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!

Design principles review for CyberARTS Year 3 and 4

We will be studying and reviewing the 
ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN.

Your objective is to gain (or re-gain) a solid understanding of:

     1. The difference between elements and principles of design

     2. DEFINITIONS and EXAMPLES of ALL the elements and principles of design you can possibly research so that you can A) Be able to analyze all forms of visual media in terms of effective and ineffective design and B) Be able to confidently and effectively USE the principles of design to improve your own work, whether it be in web design, print media, photography, video, animation, game design, costume design etc.

Procedure:
These powerpoints below are great starting points for really understanding design.

Please view them and take notes by filling out the blank charts provided. You should have a clear written definition (in your own words as much as possible) AND an interesting and clear visual example that you draw. Your objective is to gain a better understanding of these elements and principles. But you also MUST hand in your sheet by the end of class.

*If you prefer to work on the computer you can fill in the chart there - I've left blank copies of the charts in the PICKUP folder (1059 - PICKUP - Ms. Silverman - CYBERARTS) 

However, work to finish this exercise by the end of class. Do whichever gets the job done more efficiently. Pace yourself. One of the objectives of this exercise is to have you work quickly and effectively. If you need more time, you might have to finish this for homework.
It MUST be finished by your class on FRIDAY - NO EXCEPTIONS. 

On the back of the chart, please write down a clear definition of what you think the DIFFERENCE is between ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES of DESIGN.

principles of design from Patrick Morgan

002 week of the 25th from jbarzaga

FRIDAY
Once you have completed Step 1 - The CHARTS, you're ready to begin your analysis. You have one period to complete this.

1. Go to these sites to find really well executed designs.
Ms. Silverman's Pinterest board
or THIS other Pinterest board. You should have enough to choose from.

Give yourself no more than 10 minutes to select a design. Remember, your objective is to be efficient! Time management is one of the skills we will be working on this year!!

2. Using a blank chart, or blank paper, write down every element of design AND principle of design that you recognize in the design. Indicate WHERE it is being used, DESCRIBE the element/principle in detail, and EXPLAIN HOW it is used as an effective design tool.
(ie. the fine, wispy, curving lines beginning in the bottom left corner of the poster, help create movement as they lead your eye from the bottom left around to end up in the top right of the poster, right to the large red circle)

Elements and Principles of Design - CyberARTS Year One

The Elements and Principles of Design are the foundations of design, whether it be in the print industry, photography, illustration, advertising, animation, video and film, web, fine arts, graphic design etc.

Once you know and understand these basics, you will gain the ability to control where your viewer looks, and when, or in what order! And then, the WORLD!!! Or at the very least - unbelievably cool looking posters, logos and other designs...

Once you have seen the powerpoint presentation in class, or if you missed it, find it HERE, fill out the handouts either by hand - or on the computer (whichever you prefer). Or you can see it right here from the blog post, if the link isn't working, or vice versa.

The Elements of Art & Principles of Design from jdavis76

Elements of Design and Principles of Design Handouts Due: end of class on Thursday, or first thing Friday morning - handed in.


Step 2: Analysis of a poster design - to be presented
AND please hand in your worksheet for your group.

Look HERE for some beautifully designed posters
or HERE at my pinterest board of fantastic posters.

or take a look through this blog called Gentle Pure Space. It's lovely.

Don't spend too much time looking, because you do need to do your analysis as well.

1. Choose one fantastic poster or design that really speaks to you/your group. Try to find something that has a variety of elements and principles to discuss.

2. Using another blank chart, begin listing any and all elements and principles of design that you see in the image. Write them down as a group - have one person do the writing, but all of you should be doing the looking and the thinking. Make notes about how each of the elements used in the poster helps to create the principles of design.
 i.e. the thin, wispy, curving lines help create movement in the poster by leading your eye around the image. OR the vibrant use of bright red against the neutral gray coloured background creates a strong point of emphasis

Analysis: Due Monday Sep 9 to present in class.

Welcome to CyberARTS

Welcome to CyberARTS and our main blog where you will find interesting information, essential information, and links to other students and their blogs. Your teachers will also post assignments here sometimes that include links to websites, videos and images that you will need in order to complete your assignments.

You will also be required to post things on your blog - which means...you need a blog. But you'll work on that with Mrs. McFadyen.

First things first... let's get everyone logged onto the computers.

Culminating Project - website

Website

Here are several sites you can go to to create your own website.
SquareSpace is probably the strongest in terms of design possibilities, but it costs money after the 14 day trial. Please take a look through all of them and take some notes for yourself to determine which one you'd like to use.
You should justify your choice of application in your Technical and Artistic Reflection.

SquareSpace

imcreator

Weebly

Wix

Web


Typographic Poster

Type stands out. We're a literate culture and as much as we look at images, we are extremely drawn to text, especially when it's well designed in a sweet looking poster. There are several links below that should inspire you. Your main goal will be to use typography in a creative way and to ONLY use typographic symbols to create your poster that visually reflects your kinetic typography. Think of this not only as an assignment, but also as a potential portfolio piece! Have fun with this one. It's worth 10% of your final mark.

33 typography posters

More beautiful typography posters

Typographic portrait tutorial in Photoshop

51st Grammy awards typographic portraits

More inspiring typo posters