OSPS

Our Junior Marketing class is organizing a One Stop Prom Shop and has asked my class, Interactive Media and Digital Design for some help. My class will be in charge of the assembly at our school to promote it to our classmates. We have broke the assembly down into four parts; an intro dance, a video, an informational section, and a game show. We also split into four teams, I am part of audience involvement. We are in charge of getting the audience excited, and giving away a ton of free stuff in creative ways. This is a huge project that will involve help from every class.

Businesses

In Interactive Media and Digital Design the time has come to work with businesses to create a business card, logo, brochure, letterhead, or whatever they may need. I am working with the Band department of our school. Their holiday concert is coming up and they need brochures made to hand out with students names and the song list. I have to get the necessary information before I can start, but i will make a simple brochure and add holiday pictures to make it decorative and seasonal. This will be a simple task that can help out the band department.

Black Friday

I will be participating in black friday shopping chaos! I don't have any particular products I am interested in and I don't know of any great deals. I participate because the deals may not be huge, but I do receive a discount for the things I would normally buy.

A lot of people, including myself, wonder why the famous shopping day is called Black Friday. The name Black Friday was not considered a good thing at first. It was originally called this because so many went out to shop and it caused many accidents and violence.

I did not see any retailers offering mobile payment methods on Black Friday. Although, many offered online retail sites. Many using websites were able to get offers even before Black Friday and did not have to worry about the product they wanted running out of stock as soon as stores do. I have never seen as many people out on Black Friday as I did this year. It also wasn't quite as brutal. Other shoppers were more pleasant and I think it was because stores were running smoothly. Lines were long but went by quickly and employees were very helpful. This Black Friday was a good experience and went by smoothly.

Yearbook Design

Designing the yearbook cover was not an easy task. We had to follow a few requirements, and keep the design pretty simple. It was difficult to keep it simple, but be creative at the same time. Out of 40 designs one will be chosen by the yearbook staff. This makes it difficult because your designs will be judged by other classmates, and you want to be picked so it was hard to come up with good, creative ideas that are better than any of the others. If picked your design has the potential of being seen by the entire school, which puts a lot of pressure on you to be the best. I followed requirements by using the the title "The Cuyahogan" and this years title "Every Ending Is a New Beginning". I used the school colors and the mascot, a Tiger. I kept it simple, but tried to be as creative as I could.