Jack Roche CDM

  I believe a growth mindset from the research I’ve done is a very good thing to have not only for life and from a long age but especially to have in studies and future careers. Instead of falling and believing a task can only be succeeded or failed in, I do believe it is better to have a middle ground where you can try and you can simply “not be there yet”. I like to think I have had this mindset for a long time, from a very young age and I like to believe it has helped me a lot dealing with stress throughout my life, I’m fact I’ve never really thought about it until now, I simply thought when I failed things I simply didn’t stress over it as much as others. I am very happy to be able to learn about this particular mindset as described by Carol Dweck throughout the year and learn more about me in the meantime!

 Hi  my name is Jack Roche and this is my introductory post for my Week 2 Website Design module. I am from Cavan, I am 21 years old, and I am very much excited to be in the CDM course. I don't have a favourite module however I am enjoying every module I have done so far equally and I am learning a lot as I go. Some of my interests are in video games, animation, technology, cycling and movies. I love retro video games from consoles, arcades and handhelds alike! I'm very interested in the evolution of video gaming over the years, I even own some consoles and the like that predate me simply so I can see what the first ever real 3D games look like, and where the Mario Bros franchise all began. I am also like, an encyclopaedia of knowledge on early gaming I frequently find myself having to rip myself away from YouTube video's giving me even more info! As for animation I have also LOVED old animation and old animation styles but not in the same sense as Video games, B...

  My Favourite Game: Alright so, hear me out, I have A LOT of favourite games so I'm gonna leave a few honourable mentions here and then my favourite at the end but in all honesty, any of these could be number one. Honourable Mentions: (in no particular order) New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo DS/i/XL) Sonic Generations The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Sonic Mania Super Mario Galaxy Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles Persona 4 Golden Persona 5 Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater Call of Duty Black Ops Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Scooby Doo Night of 100 Frights Simpsons Hit and Run  Pokemon Moon Kirby's Adventure Super Smash Bros Brawl Portal 2 Team Fortress 2 Batman Arkham Asylum Minecraft Destiny 1/2 LittleBigPlanet 2 And finally without further ado my favourite game is: Pokémon SoulSilver Pokémon SoulSilver Box art. (Link: https://www.amazon.com/Pokemon-SoulSilver-Version-Nintendo-DS/dp/B0038MTE7C) This game has been my favo...

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When I was brainstorming for ideas I was looking for ideas that had a little bit of flair while also trying to demonstrate all the skills I had learned in Image Manipulation lectures and labs. I’ll include a brainstorming sketch from my notebook below. When It came down to the idea I wanted to move forward with I sketched some thumbnail sketches and test shots. I will also include them here. This is my concept board. When it came to primary and secondary research I had the fortune of having in my possession all of which I required in terms of props and lighting set-up tools, so the cost was low, and it also enabled m to take all my own photos to lean more into the primary research end of research like what would I be able to accomplish with these props and other tools. The project thesis: I plan to take pictures of Pokémon cards or any other equally iconic trading cards and then use the background, image manipulation and a bit of creativity to make them jump to life enlisting in ...

The company I will be representing is a company I have enjoyed the products of for more than a decade now, a company steeped in history and digital entertainment. I will represent Nintendo and the product I will be advertising is the Nintendo Switch console released 2017. I have chosen this product as currently not only is it a product I use on a day-to-day business making me fully aware of all its angles and exterior looks/functions, but I also can use this product to demonstrate the ability of removing the shine from the glass of the screen, a new image manipulation technique I learned recently. As for the target audience, its children of course! Any child of the age group 8-12 and any adolescent teenager from 12-16. Of course, the switch has other audiences above these ages, but these are my primary target audience. I would expect to see this advertisement as a banner of slides on auto-play on your typical website reminiscent of the banner style advertisements one might see from CEX...