Summary

Hi Everyone, This is my bit of blurb for the presentation, maybe people could add bits if it's any good?

Our original idea for the presentation came about through a discussion about our experiences of both the uni and the town. Tara had just moved to the area and her impression was that she was part of a huge jigsaw puzle, each piece slotting graually into place in her life. Most of the group were able to identify with these feelings as; some had only just arrived in Farnham themselves. he quantity of information and paperwork to take onboard contributed to the overall impression of something gradually coming together. Throughout our group meetings the idea changed and evolved in an extremely organic way, each person contributing enthusiasticaly to the final outcome and all ieas were discussed and evaluated.
We were fortunate to have a wide variety of skills within the group, the primary one being peoples ability to communicate their ideas. Elisa opened us a blog and Charlotte typed up the results of each meeting, in this way we were able to keep in touch and refer to the initial idea we had discussed. As the blog began to grow with people's impressions of Farnham and general ideas the final presentation began to appear almost automatically. It neede work but a framework began to emerge.
Logistics dictated that the presentation was an on screen digital one. the time element and limited workshop accrss could have been aproblem if we had decided to go for a 3D format. this was dissapointing for some of us but after some consideration an animation was decided on. Once again we were fortunate to have people with the right skills for the job. Daniel and Charlotte were able tot produce what was needed.

The original plan was to find a visual way of conveyingthe aidea of a jigsaw puzzle, lesley suggestedthat the college logo would provide a base to use, as it was easily recognised and evident in all parts of the building, Mago had mentioned the fact in an earlier conversation.

Elisa sketched it out and suggested that the exterior C shapemight be our visualimpressions of Farnham and the interior disc could represent the emotions felt when first encountering the palce.It was problematical to retain the basic elemnts of the idea and convey the original meaning as ideas began to flow and at one point the puzzle grew too complex, it became about ourselves and our work rather than our impressions of Farnham.It would have been easy at this particular point to go way off track and end up with something other tha our origina idea and the project brief. We recognised this fact and steered ourselves back to the meaning we wished to convey which is that of shared experience and different skills coming togetherto make one Farnham.

Scuse spelling, Lesley