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Visual Culture Class
Week Twelve – Test
Today you will have your final test. Here are all the Principles, Elements of Design, and vocabulary you need to study. The second part of the test will be your Art History Time Line, and you will have to match what happened with the correct date. Also your last chance to turn in any late [...]
Week Ten – Field Trip to Avion Film
Today we will take a field trip to Avion Film, one of the leading Post Production Houses in the Czech Republic. You will see the facilities utilized in film edit offline and online, color grading, sound recording, 3d animation, 2d animation (animatics), dubbing, film transfer, and dolby surround mixing.
Week Nine – Collage
Collage. A collage (From the French: coller, to glue) is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. You will cut up various advertisements and collage them into your own design. Once again pay attention to the basic principles as well [...]
Week Eight – History of Art and Design
Today we will be going through the major movements in art and design in the 20th century. We will also review the Principles and Elements of Design. This will be on your final test. Crash Course on the History of Design in the 20th Century. A brief overview of the most important designers and important [...]
Week Seven – Liberation, Viral, and Guerrila Marketing
Today we will be looking at a few unconventional forms of marketing. After the lecture we will begin working in groups on banner ads for our blogs. Liberation Marketing is another strategy whereby a product can masquerade behind an image that appeals to a range of values, including ethical values related to lifestyle and anti-consumerism. [...]
Week Six – Audio Branding
Today we will have a guest lecturer. We will be looking at what other multi-media professionals are doing in conjunction with visual imagery. Audio Branding. Sound Teacher Bethany Lackterine will give a lecture on the history of audio logos and how sound realtes to visual imagery. Examples of audio branding After the lecture you will [...]
Week Five – Graffiti
First Hour: We will be looking at the history of Graffiti, and you will then design your name using your own graffiti style. Second Hour: Beginning sketches for your logos. We will be generating logo ideas for a campany of your choosing. The sketches need to be finished and scanned in two weeks as the [...]
Week Four – Introduction To The Elements and Principles of Design
Today we will be looking at the Principles and Elements of Design. We will then incorporate these rules into designing the header image for your blogs. General Goal(s): Students will understand the Princples and Elements of Design, and incorporate them into a header image for their blog. Step-By-Step Procedures: After we have reviewed the Principles [...]
Week Three – Thinking About Logos
Today we will be looking at logos. You will be required to design a logo using black, and white paper. The logo must be finished by next week as we will be digitizing the images for use in conjunction with the header image of your blogs. You will then be introduced to the Elements and [...]
