Joanne's Journal

TFL Manifesto Brief During one of our CTS lessons, a staff member came down and asked us to create a manifesto for TFL. The message that they wanted to push across for the manifesto is, "The World is Your Oyster". We can create the manifesto in any form. Ideation Our team consisting of me, June and Piyush decided to create a video to showcase our manifesto. We wanted to showcase our relative skills. Piyush wants to pursue a film career, June is good in animation, while I'm pretty competent in graphic design and video editing. Therefore, for this project, we decided to merge these 3 disciplines. The idea came pretty fast for us as the quote that was said at the beginning, "The World is Your Oyster" pretty much told us everything. Our main concept for the video was to show what kind of possibilities are out there when you use the Oyster card. With the incorporation of fun little animations drawn by June into our video, it is a whimsical take on our journ...

Brief We were tasked to demonstrate an awareness of what our practice is about as well as express our passion and commitment for the particular direction that we are aiming for. Ideation To start, I thought of what was the particular direction that I want to take after I finish this course. Personally, I felt the greatest urge for graphic design and illustration. These are the two things that I feel most passionate about. Figure 1. Initial ideas for my manifesto I've always had a motto when it comes to creating is that we are all blessed to create, and therefore we should use our gifts to create and bless others. This is an overarching theme throughout my manifesto as I feel very strongly towards this. I was personally inspired by bible verse, " Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you." (New International Version, 2008). This verse spoke directly to the main message of my manif...