Context of Practice: OUGD403 Studio Brief 4 - Message & Delivery: Research

Brief

Create a body of visual research in response to a story, issue or theme found in the national press tomorrow, Tuesday 22nd October.

Background / Considerations

The willingness and ability to formulate informed opinions about your subject matter is an essential skill for a graphic designer.

In addition to being aware of events, concerns and the (un)popularly held opinions of the world around you, you also need to consider the tone of voice with which they are reported.

It is important that you read the stories thoroughly and research issues that are raised fully before committing your self to a visual opinion.

You can be serious, humorous, questioning, opinionated, bold, or subtle.

UK Storm

I started by looking at how the story had initially been reported and the tone of voice used. A number of the papers such as The Guardian and The Independent wrote about it factually providing information from the met office and interviews with newsreaders.

Just by looking at the headlines it is clear how different the story has been reported. The Daily Mail and Daily Express are far more hard hitting using words such as 'devastating' 'volatile' and 'chaos'.

These are a few comparisons of articles I picked out and some comments from the webpages.