Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Statement of intent...

...the focus of the book we are to produce will be toy cars. I am yet to decide on the actual title of the book, I think that it will probably be chosen during the development of my work over the next couple of weeks.
There are two obvious ways that this subject matter could deal with; the idea of collecting the *models* and the systematic way that they can be categorized or perhaps the theme of *toys* which opens the possibilities of creating stories/scenario's as someone would if playing with them...
At the moment I find the *toys* approach more interesting. I've already collected information about what the toys are based on, but I think I need to research the kind of environments the real life cars would be expected to be found in/their use.
I am also intending on having a look at other books which deal with the same subject, and find out how they have approached it.
To help develop my ideas I am likely to use a mixture of methods, including drawings, photography, and possibly crafting. The use of software to combine these elements will help produce final images.
Using craft to make sets for the cars may be appropriate as it is something that is done often when playing with the toy cars.
Throughout the process I will be using photography to document my progress and worksheets/sketchbooks to record different ideas. I will be referring to the given brief to ensure I am meeting the requirements and hopefully feedback from the group will help test the solution throughout different stages.

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