Run Lola Run

Students will be creating videos loosely based on the Run Lola Run video. Students will be exploring different aspects of filming, using multiple camera angles, special effects and music to create a short 3 minute video that expresses tension and suspense. Students will be using digital SLRs to film, and they will use music from the soundtrack of Run Lola Run.

Survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CXKTCLR

Who Am I Design Keynote presentation

Student Silhouette Collages and Photoshop

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY!

Studio photography Project. Each student will be required to use a Digital SLR to take photos. Each student will then use Photoshop to edit the photos. This is an introduction to Photoshop, lighting and digital photography.

Stencil Art Project

History

Stencil paintings of hands were common throughout the prehistoric period and have been used in art and communication throughout history. Stencils have also become popular for graffiti, since stencil art using spray-paint can be produced quickly and easily. These qualities are important for graffiti artists where graffiti is illegal or quasi-legal, depending on the city and stenciling surface. The extensive lettering possible with stencils makes it especially attractive to political artists. For example, the anarcho-punk band Crass used stencils of anti-war, anarchist, feminist and anti-consumerist messages in a long-term graffiti campaign around the London Underground system and on advertising billboards.

Requirements

We will be designing our own political stencils using Photoshop. You will be designing two stencils regarding two separate political figures or issues.

Required tools in Photoshop

• Quick selection tool
• Paint brush
• Eraser
• Threshold
• use of layers

NIKE Shoes and Photoshop

Down load templates
http://cats3.es-cat.org/~pferraris/Dunkhi.zip
http://cats1.es-cat.org/~pferraris/Dunklo.zip
http://cats1.es-cat.org/~pferraris/af1.zip

Who Am I?

Who Am I

Project Overview

This project is designed to introduce you to the iWorks suite of programs, data management and the OS operating systems. Students will create a Keynote presentation about themselves and their history. Students will then present their keynote in front of the class.

Grading

Grades will be based on how well students manage their data, their physical Keynote presentation and their presentation in front of the class. Rubric coming soon.

Slides

• Name: Use different fonts to create a slide with only you name
• Neighborhood: A slide that contains the name of your neighborhood and at least one image from your neighborhood
• Middle school: A slide devoted to your middle school, with a combination of images and logos

Choose 3 of the following

• Music Page: Combination of images and words
• Friends page: Combination of images and words
• Hobby Page: Combination of images and words
• Shoe Page: Combination of images and words
• Video Game: Combination of images and words
• Book Page: Combination of images and words
• Family Page: Combination of images and words
• My future Car: Combination of images and words
• Career Page: Combination of images and words
• Travel Page: Combination of images and words

Expectations for project

Students will be expected to;

looking for Image quality

understanding mage searches

Using server accounts

Create files ctrl + click

Save files to multiple folders

Use their Inspector toolbars

Use transitions

Add boarders or Stroke

Use of different fonts

Use of transitions

basic elements of design

Benchmarks

Friday August 27th first 3 slides finished

Friday September 3rd 6 slides due Presentations begin the following Monda

Welcome to CAT class of 2014!

Class Syllabus

Paul Ferraris

pferraris@es-cat.org

Office hours are at lunch

Course Overview:

Digital Media Studies is a one-year course of study that provides students with a first-rate introduction to media literacy and digital media production. We will be studying different types of media in order to understand how their products are constructed and how they impact our lives. We will be using our understanding of how the mass media creates, distributes and exhibits its products to inform the production of our own digital media texts. Students will gain visual, verbal and written analytical skills and will become critical media practitioners.

Semester Coursework Outline:

Unit Outline:

* Indicates an ESGP artifact.

Unit 1 (quarter 1) Mac 101

Essential Questions: How do I work this thing? How do manage data? Who am I?

Major Assessment: Keynote presentation and Saved and edited work

Projects: “Who am I” Keynote

Content: Keynote presentation, data management, The Digital Archive, Using Gmail, Web Navigation

Leadership Skills: Critical Thinking, Complete projects effectively

Unit 2 (quarter 2) Color, elements of design, photography, photo manipulation

Essential Questions: Who AM I? How can light provoke emotion? How can we control the light?

Major Assessment: Portraits, *Silhouette collage

Projects: Sneaker project, Portraits, Silhouette collage

Content: Photoshop, color and design, digital photography, photographic lighting

Leadership Skills: Critically Thinking, communicating effectively and

persuasively, Complete Projects Effectively

Unit 3 (quarter 3) Architecture/ Intro to video

Essential Questions: How do we design our dream home without crushing others dreams?

Major Assessment: CADD Chair design, *3D CAD architectural design and video presentation of design

Content: Architecture and design, Google Sketchup, Using Ratio in design

Leadership Skills: Collaborate productively

Unit 4 (quarter 4)

Essential Questions: Resistance or complicity: Is one more powerful than the

other in a moment of conflict? How can people maintain power / control over their lives even

when they feel powerless? How has literature impacted society’s response to conflict

throughout history?

Major Assessment: Cultural circle, Literary analysis of 2 texts*

Project: Universe of Obligation exhibition

Content: Night, essays, poetry

Leadership Skills: Thinking critically, communicate effectively and persuasively, Collaborate productively

In addition to CAT expectations I expect students to:

Be Creative

Be present

Help your classmates

Be respectful of the hardware

Don’t even think about eating or drinking anywhere near the computers

Have fun

Reflections

Each project and student will be required to keep an online blog or journal, and a paper back-up in their file, reflecting on their theoretical learning and the development of their practical productions. Journals will be reviewed and discussed in class.

What you can expect from me

I have been teaching at CAT for the past 4 years, before CAT I taught 7th grade Language Arts and Social studies for six years. In addition to teaching I am a professional photographer and my photos have appeared in magazines and books worldwide including the UK, New Zealand, Mexico, Costa Rica, USA and France. You can expect me to have exciting and fun projects to do in class every day.

Universe of Obligation Reflection

Completed Video Project

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Introduction

Introduce the project. Explain in detail the project and the role you played in creating it. Briefly describe the research you put into your project. Then describe the tools you used (internet, lights, camera, backdrop) and the digital programs you used to create your image (iMovie and Garageband). What was your initial intent and how did this set the trajectory for this project.

Body Paragraph One

What did you learn about Native Americans, Genocide, and Up-standers, Bystanders and Victims? Describe what you learned. What do we know about up-standers and bystanders as they pertain to the native American genocide in San Francisco. How can we make change or recognize the past genocide. Can we right this genocide?

Body Paragraph two

Explain the process of finding information. Mention the use of the “Blood in the Soil Film” made by the students two years ago. Discuss searching the Internet for quotes and primary sources. How did you organize you information and put together the script. Where and how did you film you portion?

Body paragraph three

Explain the editing process, How did you use sound, images, music and video to create your portion of the film. Discuss imovie 09, was this your first experience with it, or are you an old pro. What were some challenges you had working with this program and why did we use it?

Conclusion

Summarize your ideas and explain what you liked and disliked about this project. What do you think of the final movie?

Reflection

Silhouette Collage Artist Statement

Requirements
Five paragraph essay, you must include information on the process and the imagery you chose to use. This is a benchmark portfolio project and this reflection/ artist statement can be used for your Benchmark portfolio.

Outline

Introduction
Introduce your art piece. Explain in detail the assignment and the requirements. briefly describe the analog tolls you used (lights, camera, backdrop) and the digital programs you used to create your image (Firefox and Photoshop). What was your initial intent and how did this set the trajectory for this project.


Body Paragraph One How did you take the initial image?
Explain the process used to create the initial silhouette image. Describe how the lights and backdrop were incorporated into this process. Where were the lights placed and why. What pose did you chose and what is in the silhouette and why. Did you experiment in any way, describe in detail.


Body Paragraph Two How did you stack and blend images within the silhouette?
Describe in detail the process of creating the two color silhouette and the tools used. Then explain how you used layers to stack images, and the tools used. Whats types of blending did you do, and what types of tools you used? Explain how you experimented with photoshop and the tools you used. Explain the use of the text tool.

Body Paragraph Three What was the imagery you used and how does that describe happiness?
Describe your art piece. Explain the significance of the images you used and how they symbolize happiness. Explain why you used implicit or explicit images. what are the quotes you used and why.

Conclusion Final thoughts on the project
Evaluate your work using an emotional response. What was done well and what would you like to have done better. How might you use these tools in the future? Did you learn anything about happiness while working on this project.

What is Happiness?

What is happiness?

Project Overview
This project is intended to show an advanced level of digital photo manipulation. You will take silhouette pictures in studio, then fill the silhouette with things that you feel lead to happiness. On the outside of the silhouette you must include text that describes happiness. The text and imagery can be implicit or explicit.

Benchmark Portfolio grade of 3 or Higher on the Benchmark Portfolio Rubric will qualify this assignment for the Envision Schools Benchmark Portfolio

Grading
Grades will be based on a visual appeal of the final image and the use of Photoshop layering tools to create images that blend into one another while maintaining contrast between the silhouette and the background text.

Expectations for project
Students will be expected to use most of the following tools;

Pen tool
magic wand
or magnetic lasso tool
Brushes, both soft and hard, with varying degrees of intensity
eraser
Layers
Opacity
Levels
Brightness/ Contrast
Text and Fonts
Crop
Paint brush
Clone Stamp
Color chooser
Gradient Tool


Benchmarks

Tuesday May 11 Two Tone Silhouette

Friday May 18th Images blended and layered within the silhouette

Weds May 21st Final image is due with text layers surrounding the silhouette

Studio Workshop

Studio photography Project. Each student will be required to use a Digital SLR to take photos. Each student will then use Photoshop to edit the photos. This is an introduction to Photoshop, lighting and digital photography.

The Wiz atCAT

CAT's first musical! Fantastic job by students, staff and especially Mr. G!