1. HA3 Tasks Evaluation.
HA3 was all about Hip Hop Shakespeare. Putting a modern twist on Romeo and Juliet. A big part
of this unit was making research and interpreting things ourselves. Our task was to create six
images, each for a certain scene in Romeo and Juliet, we had to modernise the scenes however.
We had to create these images on Illustrator.
We had to be creative and come up with all of our own ideas. We had to base all of our ideas
around what happens in our city, Manchester.
Our first task on this particular unit was to devise a plan of how we were going to use our time
to make sure all of the tasks get completed on time. We then had to blog this.
The first part of the second task was to make research into what we think Romeo and Juliet
would be like if it was to happen now. For example I chose gang violence and music where
people DJ against each other to win things etc to put a mordern twist on things. From this I
produced two moodboards and put them onto Blogger.
The other part of the second task was to collect images off the internet that we want to use and
merge with other pictures on Photoshop to then use in Illustrator. For me, I chose 2 or 3 images
to make into one image. I had to create six of these images and then uploaded them to blogger
as evidence.
For the final task, I had to trace over the images in Illustrator. This took a long time as I still
wasn't very used to using Illustrator so was still quite uncomfortable with the tasks I was being
given. I went over the deadline for this assignment so chose to come in on my days off to
complete the work. Once finished tracing over the images I then had to add colour. I completed
this task by using the pen tool and the fill tool. I then uploaded these images to the blog when
complete.
At the start of this assignment I felt really uncomfortable and felt I would be unable to complete
the tasks to a good standard but now I feel I have done quite well and have done the work to
the best of my ability. If I were to do these tasks again I would panic less and plan my time out
more efficiently. I think a big part of me not completing this work on time was not planning the
time properly, I didn't really think it through that well.
Now I feel a lot more confident when using Illustrator and now what most of the tools do.