Assignment #3: Ideas and Concepts

Doodle mind map in the sketch book

Idea and concept. The theme for the week's blog post. So we had a lesson on how to generate ideas and how do we conceptualize the ideas in becoming a finished product. Therefore, we were asked to analyze TVCs, one local and one international for us to analyze of what are their ideas and concepts in the ads. Here we go

IDEAS

(a theory, an abstract representation, it is subjective and objective)

CONCEPT

(how to execute the idea, connection of ideas, action plan)

Local TVC

I love Malaysia Airlines. Forever will. 

Basically this TVC was to promote and introduce the new fleet of Malaysia Airlines which is the super jumbo jet Airbus A380

The gist: People can only dream of something big, but Malaysia Airlines is about to share the dream of having the most spacious aircraft in the world with the people.

IDEAS

(big, spacious, dream)

CONCEPT

Dream: The idea of 'dream' is conceptualize with the TVC being in black and white, in which arguably the way we dream. We dream in black and white or grayscale.

Big and spacious: This is executed with the scenes of 2 engineers depicting the spaciousness with non direct imageries: 

1) Scene on the beach: The engineer pushes away the other engineer far away depicting the width of the aircraft which is very wide.

2) Airplane mock up: The engineers in front of 2 white walls with one wall having a hole and one wall having windows in top and bottom with a staircase. Depiction of the aircraft having 2 decks, upper and lower deck. 

3) Cityscape: The engineers are in a city with tall buildings and while looking up the buildings form a silhouette of the aircraft with depiction of 2 big wings.

International TVC

The Sony Xperia Z TVC. Love it

This TVC is made to promote the newest Xperia phone by Sony which is the Sony Xperia Z.

IDEA

(innovation, invention)

CONCEPT

Innovation and invention: These 2 ideas are put into execution with the concept of time frame and retro flashbacks of all the inventions of Sony such as the Trinitron television, walkman, handycam, Playstation and lastly to the present time with the Xperia Z. The rationale of them featuring their previous inventions is to link them with the Xperia Z in which the phone fuses all elements: a media system (portable TV and walkman music), video recording like handycam and gaming experience like the Playstation. All that plus the ever solid innovation of waterproofing, so yeah, you dont have to worry about your phone getting damaged by water. (I sound like a Sony salesman)

Ideas are ideas..no matter big or small

Assignment #2: Creative Idol

I.LOVE.FASHION.PHOTOGRAPHY

Fashion photography has always been my passion. I love to view fashion photos. I like to see the colours, the concept, the way the models are styled, the backdrop..ah! Everything about fashion photography intrigues me. Fashion photography leads me to pursue my studies in advertising because I would love to have the opportunity to be a creative director for a fashion campaign. My dream! Okay enough about me...

Actually my passion in fashion photography has a significance with my creative idol. I have loved his work since I first discovered him on my favourite (well, was) reality show America's Next Top Model (ANTM). He was featured as a guest photographer for the photoshoot of the week. Who is he? 

THIS IS: MIKE ROSENTHAL

Mike Rosenthal. Handsome guy he is

Mike and a camera. A great chemistry

Mike at work for one of the photoshoots in ANTM Cycle 16

Mike also is a guest judge on the ANTM judging panel

Who exactly is he?

Mike loves fine arts when he was a kid. He grew up in a family of artists, so he was always inspired to make so many things among them were furniture, paintings, forts, photos and home movies. Art led him to have a place in the film business with focus on cinematography. He was an apprentice to Russell Carpenter for 3 years. Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award winning Cinematographer for the film Titanic. So, he wasn't interning for just a certain somebody. He worked for a number of years in cinema before he ventured into the photography industry as his permanent career. Now he does a mix of still and motion picture projects, photographer, director, and director of photography. 

He have since worked on a wide range of projects, with a wider range of clients. He had done 11 seasons of ANTM as a guest photographer, and sometimes becomes the guest judge on the judging panel. Not limit to only fashion photos, he had also shot movie posters, beauty campaigns and celebrity covers. 

His interest besides photography includes travelling, adventure, Italian food, and doing origami. He is a well rounded person if you ask me. 

His works:

America's Next Top Model

ANTM Cycle 12: New Yorks Finest

ANTM Cycle 11: TopModel Awards

ANTM Cycle 9: Bad Sides of Smoking

ANTM Cycle 10: Fuerzabruta (Dancing in Water)

ANTM Cycle 7: Circus Freaks

ANTM Cycle 16: Beauty Shots with Bees

ANTM Cycle 13: Cirque du Soleil

Celebrity Covers

Charlize Theron

Haley Joel Osment

Dave Franco

Max Theriot

Chanel Iman

Marion Cotillard

Advertisements

Client: P&G

MissMe Fall/Winter 2010

MM Couture 2012

Client: 2(x)ist

Why do I consider him as my creative idol

I am a person who is not easy to be pleased. Im quite fussy at times and when I see something good, it is good. Mike Rosenthal's fashion photos really catches my attention and he is visionary. His fashion photos have meanings, besides being creative and worth a photo. His photography skills gives life to the overall approach of the fashion photo concept, he can grasp the idea and execute it tremendously. Moreover, his life have been an adventure. He pursues what he loves, having a hobby and making money out of it..that is what I intend to do too. Make your hobby a job. Mike inspires me to be more creative and seek more potential in creating something extraordinary. Fashion photography will always be my passion and Insyaallah I will achieve what I want in life...just like Mike did.

If you dont like what you are doing, stop doing it

Assignment #1

In businesses, it is essential for a business owner to reach its target audience. The target audience can be reached with many means ie; advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing and what not. So many ways. But there is more than just advertising for businesses in the quote above. Okay, first let me just explain what is it that I understand from it.

From a business point of view: Okay, take you have a business, lets say a restaurant. How are you going to expect the people there to go to your restaurant without some advertising and promotions right? Okay, that is one way to look at it. No advertising/promotions = less customers or even more dreadful, no customers at all (yikes!).

Now, 'winking at a girl in the dark'.... do you actually see the girl? Is it a girl? You cant see anything in the dark can you? So why wink in the dark? Hahaha. Okay, what I understand from the line is that, 

1) It is a useless thing to do. Why wink at someone, when the person cant even see you. Turn the lights on at least. 

-Make sure the people you are targeting can see/notice/find your shop or business. Advertisements DOES matter

2) You sure you are winking at a girl? 

- Some businesses dont even know who their target market is, and therefore they could ave advertised to the wrong people. Understand who your target market first, then wink at them (in the light of course, not in the dark). So, it is essential to notice your target market before they can notice you.

Advertising and advertisement is the light switch, turn it on so people can notice your presence in the room. Marketing your business 101. 

In conclusion, when doing a business, the most important thing to do is.... FIND THE LIGHT, AND SHINE IT.