THEORY INTO PRACTICE - A Visual Response

Another zine mock up:

• Text is all based on the information I found in previous post
• Illustrations and compositions need refining - what kind of aesthetic? - Possibly similar to previous mock up
• Will be produced digitally
• No longer hotdog booklet - needed more pages
• Will be an A5 booklet when finished

THEORY INTO PRACTISE - A Visual Response

Research into metal culture:

This research will help with the content for my zine/book. I basically researched the truths/origins of the social codes within metal culture and I'm much more confident in what my zine will actually be about now. It will be more factual/informative than my previous mock-up so I'm currently aiming to create a 'guide'  to metal culture. 

THEORY INTO PRACTISE - A Visual Response

Further Zine development:

Although I like the aesthetic of this rough zine design, I think the content is driven by my own opinions too much. I need to include more facts and information about the subject so that it doesn't stray too far from my original starting point which was the essay. 

As I begin to inform myself more on the subject matter, I think the purpose of this zine will change slightly. Originally I had planned for it to be a satirical depiction of the way 'Metal heads' resist conforming to mainstream cultural codes but end up conforming to another particular cultural code. This hasn't really changed but I think that instead I'll be focusing more on what the cultural codes within metal culture are and some background of the culture. Perhaps this zine will become more informative rather than satirical? - The tone of the illustrations can either make it seem quite heavy and factual or interesting with a bit of humor. I am hoping to create the latter and I think that by drawing in a similar style to picture above, I can achieve this. 

Things to consider:

• CONTENT - research metal culture - what are the different 'codes'?
• Research history of metal culture and how it has evolved
• FORMAT - will the zine need more pages than a hotdog booklet?

THEORY INTO PRACTISE - A Visual Response

Pecha Kucha feedback & evaluation

http://issuu.com/sophiehargreaves/docs/pecha_kucha_presentation

Not sure how I could have improved on the clarity of delivery. I actually felt as though my presentation was well organised - it began with a brief overview of the essay, I explained which bits of information I had explored & in as much detail as possible, what I was going to do next. I obviously didn't communicate everything as clearly as I had thought. This could be due to:

• it being quite early on in the development of the project (judging by other people's presentation and their lack of development work too)
• I was incredibly nervous which could have affected my delivery (I get extremely anxious about presentations and I was the last to present)
• I had some technical issues - in the future I will just use the college macs to make sure my files don't get corrupted somehow

I found the feedback really helpful because it not only verified to me that I had a fairly good project planned, but it also brought some other potential ideas and issues I could come across. Talking about my ideas also helped to clarify what I was actually exploring - I'm really looking at how metal is a genre/sub culture that rejects association with the mainstream and is all about non-conformity. However, I think that although this subculture doesn't conform to the 'mainstream', it still conforms to the codes within that subculture.

Currently, I am calling my zine 'How to spot a Metalhead' and I will be illustrating all the different cultural /social codes associated with metal subculture. As suggested in my peer feedback, I could create more zines for other subcultures. 

The development of my illustrations will be really important because I don't want to mock these subcultures, it is just supposed to be humorous but not offensive.  

THEORY INTO PRACTISE - A Visual Response

I've chosen to make a hotdog fold zine because I think it's the most appropriate for the tone of voice I want to create.

I will have six pages and front & back covers to illustrate. I want this zine to be short and easy to read - any longer and I think the content could get boring.

This is my first rough to see what kind of compositions I could work with and how the page order could look.

I need to swap a few pages round, possibly even change the content of some. I am not sure about what sort of aesthetic I want to create yet but I'm going to try something similar to Kristyna Baczynski's work and this piece I produced for Visual Language.