Task 2.1
- 1. Constraints Every project gives you opportunities to create but also constraints to work to. Use this hand out to consider the constraints which will affect your project. Constraints What timescale have you got for this project? How could this impact your work? The deadline for this project is 04/12/2013. This gives me plenty of time to research, design and develop my work. As this will give me more than a month to carry out this project I think that if I work on time and to a schedule my work should be completed however if I work slow, this could have an impact on my work as I may get behind and then fail to meet the deadline. If I am behind schedule this will mean that my work will be rushed and this will have a negative impact on my work as it won’t be to the best quality it could be. Are there any resources you will need for this project that you will not be provided with? How could this affect your project? What can you do about this? I will need to some resources which I will not be provided with such as Photoshop. As I don’t have Photoshop at home I will have to make sure that all my production work is followed by a schedule. Not having access to Photoshop at home could affect my project as it will mean that I will have to complete everything at college. I can resolve this by following my schedule and making sure my production work is completed by the deadline. Another resource which I may need to use during this project is camera. As I may need to take my photographs I will have to have access to a camera this could be a problem as I may fall behind if I don’t take my photographs. I can resolve this by making sure that I can hire a camera out during the time which I need to take my photographs. What constraints are in place regarding your approach to marketing? Do you think this will help of hinder your project and why? Some of the constraints which I will have to consider on my approach to marketing will include misleading advertisement. If I am creating a magazine advertisement I will need to make sure that all the information that I have included is facts and completely the truth. This could have an effect on my design as it will mean that I will have to be very cautious with the information that is put onto the advertisement and make sure that it is the truth. Another constraint which I will have to consider during this project is the effect that the advertisement may have on children. In the CAP section 05 children it states that children must not be encouraged to enter strange places or talk to strangers. This won’t have an effect on my project as my advertisements will be for an energy drink can and will not have anything to do with the effect of children. What restraints could be imposed by an organisation such as the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)? How could this impact your project? Some of the restraints which could be imposed by an organisation would be the harm and offence of an advertisement. I will have to make sure that my advertisement does not cause harm and offence to any of the audience. This may have an impact on my project because it will mean that I will have to be careful of the information what I include on my advertisement I will have to make sure that the information I use is not offensive to my audience. Another restraint, which I will have to look into, would be to include all the ingredients on the packaging of the energy drink. This is so that the audience know exactly what they are drinking. Although that I wouldn’t have to put the ingredients on the magazine advertisement I would have to include it on the packaging of the can.