Module Evaluation

At the start of the module I wanted to be more creative and adventurous with the work I produced, it being the last module I felt I was confident enough to be able to produce more expressive work which I was interested in. When we were briefed on secret seven, I was very confident that I would be able to produce an interesting body of work as it was a subject which interests me, designing for music is something I love doing personally and have done before. I was able to attempt styles I have not yet tried this year such as, collaging, photography and hand painted pieces, I was able to be as creative and expressive as I could with the brief. My final resolution was a combination of photography and photoshop editing to create a series of physcedelic pieces, which I really enjoyed and felt was the most successful brief of the year. With the money brief I was unsure if I would enjoy it at all as it was a subject I had never thought of or been interested in, though as I progressed through the research and directed it to something I was interested in I felt that the work I was producing took shape and made for a successful outcome, though I feel the doubt at the start of the brief hindered me as I was not confident with what to do at all, I know now it could have been a lot better and a more interesting product.
With studio brief four I was even less confident as I was not fully sure of how to work with a group of people I had never worked with before, though at the beginning I expected conflicts, clashes of ideas and differences in style, I found that in reality we worked well, bouncing Ideas off of one and other and producing some genuinely interesting and different work, I felt that the I was hindered by some poor time management as I tried to juggle all the work I had and prioritised some things over others, which is why I feel I have let myself and my group down in ways that I prioritised other projects over this one, this is something I have identified and understand that I need to progress a lot on going into second year. For studio Brief four I was unsure of what to produce, seeing other peoples ideas, considering first years and also keeping in mind to keep it personal to me I felt that I had to make it open to all yet I could make it more focussed. I looked back over my years worked and found that music was a reoccuring theme and that I should go down this route again for the last project, which is when I realised one of the things I would loved to have had was a gig venue guide, having realised gigs were on in places after they had taken place. I produced a small publication based on live music venues in leeds, and the cheap drinks to buy there, I felt that I could put my own style into this and make it personal but also for others, this mind set allowed me to produce what I felt was the best work I had produced all year and a final product which I would purchase myself.
The main things I realised over this module is that my time keeping has been very weak and something I know I need to improve on, in the future I shall prepare timetables, calendars and lists so that I spend my time equally on each brief, yet the work I have produced has been to a high standard and I have been (mostly) confident about the work I have produced.