Before the break!! Year One Tech

Make sure that before the break you submit your finished photoshop exercises (.psd files) with your blended image posted on your blog with the full procedure written down - step by step.

AND - please ensure that your finished stop-motion animation is in the drop folder and that your final report (group and individual) has been submitted.

Photoshop - where to begin

10 things 

1. Retouching blemishes - spot healing brush. Understanding layers.
Choose one of the two retouch portraits in the Photoshop Practice folder. The male portrait may be a little more challenging. Or try both! Put your finished work in the drop off folder.

Then check this out to become aware of how much retouching is done on celebrities!
Celebrity retouching


2. Filters - liquify for subtle effects.
Use the liquify filter on one of the portraits to create subtle effects that improve the photo, then try using the liquify filter to create a fun and wacky effect.

3. Using adjustment layers and masks - to lighten or darken certain areas.
Find the mask_exposure photo in the folder and make adjustments using the exposure tool.

4. Find an image and try removing an object from the background using the content aware fill tool. Repair any remnants of the object with the spot healing brush or the patch tool.

5. Take a portrait of a person and place them on a different background. Have fun with this, but don't spend unnecessary time looking. This is a technical assignment. You should be finished by Monday at the latest. When you're done, save as a psd AND save for web and post it on your blog. Write about your procedure, step by step so you reinforce the learning.

You should have 2-4 images to submit. You might have used the selective adjustment/layer (#3) on your retouching image. That's fine. You might also have removed the object from the blending two images assignment.
In all you should cover these 4 things:
1. Retouching - spot healing brush. And liquify.
2. Adjustment layers and masks for selective adjustment.
3. Remove an object from a background.
4. Place a person on a different background.

Year One Painting research

1. Find 3 painting from MOMA or SFMOMA websites that use a style of art that you are interested in recreating. These works will influence your own painting style for your narrative artwork

2. Post the three works on your blog with references (artist name, dates, title, medium, etc)

3. Write a short statement under each artwork that explains what attracts you to this style of painting. What do you find interesting about it?

4. If you are finished, you can make more snowflakes :)

The 12 Principles of Animation - Year One

1. Please read through this article on the 12 principles of animation.

2. In your groups, divide the 12 principles so that each group member chooses 4 of these principles to explain in your own words on your blog.

3. Then find a video that demonstrates at least those 4 principles (it can show all of them too), and post this on your blog.

4. On Thursday I will be asking each group to present 3 principles at random. You will find out at the beginning of class - so be ready to present any of the 4 principles that you have learned about.

Year Four - Visual Identity requirements and written statement

Please post the following on your blog.

Year Four – Visual Identity requirements.

1.     Logo – in colour AND black and white – must be re-sizable!!!

2.     Stationary – includes business card, envelope and letter head

3.     Flyer – a promotional flyer that includes all your contact information, logo and some teasers – a glimpse into your style/some imagery

4.     Animated logo

5.     Two more visual or audio pieces of promotional marketing material.

Could be a website, clothing, poster, magazine ad, video ad, audio ad, etc.

What to write about when posting on your blog:

Please identify the nature and personality of your company. What do you do and what is your style/personality as a creative business? Explain your design choices in terms of the logo (colour, line quality and type, shape etc.) stationary and animated logo and how these design choices support your company’s nature and personality. Also explain why you chose to use the specific additional marketing pieces you did and how that also compliments your creative business and personality.

How to present all of the components on a 13x19 page.

Consider the principles of design when choosing your layout. Separate each component in some way. Create a natural eyeflow from one piece to the next and choose a focal point. Consider visual hierarchy.

At the bottom left write the following:

CyberARTS program

Your name - CyberARTS Year Four student - Branding and Visual Identity Assignment.

The purpose of this assignment was to create a visual identity for myself in my chosen creative career area. My company ______________ does/is/creates..... (what's the nature of your business?). My colour scheme and design helps identify the ________________ personality of my business/company.

Basically explain what you did in your first sentences from your blog post.

This MUST be ready to print by the end of class on Tuesday November 26th.

You will be marked on presentation, professionalism and completion, both on your blog post and on the printed component.

Here are some samples below from the Applied Arts Expo

Year Three - Interviewee Research!!

We are dividing and conquering today - we have our first interview booked with Anusree Roy (pronounced Anushree - notice how she says her own name in the first video interview)

Watch the video and research this playwright and actor to learn more about her. This might help inform the kinds of questions we ask. Better to get more footage then just the bare minimum. We should get her talking briefly about her history in theatre and accomplishments as well as how Drama at Lakeshore impacted her.

Anusree Roy     anusreeroy@hotmail.com

Anusree Roy is a Governor General’s Award nominated writer, and actor whose work has toured nationally. Her plays include: Brothel # 9, Roshni, Letters to my Grandma and Pyaasa. Her Opera librettos include: The Golden Boy and Noor over Afghan. Her latest librettoPhoolan Devi will premiere at N.Y.C in the fall of 2014.
She holds a B.A from York University and an M.A from the University to Toronto. She is the Co-Artistic Director of Theatre Jones Roy and has been published by the Playwright’s Canada Press. Her plays and performances have won her three Dora Mavor Moore Awards along with multiple nominations. She is the recipient of the K.M.Hunter Award, RBC Emerging Artist Award, The Carol Bolt Award and The Siminovitch Protégé Prize. Anusree’s playwright-in-residence include: Factory Theatre, The Blyth Festival, Theatre Passe Muraille and Canadian Stage Company. She is currently developing her very first TYA play, "Sultans of the Street" which is being produced at Young People’s Theatres 2013/2014 season.

Now look her up and found out more about her.

While some of you are doing this research - the others will be testing in the auditorium one more time!!

Try out some animation! Bonus assignment

For those of you who have completed everything - and I mean EVERYTHING, to date, you may explore the world of animation by creating a simple animation using Adobe Flash, Adobe Photshop Or Adobe After Effects. You could also try out another type of animation using stop-motion or making your own zoetrope - see YuQin's blog ZYQ for a tutorial on that!
Find a simple tutorial and try it out. I suggest starting with a very simple animation like a bouncing ball.

Keep it simple and HAVE FUN!

Pixillation - huh?

Ok. We've looked at many stop-motion animations. Now we're going to hone in on specifically pixilation.

Check out this LINK to see several projects made by using live people in the place of inanimate objects to create funny and interesting pixilation projects.

The Hunter College Video was inspired by this one. Joey Ramone - New York City




Now check out this cool tutorial on how to create a 360 degree building spin.

This one by PES - Human Skateboard also shows how creative you can get with this technique.

How-to Tutorials for Stop-motion animation

Hi everyone,

Now that you've had a chance to create a simple flip-book and try out the praxinoscope, we're going to  start thinking about stop-motion using modern technology - THE CAMERA!!!

Go to this website and find ONE video tutorial on tips and tricks for stop-motion animation. Watch some videos and choose one that you think is useful. Post it in a blog post and write a brief (a few sentences) statement that introduces WHAT the tutorial is about and also how useful you think it is.

That's it!

Here's the LINK

Enjoy your weekend.

Optical Devices - Year One

Laura Hayes and John Howard Wileman Exhibit of Optical Toys



Here is an example of an old-school optical toy. Check out this great site and post your opinion of it on your blog. You can comment on the layout of the site, or any other opinion you have concerning the site. Remember to search through many pages on the site to see how all of those toys work! Find one of the optical devices that you find interesting and post a comment on it on your blog that includes a link to the toy and/or the image directly on your blog. Your comment should include
1. How it works
2. What you find interesting about it
3. A little bit about it's history and significance (why is it important in the history of animation).

Stop-Motion Animation. Year One Tech

TODAY'S TASK:
(Note: This blog post WILL be counted towards your mid-term mark. You must complete this by the end of the day today. No exceptions!)

1. Watch ALL the films below and follow the instructions.
You MUST create a blog post and comment on EITHER #1 OR #2.

See the questions below the videos for guidance on what to write in your comments.

2. Watch at least one of the inspirational stop-motion videos and then find one that you'd like to share. Post it on the same blog post as your answers to #1.

1. GULP. Worlds' largest stop-motion animation.




YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Blog Post

Comment on what you learned by watching the animation "Gulp" AND the "making of Gulp" OR "DOT" and "The Making of DOT".What did you learn about stop-motion techniques?
Find 3 things to comment on from watching these videos.

2. DOT. Worlds' smallest stop-motion animation.



The Making of DOT



ASSIGNMENT 2: Blog post

Here are four interesting and very different videos using stop-motion. Watch one or two of them and then go and find a cool stop-motion animation to post to your blog to share it!













If you finish all of that, then watch this!

3. Japanese Nike commercial


Click HERE to read about how this was made.

Year Four Visual Identity

To submit today. MONDAY NOV.4

Logo in dropoff folder - original file (.ai)
AND post on blog

BW AND colour versions.

Write on blog:

1. Name of company

2. Nature of company

3. Spirit/personality of company

4. Explain your logo design in terms of design choices (element and principles) and what they express about the spirit/personality and nature of your company.

5. Discuss creative process. Idea to finished product.

6. Discuss technical process and issues/challenges and/or discoveries made.

7. Are you satisfied with your result? Why/why not? Intent to modify.

8. Explain your ideas for two other visuals and concept for animated logo.

9. If you have any other visuals done - please show them.

Amazing Inside Poster - Written statement for Year 3 and 4 Cyber Tech

POSTER:

1. Explain your design choices (elements and principles of design - be specific!!!) used to express the desired effect of the poster - a marketing tool to attract a specific audience AND a poster that represents our school as one of community and excellence. Be specific about design choices such as colour, line, shapes, images and layout decisions. This first part should be at least two solid paragraphs - or 1/2 to a full page. Seriously. Be specific and detailed.

2. Your opinion. Are you satisfied with your final product? Why/not not? What would you change with more time?

3. Any technical issues you had using either Photoshop or Illustrator, OR new technique you discovered/used. Explain here.

Public Art Project Link

http://we.tl/VO90FZ8gft Click here to download the file for the public art project

Sizes for Stationary, Business Cards and Flyers

STANDARD BUSINESS
Standard correspondence and direct mail envelopes. Includes the standard Number 10 envelope.
#9 .........................	3.875 x 8.875
#10 ......................	4.125 x 9.5

The #10 Envelope is a standard business sized envelope. You can go to a number of different websites to find more information - perhaps you want to create a series of envelopes for various things - I have no idea why, but it's good to have the information.

http://www.ironsidepress.net/menu/printing-services/standard-sizes

http://www.paper-source.com/pdfs/envelope-size-chart.pdf


For your flyer you could go with 4.25" x 5.5" which would essentially be a quartered 8.5x11 paper. Or, any number of different sizes. Long and thin etc. Think about printing possibilities however and cost.

Business Cards - Standard size
http://www.printingforless.com/Business-Card-Specifications.html

3.5"x2" is the standard size. But again, noone says you have to be standard. Just think about cost and what's the most important factor...

After Effects Basic Training - Year Four (or Three)

http://www.videocopilot.net/basic/

Please go to this link to begin learning how to use After Effects. Year Fours - you will need this to create your animated logo. Watch these videos first and then begin planning your storyboard and ideas.

Year Threes - you can view these as well - to assist you in developing some ideas to enhance the Mainstage Promo video.

Treatment and rough imagery

Wednesday October 16th. Year Three - please continue working in your groups to develop a treatment as well as a rough cut, and/or series of images/videos that can help you express your idea and pitch your idea.

Create your treatment - a rough storyboard as well as a shot list and schedule. Also, go back to the blog post on video lighting - I've added a couple of links to check out. Use them to help you think about lighting ideas.

Be prepared to present your pitch - on Friday to Ms. Silverman.

Tips on pitching an idea for a video.

Watch this video and use the idea of the message map, not only to help you pitch your idea, but also to formulate the 3 key points you're trying to make in the promo video. Think about how you can support your three main points with visuals, text, interviews, narration and/or voice over, text/titles as well as supporting audio - ambient sound, music and sound fx.

Lighting for video

Video on three point lighting. http://vimeo.com/4386572

These videos are worth checking out. Please divide them up within your groups to get some ideas - or just learn some tips.

20 tutorials on lighting

http://filmmakeriq.com/2011/04/20-lighting-tutorials-for-film-and-video/



Promo videos

Strathcona High School

3 examples of promo videos


Also a behind the scenes look at the making of the 4 hour body video.

Please look at this again and scroll down further to see some of the lighting set ups used for the shoot.

Here is the camera simulator

Click HERE

Or find it in the Artistic Links list on the sidebar of this blog.

AI WEI WEI RESEARCH

LAKESHORE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE

PORTRAIT PROJECT 2013 with DAN BERGERON + PAUL ALOISI

Prior to our visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario on Thursday, please do some research about the renouned contemporary artist Ai Wei Wei.  Below, you'll find a series of links to information about the artist and his work.

AI WEI WEI: BIO

Ai Weiwei (Chinese: 艾未未; pinyin: Ài Wèiwèi; born 18 May 1957 in Beijing) is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism. He collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics.  As a political activist, he has been highly and openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He has investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of so-called "tofu-dreg schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, following his arrest at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, he was held for 81 days without any official charges being filed; officials alluded to their allegations of "economic crimes".  (source Wikipedia)

WIKIPEDIA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei

AI WEI WEI  PERSONAL WEBSITE:

http://aiweiwei.com/

CBC NEWS CLIP - SEPT 6 2013:

http://youtu.be/VnXj5-SNI34

BBC DOCUMENTARY FILM - JAN 1 2011:

AI WEI WEI: WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR

http://youtu.be/gcRodOfu_s8

DOCUMENTARY - AI WEI WEI: NEVER SORRY - JUNE 14 2012

http://youtu.be/QAADXK9MeOU

TORONTO NUIT BLANCHE - ALL NIGHT CONTEMPORARY ART THING - SATURDAY OCTOBER 5 2013

http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/2013-event/ai-weiwei.html

GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH: AI WEI WEI

https://www.google.ca/search?q=ai+weiwei&client=firefox-a&hs=vuM&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=cthKUsXtEcz3rAGBuYC4Aw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=624&dpr=1

Video Shot types

Check out this link for framing, basic shot types and camera movements:

http://www.mediacollege.com/video/camera/tutorial/01-framing.html

Then look at this one for camera angles

http://www.mediacollege.com/video/camera/angles/

And this one on shooting techniques:

http://www.mediacollege.com/video/camera/tutorial/01-technique.html


FIRST SHOOTING EXERCISE: 

Here is an example of the Five Shot method.

Notice that there are two extra shots used on top of the 3:6:9 idea of wide, medium, close from three different perspectives.

Go around the school and find something happening that you can use for this exercise. Please don't spend too much time on this. Go to one of these three locations. The wood shop, the auto shop, the Costmetology room.

Take 5 different shots for 10 seconds each. Use a tripod to set up stead shots and compose each shot carefully.

1. Tight or CU - hands or whatever the person is doing

2. Face - who's doing it

3. Medium - face and hands

4. Over the shoulder - just what it sounds like

5. A different angle (at least one of these)

Come back with your footage and we will watch it together.

Sound Design

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ogCVi0WqrQ

Sound is a HUGE industry and holds many varied career opportunities. In the movie industry alone - whether it be small independent productions or massive blockbuster movies, sound production is technical, creative, artistic and crucial in making the visual in audio-visual really shine.

ASSIGNMENT: Please submit a written document - Printed!
Please watch some or all of these videos and read through some of the information in the links below.

1. Post on your blog what you have learned about sound design and production. Specifically, name and describe in your own words, the various components of sound in film production. How do they all work together to make the final viewing experience what it is?

2. Watch the following clip (the first 1.5 - 2 minutes - no need to do more, but feel free to watch all of it) and decipher all the various audio component that you hear. Describe as best you can, ALL the sounds you hear and what categories of sound design they fall into. Then provide a brief analysis of how the sound impacts your viewing experience.




You'll have to watch it directly on youtube.
Try this link if the above doesn't work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSwy412nttI&feature=player_embedded

Due: Monday September 30th, 2013




Sound Design for King Kong















Here are some sites to explore to learn more about sound production and post-production.

Videomaker.com - an online magazine dedicated to creating and publishing video

Filmsound.org - for the art of sound design for film

Equipment Emporium - an online resource for film and video production, specializing in production recording

Film Inside Out (iofilm) - here's an article on recording good sound for film and video in a blog called iofilm, on the art and craft of making movies

Here is a lick to an article called Sync Tanks that discusses post-production sound in depth.

Year One Logo Assignment

After the QUIZ...

Once you have completed the tracing of your logo - the pictorial visual (tracing and representation of the animal you chose) you should ensure that you have one version in black and white and another in colour. Then you should post them on your blog with the written statement. See instructions below for what to write about.

If you are still working on it you can continue, and if you need more help, you can meet with Ms. Silverman next week during lunch or after school.  At the very least, you should try to complete the animal image by the end of class on Friday. If not, you can come in at lunch next week to finish it.

Note: We will NOT be having seminar after all on Thursday, as that is the AGO trip for the seniors so Ms. McFadyen and Ms. Silverman will not be in class that day. You will have to come in on other days to complete the logo.

In Brief: Create a post titled LOGO ASSIGNMENT
1. Post Black and White traced animal logo to blog (save as png)
2. Post colour version traced animal logo to blog (save as png)
3. Written Statement
(If you have other versions, you may post up to two more, but it is not required - ie. with text)

AND As always
DROP OFF FOLDER PLEASE WITH .AI FILES!!
SHOW ME YOUR LAYERS!!

Finished logo project FINAL DEADLINE is next Friday October 4, 2013


WRITTEN STATEMENT: WHAT TO WRITE

1. Where did you begin? 
Start with the two or three qualities that you have that would serve you well in a CyberARTS related career. Then discuss the animal you chose to represent you and why you think that animal works to represent you.


2. Elements and Principles. 
Now discuss your choices of shape, colour, line quality, direction (thick, thin, gritty, smooth, diagonal, horizontal, curvy etc.), texture and space. Also discuss your choice of typography if you added any. What do those letterforms (the way the letters look) say? Are they edgy, artsy, confident, corporate? Be as descriptive and specific as possible. State the shapes used. State the colours used, the name of the font, the description of the lines. And then, explain the meanings behind all of these design choices. (ie. I chose a circular shape because it represents the sun, the moon and all of eternity (or whatever it represents to you). I chose to place the pictorial image so that it overlapped the circle to represent the idea of leaping forward etc.) Also discuss principles of design such as emphasis, rhythm and unity.

3. Get technical.
Discuss your technical process. What did you learn and how did you use Illustrator? What tools, use of layers, any effects etc.

4. Your thoughts and opinion.
Are you happy with the logo and how it turned out? Would you do anything differently if you had more time? What did you learn about designing a logo? Now that you know more about Illustrator, what do you want to do next? What do you want to learn more about?

If you have more time, you can make some changes to your logo, such as typography. Try several versions of it where the pictorial visual (your animal) is smaller compared to the text and where the text is smaller compared to the pictorial visual, versus similar in size. Try a variety of fonts and placements until you are happy with one.

You can choose to place up to four variations of your finished logo on your blog, but two of them MUST include the black and white version and colour version of just the pictorial visual (animal only). You can also do the combination with the text in both black and white and colour.

Also, please drop off your final logo(s) in .ai format, into your drop folder on the Lakeshore NAS server.

Year Fours Look HERE!!

First off, your Info Graphic.  You're all working hard on this and doing a great job. I know I've sent some of you back to the drawing board and I think with some tweaking and additional imagery you're well on your way to producing a dynamic and informative info graphic.

When you are finished...and I will give you until the end of this week to complete it (outside of class time if you're not already finished) with a written statement (instructions to follow)...please post your info graphic on your blog. You should be exporting or saving as a gif or png.

Written statement should include:
1. Explain your concept and how you attempted to visually represent your career choice using the various visual elements and design principles. (think colour, graphic images, layout etc.).
2. What is your reason for choosing this career and how did you represent that in your info graphic?
3. What techniques did you use to create it? Everything from drawing/scanning to details about the computer program(s) and tools you used. Be specific - this is where I can assess how much you know and understanding the technical tools you use and will contribute to your knowledge/understanding mark.
4. Your final opinion. Are you satisfied with the work? Was there a particular info graphic you saw that inspired you? If you had more time, or looking at it now, would you change anything, and if so what, and why?

NEXT...

And now for something a little bit different.

Your last year in CyberARTS is meant to prepare you for admissions to University/College programs or apprenticeships, internships or starting your own business if you're really bold and brave.

You need to begin thinking about your portfolio requirements and what you might need to add to your current work to 'beef' up your existing portfolio.

But FIRST, you will design a logo and visual identity system for yourself.

Create an identity for your company - whether you want to sell your own artwork, or be a video game designer, you should have a logo, a business card and a graphic identity system that helps you visually define your company and set you apart from others doing similar things.

Read through this article on Branding, Identity and Logo Design 

In particular, take a look at the list of visual devices you can use to identify yourself.

Understand the difference between a brand, an identity and a logo and begin to think about how you will create the foundation of your brand.

Look at the first three links at the bottom of the page - all except the one on finding a logo designer. You'll be designing your own logo.

DUE MONDAY: INITIAL PROPOSAL

Submit an initial proposal by Monday September 30th - on paper (to submit to Ms. Silverman) 

AND be prepared to discuss your ideas with the class.

Your classmates may be able to offer some feedback and great ideas.

Requirements:

A company name

A logo

A stationary system

A flyer (to use as a template to announce upcoming shows or to send out/leave places to advertise your services)

At least two other types of visual (and/or audio/smell) devices (apparel, packaging, messaging, video etc.)

Logo Assignment - Animal Trace (Year One)

Given what we know about logo requirements (shape, weight, presence, contrast, recognizability, simplicity etc.), your task is to choose an animal that represents some of your best qualities that would be useful as a graphic designer or any CyberARTS professional.

We talked about a few in class:
Personable and friendly
Organized and efficient and fast
Dependable and motivated
Hard-working
Creative and thinking outside the box/problem-solver
Smart

1. Come up with 2 or 3 qualities that you possess that will serve you well in this field.
2. Come up with an animal that possesses similar qualities that best represents you as a person and as a professional.
3. Tell me why this animal best represents you.

Write this down - the 2 or 3 qualities and the animal to hand in to Ms. Silverman tomorrow morning (Tuesday, period 2)



Here are a few interesting  sites to check out.


http://www.demilked.com/logo-history-future/

http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/50-kick-ass-logos-for-inspiration/

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/72-creative-and-smart-typographic-logo-inspiration/

Types of logos
http://www.logodesignsource.com/types.html

http://www.nodinx.com/5-basic-types-of-logos/

On making logos - tips

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/web-design/logos/

Adobe TV tutorials

http://tv.adobe.com/show/visual-design-cs6/

Introduction to Illustrator

For those of you who are new to Illustrator - Year Ones, and some of the advanced placement year three and fours - take some time to follow these introductory tutorials. You can use the "leaf guy" image - copy it out of this post. Get to know the pen tool. It's your friend!

Year One Tech - Due this week!

The following TWO assignments are due this week:

1. Rhythm/Repetition Assignment: Due Thursday September 19, 2013
Posted on your blog (as .png) with your written statement
AND final .ai files dropped into the dropoff folder ON THE SERVER - Lakeshore NAS

Written Statement: 

Write a paragraph discussing how you created a sense of rhythm in each of your images, why they work in a different way and what your thinking was. Do they work? Which one works better? Are they both pleasing to the eye? Is one more discordant than the other? What do they make you think of?

NOTE: When writing posts for your blog ALWAYS spell check, check for grammar, punctuation AND proper capitalization. ALWAYS read the instructions carefully and make notes from the original handout. ALWAYS write your blog posts in word FIRST, THEN post it on your blog once you've double and triple checked for spelling and grammar.

2. Post your profile pic: Due Friday September 20, 2013

Take your altered profile photo that you created the other day in class and post it on your blog.

Remember that the exercise was to make a "creative, anonymous self-portrait". 

Write a few sentences to explain your thinking. 

Why does the profile photo your created represent YOU as your self-portrait?

How did you alter the original photo? Be specific about ALL the tools, effects and/or filters you used. Why did you make the changes you did? What program did you use?

Storyboarding and planning example for Year 3 Cyber TECH

The Walk off the Earth video "Red Hands"

Unedited footage:

http://youtu.be/-OtOnZeQ9IM

Edited final footage:

http://youtu.be/1bt-FHaFVH8

Storyboarding tutorial to check out. PLease read it and post one new thing you learned about storyboarding and include the link to this article in your blog post.

Rasters and Vectors What???

Look through these links for more info. Read and learn about rasters OR vectors, depending on which you were assigned. Take notes and be ready to meet with your group in 15 minutes.



http://www.logodesignworks.com/blog/vector-graphics-and-raster-graphics-difference

http://www.youthedesigner.com/2012/08/12/how-to-explain-raster-vs-vector-to-your-clients/

http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/forum/graphic-design/resources/89-an-explanation-of-raster-vs-vector?s=a10010aa3a3be55b09b248763a106d99

Venn Diagram online: http://tinyurl.com/ny7f64g

Year One CyberARTS students

Welcome to your first week as a Cyber Artist! If you have found this post you are well on your way to becoming a savvy blogger! Please cut and paste your blog address (URL) into a message attached to this post so I can add you to my sidebar. It is going to be an amazing year! Mrs. McFadyen

Movie Trailer Parody Assignment - Year Three Tech

Movie Trailer Parody Assignment.

TGI 3M1 CyberARTS Year Three                                                     

Ms. Silverman

Sound in multimedia productions has a tremendous impact on the outcome of the final product and on the viewers’ interpretation of the production.

Try watching any movie or tv show without the soundtrack – even just without the music and you will be amazed at the lack of emotional impact – or the lessening of emotional impact.

Þ   Your assignment is to effectively and drastically change the mood and emotional impact of a movie trailer for a well-known Hollywood movie.

o   You may rearrange the clips from the trailer

o   You MUST change the soundtrack (music AND sound fx)

o   You may use the original voice-over, or create your own, or “borrow” from other sources

o   Your trailer must be around 2 minutes long - give or take 30 seconds. Please, no longer than 2:30 and no shorter than 1:30. You will lose marks for going over or under.

The important thing is that the changes you make effectively and drastically change the mood and emotional impact of the movie trailer.

You will be evaluated on the following:

Effective and dramatic change in mood                                               

Effective choice of soundtrack/music                       

Effective use of sound fx                                               

Effective use of voice-over     (you should be re-recording the voice-over)                                   Syncing and placement of Audio in relation to visual

When you are finished, you must post the original trailer as well as the altered trailer on your blog with a written report stating:
Your process - how you came up with idea - take use through your creative process.
Your choice of sounds - music, fx, voice to change the mood.
How you did - why you think you effectively and dramatically changed the mood of the trailer.

The written report will be evaluated on the following:

Communicates clearly, professionally                       

In depth description of how mood change was achieved (sound and visuals)

–      original vs. new trailer

Movie choice and sound ideas must be submitted to me by Friday September 13 at the beginning of class. 

Final Trailer posted on your blog with the written report, ready to present in class 
DUE: Friday September 20th, 2013

Please save your final trailer in the original file format as well to drop into the drop folder. 

Here is a spoof of Stephen King's classic horror film, The Shining turned into a romantic comedy.




Here is a suggestviely homosexual romance mashup of Top Gun.



And a horror/obsessive stalker version of Mrs. Doubtfire





For some more inspiration, check out some of our past year's student work:

Toy Story 3 By Blaire 

Spiderman: The horror by Niem (from two years ago)

Also, look on Year 3 blogs from past students and you'll find their trailers and written reports.

For info on how to download a trailer check google. There are many tutorials on how to do it. Help each other out.

Infographics and the Design Process - Year Four

For the Design Process, I thought you'd like to see this infographic that also happens to be about the Design Process!