Week 3

We had a lecture on photography which I found particularly interesting as our group had decided that we wanted to use photography for our rhetorical approach. One thing I really took away from the lecture was being able to capture the perfect shot (perfect moment) when you have a free control (using auto) and constantly taking shots of your subject. The mistaken shot may possibly become the one shot you were looking for. During studio time, we presented our 8 points on a3 visual pieces. It turns out that our points were still quite broad and we had to narrow it down further. A lot of our information needed to be re-arranged as it had fit better with other context. To back up our statement, we tried to find statistics that works well together and helps prove our point. In terms of audiences, we decided to focus primarily on tertiary students. Our group also decided to not have a person feature in the images (only featuring sleep related objects) to let the images speak for themselves. I think with this process, it really help us understand our topic a little bit more (applying visuals with context).

On Friday we went through our 8 points again and tried to refined them further and make them more cohesive for printing next week. After pitching our idea to the tutor we were asked to find our core message. We discussed that although students have an awareness about having 8-9 hours of sleep, they don't necessarily understand the necessity of sleep and how it can have an huge impact on their well-being. We eventually decided that our core message should be "is it worth it". An example would be "was your project worth it after having 6 hours of sleep". 
We also went through our photos with the tutor and he suggested for us to experiment with cropping and composition to really convey our idea. One of the blurry photos we attend to retake, happened to be the photo that conveyed our idea the best in terms of being sleep deprived. As previous stated in the photography lecture on Thursday, one of our mistake shots happened to create a brand new idea that works a lot better with our concept. Over the course of the week we are thinking of nailing our layouts and share them with each other next week for some final touches.