Before the pdp interview with Hitch I prepared myself as to where I was up to, what I wanted to discuss and prepared my forms also.
Since my review my time has mainly been spent completing the first draft of the dissertation, getting to grips with my blog and the live brief. In the last month I’ve got a lot done, the only issue with this term really is the fact that no piece of work is completely finished, but with the development I’ve taken in both the silence brief and the competition brief I feel I am on track with them I just need to apply myself over Christmas to complete them for deadline in January.
Due to personal circumstances I’ve had to cut off from the silence brief, which was before the pdp beginning to concern me. But now in a better state of mind with the personal aspect of the project I am now able to think about the development into part 2. Throughout the experimentation of the silence brief feedback has been both positive and negative with particular avenues the project could go down, because of this I know the strongest approach and now need to just develop the project that bit further in order to achieve a successful final piece.
The competition brief hasn’t really raised any issues, other than just getting some feedback as to my direction and the presentation aspect of the brief. Both where discussed within the pdp and it is just a case of reworking the visuals which I am applying to the wallpaper element in order for it to work with the tea party theme rather then voice a gambling feel.
In terms of the personal project I’ve taken the British Music Experience brief from YCN as a starting point as a theme but made it into my own brief. Using Wigan Casino as the theme of an exhibition, before the pdp I knew the theme itself whether narrow or more broad but after discussion I know that I’m using the theme as an exhibition that could be displayed in the likes of URBIS and to create poster, flyer, visuals etc for the exhibition itself.
My dissertation is in good hands with the feedback from John the other week I have a do to list as to how to improve it and I raised my focus of my blog and Hitch cleared that it is completely fine.
So all in all a successful pdp, with listing what I wanted to discuss beforehand it was just a case of seeing what Hitch had to say on each issue, after the pdp I took 10 minutes just to write down everything discussed whilst fresh in my mind before the hustle and bustle of Christmas made me forget.
With that little bit of preparation as to what to discuss it meant that I’ve used the pdp to benefit the time I need over Christmas to get on track, it meant the session was a good use of mine and Hitch’s contact time.
