OUGD405 - Fanzine Factory - Group Initial Ideas

OUGD405 - Fanzine Factory - Group Initial Ideas

After completing the image making process of this task, as a group we reviewed all our zines and collated all the images and pages we liked best, ultimately we had 20 a5 pages. These pages had no underlying visual theme or process which has been applied to all of them, they were simply the most refined and successful designs. 

We brainstormed ideas for our zine, the most important factor worth discussing was the theme; while all the images don’t share a similar aesthetic or theme, a process could be applied to all of them which could dictate that theme. Another important factor is the narrative and purpose of the whole zine - is it informative or purely visual? How can we engage whoever is reading it? Could the function of the zine inform the combining theme of the images? 

Ultimately we decided on one idea to explore for developing our images; there are 5 people in our group so we each took 4 of the images and we will individually apply a process on them based on the number 5 - e.g. split each page into 5 and mix them up or take a 5cm by 5cm section of each image. I have mixed feelings about this idea because although it may be an interesting idea to explore visually, I feel it may result in a collection of images which will be concise and well designed, however may seem a bit random. Perhaps it would be clearer if the idea of 5 is stated explicitly with a title like “Rules of 5” and each set of images has a rationale explaining the process which has been applied to it.