Multimodal Text Link

https://drive.google.com/a/bathspa.ac.uk/file/d/0BzzheP9cRWb-OUozV1pGQmt0RDg/view?usp=sharing

Painting Background Border

As I was finishing my text I was reminded of the border that my pictures has that gives it a kind of vignette look. This was intentional and something I created when photographing to painting. I did this because I want each slide to be enclosed, my text is not a story and therefore each slide does not relate to the other so I feel that the border helps to show this. I created it by placing the paper and painted plastic over a circular lampshade so the light source was underneath, then I took a picture of it.
I wanted to have a light source underneath because I wanted my pictures to 'glow', the lampshade was great for creating the border around the edge though.

Painted Pictures

Here are my paints pictures, definitely not as good as the original.

The Feel

So I said I would write a post trying to explain the 'feel' I am going for with my multimodal text. I want to create something that people feel glad they have looked at. And leaves them with happy emotions such as feeling sentimental, warm and happy. I thought this fits the text as that is what a blessing is designed to do - make someone feel blessed. The Irish blessing in particular resonated with me because it is my favourite place and that is why I chose to do an Irish blessing.

So the feel is the main theme of my multimodal text and I am making all my decisions on meeting this 'feel'. For example, when taking photos of my paintings to use as my background I put a light source behind them to help them glow a little. I like this look as it ended up giving the pictures a bit of a border where the light fades and really focuses the eye on the centre picture, which is supposed to be depicting happiness) and also a visual representation of the words. I think this helps me to meet my theme.

The Making Of

I thought I would post some pictures of how I am creating the painted backgrounds.

Process:
I painted onto some clear plastic, and used a sharpie to draw the silhouette.

Background Re-visited

I am decided on how to go about the full body of my multimodal text slides - hooray! 

Title Slide

I am keeping the background decided on previously for my first 'title' slide as I feel the colours work well with the rest of the page and it gives it a warm feel.

Body

I gave this a lot of thought! To begin with, I was going to use photographs. However, I decided that it didn't give the feel that I was hoping to. I realise I haven't talked about the 'feel' for my multimodal text at all and will be doing a post to explain that, but in short: I want to create a sentimental, warm, happy feel as I feel that reflects the text. So, in order to create this I have decided to use the photographs originally chosen, but instead will be copying them by painting. I know it won't look as good as the original photos as I am by no means a good painter but I think it will portray the feel and look I am trying to create. We will see how that works out!

I will also be including silhouette figures that fit with the photographs, some of the photographs already have them on them, some do not so I will add them in.

I chose to use silhouettes instead of real people photographs as it represents that the blessing can be said to/read by anyone. There is an anonymity there that hopefully people relate to more easily.

• Photographs - these do not follow a specific colour scheme like I originally thought I would, they were chosen to represent the words being said on that slide. However all the photos would be considered aesthetic and were chosen because they made me feel sentimental and/or warm and/or happy (the feel I am aiming for). I thought I might as well post the original photographs as they probably won't look like them on my actual slides.

Background

I finally have my colour scheme decided for my background. It is actually from one of the earlier symbols that I posted.

Fonts

Some fonts I like.

http://www.dafont.com/morris-roman.font
http://www.dafont.com/dungeon-sn.font
http://www.dafont.com/celtic-garamond-2nd.font
http://www.dafont.com/celtic-md.font
http://www.dafont.com/rostock-kaligraph.font

Irish Symbols and Imagery

Some Irish symbols I like and different colour schemes.

Irish Blessing

The Irish Blessing I will be using.

''Lucky stars above you,
Sunshine on your way,
Many friends to love you,
Joy in work and play-
Laughter to outweigh each care,
In your heart a song-
And gladness waiting everywhere
All your whole life long''