I chose to document the day before Thanksgiving (November 23). I made sure to write down everything I was doing during the day and the exact time I was doing it. I also made sure to take a lot of pictures, because I knew that I wanted to design something that involved imagery. I didn't really do anything too significant on the day that I documented, so it was more of an average day rather than an extremely exciting one.
When I started designing in class today, I was focusing on trying to find a way to chronologically organize my day. I had two ideas in particular that I was working with. My first idea was to design the poster based off of a game board. The path would start when I wake up, and continue through different elements of my day until it ends when I go to sleep. There would be writing on the path spaces that play off of what I did during the day (ex. "stuck at the car wash...skip a turn"). The other idea I had was to arrange the photographs I took in chronological order and highlight a few activities of the day that were either significant or took up a good portion of my day. This arrangement of the photos would resemble a film strip since I spent a lot of time with my family over break watching various movies. I originally had the poster in a portrait orientation, but realized after a while that it would be more effective if it was in a landscape orientation. In the end, I decided to pursue the "film strip" design idea. The next thing I have to do is place pictures on the design I created in class, and adjust the design as needed. I will also find a way to highlight the few images I bring out to make them stand out against the rest of the poster's images.
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| Original poster sketches done in class |
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| Written document of the various activities of the day I documented |
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