My Breif

My idea:

For this project I would like to create an animation in the style of a comic. I wasn’t sure when to base the animation and as a result decided that approaching a museum would be a good course of action. My explanation of my brief  was that I wanted to create a campaign for a current exhibition to advertise it in lockdown.  My idea was to create an educational animation that included information about the exhibition as-well as having it accompanied by posters, colouring pages, leaflets and other similar items. However, the fist problem I encountered was the fact that the museums have been closed in lockdown and resultantly I decided to approach Headland Archaeology. They responded very positively to the idea and gave me the option to either re brand them or to do a community based project informing a local town of the dig that is occurring there. I chose the community based project as I think the comic/ animation I want to do will suit the audience for this project which is primary/high school.

As a result of choosing this brief I was then tasked with creating a presentation with which I would firstly present to Headland Archaeology and then I would present this with Headland to the council.

Some outcomes from my project with a Louder than War which is a style I would like to use again

A few images from a comic competition I previously entered which reflect the style I would like to use in this project

Below is the project proposal I put together which was then incorporated into Headland Archaeology’s project proposal for the main meeting. I essentially showed relevant parts of my previous work which would be reflected in the upcoming project. In particular a previous comic I had made in the style of a Greek urn. I also discussed potential outcomes such as the posters/animation/colouring sheets.

Meeting with Headland Archaeology before presenting to the client over zoom:

One of the Archaeologists during my meeting with Headland Archaeology mentioned how I could explore ‘The birth, life and death of a Roman’ which I thought was a really interesting idea and one I would definitely like to explore. It would give me the opportunity to explore the site throughout a period of life whilst also incorporating the finds from the dig throughout.