Task 6 Overview

Business Card of Historical Figure

What is the focal point of your business card?

In my opinion the Name of the individual (Nelson Mandela) stands out well, and is placed relatively central to the card. Also the bold, coloured lines below his name help to bring out the font.

What Job role, or activity does the business card describe?

It describes Mandela's past victories and success in being the president of South Africa.

Is it supposed to be a formal (serious) or informal (casual) business card?

Given that the subject was a serious, major event in history, after doing great things for the country, a serious business card was appropriate for the task.

The final copy must include crop and registration marks to show where the cards are to be cut. Describe how you placed the crop and registration marks on your finished copy.
In Corel Draw it was easy to place the marks on the page. Its almost automatically done for you. Two clicks and you're done.

Why did you choose the colours, graphics, text, layout and style for a business card for your person?

My aim was to make the card aesthetically pleasing without being to 'clever' or making it too busy with too many graphics or colours. Thus, i kept it simple by only using three colours. I used red to underline the font, which i feel brought out the name of the subject pretty well, i used green to create a wall/barrier and show a different section for the details and i used black for the font to make it seem formal. I only used two graphics and they were the south african emblem and the national flag for south africa. These work well in my opinion as it backs up the subject by creating a small bit of visual/image information without words as to what the subject is related to. The font i used (Tw Cen MT Condensed) was formal and elegant, nothing to outrageous, as it would have taken away fromt he sophisticated feel of the subject/card.


This is the finished product.
Note: I have to figure how to save the file in another format, so it will be up soon hopefully.

Task 6

Tuesday 5th June
Today i began research on the next task. We have to produce a business card from an admirable icon/leader.
I chose Nelson Mandela. I filled out the first half of the worksheet this lesson and researched Nelson Mandela.

Thursday 7th June
Today i did some more research. Bookmarked pages that had useful information.
Worked on most of the research task.

Monday 11th June
Today i did my final research.
Gathered up ideas for the business card.

Tuesday 12th June
Today i began work on the business card. I gathered logos from the internet such as the south african flag, and the government logo in case they would be handy in the make up of the card.

Thursday 14th June
Today i got halfway through my historical figure business card.

Monday 18th June
Today i began working on the research task on printing methods. I also continued with the making of the business card.

Tuesday 19th June
Today i started my letter head. I drew up sketches for both the letterhead and the business card for one's own business.
Thursday 21st June
Today the historical figure business card was due. I made the last finishing touches, finally printed it and then submitted it.

Monday 25th June
Today i worked and almost completed my own business card, letterhead and envelope. All i have left to do is finish off the 4th question of the research task. If i have enough time left over i will make a start on the powerpoint but since we only have one lesson left i cant see that happening.