Living with flatmates who lie, steal, are messy or loud etc. To deal with it in a comical, easy going way to show that it isn't that bad and can be funny.
What evidence did you find to support your decisions?
I conducted an online survey asking students if they have any stories about their flatmates and found that pretty much everyone had a story to tell.
What methods did you use to gather your evidence and what forms did it take?
Primary research
The stories i received from the questionnaire formed the basis of my comic book. I also found out some more stories just from speaking to people.
Secondary research
I went into a few different shops that sold comic books and brought a few to look at layout, colour, type and to see the type of stock the book was printed onto. I also had my mum send me some really old beano's. This helped me to see that the style they use is always the same and i wanted mine to look like this.
I also got out a few books from the library on comic books.
I found out that, to get their revenge, they used 'prank jokes'. I therefore researched a load of practical jokes, using the internet, and chose 7 to use in my comic book.
What methods of research did you find useful and why?
I found the questionnaire very useful as i got a lot of responses so it showed that the problem i was trying to identify was relevant to the brief.
Also looking through different books, i started off by illustrating the comic strips but found it wasn't working so i went on to use photography instead which worked a lot better.
How did these inform your response to your problem?
Once i knew i was going to use practical jokes as a way of getting revenge i had the idea to make the stories into comic strips keeping them in context of being light hearted and comical. I also knew now that i didn't want to use illustrations but photography so i could now get on with taking the photos and manipulating them on photoshop.
What research could you have carried out that would have proved more useful?
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