FMP ideas

IDEA ONE is related to long exposure photography, e.g. 'light painting' and
underground photography both which I do much of. Both have become popular in
recent
years, however there isn't much in the way of websites/magazines dedicated to
it.

Deliverables shall be print/web, the web side of things shall be presented in a
blog style which will have weekly features showing some of the best images from
around the world which will be fed in via user contributions from flickr and
possibly other popular sites.

http://industrialdecay.blogspot.com/ is in a similar vein to what I have in
mind, except I intend to branch it out further to include interviews, tutorials
and reviews of lighting products etc.

Target audience shall be photographers with an interest in long exposure
photography or photographers whom wish to explore it further.


IDEA TWO concentrates more on drain photography, besides photography I shall put
a greater emphasis on the environments themselves, using typography and
infographics.

Deliverables could somewhat similar to the first idea - magazine, website/blog
with showcase of photographers work/interviews etc. Another thing is a series
of spoof 'tourist guides' to particular underground systems, showing key
features, maps and historical information.

Target audience would be underground photographers/explorers and people
interested in it, age group varies between teens upto 40s/50s.

I dunno if I want to do more of this though... done it for the Dissertation
visual piece and don't know if a load of photos of dirty underground places is
the best impression I wish to leave when I enter the big bad world...

IDEA THREE is inspired somewhat by my experiences in Manchester compared to my
home city of Derby. The Mancs seem to have unconditional pride for their home
city, a far cry from Derby where the general populace are either indifferent or
even depreciating of their home city. I sort of want to bring about some pride
through design.

This will rely on interacting with people in Derby and getting some opinions,
which I'll do via word of mouth, and online means and probably less
conventional means like guerilla graphics (e.g. Stickers on phone boxes for
people to fill in etc).

There is the potential to set some sort of event up for people to interact with.
The information gathering stage in itself shall produce part of the final
deliverables - these will include street art, posters,
social networking groups etc.

The final outcome shall be the visual presentation of these views and opinions,
one idea is using empty shop windows and other blank spaces in the city (this
may be realistically attainable) and also a book which might be done as a self
depreciating tourist guide. It's basically about doing something a bit
different and getting people thinking about their local environment.