- Short animations on tv
- Expansion of advertising & media, illustration was commonly used
- Average American salary rose by 50%
- Credit cards came in
- Many new brands & products
- Threat of cold war > Illustrators were popularised for making propaganda images
- Movie posters & billboards due to new drive-in cinemas
- More imaginative children's illustrations: brighter, more colourful palettes
- Dr Seuss famous illustrator of the time: Cat in the Hat
Feedback to Matt:
- Went a little fast through presentation
- Maybe a little more detail about specific parts you're interested in
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Architechture (Elicia)
- Le Corbuiser - churches
- Sir Basil Spence - churches
- Brutalist Buildings mid 1950s-70s
- Park Hill in Sheffield "the slums" grade 2 listed building
- Built on top of the houses that used to be there, so flats kept same street names and numbers to try and keep community spirit
Feedback to Elicia:
- Knows what she's talking about, not reading off screen
- Very detailed
- Maybe face front a bit more
- Also maybe bullet point
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Animation (Jordan)
- 40s - 60s was golden age of animation
- Lots of A-list movies
- Disney, Warner Bros & Loony Tunes became more prominent and more advanced
- Cinderella released in 1950, Alice in Wonderland '51, Peter Pan '53, Lady & the Tramp '55, Sleeping Beauty '59
- Mickey mouse and other characters came about
- America's first animated version of Superman
- Oscar for best animated short film
- Loony Tunes became regular day time show
- Loony Tunes contained hints of racism and rude gestures on their shows
Feedback to Jordan:
- Information listed well
- Maybe not read off board as much
- More imagery
- Techniques research
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Abstract Expressionism (Emma)
- Jackson Pollock, drip paintings
- JP painted in a Regionalistic style in 30s
- Thomas Benton was leader of regionalistic movement & was one of JP's influences
- regionalistic movement shunned city life, preferred more rural places, reflected in artwork
- wanted to express his feelings not illustrate them
- influenced by mark tobey - poetry and calligraphy
- lee krasner - JP's wife - worked in a similar style but promoted him instead of her won work
- Robert Motherwell
- Barnett Newman
Feedback for Emma:
- slow down (scrolling)
- quite a lot of pauses, maybe learn what you've written a little more
- good volume & content
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Abstract Expressionism (Emma)
- Jackson Pollock, drip paintings
- JP painted in a Regionalistic style in 30s
- Thomas Benton was leader of regionalistic movement & was one of JP's influences
- regionalistic movement shunned city life, preferred more rural places, reflected in artwork
- wanted to express his feelings not illustrate them
- influenced by mark tobey - poetry and calligraphy
- lee krasner - JP's wife - worked in a similar style but promoted him instead of her won work
- Robert Motherwell
- Barnett Newman
Feedback for Emma:
- slow down (scrolling)
- quite a lot of pauses, maybe learn what you've written a little more
- good volume & content
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Make-up and Special Effects (Stacey)
- not big in 1950s
- 'Creature from the black lagoon' film
- underwater photography development and make-up and costume techniques
- costume made from foam rubber
- simply made- not like high tech stuff today
- took about 2 hours to get in and out of it
- its been 48 years since the film so costume has now disintegrated as only made from foam rubber
- costume designers: Bud Westmore, Jack Kevan & Chris Mueller
Feedback for Stacey:
- More content
- Change background and text colours
- more images
- good volume
- interesting subject, maybe broaden to other films
- good idea to have video
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Illustration (Mel)
- big time for illustration
- lots of advertisments because of disposable income after war
- positive, bright colours
- year of consumer
- women overused in packaging: sexism
- people crazy for elvis presley- his face on everything including pants!
- made everything and anything just because they could
- constant need for propaganda about cold war
- people wanted to live in a carefree dream world
- drive in cinemas more common and popular
- Dr Seuss- lung condition so had trouble speaking and expressing himself
- Gyo Fujikawa- children's book illustrator, worked for disney at some point\
- Earl Oliver Hurts- political and fashion illustrations. work was plagiarised so he wanted to become more well known, but lack of deadlines meant he became lazy and fell into a hole.
Feedback for Mel:
- lots of content
- eye contact
- lots of pictures
- knew what she was talking about
- maybe a bit more confidence
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Media / Recording (Becky)
-Mostly took pictures for advertisements
- Photos of fashion
- Recordings of music gigs (large rock and roll scene) where everyone looked fake happy
- sexism: lots of focus on women in advertising and film but for the wrong reasons
- posed and fake happy photos, all families seem perfect, always smiling, women always looking happy and over the top
Feedback for Becky:
- Interesting facts
- Could've faced the audience more
- Knew what she was talking about
- Maybe a longer presentation?
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Make-up and Special Effects (Stacey)
- not big in 1950s
- 'Creature from the black lagoon' film
- underwater photography development and make-up and costume techniques
- costume made from foam rubber
- simply made- not like high tech stuff today
- took about 2 hours to get in and out of it
- its been 48 years since the film so costume has now disintegrated as only made from foam rubber
- costume designers: Bud Westmore, Jack Kevan & Chris Mueller
Feedback for Stacey:
- More content
- Change background and text colours
- more images
- good volume
- interesting subject, maybe broaden to other films
- good idea to have video
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Illustration (Mel)
- big time for illustration
- lots of advertisments because of disposable income after war
- positive, bright colours
- year of consumer
- women overused in packaging: sexism
- people crazy for elvis presley- his face on everything including pants!
- made everything and anything just because they could
- constant need for propaganda about cold war
- people wanted to live in a carefree dream world
- drive in cinemas more common and popular
- Dr Seuss- lung condition so had trouble speaking and expressing himself
- Gyo Fujikawa- children's book illustrator, worked for disney at some point\
- Earl Oliver Hurts- political and fashion illustrations. work was plagiarised so he wanted to become more well known, but lack of deadlines meant he became lazy and fell into a hole.
Feedback for Mel:
- lots of content
- eye contact
- lots of pictures
- knew what she was talking about
- maybe a bit more confidence
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Media / Recording (Becky)
-Mostly took pictures for advertisements
- Photos of fashion
- Recordings of music gigs (large rock and roll scene) where everyone looked fake happy
- sexism: lots of focus on women in advertising and film but for the wrong reasons
- posed and fake happy photos, all families seem perfect, always smiling, women always looking happy and over the top
Feedback for Becky:
- Interesting facts
- Could've faced the audience more
- Knew what she was talking about
- Maybe a longer presentation?
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Feedback for me and my presentation:
- Include some mens fashion
- Brief but informative
- Organise my blog post better
- Don't read off blog
- Move images to where relevant text is
So what I need to does organise my blog better in general, but specifically I need to structure my blog posts, having images with the relevant parts of text, rather than just all the text and all the images. It might be an idea to have sub headings in my post as well, so that the text isn't just one big block! Also maybe bullet point specific things as like a round-up of the main points at the end, so that anyone reading my blog can get the general gist of the post without having to trawl through all the text and images.
I need to cover all the 1950s, not just the bits I want to look at! So be more widespread through my research, and then I can target the things I want to look at specifically. I'm wanting to do tailoring and menswear is a big part of this, so I really do need to look into male fashion as well!
Finally, when I present, I need to know what I'm talking about rather than just reading from my blog...so I could maybe have notes on a piece of paper to remind me of what to talk about? Or just spend ages reading and re-reading the text from blogger...maybe not!
So what I need to does organise my blog better in general, but specifically I need to structure my blog posts, having images with the relevant parts of text, rather than just all the text and all the images. It might be an idea to have sub headings in my post as well, so that the text isn't just one big block! Also maybe bullet point specific things as like a round-up of the main points at the end, so that anyone reading my blog can get the general gist of the post without having to trawl through all the text and images.
I need to cover all the 1950s, not just the bits I want to look at! So be more widespread through my research, and then I can target the things I want to look at specifically. I'm wanting to do tailoring and menswear is a big part of this, so I really do need to look into male fashion as well!
Finally, when I present, I need to know what I'm talking about rather than just reading from my blog...so I could maybe have notes on a piece of paper to remind me of what to talk about? Or just spend ages reading and re-reading the text from blogger...maybe not!
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