Looking at adverts: 4
Posted: 14/11/14 10:04 | 20 Comments
The latest advert for the Coop Bank leaves Dawn with unanswered questions
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Stick to the script
Posted: 23/10/14 12:04 | 9 Comments
‘Don’t spend any time trying to be original if you want your film or television script to get noticed by producers.’ OCA tutor James Richards told it to them straight at last Saturday’s scriptwriting workshop at the Ilkley Literature Festival on Saturday. He compares attempts at originality to trying to build a car using British Leyland […]
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Free Art Friday
Posted: 17/10/14 10:47 | 4 Comments
Free Art Friday is a global initiative which began ten years ago. Its existence and popularity continues to grow largely thanks to social media. The object is to place an artwork on the street for any member of the public to enjoy and take home.
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Ken Garland: Structure and Substance
Posted: 29/09/14 08:25 | 0 Comments
This study visit will look at the pioneering work of graphic designer and writer, Ken Garland. In calling for a rethinking of the role of graphic design to do more than package and sell cat food and fizzy water, he challenged a generation of students, designers and educators to use their visual skills for the benefit of society.
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What is Art for?
Posted: 26/09/14 02:55 | 24 Comments
We recently had this exchange in my house. 5 year old: “Mummy. Your job is not very important is it?” Me: “Is it not? Why not?” 5 year old: “No. Because you just take pictures don’t you?” Since then this topic has cropped up in various guises just before bedtime or walking home from school. […]
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Looking at Adverts: 2
Posted: 15/09/14 09:53 | 10 Comments
This advert is striking. The framing and point of view is unusual, and the combination of black and white tones with blocks of vivid yellow creates a bold design. But I have mixed feelings about it because I immediately recognize that the style has been ‘borrowed’ from a well-known photographer. That doesn’t mean that the […]
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Young Collections Professional of the Year
Posted: 10/09/14 10:30 | 5 Comments
Newly enrolled student Jenny Webb comes to the OCA as the proud winner of the Young Collections Professional of the Year 2014. She has taken up the new Creative Arts Today course having decided to “begin a degree to widen my knowledge of the arts”
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Adaptations – A Thing Apart!
Posted: 04/09/14 12:15 | 7 Comments
‘If you really love a book and become involved in it, you almost have a film in your head. Someone else’s interpretation can be disconcerting and disappointing, so best to view them separately.’
What are the best screen adaptations of a book? And the worst? Let me know!
Copyright or copywrong?
Posted: 26/08/14 01:58 | 2 Comments
American cartoonist and animator Nina Paley’s Sita Sings the Blues animation almost never saw the light of day because of copyright issues. The animation, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008, struggled to overcome obstacles in clearing the rights to Annette Hanshaw’s 1929 recording of ‘mean to me’. While the recordings were […]
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