Year 3 Tech - Poster Design Tips

Please read through these articles to be reminded of these tips for great poster design.

10 tips

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Junior Programmers wanted for Youth Shorts Film Fest

Check out this opportunity below for anyone interested in learning more about film!!

Toronto Youth Shorts torontoyouthshorts@gmail.com via tdsb.on.ca

Hi Lisa,

My name is Henry and I am the Festival Director of Toronto Youth Shorts, a film festival for those in Southern Ontario under 30 years old. We are seeking high school students in Grades 10, 11, or 12 to join our team as Junior Programmers. This opportunity allows any interested party to work with us in determining our annual festival lineup.

No prior experience is needed but it we are looking for those who at least practice some kind of artistic discipline such as film, theatre, creative writing, photography, dance, or visual arts. This could be through class work or via extra-curricular participation.

Junior Programmers are expected to start in February and work with us until the end of August, with a commitment of meeting once a month and corresponding through email during other periods. The junior programmers can be expected to attend local film screenings to engage artists and review our own programming. We're pretty flexible with schedules and do our best to accommodate school/other work commitments. This opportunity can also go towards the OSSD community hours requirement.

If you can please forward this to your students, that would be greatly appreciated. Anyone that's interested should contact me at torontoyouthshorts@gmail.com with "Junior Programmer" in the subject line by January 27. Please have them attach a resume and in the body of the email, outline why they would like to join the committee. More info can be found at http://www.torontoyouthshorts.ca/volunteer.html

Cheers,

Henry Wong

Festival Director

Album cover Design - Culminating Project - Year 1 Tech

https://www.lightmaker.com/ltmkr-design-challenge-creating-an-album-cover/


Generating ideas from this past fun assignment.

Random Album Cover Exercise

This exercise forces you to get creative with a random band name, album title and image. You must decide, based on the name of the band you are given, what the style of music and personality of the band is. Then, based on your decision, create the album cover by choosing an appropriate typestyle and layout. The only things you can use are the image you are given, the name you are given and the title. Have fun! When you are finished, write a brief paragraph justifying your choices.

Instructions:
1. Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random”or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.2. Go to "Random quotations"or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 . Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4. Use Photoshop or Illustrator to put it all together.
5. Repeat this activity twice if you want and make two completely different album covers. (only if you have extra time)
6. Write a paragraph in word justifying your design choices.

Click here to see examples of Random Album Covers with a written description.

Year 1 Tech - Written reflection - Digital Surrealism

Digital Surrealism Written Statement

TGJ 1OP

Ms. Silverman

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When you have finished your digital surrealism work in Photoshop and have approval to print, you are ready to write your artist statement/analysis.

Discuss the following in your artist statement. Please submit a printed copy of this, with a title page along with your final PRINT of your digital surrealism photo.

1. Discuss your concept. What was your intended message? Explain the meaning behind the images you used and any symbolism that was embedded in your image. (4)

2. Explain your procedure from beginning to end. Begin with your sketches and thought process and take us through the technical aspects of completing the work. Include information about how you used Photoshop. There should be evidence of knowledge and understanding here! (4)

3. Explain what your learned while completing this project - both technically and conceptually (if applicable). Also discuss whether or not you are satisfied with your end result. Why or why/not? (2)

Please post your final image on your blog with your written statement as well as the printed version

Culminating Project - Year 3 Tech

Music Video Assignment. Sound_Image_Emotion 

Culminating Activity 

TGI 3MP CyberARTS Year Three 

Ms. Silverman 

Objective: Create a promotional campaign to accompany the “release of the music video” that centers around a poster, visually expressing the emotional sound and lyrical content of the song. 

The campaign should create a buzz about this band leading up to and around the release of the music video.  

Poster Requirements: 

1. You must use an original image of some kind – with a final rendering in Photoshop or Illustrator. 

2. Your image may be photographic or a vector based illustration. Either way, it MUST be an original image or vector creation. 

3. Your still image should symbolically convey meaning and enhance the mood/emotion of the song. 

4. You must include some text – the name of the artist, the upcoming release of the single or album and a date. The important thing is that it’s obvious who the artist is and the name of the song, or album and release date are clearly marked. 

5. Demonstrate your technical skills in using Photoshop and/or Illustrator to create an advanced level poster for this band. 

6. Demonstrate your knowledge of design and composition. (Visual hierarchy and emphasis in particular) 

7. Demonstrate your understanding of effective poster design from your research and learning. 

Specifications: 

Size: Must be printable up to 13x19 

Colour Mode must be CMYK for printing 

Resolution must be enough for 13x19 @ 300 p.p.i 

Photographic images must large enough to accommodate print resolution requirements at that size. 

Campaign Requirements: 

1. Your campaign should include a minimum of 2 extra forms of advertising (other than the traditional poster).  

2. Consider events, installations, and other non-traditional forms of marketing that you learned from the Humber Ad Campaign project. 

3. You will be evaluated on creativity, meeting “deliverables” (creating a buzz for target audience), unity and consistent design elements, professionalism, and technical quality 

Music Video Written Reflection - Year 3

Music Video Project - Written Reflection 

TGI 3MP – Year 3 CyberARTS Tech 

In a few well-written paragraphs, reflect upon the creative process and your final product.   

Discuss the visual and stylistic choices you made (shooting style, editing pace, transitions etc.) and justify them as they relate to the emotional, musical and/or lyrical content of the song. 

Discuss how you achieved continuity and unity in your video. What choices did you make to achieve this? 

Discuss any technical issues and how they were overcome, and/or discuss any technical achievements (trying something new) or successes. 

Did the music video turn out the way you planned and storyboarded?   

In what ways did you think you met your own expectations, and in what areas do you see room for improvement?   

For Groups - respond individually to the following questions: 

Discuss the roles and contributions of group members in creating the video.   

Talk about how your group functioned as a team.  Did someone assume the role of leader?  What challenges did you face as a group and how did you overcome them?   

Mark breakdown  

Finished video – (exported to post on your blog, and in drop folder for best quality and ease of viewing across all platforms – H.264 export) – 15% (of overall mark) 

Written reflection – 8% (of overall mark)