Introduction:
This term we are starting anew project fro the next two weeks.The project will be a brochure which will be promoting a country or certain area of our choice.To create this brochure I will be using he software Microsoft publisher.Some of the countries i'm impressed with are Italy, France and Cyprus.For this project I will be researching several features for my brochure so that I can create the brochure with the required and relevant information and research fro the target audiences so that they could have enough information on the country.In this project I will be using different facts and images as a travel agent to create a brochure on my chosen country.Design Situation:
I am A travel agent called Monica, and I will be creating one brochure promoting one country that I would like my clients to visit, I will be spending three weeks creating this brochure so I have decided to only promote one country of my choice for my clients.I will be creating a brochure on one country out of 3 that I believe would be perfect for my clients to travel to for an enjoyable and unforgettable stay.All three countries are unique and interesting places to visit, I believe that all three countries would be equally exciting and breathtaking however, I believe that one would be just amazing for them to visit.The three exotic countries I have chosen are Italy, France and Cyprus.For the locations France and Italy are in Europe while, Cyprus is located on an island on the eastern side the Mediterranean sea.For France it is known for multiple things within the country.The most touristic city in France his Paris which is its capital, the reason its very touristic is the places that it has. Here are some of the touristic places that it France is known for: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Latin Quarter, Montmartre, and the Georges Pompidou Center make Paris one of the most visited places in the world however, it is still mainly known for its exquisite food like frogs, snails and cheeses.For Italy it is known for many things like the touristic places there like Florence, Venice and Rome are home to many museums, but art can be viewed in churches and public buildings. Most notable is the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican other places are also the Leaning tower of Pisa etc.It is also Famous for its delicious food like different kids of cheese pasta and also pizza etc.For Cyprus it is also known for many touristic places, Cyprus is mainly known for its great waters like Lara bay, Konnos bay and Porto Pomes some of the touristic places are Troodos mountains, Kato Paphos archaeological park and Tombs of the king.Cyprus is also known for its food like Halloumi, Cyprus-Style Souvlaki and Sheftalia. To conclude I will be choosing to promote Cyprus as I believe that I want my clients to lists a place where the could enjoy the waters, relax but also, take their family and go sight seeing in the different archaeological and historical sightings to make it as interesting as possible for my clients ti have an irreplaceable, unforgettable time.
Global Context:
For creative expression there are several purposes for it however, here is one purpose I mainly use and understand well.One of the purposes is to have creativity when expressing through writing as in certain situations you need to be creative your writing hewn expressing something to have a certain effect on the sudden reading it.Sometimes you may want them to feel a certain way from the text you have written so you would use create expression in your text so that you would be able to portray or project a certain expression in your text towards the reader to show a certain expression towards them through creativity in your speech or text.
There are many ways we express and discover ideas for culture or even about nature.For culture most of the time we describe the different factors of culture or we try living the listyle of a certain culture fro us to be able to discover it and investigate into it to be able to expresser ideas at the end from our experience.For nature we would also go and and see it maybe also seeing it some time investigate and share your ideas of it through images maybe or small descriptive sentences.
To enjoy the creativity of appreciating the aesthetic side of things there are many different ways for it to be done as many people understand it in many different ways.One way would be analyzing the aesthetic side of many things ike nature ad then using creativity to expressing it allowing people to appreciating the aesthetic side through creativity.Another way would be using images and then describing them using creative and descriptive wordings allowing people to really appreciate how you appreciate the aesthetics creatively.
ATL Skills:
Creative thinking:
I believe that I will actually be using creative thinking throughout this unit frequently as we will be creating a brochure which will require lots of creativeness to make it interesting.I think that I will be using creative thinking to make my brochure as attractive as possible towards the audience and to make them want to read the brochure and to encourage to go to the country I will be promoting for them to go to.I believe I will also use creativity in the appearance and content of the brochure to make it as informative yet interesting for the sudeince.
Communication:
I believe I will also be involving communication throughout this project as in the content of the brochure will be me communicating to my audience about the country I will be promoting to them.I will be communicating my text in different ways to portray it to the audience in different ways for example, I will be sung certain key words to attract the audience towards the brochure and towards the content of the brochure to attract them to wards my promoted country.
Information literacy:
Throughout this project I will also be using this skill.The way I will be suing this is that I will be researching different factors of my chosen country so that I could out it into my own words and communicate into toy brochure.I will also be sing this as I may use some of my information that I know little but into the content but also that the chosen country depends on my opinion and information on the country but also, I will be putting my opinion according to my information into the brochure to make it persuasive towards the audience.
Design Brief:
Layout: For the layout I have researched on publisher for different templates and options and I have decided I will be using one of the available templates on publisher as my brochure template.For the research on publisher I found several types of templates but I then decided to use a template from the brochure template, I will be taking the template of my choice but I will then take an image which represents the country and making it the background of the brochure so that the background could be relevant to the country which will be the topic.
Placement of pictures and text:For the placement of images and text I will be using boxes for the images and for the images them selves I will be using relevant images to the country and the text I have used, to organize the images I will be bordering them so that the section would grab their attentions and also, I will be using vivid colors so then it may attract them.For the text I will be researching different facts and general information of the country relevant to it and I will be writing in black so that it could be bold to the audience but I may also use other colors in certain information so that it could be eye catching.I will be organizing the information in columns and small paragraphs or bullet points so that it would be out in small sections for the audience to read.
Keywords:For the keywords I will mainly be using them for description.I will be using captivating keywords in captions or description of images as if I use captivating adjectives to describe images using interesting and captivating adjectives to describe the country or show images the audience may find more attractive and it may grab their attention towards the country promoted in the brochure due to the interesting description due to the use of attractive and captivating keywords.
Captions;For captions I will be adding one to each image.In the caption I will be describing the image that it is put with, I will be using certain descriptive words and captivating adjectives in the description in the caption to make it more attractive and interesting towards the reader.I will also be making the captions short but descriptive as if it is going to be long and not very descriptive.
Background: For the background I will be making it blue as it is mainly relevant to my country as my country is focused on the water and seas in the country making the color relevant to the country making the brochure even more attractive.
Color and amount if text: For the color of the text I will be making it a nice degree of blue but not too bright as even though I want to make the colors relevant to the water and the seas I still want to make it eligible to the reader.For the amount of text I will be putting around 300 to 350 words as I would like to make my brochure more visible rather than full of text.
Shape of brochure:I will be making the brochure a normal shape which is a rectangle.However I will be trimming the paper to make it fold into a rectangle however when you open it each side is actually a wave forming into a rectangle making the shape of the brochure eye catching but also attractive.
Research:
Facts about the country:
Population: 1.165 million
Area:Southern part of the island `cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean
Flag:
Size:9,251 km²
Map:
Currency: Euros
Capital:Nicosia
When to visit:
The tourist season in Cyprus lasts from April to October.During would be the best time for touristic to enjoy the beautiful waters of Cyprus but also the glorious and breathtaking sight seeing but more importantly the amazing food and restaurants available for them t eat and admire the food.
Transportation:
For transportation I thunk the most suitable thing will would be walking as the weather would be suitable for that period of time for walking around and sightseeing but another available transportation would be buses or taxis as you would be able to access them in any where and they will also be able to transport you accrues the country.
Touristic areas:
Some of the touristic places are Troodos mountains, these mountains are one of the archaeological historical placed that were found when cyprus was first found making it one of the most touristic okapis in Cyprus , Kato Paphos, this is another majorly interesting place as it was also found some years after cyprus was first found also making it one of the main touristic place , archaeological park, this includes many archaeological objects that were found before during the sane age or even the bronze age and Tombs of the king, this includes the coffins or tombs where the previous kings were buried in also making it an extremely touristic place as it is also quite breathtaking.
History:
Cyprus was settled by humans in the Paleolithic period
In the 6th millennium BC, the aceramic Khirokitia culture was characterised by roundhouses, stone vessels and an economy based on sheep, goats and pigs.
Water wells discovered by archaeologists in western Cyprus are believed to be among the oldest in the world, dated at 9,000 to 10,500 years old, putting them in the Stone Age
In the Bronze Age the first cities, such as Enkomi, were built. Systematic copper mining began, and this resource was widely traded
Pictures:
Currency:
The Cypriot Pound
The Cyproit pound was used during 1955 until the year 2008 where t was replaced by the euro in the year of 2008.It was originated by Cyprus and it was its original currency until it was replaced, but before that it was the only currency used
Introduction of the Euro
The Cypriot pound was replaced by the euro as official currency of the Republic of Cyprus on 1 January 2008 at the irrevocable fixed exchange rate of 0.585274
Seas in Cyprus:
Cyprus is quite know for its relaxing and soothing waters whirl wide, some people even come just to they the water and swimming in it, there are many waters but here are some of the main waters in Cyprus Lara bay, Konnos bay and Porto Pomes.
Food:
Here are some types of food traditionally found in Cyprus:
Halloumi (Hellim), Koupepia (Stuffed Vine Leaves), Cyprus-Style Souvlaki, Sheftalia, Oven, Macaroni (Makaronia Tou Fournou, Pastitsio, Firinda Makarna), Cypriot Loukoumades (Lokmades), Bamies (Okra In Tomato Sauce), Fakes (Cypriot Lentils with rice)Criteria B:
Here is a brief draft design of my brochure that I will be creating next lesson.In this draft I have labelled what I will be outing in each place and placing all my features and pieces of information that I will also be putting it in my coming final brochure and that I will also be using this draft to try to follow the design in the draft for the final brochure to know what thing to place in each part of the brochure.However, while I create the final brochure I may do it the design a little bit as I may change my opinion in terms of something in the design as it may be different when I physically create it on the computer.One of the most outstanding features I think that are in my draft would be the physical design of the brochure and the general shape of it as it is a normal brochure but one of the sides is cut as a wave making the brochure as a wave.I believe that will attract the target audience it is not something usual that is normal and it is also relevant to the country encouraging them to open it as the shape is unusual to them.I believe it was not very hard to fit all the information in the design as it was on paper and not digitally which made it easier as I was the one making the size so I was able to easily fit all the information needed.
Here is my plan:
Criteria C:
In the past lessons I have created my brochure.I believe that my digital brochure is actually quite similar to my design.The reason I believe so is that in my design I was able to organize it equally and for all my requirements of the brochure.When I was creating it digitally I thunk it was a little different than when it was on paper as the sizes changed form what I did one paper when I designed the places and the shapes and the rest if the features in paper by drawing however, when it came to the computer it was harder to have the same design as the size and the font took much more space than what I expected.The way I overcame the problem digitally was that I attempted shaping it and creating the text boxes a little smaller and I made the font different but still make it clear to the eye when it comes to the brochure, I also made the color brighter to make the writing clear even though it is in a small size.For the front page I used publisher as I found somethings that had more variety on publisher rather than any other software, while creating the front page I used a feature that I recently learnt which was the pen so I could actually crop a part of the document itself to make it the shape I wanted which was something that I wasn't introduced to before.For the rest of the brochure I used word document for the typing and images as I found it a little easier to deal with the text on word and I was also able to use different text boxes according to what I wanted as on publisher when I tried ti use different bullet points and text boxes it wasn't easily accessed like Microsoft word.For the editing of the brochure like the background and borders I used publisher and I also learnt that there is a big variety of borders that I could use rather than using borders form Microsoft word.For he logo I used an online software where I could create my logo but also think if a a name and trying it on a logo. To think of the brochure I first decided on the shape and made it relevant to the country.Then for the images I researched my information and looked for images that would link to them.Next for the country itself I just though of my dream travel and I just asked miss the information I would need to out into it. For the logo I first thought of an attractive name and then used a an online software to create it.
Criteria D:
For this task I created a survey for my friends to comment on my brochure and its features, here is the link for my survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SSHLD85.For the survey I used the software surveymonkey.
I think my friends comments were very good as one example said that it was very good but for some thing they said that they were not perfect and could have been improved which I agree with.I thunk that I agree with their response as after reflecting I agree with most for their points, here are images of one example of a person who responded.
Final reflection:
In this project I have created a brochure about a travel agency organizing planning a travel to a country of my choice that I would like my clients to visit. The country that I chose was Cyprus. I believe that this project was very interesting as I learnt many new skills through the creation of the brochure. A second reason why I think it was interesting is that it was a new experience as I have never done a project like this before where I created a brochure using publisher as a travel agent but also I learnt how to make a logo using a name using an online software which I was able to learn how to use for the first time.I also believe that thus experience was enjoyable as I was able to research about a country that I was passionate about which made it fun writing about it.I think what I would be most proud about would be the shape of the brochure as it was a creative and innovative idea that I was able to make in my brochure and made it much more attractive.Another thing I would also be proud of would being able to create a logo using an online software which I was then able to put onto my brochure as I was representing a travel agency. After I created the brochure I asked my friends to give me comments on the appearance of the brochure generally but also the features, the images, the information available in it so tat I could have feedback from them.To be able to do this I created a survey using surveymonkey and I wrote some questions to receive feedback from them on how useful it is how attractive it is and many other questions.After creating the survey I shred it through email to my friends and asked them to complete it and then I would see there responses when they would be done.
If I were to for this project again I think I would try to improve it a little bit. Something that I would really want to change would be maybe trying to put a little more effort in my planning to end up with an even more successful brochure and result however, I still think that I did well in this brochure but I think next time I can try putting more effort into the planning of the research, the background and the borders just to make it more organized next time.I believe that I was able to manage my time well however, I had to miss one of the lessons which made me fall back and be behind the rest of my class. However, due to my time management I was able to finish it on time and hand in all my assignments and tasks throughout my project with great quality but also on time.For each lesson I committed myself to finish a certain thing and reaching a certain objective so that I would be able to finish on time.
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