• Project 1 Sound 20%
• Project 2 Time-based Media Project 20%
• Project 3 Image, Sound and Text 20%
• Project 4 Final 20%
  

Research Methodology

Week 17:

December 12, 2016

• Final Project Due with adjustments based on final feedback

Final Projects shared online by students after feedback:
Brooke Mitchel: https://vimeo.com/194544960
Michiele Lake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i8kVyPUGvE
Shannon Tarr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssgQdTRD81I
Sarrah Hochberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe331wi6ppQ
Patricia Peers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsH8Aca4BB0

Week 16:

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

• Work on revisions due on December 12

Monday, December 5, 2016

• Review of final Project

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

• Review of work before final project is due

Monday, November 28, 2016

• Lecture on time-based media: image, sound, and text compositing and editing
• Individual Meeting with Students to discuss final project

Week 14:

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

• Thanksgiving

Monday, November 21 2016

• Thanksgiving

Week 13:

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

• End online discussion of Crow's "Chapter 8: The Open Work"
• Lab Day

Monday, November 14, 2016

• Project 3 Critiqued
• Introduction to Fourth Project due on December 5, 2016

Week 12:

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

• Weekly Assignment critiqued

Monday, November 7, 2016

• Project 3 Released due on November 14
• Lecture on multimedia art production
• Begin online discussion of Crow"s "Chapter 8: The Open Work"

Week 11:

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

• Critique of Weekly Project
• Weekly Assignment released due on November 9, 2016

Weekly Assignment due on November 9, 2016:
Create one 15 to 45 second video that use type/graphics along with still images, cinemagraphs, and actual video. You must use at least one still image, and two cinemagraphs.

Concept development:

• You are free to focus on any concept or subject of your choice. If you're not sure, look over the weekly readings and also review the links provided for the last few weeks. If you are still not sure after doing this, meet with the instructor during lab hours or make an appointment outside of class to discuss further your ideas.
• Your video should make some type of commentary on an issue of your interest: politics, culture, gender, class difference, history of video art or formal aspects of video as a medium, or other subject you may be researching at the moment.

Technical/Formal Requirements:

• The video must show tension between the main "characters" and their environment.
• You need to use text at least one time. The text must be a crucial open ended statement(s) that supports your overall message.
• You need to use at least one still image in each video.
• You need to use at least two cinemagraphs.
• You must use video as well.
  You must consider the rhythm in your editing as discussed in class critique. For instance, when you let a shot/image linger, it must be for a reason.
• You can have as many shots as you like for this video project.
• You can use any special effects or compositing you may want to add with any software of your choice.
• You will be graded on the quality of your video and lighting.
• You must mix your sound well and not go into the red.
• You must shoot your own footage, but you can use some pre-existing material if it is necessary for your idea. Go over this option with the instructor before moving ahead.

Monday, October 31, 2016

• End online discussion of Crow's "Chapter 3: Reading the Sign"
• Begin Reading Crow's "Chapter 8: Open Work," 80 - 95
• Release of Project 3 on Image, Sound, and Text
• Lab Day

Week 10:

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

• Lab day
• Begin online discussion of Crow's "Chapter 3: Reading the Sign"

Monday, October 24, 2016

• Lecture on Image, sound and Text
• Weekly Assignment released, due on November 2, 2016

Weekly Assignment Due on November 2, 2016:
Develop a Cinemagraph that explores some type of tension, or that presents an ambiguous situation that lends itself to an open-ended reading. Apply two different words or phrases to the cinemagraph in order to create two versions. Please note that you do not have to change the cinemagraph, only the text in each composition.

Guidelines:

• No sound needed (This will be a animated image gif)
• The text for each version must offer a different reading of the image (Think of anchoring and relay as well as the definitions of analog and digital code as discussed by Crow in the book visible signs)
• Image and text should have a balanced relationship.
• Consider the text size, stroke, kerning, tracking and (if more than one word or line) leading. All of these elements will affect the meaning of the overall composition.
• Consider words that are complementary, binary, or synonyms that have the potential to offer multiple open ended interpretations.

Week 9:

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

• Project 2 due, In class critique
• End online discussion of Crow's "Chapter 2: How Meaning is Formed"
• Begin reading Crow's "Chapter 3: Reading the Sign," 58 - 79

Monday, October 17, 2016

• Lab day, Individual meetings
• Weekly assignment released due on October 26, 2016

Week 8:

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

• Lecture on time-based media and text editing

Monday, October 10, 2016

• Lecture on versioning media
• Begin discussion of Crow's "Chapter 2: How Meaning is Formed"
• Lab day

Week 7:

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

• Weekly Assignment critiqued
• Lecture on time-based media sound and text
• Release of Project 2 due on October 17
  
  

Monday, October 3, 2016

• Lab day
• Lecture on time-based media
• End online discussion of Crow's "Chapter 6: Symbolic Creativity"
• Begin reading Crow's "Chapter 2: How Meaning is Formed," 32 - 57

Week 6:

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

• Lecture on time-based media: sound and video editing
• Weekly assignment released due on October 5, 2016
• Lab Day

Weekly Assignment due on October 5, 2016:

Develop a video between 15 and 30 seconds that explores the three basic shots: the close-up shot, the mid shot and the wide shot. Each shot may be used more than once if needed.

Guidelines:

• Consider an open-ended narrative. It may be related to the subject matter of your first stop motion.
• Consider your lighting. Make sure that each shot is lit in a way that supports your overall idea.
• You must have at least one sound you recorded and manipulated on your own. You need to mix it with the sound of your video footage.
• Think of the rhythm of the video. Long shots versus quick edits should be considered in order to develop a project that communicates your idea.

If you are not sure on what to focus, consider recording sound and mixing it, then based on what the sound connotes for you, shoot video footage that you can edit to your sound mix. The video footage's sound can be kept and mixed with your mix, or you may omit the footage's sound and use your sound mix as the main soundtrack.

Monday, September 26, 2016

• Review of weekly assignment
• Lecture on time-based media: sound and video editing
  

Week 5:

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

• Lecture on time-based media
• Lab Day

Monday, September 19, 2016

• Lecture on time-based media
• Principles of video editing
• Weekly assignment released due on September 26
• Begin online discussion of Crow's "Chapter 6: Symbolic Creativity"

Weekly Project Assigned, due on Monday, September 26:
Take the noises of your first weekly assignment (August 29) and remix them in order to create a mood such as happy, sad, afraid, reflective, etc. You may also record new sounds if you find that you will produce a better project with different source material.

Based on what the sounds connote for you, use three to five images of your own (could be stills or renderings, or a combination of both) in order to develop a stop motion video that supports the mood created by your remixed sound. Edit the images and sound as a single video piece.

Possible option: You may also start by looking at or taking images and decide what type of sounds would complement them, then record the sound.

For creative reference, view the films by blublu (there are four of them), as well as the stop motion studies by David Crawford, and the newspapers visualizations of the Hawaiian Star.

Your piece should be at least 5 seconds and no longer than 15 seconds.

Week 4:

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

• DUE: First class project, In-class critique

Monday, September 12, 2016

• Review of work before project is due
• End of online discussion of Crow's "Chapter 7: Junk and Culture"
• Begin reading Crow's "Chapter 6: Symbolic Creativity," 126 -143

Week 3:

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

• Weekly Assignment Due
• Release of guidelines for Project 1 due September 14, 2016
• Lecture on analysis of image, sound, text
• Techniques on sound and media production
• Lab time

Monday, September 5, 2016

• Labor Day, No Class

Week 2:

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

• Weekly Assigment critiqued
• Weekly Assignment released due on Sept. 7
• Lecture on sound and its relation to image and text
• Overview of editing tecniques

Weekly Assignment due on Wednesday, September 7, 2016:
Develop a simple music composition based on pre-recorded loops, available with the software of your choice. The simplest and most accessible software if you have no extensive knowledge of sound mixing is Garageband. You can review the tutorial available on Lynda.com for week two: http://www.lynda.com/GarageBand-tutorials/GarageBand-Essential-Training/156620-2.html
You can also review Pro Tools if you want a more professional experience: http://www.lynda.com/Pro-Tools-tutorials/Pro-Tools-12-Essential-Training/385356-2.html

Technical Requirements:
Your composition must not be longer than 2 minutes.
It must have at least three different types of drums (percussive instruments)
It must include at least one but no more than three melodic instruments
It must connote a mood: happy, sad, reflective, frenetic, or other you care to define at the time of presentation.

Monday, August 29, 2016

• Lab day
• Begin online discussion of Crow's "Chapter 7: Junk and Culture"

Week 1:

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

• Research methodology
• Lecture on music as an art form
• Overview of sound editing for weekly assignment

Monday, August 22, 2016

• Overview of class
• Lecture on Interdisciplinary Practice, the relation of image music and text
• Weekly Assignment released, due on August 29
• Begin reading Crow's "Chapter 7: Junk and Culture," 144 - 163

Weekly Assignment due on August 29:
Record three separate sounds from your immediate environment. You can use your phone, or any other device to do this. Then edit the sounds in any sound software you may already use to have some type of rhythm that defies a coherent pattern. Note that the requirement of this assignment is a contradiction (rhythm/anti-rhythm) which you need to consider in order to develop a sound piece that questions how we record and expect to hear sound. Look over the music selection for week 1 for points of reference and ideas for possible approaches.

You are encouraged to use good recording equipment. Check microphones and recording devices from MTSS: https://libraries.psu.edu/borrow-audio-equipment