Today we had a workshop by Alec Dudson from Intern magazine, he gave us a talk about where he came from and his magazine that he has created. Intern Magazine is a new, bi-annual independent print publication concerned with internships in the creative industries.
'The magazine has two main aims. The first is to provide a tactile showcase for the precocious talent currently working in these fields unpaid and as interns. Secondly, we are initiating a long overdue and frank debate about the current state of the intern culture, and its potential implications in both the short and long term for the creative industries.
The intention is to empower interns through both facets of the publication. Drawing industry attention to the work of those we feature and existing as a useful resource to those currently involved in or on the precipice of internships are our means of doing so. In order to be effective on any level, intern magazine needs to be accessible; this is reflected in the mix of features that we present, ranging from serious debate to casual observation.
While the creative industries are the focal point of the publication, this is not to suggest that unpaid internships are somehow endemic to them. Far from it. We see these industries as a fascinating case study and our starting point for the debate. If you are at all compelled by the culture of unpaid work then you will find something of interest in our pages.'
Selecting a name
To start we came up with a name, because it was a director we thought of names that were the start of something or the beginning of, the creator of and things that were along this kind line. Some names i came up with are below.
There was a number of different names that i came up with that i thought were strong, such as Hub, Foundation and core. But the name we settled on was Seed.
Definition
noun
noun: seed; plural noun: seeds; noun: seed crystal; plural noun: seed crystals
1.
the unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant.
"cut open the peppers and remove the seeds"
synonyms: pip, stone, pit, nut, kernel, germ; technicalovule
"a liqueur made from grape seeds and skins"
a quantity of seeds.
"grass seed"
the cause or latent beginning of a feeling, process, or condition.
"the conversation sowed a tiny seed of doubt in his mind"
synonyms: genesis, source, origin, root, starting point, germ, beginnings, potential (for); More
2.
a man's semen.
synonyms: semen, sperm, spermatic fluid, seminal fluid, milt, ejaculate, emission; More
archaic
(chiefly in biblical use) a person's offspring or descendants.
"as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed"
synonyms: descendants, heirs, successors, scions; More
3.
any of a number of stronger competitors in a sports tournament who have been assigned a specified position in an ordered list with the aim of ensuring that they do not play each other in the early rounds.
"he knocked the top seed out of the championships"
4.
a small crystal introduced into a liquid to act as a nucleus for crystallization.
5.
a small container for radioactive material placed in body tissue during radiotherapy.
verb
verb: seed; 3rd person present: seeds; past tense: seeded; past participle: seeded; gerund or present participle: seeding
1.
sow (land) with seeds.
"the shoreline is seeded with a special grass"
sow (seed).
"after seeding forage into the duff, they now have grassland mixed with mature forest"
cause (something) to begin to develop or grow.
"his interest in public service was seeded when he was a child"
place a crystal or crystalline substance in (something) in order to cause crystallization or condensation (especially in a cloud to produce rain).
"potential hail clouds are observed by radar, then seeded by lead iodide fired into the cloud's centre"
2.
(of a plant) produce or drop seeds.
"mulches encourage many plants to seed freely"
(of a plant) reproduce itself by means of its own seeds.
"feverfew will seed itself readily"
3.
remove the seeds from (vegetables or fruit).
"stem and seed the chillies"
4.
give (a competitor) the status of seed in a tournament.
"he was seeded second for the competition"
Research into directors
1.
Martin Scorsese
Producer, The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942, in New York City, to Italian-American parents Catherine (Cappa) and Charles Scorsese. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later provided the inspiration for several of his films. Scorsese earned a B.S. degree in film communications in 1964...
2.
Quentin Tarantino
Writer, Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Connie McHugh, a nurse, and Tony Tarantino, an Italian-American actor and musician from New York. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old. In January of 1992, first-time writer-director Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs appeared at the Sundance Film Festival...
3.
James Cameron
Writer, Aliens
James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University but, after graduating, drove a truck to support his screenwriting ambition. He landed his first professional film job as art director...
4.
Christopher Nolan
Writer, The Dark Knight
Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear story-telling, acclaimed writer-director Christopher Nolan was born on July 30, 1970 in London, England. Over the course of 15 years of film-making, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made...
5.
Steven Spielberg
Producer, Saving Private Ryan
Undoubtedly one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film, Steven Spielberg is perhaps Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. Spielberg has countless big-grossing, critically acclaimed credits to his name, as producer, director and writer...
6.
David O. Russell
Director, Silver Linings Playbook
7.
Christopher Landon
Writer, Disturbia
8.
Cameron Crowe
Director, Almost Famous
Certainly idiosyncratic as a writer, Cameron Crowe has created a series of scripts that, while liked by the critics, were considered offbeat and difficult to market. He began his writing career as a 15-year-old high-school student, with articles on music submitted to Rolling Stone magazine, and only a few years later had his first script...
9.
James Wan
Writer, Saw
10.
David Fincher
Director, Fight Club
David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials and music videos after signing with N...
Our first images for the cover of the seed magazine
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a global crowdfunding platform based in the United States. The company’s stated mission is to help bring creative projects to life. Kickstarter has reportedly received over $1 billion in pledges from 5.7 million donors to fund 135,000 projects, which include films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, and food-related projects.
People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards and special experiences in exchange for their pledges. This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, where artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work.
Our group idea
Ideas
- One idea was to have a family sat down about to watch a film, they cant decide on a film but they like a certain director, the dad would then say, 'oh i have an idea, why not have a look at SEED magazines', the camera would then span over to the shelf where SEED magazines would be and they selected the edition of the director they wanted to see and had a look through at the films.
- Another idea was to have a guy who is sat in his armchair at home and he is reading a SEED magazine, he is then transported to the directors armchair directing a film.
Evaluation
This brief i feel was really strong from our group seeing as we only had a day to complete it all and we came up with a strong concept that could actually be produced because there isn't really anything like it out there and so is something that we might carry on with after the session. This session has helped me to produce work fast because of the time limit but also helped me to work in a group. I also really enjoyed working with magazines and creating one and i feel it is something i am really interested in terms of that sector of graphic design.
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