Brainstorming

This is the brainstorming I did when we first received the brief for the exam. I tried to brainstorm as many different things that I could in order to get a wide selection. 

3 STARTING POINTZ

After brainstorming, I wrote out 3 of my favourite ideas and elaborated them, writing what I could do for them in different forms, eg. patterns and leaflets.

proposal

This is my initial proposal for my exam piece.

conventions of the form - childrens books

I tried to list all of the conventions of children's books to help me get a clear idea of what they usually contained so I could make mine as realistic as possible. 

Photo's of subject matter

These are all images I have collected of New York, which is the main location within my book. These are all to give me an idea of what it looks like and things to work on when creating my final piece. 

drawings/doodles of subject matter

These are some drawings/doodles of the main character of the book, 'Terry'. I tried to draw what he might look like, and tried him in various positions and with different facial expressions.

I then went on to draw some different cars and taxis, as my book is about a taxi driver. I researched various cars and tried to replicate what they looked like. 

Finally, I drew some of the potential locations/landmarks that the book could be held in. 

examples of other peoples work

These books were all very influential whilst creating my final piece as they all demonstrate various conventions of the form. For example, most of them use short, simple sentences which are appropriate for the audience of their book which is children. I will use shorter sentences in my book because its for young children and it will stop them from becoming distracted. Also, I liked the simple drawings within some of the books, which I will try and emulate to a certain extent in my final piece.