Workshop with James C: Creativity within the Confines of a Brief: Explored through Lego
This workshop was to help us understand a brief. Some can be more specific than others therefore it's important to see where we can go wrong when reading a brief but also where you can break the rules and still complete the brief to its expectations.
First of all we had a 3 minute task to make something literal. I really struggled with this task, everything I started to make didn't look nothing like the object I had planned therefore I didn't complete the brief. However I understand that it was very simple yet I was over complicating it. Which was important to consider as I do often find myself spending ages collecting ideas for a brief rather then getting on with it and photographing what first comes to mind.
The next task we were given a set of rules which we had to follow and work in a team to complete. We ended up with the second image down. The team ended up splitting into 2 working on different parts of the brief.
Then within our groups we had to come up with our own brief/ make some rules similar to the first task sheet. Once we had complete our rules we then had to swap sheets and work from the other groups rules.
We thought to be a little touch but specific. However when we reviewed the work of the group that followed our brief they had done things differently to what we had expected. For example we wrote that they were only allowed to use 2 colours, however they did but used different shades of the same colour. We had 5 minutes to do this task in which as a team was fairly easy to do for both writing out the rules but also putting something together.
Below is the rules we were given from the other group, to the right is our final piece. We thought this was a very good brief but difficult to figure out to begin with. When the group reviewed our piece they said that it wasn't what they was expecting as we hadn't followed some of the rules. Two of the rules: two colours maximum AND colours must alternate next to each other, we assumed that we could use just one colour. However the other group said that they meant to specify that it was a minimum of 2 colours as it gave us the option to work with 1.
Reflection:
How did it feel to create a brief? Did the team element make it easier or harder?
I found it hard to begin with. However working in a team made it easier as we put ideas around and came up with the few rules that we did. Alone I believe it would have took me longer.
First of all we had a 3 minute task to make something literal. I really struggled with this task, everything I started to make didn't look nothing like the object I had planned therefore I didn't complete the brief. However I understand that it was very simple yet I was over complicating it. Which was important to consider as I do often find myself spending ages collecting ideas for a brief rather then getting on with it and photographing what first comes to mind.
The next task we were given a set of rules which we had to follow and work in a team to complete. We ended up with the second image down. The team ended up splitting into 2 working on different parts of the brief.
Then within our groups we had to come up with our own brief/ make some rules similar to the first task sheet. Once we had complete our rules we then had to swap sheets and work from the other groups rules.
We thought to be a little touch but specific. However when we reviewed the work of the group that followed our brief they had done things differently to what we had expected. For example we wrote that they were only allowed to use 2 colours, however they did but used different shades of the same colour. We had 5 minutes to do this task in which as a team was fairly easy to do for both writing out the rules but also putting something together.
Below is the rules we were given from the other group, to the right is our final piece. We thought this was a very good brief but difficult to figure out to begin with. When the group reviewed our piece they said that it wasn't what they was expecting as we hadn't followed some of the rules. Two of the rules: two colours maximum AND colours must alternate next to each other, we assumed that we could use just one colour. However the other group said that they meant to specify that it was a minimum of 2 colours as it gave us the option to work with 1.
I found it hard to begin with. However working in a team made it easier as we put ideas around and came up with the few rules that we did. Alone I believe it would have took me longer.
Yes and in fact the brief with rules made it easier to think of something to make rather than being told to make something literal. It took me longer to think whereas the rules already gave me ideas and restrictions.
As a team the time given was enough, whereas when we first worked alone I had spent too much time thinking about what I was going to make rather than just picking the first thing that came to mind.
Yes, apart from the issue with colour and how they'd used two shades the lego build the other group made was fine.
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