Last Day of Class

Today is the last day of class. This is your time to check your grades and get everything you need posted and/or turned in. I will be entering grades in the grade book. I will accept any work up until Friday however I will not be in the room, so make sure it gets posted on the blog.

As your final post please write a brief paragraph reflecting on your experience in this class, including things like what you learned, what you really liked, what you didn't like so much, and anything else you feel relevant.

Have a great summer!

iMovie Assignment

For this assignment, use iMovie to create a video slideshow of your work from the quarter. Requirements include:

- All applicable work you have accomplished this quarter (Photoshop pictures, B&W photography, photocubism, alphabet, illustrator/ indesign projects, etc)
- Add transitions between pictures for smooth transitions
- Have the entire video timed to music of your choice (school appropriate of course)

There will not be a demonstration for this project. iMovie is a very intuitive program. Open up the program and find your way around. I will be willing to help with any specific questions.

Next Flash Assignment

After you have completed the bouncing ball tutorial, create your own animation with flash. You can still use the ball if you want, but make it more complex. Have it bounce back and forth or off a wall, add a second ball or other object, bounce it into a basket, etc.

Flash Assignment

Your next assignment will be making an animation of a bouncing ball using Flash. Watch the demonstration. The tutorial video can be found by clicking here.

Black and White Photos

So far only 3 students have finished and posted their black and white photographs. This assignment will take several days to complete if not yet started and will be marked as missing if not finished by next week! Get your photos taken and developed, and get in the dark room to print them!

CD Case Requirements

For your next assignment you will use InDesign to create a CD cover and label. When you open InDesign, go to templates and choose CD case. The requirements for this assignment are:

- Use the CD cover template, but modify it to fit your custom CD
- Feature some type of modified text. This can include drop shadow, text wrap, typing on a path. etc.
- Include at least one picture that you took and modified in Photoshop or a graphic image you created with Illustrator.
- Create a custom track listing
- Be creative! Add images, colors, text!
- For extra credit, actually create your CD. Burn the track listing at home and bring in a jewel case for you CD and cover.

Check your grades

Log into infinite campus or see me to get your current grade. Many of you are missing assignments! We'll start the Flash assignment later this week. 13 days left to get everything finished.

InDesign Poster Assignment

Your next assignment will be to create an event poster using Adobe InDesign. The poster can be used to promote any event, real or made up, and should include a time and place. Examples include a sporting event, concert, meeting, dinner, etc. For full credit your poster must include the following:


1. A graphic designed with Illustrator.
2. A picture (from photoshop or the web).
3. Text that is wrapped around an object.
4. Choose at least one element of art/design to focus on and be prepared to describe in your poster.

Assignment Update

After completing the questions for the past two days you should still have projects to work on. If you have everything completed or are not sure what to work on next, open up Adobe InDesign and try to get the hang of it. You will be creating two projects with InDesign, an event poster and a CD cover/booklet. I will be back on Wednesday and will explain the details.

Questions for Tuesday 5/12

Look at www.MastersofPhotography.org, Wikipedia.org, or do a Google image search for photographs by Edward Weston. Post answers to the following questions on your blog. This should be done by the end of the period.

1. In your words write a short bio of his photographic experience.

2. Describe his photographic style and some of his more famous photographs.

3.Post your favorite Edward Weston photograph to your blog.

Questions for Monday

Look at www.MastersofPhotography.org, Wikipedia.org, or do a Google image search for photographs by Ansel Adams. Post answers to the following questions on your blog. This should be done by the end of the period.

1. In your words write a short bio of his photographic experience.

2. Describe his photographic style and some of his more famous photographs?

3.Post your favorite Ansel Adams photograph to your blog.

Illustrator Button Assignment

Our next assignment is to design a button using Adobe Illustrator. Once it is designed you will be able to physically make the button to keep for yourself. You can use the "Type on a Path" tutorial in the Adobe Illustrator packet to help. The requirements are:

• The button should be 2.25" in diameter
• It needs have an image that you create in Illustrator (not just copied and pasted from another source)
  
• It needs to have text that follows a path
• You may include images from other sources if you like, but it is not required.

When finished you should post the image to your blog, then print it out and use the button maker to create your button.

What you should be working on:

You should be working on:

- 9 of me Warhol style self portrait

- Photocubism

- Adobe Illustrator Excercise #1 - The Illustrator Toolbox

- Black and white photography

- Digital alphabet (if not already finished)

You should all have something to work on. If you don't, see me!

Friday Questions 4/24

Friday Questions

Look at www.MastersofPhotography.org, Wikipedia.org, or do a Google image search for photographs by Andy Warhol. Post answers to the following questions on your blog. This should be done by the end of the period.

1. In your words write a short bio of his photographic experience.

2. Who are some of the famous people or things he has photographed?

3.Post your favorite Warhol image to your blog.

Progress Update

On Friday I will be checking the progress of everyone's blog and updating my gradebook. I will be looking for the following posts:

1. Elements and Principles examples
2. First Photoshop collage
3. Five completed Photoshop tutorial packets
4. Black and white photography answers
5. Annie Liebowitz answers

If you are not completed with all of the above, it needs to be finished by Friday, 4/24. If you are having trouble posting your pictures make sure I see them and check them off in my gradebook.

If you are done with all of the above, you should be working on your digital alphabet and/or your black and white photos. If you are also finished with these projects, see me and I will show you what we are working on next.

Friday Questions

Look at www.MastersofPhotography.org, Wikipedia.org, or do a Google image search for photographs by Annie Leibovitz. Post answers to the following questions on your blog. This should be done by the end of the period Friday, 4/17!

1. In your words write a short bio of her photographic experience.

2. Who are some of the famous people she has photographed?

3.Post your favorite Leibovitz image to your blog.

Once you finish the questions, you can:

• Continue working on the five Photoshop tutorial packets if they are not yet finished
• Make sure you have answered the questions for black and white photography
• Work on the digital alphabet if you have your own digital camera or already have pictures ready to edit (Cameras will not be available for to be checked out today)

Black and white photography

We'll be starting black and white photography this week. Read the following articles about cameras and film developing. Don't worry about color film, we'll only be developing black and white. Along with reading the articles, create a post in your blog answering the following questions.

1. What are the three basic elements of a camera?
2. What is an SLR camera?
3. What is the purpose of a camera's aperture?
4. What does shutter speed on a camera control?
5. To get the right exposure for a picture, what three things must be balanced?
6. To take pictures outside on a very sunny day, would you use a high or low film speed? Why?
   
7. What are the four steps for developing black and white film?
8. What things are needed to make a black and white print?
9. For a black and white print, the final image is actually what material?

These questions are an assignment and should be answered on your blog by the end of the week.

Welcome back! (4/13)

Here is what you should be working on this week:

- Make sure I can see your blog! There are still quite a few of you who have nothing in the grade book because I can't access your blog.

- Finish five Photoshop tutorials.

- Begin working on either your digital alphabet project or black and white photography questions posted above.

- Pay your $10 lab fee if you haven't already.

Friday, 4/3, Work Check

Today I will be checking your blogs. I'm looking for the all the principles and elements of art and your first collage to be finished and posted.

Keep working on the 5 photoshop tutorials, they should all be finished by the end of next week. (After spring break)

GET IN YOUR LAB $10 FEE

4/1

Things to work on today:

- Over to the right of this page, find your name under "Followers". Click on settings and make sure you are set as following with with Blogger account

- Finish up the principles and elements of art worksheet.

- Continue working on your first Photoshop collage. If you finish it, post it to your blog.

- Begin working on the "Colorize a Photo" tutorial packet.

3/31

Continue working on your design workbook, finding and posting a picture for each element and principle. Once completed, begin working on your first photoshop collage. There will be a demonstration and worksheets available for the collage.

Welcome to Media Arts I

Welcome to Media Arts I. For your first assignment:

• Go to google.com and create your own blog. Make sure your name is somewhere in the title. Customize your blog to make it unique
• Come back to my blog and click on the "Follow" so that you can easily check my blog for assignments
• For your first post, find an image somewhere on the web that you find interesting and post it on your blog.