Mentor/Client/Brief

Week 1 down. Week 2 to start.

This weekened i've been busy finishing little things like my resume and portfolio (still have to finish off the cover!) It's just one of those tedious little things that needs to be done and drives you insane. 

Last week I found out that people had already obtained clients and mentors (besides the two tutor we get to interact with twice a week in class). Crap. 

I've scrapped the idea of trying to obtain a client. I think the direction my project is taking is too hypothetical for an energy/water company. I've narrowed down the project to obtain a mentor in the design field. I believe that will be a more suited relationship. 
So what kind of designer?
- Visual Effects
- Motion Graphics
- Information Design
- App design
- Technology Design
- Animation/film

So tomorrow morning I will be trying to make contact with designers in Sydney to get myself a mentor! Of course this will happen once I've trekked it to Kensington to grab myself a "reader" for my other class (and yes i've checked, no readers at central co-op).

The brief is something I started on thursday. My theory class in the morning was cut short due to it being first week and we had nothing much to discuss. So a bunch of us made our way to the library (yeah, scary) because they have changed the cofa student room - and it feels like a dentist's waiting room. Bye bye cofa couches!

The draft is due week two, final in week four. Happily, on the class server Trent knocked up a folder with all the previous years' briefs. So everyone feels just a little less lost - well that and the incredibly intricate lecture we had on monday. So at the moment I have completed about half of the return/reverse brief in dot points and general notes. Not entirely sure whether its due on the server or by hand or to both tutors or what. 

Have a squiz at the outline:

Assessment Task 1
Title: Research and Proposed Conceptual Framework
Duration: 15mins
Presentation Mode: Informal studio pin-up and submission of return brief
Due:
Draft return brief submission - Thursday Week 2
Studio Pin Up and final return brief submission - Week 4
Weighting: 20%

Then it goes into what is being marked....

So I guess I better get on with it. They're only getting dot points at this stage.