Korey Kay and Partners

Other examples of their work:

This is a powerful piece of imagery, together with the shocking statistic it is very effective.


Their motto:

This is a fantastic motto, it doesn't cost a lot of money to outsmart someone or a view.

PPD Preparation for 11/10

1. What major point stands out in your learning of this experience?

2. What one thing would you have done differently whilst there or in preparation?

3. Has it changed your outlook on the business going into your final year?

- A few things I have learnt - when I have a non-free email account, to check I have paid for it... This could have jeopardised any placements or opportunities. (I learnt from visiting professional Ric Bell, he too did the same with his website! Made me feel slightly better, although his situation is much worse!)

- Not to let lack of money/job get in the way of visits and placements - maybe a job and some sort of cash flow would have encouraged me to go places.

- To have more confidence, I was so suprised to have been offered a placement, and to be asked to go back (in a few weeks).

- In terms of the Summer, I wish I had got a job, I can't believe how difficult it has been this Summer - I didn't even get a job at H Samuels in Leeds despite already been working at the Scunthorpe branch for 2 years! 

- In terms of my placement, I don't think there was anything I would have done differently, and there wasn't any way I could have prepped, as my work was given to me on the day, although I did ask Kate beforehand if there was anything I could do in preparation or bring with me.

- It has showed me I would enjoy doing more corporate work, I never saw myself working for a company doing more corporate work.

Jobs: 4/10

Group Tutorial: Amber Smith

Todays group tutorial with Amber, Steph, Finch, Dutch and Jo went really well - it was interesting, as always to see what my fellow peers are doing. But for me, it helped clarify a lot, even though I had made my rationale, seeing my briefs up on the wall helped me realise they were not focussed towards my rationale, and made my statement almost invalid. With the help of the group I made a few minor changes, and one major change, I completely removed The Body Shop brief and chose to go ahead with the CCTV brief - which if I am honest, that was the brief I was more excited about and had lots of motion based ideas for.

Jobs: 3/10

Email to Marlon Griffin

While writing my post last night on Marlon Griffin, I emailed him, basically asking for advice to getting in the television industry! I didn't post this as I really didn't expect a reply, his PA has got back to me:

I have a contact in the BBC, quite a large one, but I don't want to be cheeky in doing so!!

It's a short but sweet email and this could be a really valuable piece of advice!

Then I checked in my Junk mail folder, and the man himself had also sent me a message, what a fantastic day!

Thoughts on my branding

My Italian house mate told me my name means, a jewel/diamond or a bud (closed flower), and the verb Gemmate means to blossom. I would like to investigate incorporating this into my branding, without it looking to flimsy and girlie!

BDA

Bruce Dunlop & Associates, based in London is a creative agency.

'We are a community of people who eat, breathe and sleep visual communication. We live for the moment our work PROVOKES a response, CONNECTS with an audience and DELIVERS a result.'

A great statement, already I want to work for this company, although this is really aiming high, they work for the world's biggest media owners. The kind of work they do is channel branding, promotions, set design, integrated campaigns and internal comms campaigns.

'If it requires a great idea and storytelling flair, we do it.'

This company is my dream job.

Their client list is very impressive, Al Jazeera, ITV, Channel 4, Setanta, MTV, Disney, Sky, O2, the list goes on...

A link to their cool show reel: www.bdacreative.com/#/en/Communication%20Showreel

This points me to another goal for this year, if I want to take myself seriously as being a motion graphics designer, I need a show reel!

Marlon Griffin

Marlon Griffin is a British director of commercials, he studies Graphic Design at Bristol University, then started out as a storyboard artist designing sequences for special effects. He has won many awards for his work from Cream, the Royal Television Awards among others.

I believe he is the Creative Director at BDA in Singapore, he has extensive experience in motion graphics and has directed for the likes of Nike, Orange, Coca Cola. He is known for his conceptual thinking, creative ideas and energy.

Without sounding creepy, I would love to be in this guys shoes, when I get older!