I'm unable to access the four slides that we looked at in class because I'm on a PC rather than a Mac. The file seems to have been uploaded from Keynote instead of PowerPoint. Because I'm unable to see the various response questions, I'm going to respond in my own way to this new assignment of The Usual Suspects. I'm very excited about this new project and look forward to what people come up with!
Right from the start, this assignment really intrigued me. I have always liked looking at work that has been clearly "designed" and trying to interpret what the creator was attempting to portray to the viewer upon its creation. I believe that every image, sign, flyer, sticker, poster, etc. has a message it is attempting to portray and it is the viewers responsibility to make an attempt at decoding that message.
It has honestly been an intense struggle to find images that I want to work with because there are so many wonderful candidates that I have found! I've spent hours on Google looking at various signs, political advertisements, movie posters, and print ads. Narrowing my results into just a few images that I intend to use has been quite the feat!
In all my searching, my favorite usual suspects have been chiseled down to some movie posters and print ads. I'm excited to bring these into class and see where to go from here with them. This portion of the course is something I have really been looking forward to. As mentioned above, I really enjoy looking at and analyzing creative work intended and conveying some sort of message to the viewer. I contemplated attaching some of the top movie posters and print ads below in this post, but I didn't want to distract from my final project and presentation so I will let them remain a mystery. Stay tuned for more to come! :)
