Rachel Murphy

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our final video for our group project based around the idea of a picture of the future from using brick phones. This piece is a mix of collaborative work and solo projects brought together. 

CLIPSLIP concertina book created using hair clip alphabet.

Boots animation

re done shoot using two models

trainers animation

Re-shoot using one model

First shoot of animation. 

From carrying out work for my portfolio’s for university recently I created 4 pieces of work based around the idea of what affects me in the world around me. Eduardo Recife has been a large inspiration for my designs. Over the christmas holidays I am going to be focusing on creating my finished portfolio for university interviews in January. 

The theme of my TV channel is fashion. I have chosen to focus my TV channel around the fashion catwalks around the world focusing on a wider area of fashion from around the world and the higher end fashion. I have chosen to create a TV channel on this theme due to there being a limit number of channels only covering selected areas of my ideas already. I feel that my idea is unique as from doing further research there are a very limited number of channels that show fashion shows or catwalks meaning there is a gap in the market. The fashion industry is one of the most demanded industries across the world meaning there is a large target audience for my channel to be ranged at. I am going to aim my TV channel at people around the age group of 18-35 due to me focusing my TV channel on a more expensive area of fashion that a younger target audience may not be able to afford . The sort of programmes that would be shown on the TV channels would be live fashion shows from around the world, fashion transformation, designers biography’s, best deals at the moment and clothing tutorials comparing designer and high street looks.  I think my TV channel would be popular since it will showcase a range of different areas of fashion on one channel which is different from any other channel which currently exists. For the name of my TV channel I want to create a short catchy name that will stick into my potential target audience’s minds. By having a good name for the channel this will help me too create a better brand identity.  Due to the age of my target audience I want to keep a fresh sharp style to the channel but giving it a modern twist by using vibrant colours and creative illustrations so that my channel will appeal to its audience. For my channel I am going to be looking a mixture of modern graphic designers and fashion illustrators to help me capture different ideas for how my TV channel can be visually represented. From carrying out research before choosing my main concept for the TV channel I found some similar existing channels such as fashion TV, vogue TV which currently show selected catwalk shows on their channels. I also found that there are a mixture of fashion shows that feature on a mixture of channels such as “Gok’s Fashion Fix” channel 4, “The fashion show” Bravo, “Fashion Star” TLC and many more. When deciding my target audience I carried out some market research and asked family and friends on their opinion of my idea. From doing this I received a more positive outlook from people of the age group 16-35 as many of them thought it was a good idea since fashion is an area that appeals to a lot of people. However I did receive some negative feedback such as how were people of this age category going to afford designer items and good making me think how I could improve my idea so that it would still appeal to this age category. To do this I will ensure that the channel offers tutorials on how the audience could style a similar look that designers have created but at high street prices.

The theme of my TV channel is fashion. I have chosen to focus my TV channel around the fashion catwalks around the world focusing on a wider area of the fashion. I have chosen to create a TV channel on this theme due to there being a limit number of channels only covering selected areas of my ideas already. I feel that my idea is unique as from doing further research there are a very limited number of channels that show fashion shows or catwalks meaning there is a gap in the market. The fashion industry is one of the most demanded industries across the world meaning there is a large target audience for my channel to be ranged at. I am going to aim my TV channel at people around the age group of 16-30. The sort of programmes that would be shown on the TV channels would be live fashion shows from around the world, fashion transformation, designers biography’s, best deals at the moment and clothing tutorials. I think my TV channel would be popular since it will showcase a range of different areas of fashion on one channel which is different from any other channel which currently exists. For the name of my TV channel I want to create a short catchy name that will stick into my potential target audience’s minds. By having a good name for the channel this will help me too create a better brand identity. Due to my target audience being of a young age I want to keep a fresh sharp style to the channel but giving it a modern twist by using vibrant colours and creative illustrations. For my channel I am going to be looking a mixture of modern graphic designers and fashion illustrators to help me capture different ideas for how my TV channel can be visually represented. From carrying out research before choosing my main concept for the TV channel I found some similar existing channels such as fashion TV, vogue TV which currently show selected catwalk shows on their channels. I also found that there are a mixture of fashion shows that feature on a mixture of channels such as “Gok’s Fashion Fix” channel 4, “The fashion show” Bravo, “Fashion Star” TLC and many more. 

For my second response for Natasha Kerr I decided to look at old photos of my family. Similar to Kerr who uses old images of her family she was given by her mother as an inspiration for her work. I am going to use these images I have collected in my second design. I am going to base my next postcard design on men in fashion so my designs promote to a large target audience.

Currently I have been looking at the artist Natasha Kerr for my extended project. To create my design I have collected different pieces of fabric, wallpaper and images of vintage fashion. I have also collected images of Liverpool to include in my design. I am going to further develop my work by using Photoshop to complete my finished postcard design.

Recently I have started my extended project which is based on 'The City'. I have decided to focus my project on Liverpool and the fashion within in the city. To start my project I have looked at different styles of Typography which I could use in my project. I decided to create a vintage style typography design. To do this I have stained printed letters with tea bags and hand stitched letters to link back to the idea of clothing and making of garments. For inspiration for my typography I looked at the artist Natasha Kerr due to her vintage unique styles of designs. Below are pictures of my developments of my design from start to finish once my typography had been developed using photoshop.

Currently I have been creating a response for the BNY Boat Race competition. Initially I did research on the race and its history for inspiration for my design. I have currently been experimenting with designs and different techniques to create waves. To do this I have been using water colours and powdered inks to make different textures for my design.