So, I’ve been having a read of the brief for PB4 and have been pleasantly surprised and also petrified by some of the constraints. Below I have listed some of the constraints and how we can potentially use them to our advantage:

• Combination of Found and Original materials: for the visual essay we could possibly use found footage from a variety of texts and use voiceover to layer original explanations/definitions over.
• Genuine collaboration: not really an issue at this stage, but the use of a group conversation and a google doc ensures that everyone’s ideas are outwardly heard by each member of the group. The more brains, the merrier.
• 30% Crossover: I think the best thing to do for this constraint would be to only use the same information in both essays when absolutely necessary (e.g. when defining text, narrative).
• Copyrighted materials are partially permitted: due to the fact that this can only be used in context during critical analysis, we could incorporate this material into our definitions and further expand on it through examples and discussion.