Blog Entry # 2.8 - Image Research (A)

Blog Entry #2.8-Holiday Research (A)

1. What is the name of the holiday?

Answer:Ramadan

2. When will the holiday be celebrated in 2011?

Answer:Monday, the 1st of August and will continue for 30 days until Tuesday, the 30th of August.

3. Who celebrates this holiday? (Countries, religious groups, ethnic groups)

Answer: Muslims

4. Why is this holiday celebrated? What is the significance of this holiday?

Answer:in the Muslim calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Muslims will celebrate Ramadan on the sunset of Sunday, the 31st of July.

5. How is this holiday celebrated? Include any rituals, food, costumes, dance or music associated with this holiday.

Answer:Algerian sweets

6. What websites were used in answering these questions? (Copy and paste the web addresses of each website.)

Answer:http://www.when-is.com/ramadan-2011.asp

Blog Entry #2.3 - Product Analysis 2 (A)

1. What holiday/event does the card represent?

Ramadan

2. What type of images are used – photos, cartoons or graphics? How do the images used connect to the holiday/event?

graphics because ramadan is in the summer

3. In your opinion, is the cover of the card attention-grabbing? Explain exactly why or why not. Consider the arrangement of elements as well as use of images, color and text. No because it looks plain and ordinary

4. What text is written on the front of the card? Where is it located on the front?

Grandson in the middle

5. What text is written inside the card? Where is it located inside the card?

I cant remember

6. In your opinion, does the text inside the card connect to the image(s) on the cover? Explain exactly why or why not.

yes because its ramadan

7. What types of information appears on the back of the card? (Do not copy it exactly!)

Hallmark

8. To what consumer is this card targeted? (Consider age group, gender, race and/or religion.) What about the design led you to this conclusion?

Its a adult age group, both genders. islam

Blog Entry #2.2 - Product Analysis 1 (A)

1. What holiday/event does the card represent?

2. What type of images are used – photos, cartoons or graphics? How do the images used connect to the holiday/event?

The type of imaged used is as a photo. This holiday (Ramadan)is like christmas.

3. In your opinion, is the cover of the card attention-grabbing? Explain exactly why or why not. Consider the arrangement of elements as well as use of images, color and text.

The cover of the card is attention grabbing because they got the gingerbread cookies.  The colors on the card is red, white, red, green, and tan.

4. What text is written on the front of the card? Where is it located on the front?

Of all the things we share as friends...It is located on themiddle of the card.

5. What text is written inside the card? Where is it located inside the card?

The smiles are my favorite merry christmas.

6. In your opinion, does the text inside the card connect to the image(s) on the cover? Explain exactly why or why not.

yes because the ginger bread men are smilling

7. What types of information appears on the back of the card? (Do not copy it exactly!).

Hallmark

8. To what consumer is this card targeted? (Consider age group, gender, race and/or religion.) What about the design led you to this conclusion?

Its in any age group, gender, race, but not religion. the cover.

The holiday that my card represents is Ramadan.

Blog Entry #2.1 - Design Task (A)

In this project i have been aasked to make a card. The card must be about the holiday we've picked. We had to pick up a number from a bowl so it can be fair. The number i picked was #29. The holiday was Ramadan.