audience?
• What are you expected to communicate to them?
• How will that message, idea or concept be delivered?

My decision will be made in my next Responsive post.