The image above was my initial plan for my portfolio, prior to discussing it in my tutorial. As can be seen, I had 18 slides planned, consisting of both work from before and during the foundation course so far. I had ordered it in chronological order, oldest to newest, and presented a variety of different formats - full A2 prints, series of stills, publications, and arrangements of images in a simple grid format. I felt, at first, that this was quite successful, and the selection of work proved strong. However after discussing it through with my tutor, we decided that the chronological order emphasised how much I have grown, improved and stylistically changed in the space of less than a year. To overcome this, I removed all work from pre-foundation, and only have now my best work from parts 1 and 2 of my graphic communication design foundation diploma.

Judging from the notes I took during the tutorial, I can see how there were basic things that I wasn't clear about in terms of my portfolio preparation. I thought it was necessary to date my work, title it, and write the materials used, when in fact I now know that it is only essential to provide a brief explanation of the work, for example, with pieces I have designed, what is the purpose of the piece? Context is the utmost important information I should give. I feel that I now have a better understanding of the sort of short descriptions I should be labelling my work with, and can practice this with the rest of my portfolio preparation. 

The image above shows the updated plan of my portfolio, post tutorial. I have cut down the slides from 18 to 14 (possibly 15), creating a more concise and focused display of work. Some slides show a stage of development/one of a series of slides exploring one project - this is a good way for me to show the extent of my ideas, as well as project development and full context. I have reordered the slides as well, newest to oldest - this way my strongest work is definitely at the front, to create a great first impression. I am no longer worried about putting good/strongest work at the back, because there in nothing in my portfolio that I am not happy with, so I don't deem it as important as the impression of the first piece.

In order to keep my portfolio uniform, I have created indesign A2 spreads, on which I have arranged the images to the scale I desire, and also added the labels along the bottom. 

Furthermore (and not included in the image) I have included the work from my 40 hours project. I didn't think it was technically good enough to display as my best work, however the whole process and concept is interesting enough to give it a secure place in my portfolio, and so I was advised to include it to reflect my working mindset and ideas. 

See images [right] for the proposed content and order of my portfolio...