The Never Ending Story!

FACT (From Experiences): Usually, when we work on a project and find that it is never ending, that’s how we know that we are on the right track. We become very concentrated and dedicated to the work, and so we just carry on pursuing the project.

Outcome: 'Make A Unique Statement...Killer' (Of Dolls & Murder Viral)

'Pick Up The Keys To Your New Hobby!'

Please feel free to view 'My Final Major Project's Outcome'! Get Inspired! Follow this link: http://showtime.arts.ac.uk/Janaina

Speeches Are Unfair!

Year after year silly, sinister, shrieking teachers all over the world force students to get up in front of their classmates and give a speech about any number of topics which are basically meaningless!

Giving a presentation, I would say, is one of my childhood traumas. If I were to compare myself to someone or something, I would definitely compare myself to King George VI of United Kingdom! (The King’s Speech). I would state that my situation is worse than of King George’s VI speech problem! Once I enter the classroom, I automatically start to panic and blush red like a bright red tomato ready to explode!

I find it unfair that tutors make us get up in front of a classroom and make a speech, not allowing us to read from the script! Especially when they know that we aren’t originated from the UK and we aren’t fluent native speakers (of English). In my opinion, International and EU

students, should be given an opportunity as well!

Today, we see that Prime Ministers and VIPs, all read from a script! There are too many facts to remember. The actuality of one standing in front of one million people is not easy at all! It’s frustrating and not tranquil to concentrate! So, if they can read out from the script, why couldn’t we, students do the same? Is it a crime?

A PR = A DETECTIVE

Since, I’ve mentioned of the word ‘investigation' previously, I have to confess that I associate ‘Public Relations’ with a Detective’s journey of investigating and solving the mysteries of crimes.

In fact, a PR and a detective have many things in common. They both have to investigate, research, discover new methods, specialise in problem solving and both are considered as professional strategists. The only aspect that differs, is that of the target/ goal. A detective deals with crime scenes and murders, whereas a PR deals with the media, publics and organizations.

Art and crafts as a way to express or escape from humanity. How being creative has helped me...

Composing a reflective essay is not a hard task. Although, I would say that I find it extremely difficult in writing one myself! Especially when I know that I’m going to be marked on this piece of work!

Reflective essay should demonstrate reflections, in most cases based on personal experience. In fact, not everybody is able to write successful reflective essay, including myself, because not everybody has enough skills to show personal reflections. Sometimes it is rather hard for people to demonstrate their thoughts and reflections to other people. There are also people who prefer to express everything in oral form, because they can’t present all thoughts in good written context. Sometimes it is not easy to show personal thoughts on paper.

However, if I had more time ahead of me, I would’ve drawn my self-reflective summary into a painting composition.

Art has often been found as expressive or as a way to escape life and humanity. In my life this has recently become very true. Art and crafts for me, have become ways to escape the reality of constant pain, inability to move, feeling trapped and being isolated.

Furthermore, a reflective essay is a kind of essay writing giving a profound analysis of our work that we have fulfilled. It is a flashback in the course of investigating a problem thinking about what we, students have known from it.

Public Relations Executives undertake all the work! Why should the profession of Journalism exist?

While studying Public Relations, I discovered that PRs are the ones, who undertake all the work, research, forecasting trends, including writing features and selling stories!

If Public Relation Professionals are the key to all solutions, meaning that they are multi-talented people, offering all the services a company needs to boost its reputation and image. Why should we have journalists in this world, if they just Copy/Paste the PRs' Press Releases and News Stories into their publications!? Making an unauthorized copy of work, isn't this suppose to be an infringement of Copyright?

If I was given a brief to create/produce a 'new' publication of which the industry is lacking of, I would aim to Re-unite fashion journalists with PR practitioners:

Today, everybody has heard of PR but surprisingly few people have a clear picture of what it really is and what it involves. To most people, Public Relations is just a ‘spin’. And it’s disappointing to hear that individuals and professionals state about, how one doesn’t even need a license or special certification to practice PR.

This ends up being a motive for the journalists. They create a bad picture in their minds of Public Relations, resulting to how they treat the PR's work, research, press releases, look books and stories. We have to keep in mind, that nowadays, without PRs, Journalists would have to undertake a vast variety of work and research, without having that PR help. However, brands and companies would face management and communication crisis and this would've taken us back to the 20th century, where mass production was the forefront. No one knew what promotion or public relations was. Thanks to Edward L. Bernays for introducing Communication and Reputation management, now known as Public Relations.

Keeping all these in mind, we should change the current ugly face of PR and change the bad perception while boosting its reputation. Let's correct the bad press and rumors that comes on the way. Let's reunite the public and journalists with the fresh PR industry by producing a new, interesting, innovative and creative, visual-led Fashion PR magazine, just for those interested in updating their knowledge with what's new in the industry, incorporating future trends, case studies, fashion spreads by contemporary new photographers, PR profiles of agencies & professionals and features on current events happening in the industry. PR Week is not enough in our industry! We need a publication 'WITH THE TWIST'!

9 Things We Never Knew About Dolls Houses...

• Dolls Houses are a perfect ‘Choice’ for a family Heirloom! – Passing the dolls house down the generations from the mother to her daughter and then to her daughter’s daughter and so on… It’s a wonderful sentiment and makes for a truly beautiful piece of family heritage.
• Dolls Houses Pop Up in Pop! – Today, dolls houses are top of the pops within Product Placement opportunities! Spotting DHE doll’s houses somewhere unexpected, such as on television, billboards and TV show DIY SOS. A Dolls House Emporium has appeared in Jessie J’s ‘Price Tag’ Pop promo, following on from the TV advert for Mark Ronson’s latest album which featured the very chic Malibu Beach House and not forgetting the current Tesco and Churchill ads which also feature houses from the exclusive DHE collection.
• Dolls houses are enchanting: The major aspect that draws people to dolls’ houses is their subtle, innate charm that one can explore in a perfectly created miniature.
• Dolls house carry a personal touch: While speaking to collectors of dolls houses, we may find that their attraction and fascination with the hobby is largely owing to the personal touch they carry. We can choose to create our ideal abode and enjoy total control over its inhabitants’ destiny when we enter the realm of a dolls house! We can proudly hold it in the palm of our hands; it’s a sight to behold!
• Dolls houses spur creativity: One may choose to own one’s dream home that’s complete with working lights and should one wish, even running water – at the fraction of the whopping cost of a full-size property. In other words, one may customise the dolls house in keeping with one’s tastes.
• A Therapeutic Hobby: There are no rules to the world of dolls house collecting. This hobby is about taking time to relax and enjoy creating something at our own pace, to our own design, especially for us!
• Collecting, conceiving and collating dolls houses, has become a serious hobby for many adults. This is because decorating, styling and displaying dolls houses in an eclectic way, tends to feed one’s imagination. It can be fascinating and interesting and the hours can pass very quickly. The styles, degree of sophistication and detail are amazing.
• An Investment in Miniature: ‘There is a huge demand today for these Miniatures’. If one is looking for an excuse to buy that dolls’ house they’ve had their eyes on, then DHE may have the answer – a dolls house makes the perfect family heirloom and is a fantastic investment!
• The Doll House was a major technique for Forensic Artists and Investigators, used to solve crime scenes and open cases! The art of producing an accurate reproduction of a crime scene.