Week in Review (week end Feb 12)

We have been doing a lot of work in class- Re-booting your integrated projects, finalizing your logos (Photoshop) and working on little Flash interactive movies.  All these things are going to come together in the Flash movie due at the end of February, before March Break.

Remember doing a button is the basis of interactivity!

You all have been doing a great job and have been making class a pleasure to be a part of thanks!

Coming Up!:
We are going to continue to work on the integrated project- please bring your projects to class if they can be worked on in class!
Meanwhile we have the Flash movies to work on and the photoshop logos to finish.  In the far future (March) we will be starting to make mini movies...

your words of advice put through WORDLE

Coming up

So it is the start of term 3- we will be using the Blogs a bit more this term-

This term will also have an LES/ES which will cover the topics of New Media, Flash and Film.  It will take place at the end of February- just before the March Break!  This way when it gets to the end of the term there will be less pressure- though you will have your Integrated project due at that time.

If there are any questions- feel free to ask or come by for Recoup- Tues., Wed., Thurs. until 3:30 unless more time is needed.

This Week No Homework.

Homework- blog response

Respond to two (2) of the following three question sets on your blog.  The work is due Tuesday at 12:00.

Christof

We've become tired of watching actors give us phony emotions, bored with pyrotechnics and special effects. 

While the world he inhabits is counterfeit, there's nothing fake about Truman himself.  No scripts, no cue cards.  It's not always Shakespeare but it's genuine.

1. Have we reached this point in our "entertainment experience"; where we are tired of the fake and need the "real"?
2. With films like Avatar- using completely created characters, 3D animation, CGI, etc.- is there a point where we, like Truman, can no longer believe the created reality?
3. Is Truman's whole world fake or is it real?  Is What Christof says above true or is he just justifying the world he has created?
   

Happy New Year!

Well we'll be back to work in a couple of days.

This is a reminder to all of you that have due dates for your projects coming up- do not forget!

We'll have a pretty easy week doing some film appreciation! And then we'll be working further with film and Flash getting those Logo Applications sorted.

Again Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you all on the 4th!

Homework

1. There was one thing that needed to be done- and this was given a long time ago, was the response to SEXY INC.  
2. You also have a response to New Media to do.  Remember the Ted Talks, and the article written about Twittering and parties...
   
3. Each of you will also have to make an appointment with me to go over the next stage of your Integrated Project.  These meetings will be after school and a sign-up sheet will be available as of Dec1- meetings will be 10minutes long, after school and mandatory for your grade.  The idea is that this quick meeting will be done in order to help guide you to the next stage of what you are doing.

Last Week Review (week end Nov 27th)

It seems like a long time since I've posted- wait a minute, it has been a long time!  Well the LES is behind us, we took a look at New media/social media, this included viral marketing and flashmobs.  New ways that marketers and advertisers have been looking to find ways to reach audiences in hip, cool ways.  Some of these really are cool, others are a bit creepy when you really think about it... Furthermore, we have been working further with the LES to review Photoshop, transferring the work done on paper to the computer and playing with it digitally.  What I have seen has been very good and very encouraging.  As you're working with this, you guys should be seeing if and how this program could apply to your own integrated projects!- especially those of you who are doing a POSTER CAMPAIGN!


Coming Up:  We will be looking at film/video and Flash- making a quick movie and a little Flash game.  Again those people that are working on projects that might need either of these two programs/techniques should look to apply these to their projects.

Last Week Review (end Oct 30th)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO YOU ALL!

We've been working through the LES and will be finishing it up (spending half a class on getting it done).  The marking of the Integrated project is going well.

Coming up: We are going to looking further at Design/advertising techniques and start working through some excersises that will give us a hands-on look at different expressions of mediums.

Review Last Week (end Oct 22nd)

Last week we were working to get the first phase of your integrated project handed in.  Every regular student had to go through this process and we had a great success among a number of classes- ours being one of them!

We also finished the analysis of the advertisement and looking at the first of the advertising techniques. 

Coming up:  Your LES, which is a two day testing period, starts on Tuesday and ends Wednesday.  This LES will test how competent you are in the various materials that we have learned this term- especially the vocabulary, Branding, Spin, and Advertising techniques, as well as looking how the brain makes decisions and designs solutions- this is where marketers and advertisers want to be- knowing how you think is the first step to successfully creating a need and providing a solution/product.

Homework

1. Having seen the video documentary, Sexy Inc., you need to respond on your blog to the following questions:   

• Was there a point where you felt you were overwhelmed and felt like your "image" wasn't enough.   
• Is the line blurred between what is "Sexy" and the image that you have (or are building) of yourself.   
• Whose role is it to set "limits"?   
• What advise would you give to a 4 year old about start her "social life", by going to school next year?          

          Please title this blog entry "Video Doc response"