Frank or World War 2
Idea: What is your picture book about?
1.-Young frank growing up, slightly older riding his bike, Joining the RAF, flying bombing the town and as an old man sad about what he has done.
2-Consitina- same story but I think shows the progression over time better.
3- A story about a young refugee and his dog who arrive at a big old house owned by and evil women who throws them down into a cellar.
Intent: What are you trying to achieve with the tone and atmosphere of the artwork?
I want there to be some kind of shock factor with in the stories, like when frank bombs the town or when the refugee is trapped in the cellar. It could be potentially quite dark scary book, making the artwork non-realistic, really abstract faces, dark sharp textures. Blues, blacks greys and whites, maybe some purples. But I think texture would be the key for getting some of the mood across.
Structure: How might this book function in terms of format, layout and sequence
The most popular structure from the feedback is the concertina, because the way it flowed and told the story was clear and it showed the progression well. However a saddle stitch book could still be an option because the viewer when looking through can discover the story for themselves, which could influence a shock factor.
These ideas are based on my research into…
These ideas are heavily based around the trip to the imperial war museum and the chat with Frank Tolley and a quote from a presentation about refugees through the ages.
In order to develop these ideas, my research over Christmas will be….
I am going to try and go to a few more museum reasuch more about war/wars but I think that this first trip has supplied me with loads of research that I can go away do lots of secondary research and hopefully find out much more information.
Self-Evaluation
What have you discovered about research over the last 2 weeks? Which approaches to research did you struggle with? And why?
- That talking to people can really be a great gateway to discoing amazing stories.
- Going out to somewhere you haven’t been before can also give you different ideas.
- Taking the time to learn and understand ideas and stories you end up with strong ideas.
- It was finding it hard to speak to people at first but quickly gained confidence and actually enjoyed it and was well worth it because it has given me some of the best ideas so far.
Which approaches to research did you find beneficial? And Why?
What could you have done differently during your research period?
Talking again was so beneficial but also going to a museum and being in that environment with loads of information to be able to collect and use was good as well.
I could have spoken longer with frank but also drawn some more observations of the object in the museums they could have given me more ideas.
What kind of media, skills, tools and processes are you going to explore?
I really want to try and explore inks, nice ink drawings could suite the stories I am trying to tell well. Shape based work may work well however it may be too basic if I am going to try and tell a complex story. But for a more detailed approach I could also try paper cutting, but I would need to experiment more with this and see where I end up because I not sure how it will work. Using different thicknesses of paper may also be really nice.
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