OUGD503 Studio brief 2 - Mubi

Becoming a group

The Pitcha-Pitcha event sort of fell through as there wasn't anyone around looking for partners within the MUBI brief. with this, ive taken things into my own hand and snooped around the courses trying to find people for mubi and ended up getting contacted by two illustrators (Matt Mercer and Isaac Smith). we met, spoke about the work we do and we filled out a collaborative contract.

BA (Hons.) Illustration/Animation/Graphic Design		LEVEL	05
Module Code	OUIL/AN/GD503
Module Title	RESPONSIVE

Name                   Connell Makepeace, Isaac Smith, Matthew Mercer

BRIEF TITLE: MUBI

What are you looking for in a creative partner? What are your aims?

Matt: Someone who I can work well with and reflects my views. Produce engaging work for an appropriate audience, and enjoy the process. Connell: Someone who can bring creative diversity to the group. Willing to brainstorm and bounce ideas off of. Also someone to work with in future projects. Isaac: Someone who is open to new ideas and a lot of different development ideas. To make a lot of ideas that can be filtered down into a few successful ideas.

What are your specific areas of creative interest?

Matt: Graphic forms of illustration, shape based work and advertising/branding. Connell: Film, motion graphics, editorial/publication design, learning fresh skills.  Isaac: Character design, colour consideration, figurative designs to communicate a message.

What specific creative skills do you have to offer in relation to a creative partnership? How do you intend to use them?

Matt: Quite organised, independent, skilled with textural work and adapting work into a digital medium. Connell: Motion graphics and design for screen (slide layout etc). Idea generation, development and critical analysis of work. Isaac: A good grasp on colour and composition, open to adapting myself to other people’s ideas and concepts.

What specific non-creative skills do you have to offer in relation to a creative partnership? How do you intend to use them?

Matt: Evolve my skills through collaboration, keep an open mind in terms of how I work. Quite open minded, not stubborn so I can adapt to different ideas, and organised. Connell: Organised, always willing to learn, problem solving, motivated. Isaac: Quite passionate about an idea once I have a strong concept, I feel that I can be confident in communicating how I feel about a concept and getting my idea across

What do you see your specific roles be in the collaboration?

Matt: Bridging the gap between graphic design and illustration. Not sure at the moment, don’t want to immediately dictate the direction of the project, want to let the collaboration drive my development. Connell: Time management, setting up meetings, consolidating work. Isaac: Producing lots of ideas to be considered by the group, adapting my work to the aims and needs of the group.

What will your individual responsibilities be in the collaboration?

Matt: Not sure at the moment, probably characters and textures for outcomes. Connell: Layout for outcomes, consideration of text and type. Consolidate ideas and keep the project moving forward and enjoy the learning experience. Isaac: Not completely sure, I think it will begin with a lot of roughing ideas and developing those.