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.