Today, we have the luxury of fast computers with lots of memory and power. However, that wasn't always the case, and graphics designers had to make due with very limited capabilities. For this assignment, you are to draw a person, vehicle, or otherwise ...
Cinemegraph
Due: 10/30 Tag: sk9 For this assignment, I’d like you to create your very own cinemagraph — it can be a landscape, or a portrait, or a movie scene, or whatever else you’d like to try. Scroll down for lots of examples of cinemag ...
Recreate a Movie Scene
Due: 11/13. Tag: sk11 Choose a single moment from a movie or television episode and recreate that scene as closely as you can in a single photograph. Think about how you can creatively use wardrobe items or prop ...
Movie Montage
Due: 10/16 Converting DVD to MP4 In order to create the movie montage, you need to have a feature length film in a format that you can watch in VLC. If you have a DVD player in your laptop or desktop, you can skip this step and just open t ...
Visual Note Taking
Due: Create a set of visual notes for one session of a class that you are currently enrolled in. Giulia Forsyth I’m a big fan of the work of Giulia Forsyth. She works in a teaching and learning center, where she helps professors and instruc ...
Combophotos
Due: 9/4 Stephen Mcmennamy is an Atlanta artist and Creative Director at BBDO. He first came to my attention when I saw his series of “combophotos” that splice together two different images to form a surreal new creation. Take a few ...
Podcast Graphic Elements
Due: 9/11 Once we've settled on a title and basic structure for the podcast series, we'll need to design, at minimum, a square cover image (1400 x 1400 pixels) in order for iTunes to syndicate the podcast. Media Nouveau We settled on the title Media No ...
Podcast Reflection
Once you have each completed your podcast episode, the Producer and Assistant Producer should each write separate reflection posts, published to your own sites. Link to the podcast episode post on the course site as part of your reflection. Your refect ...
Podcast Resources
Overview This post contains lots of additional information that will be useful to you as you work on your podcast episodes, mostly focused on nuts and bolts issues like equipment, editing, and so on. Check out the assignment prompt for conceptual guidel ...
Podcast Series
Overview This semester, we’ll all work together to produce a podcast series about new media in which we’ll share our thinking with each other and with listeners outside the class. Early in the semester, we’ll spend a class period developing a more speci ...