BTEC 1st YEAR LIFE CYCLES – GENERATING IDEAS

BIRTH

PARENTHOOD

TODDLER

DIVORCE

TEENAGER                          

MIDLIFE CRISIS

LOVE

RETIREMENT

MARRIAGE        

DEATH

In your groups answer the following questions:

1.     What symbols and objects are associated with this life cycle?

2.     What locations are associated with this life cycle?

3.     Who are the range of people connected with this life cycle?

4.     What kinds of emotions would you think of in connection with this life cycle?

5.     List the positive and negative things associated with this life cycle

6.     What kind of body language and facial expressions do you think of with regard to this life cycle?

7.      What kinds of things do we say, or would you read in connection with this life cycle?

8.      List any famous phases, poems, song lyrics , slang, or famous sayings, rhymes etc

9.     How is this life cycle regarded in this country and in other cultures?

10.What famous celebrities past and present do we associate with this life cycle?

11.What changes in this life cycle have we seen in the past 50/60 years to present day? List all the different  eras regarding this life cycle

·        Once you have thought of an idea for a life cycle that you feel has potential, research it and see if you can find out more information to make it into a firm concept which holds lots of threads of ideas connected to this. Start producing 10 thumbnail sketches to communicate possible ideas for photo-shoots.