PPD Presentation 2011

ENTERPRISE EVALUATION:

I have found this module quite challenging and difficult. I found the lectures quite difficult to understand, but this might be because I had no knowledge of business and self employment and probably confused myself.. So the tasks we needed to do, some I found more challenging than others, but I think i managed to get some points together.


With the group presentation, I was quite excited of the thought of sorting a potential business out, as were the rest of the group. When talking in the group, I managed to get a better understanding of the PEST and SWOT models, as well as some other terms I was unsure about.
We got together regularly before the easter holidays to try and sort some of the presentations out, however I feel we wasted quite a lot of time finding a name.. which wasn't that important..
But, when we came up with 'fourhead' we stuck to it, and started looking more into the business side to things.
Sarah became the 'leader' of the group, so we were told what to go away and look at. This worked really well, and when we had collected all the relevant information, we were then able to sort out the presentation slides.
The area I was looking into was business insurance and the legal side to opening a business. Some parts I found quite interesting but I did get a bit bored towards the end.. so I looked into other areas too.


If we were able to go back and do it again, I would definitely not spend so much time thinking of a name and would try get organised with what everyone is doing more towards the beginning of the project.


We had a lot of information on the boards and we talked quite a lot, next time I think I will definitely think more about the key points (key information) that needs to be up on the boards, so the audience can see the figures in front of them.

PRESENTATION

For Enterprise Presentation

I went on Direct line website, and they advised several different insurances to take out for our specific needs in the business.

Simply Business: getting an insurance quote.. just went through the steps.. but couldn't get any further.. obviously, as it ain't real!

Below: How to get copyright protection.

What Bridget was saying in the lecture- posting work to yourself, so there is a stamped date on the work.. this will show when it was done.. also free.. well, ish.

You can also register online or by post. I found that it is cheaper online:

Current charges=

- £39.00 for 5 years

- £64.00 for 10 years

Places to get insurance quotes:

Professional Indemnity:

Sites I have looked at to get a better understanding on Professional Indemnity.

Notes on insurance:

Intellectual Property: Expression of an idea.

Professional Indemnity Insurance: Covers the cost if you give faulty advice or are negligent in your work and as a result you damage a clients business financially. The client may sue your business and the insurance would cover any compensation payments and legal expenses.

Business Contents Insurance: Pay for loss of, or damage to any business possessions whilst they are located within the business premises.

Public Liability Insurance: Provides cover against claims made by members of the public who have suffered injury or damage to property in connection with the business.

Employers Liability Insurance: Provides cover against claims by the employees who have suffered an injury or illness in the course of their employment.

We will need an accountant that will come in and sort out the money stuff..

Business link has given information to help you find the right accountant for the business. Gives you things to think about when looking for an accountant.

VAT- Standard 20% VAT on sales. (VAT= Value Added Tax)

Income Tax- Tax on personal income

Corporation Tax- Tax on the profits of a limited company

Cost Sheet:

PORTFOLIO

Contact List:

1. DG3


Richard Honey
dg3
9 Abbey Avenue
Leeds LS5 3DH
t 0113 228 5500
f 0113 295 5359
m 07775 852 076
richard@dg3.co.uk


2. Punch Creative


Tel: 0113 255 7285 
info@punch-creative.co.uk


3. 7nine

Telephone
+44 (0) 113 245 8222

Facsimile
+44 (0) 113 234 0944

Emailjustin@7nine.co.uk

4. LS One

6 York Place
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 2DS

t: +44 (0)113 243 2061
f: +44 (0)845 4588 619
e: enquiries@lsonecreative.co.uk

5. Ahoy Creative Design- Manchester


Telephone: 0161 285 4017
Email: hello@ahoycreative.co.uk
Visit: 14 School Lane, Manchester, SK4 5DG


6. Design By Day - Manchester

Telephone: 0161 832 4471
Email: hello@designbyday.co.uk

Visit: Studio 304, Islington Mill,
James Street, Salford, M3 5HW


7. Image Co- Leeds

Address: Britannia House, Beza Road, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 2BR

Tel: 0845 130 77 00

Fax: 0870 011 77 01

http://www.imagecoltd.com/

DESIGNERS & COMPANIES:

PUNCH CREATIVE

Someone I know uses this design company for their projects, they are a young group of designers, and from looking at their website, they are modern and say many of their briefs are under a tight deadline, so you have to work fast and effectively to get it done.

Tel: 0113 255 7285
info@punch-creative.co.uk

ANALOGUE

One of their strengths is branding and packaging, which is something I am very interested in. Small group of designers.. couldn't see an awful lot of work on the website, but what I have seen looks really good.


Tel: 0113 341 0330
studio@madebyanalogue.co.uk 

Image Co

When I first saw what services they provide, I was pretty amazed. I am quite interested in looking into retail graphic design, and this would be the place to get a good idea of how it works and how they go about doing such large displays and graphic installations.

7nine

I really like the work that is showed on the website, from prints to web design.. they offer a range of services:

Branding, Advertising, Packaging, Signage, Copywriting, Print, Direct Mail


Telephone: +44 (0) 113 245 8222
Email: Justin@7nine.co.uk
Unit 2
Apex Business Park
Apex Way
Leeds
LS11 5LN

Vapour

Telephone: +44 (0)113 222 0213

Email via the website

Sebastian Onufszak

From Germany, love the work I have seen on the website...
Won't be able to travel there like though.. They have a large client list, some well known companies. Services include illustration and web design, which is something I would like to do.

DG3

From Leeds, they work for charity, voluntary, not- for-profit sectors. They do design for print, display and the web. I like how they work WITH the clients, sounds like they are in it for the right reasons..


Tel: 0113 228 5500
richard@dg3.co.uk

EVALUATION- ougd202

Overall, I am really pleased with my animations and my packaging.

There are, however, still a few changes that I would like to make that would improve the product.

I think that I should have done more storyboards, as I found it helped a lot in the previous ‘silent movie’ project. But I found it difficult to decide where to begin with a 50 second animation and I decided to draw up small sequences that I could put together to create the title sequence. 

At the beginning of the module, I had never used after effects or done any kind of animation.

I took to after effects quite well, and was able to do the basic rotating of images, scaling and changing opacity.

When I started to do the idents and title sequence, I had more layers in after effects. Grouping the layers together using colour really helped and saved me a lot of time.

I also made use of the parenting technique that was shown to us, as my layers had to move at the same time to the same place.

I think the subject I chose was difficult not to make too 'animatey', and I was very conscious of this, but I feel that my animations aren't too animated and has a good balance.

I did have quite a few problems with saving my work, with files going missing and also my USB stick wasn’t working properly, which didn’t help.

To make sure this didn’t happen again, I got another USB stick and made files within, that was just for after effects, which I found made life much easier and I didn’t have anymore problems with losing files.

For my packaging, I decided that I wanted it to look like a comic book. I measured a comic and made my DVD case the same size. I really like how it looks all in all, but the crafting of it could be much better, if I had been more organised and left myself more time.

I made a bad decision to use PVA glue to stick the back cover onto my 'comic' and it's made the surface crinkly. If I was to do it again, I would use spray mount.

I would have liked to experiment more with the layout and colour of my packaging, to see what would have worked better.

The plastic sleeve makes the 'comic' look more like a collectables item and that is how it would be seen, if it was out in store.

The images that I used in my animation changed a lot from my original idea. If I was doing this project again, I would like to look at using the illustrated images and change my audience back to 18+. I think that the animation would look much different to my final pieces.

From working in group crits, I have made adjustments to my layout and animation. I feel that I have got a lot out of this module, for example, I have improved with my organisation of layers in illustrator/photoshop/after effects and saving my work in a sufficient way. 

I really enjoyed doing motion graphics, and I hope that I will be able to use this again soon.