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240 Calendar/Schedule
Spring
Semester, 2006
Please note:
this calendar is subject to change by the instructor at any time during
the course of the semester.
WEEK 1
[Jan 19]
Thursday
- Introductions
- Overview
of class & syllabus
- Overview
of MAC OS
- Introduce
Powerpoint Presentation Assignment
Homework:
Powerpoint Presentation Assignment | Read the Mac is Not A Typewriter
(you have two weeks to read it before quiz)
WEEK 2
[Jan 24-26]
Tuesday
- Bring
in prerequisites
- Scanning
workshop
- Work on
Powerpoint Presentation in class
Thursday
Due:
Powerpoint
Presentation & Design Brief
Homework:
Bring
in 2 photos to scan for Image Editing Assignment
WEEK 3
[Jan 31-Feb 2]
Tuesday
- Introduction
to Photoshop tools | Making selections
- Introduction
of Image
Editing Assignment (ignore part 3 of the assignment)
Homework:
Image Editing Assignment
Thursday
- Work on
Image Editing Assignment in class
Homework:
Complete Image Editing Assignment
WEEK 4
[Feb 7-9]
Tuesday
- Introduce
Movie Poster Project
- Separating
objects from their backgrounds, refining selections, using layers.
Due:
Image
Editing Assignment & Design Brief
(do not
mount)
Homework:
Study movie posters from various genres and time periods | Written synopsis
for movie poster idea
Thursday
- Using
the Canon ImageBrowser, image resolution and resampling | image size
vs. canvas size
Due:
Typed Movie Poster synopsis
Homework:
Draft two
different versions for your Movie Poster (3- 8 x 10 inch full-color
comps)
WEEK 5
[Feb 14-16]
Tuesday
- Mac
is Not A Typewriter Quiz
- Group
discussion of final movie poster comps
- Pre-production
planning for studio portrait shoot next week
- Work on
Movie Poster project in class
Due:
Movie Poster comps
Homework:
Plan and
gather props, costumes, make-up for studio portrait shoot next week
Thursday
- Studio
portrait shoot for movie poster project
- Photoshop
blending modes, filters, retouching tools
- Work on
Movie Poster project in class
Homework:
Movie Poster
Project
WEEK 6
[Feb 21-23]
Tuesday
- Studio
portrait shoot for movie poster project (cont.)
- Overview
of page layout with inDesign
- Work on
movie poster photo illustration in class
Homework:
Movie Poster Project
Thursday
- Work on
movie poster photo illustration in class
Homework:
Movie Poster
Project
WEEK 7
[Feb 28-Mar 2]
Tuesday
- Work on
movie poster photo illustration in class
Homework:
Complete
Movie Poster Project
Thursday
Homework:
Complete Movie Poster Project
WEEK 8
[Mar 7-9]
Tuesday
- Movie
Poster Project group critique
- Work on
Symbol Assignment in class
Due:
mounted 8 1/2 x 11 movie poster project (white borders o.k.)
center on black 11 x 14 board w/cover sheet and name label on back &
Design Brief
Homework:
Symbol Assignment thumbnails
Thursday
Homework:
Research endangered species for stamp project | Complete Symbol Assignment
SPRING
BREAK--NO CLASS (March 14-16)
WEEK 9
[Mar 21-23]
Tuesday
- Work on
Symbol Assignment in class
Thursday
- Work on
Symbol Assignment in class
Homework:
Research endangered species for stamp project | Bring in reference photos
for stamp project
Homework:
Complete Symbol Assignment
WEEK 10
[Mar 28-30]
Tuesday
- Symbol Assignment group critique
- Work on
Stamp Project in class
Due: Mounted Symbol Assignment & Design Brief (follow instructions in part 3 on project page)
Homework:
Comps for Stamp project
Thursday
Due: Two, hand-drawn full-color comps for Stamp Project
Homework:
Stamp Project
WEEK 11
[April 4-6]
Tuesday
- Work on
Stamp Project in class
Homework:
Stamp Project
Thursday
NO CLASS TODAY! Instructor off campus
WEEK 12
[April 11-13]
Tuesday
- Work on
Stamp Project in class
Homework:
Complete Stamp Project
Thursday
Due:
Endangered
Species Stamp Project & Design Brief
Readings: Basic HTML tags
WEEK 13
[April 18-20]
Tuesday
Readings: Creating
a simple web site with Dreamweaver
Homework:
Navigation System Project
Thursday
- Navsystem sketches due (2 different ideas)
- Dreamweaver lecture
- Work on
Navigation System Project in class
Due: Navsystem sketches due
Readings:
Optimizing
Web Graphics & Image
Slicing
Homework:
Navigation System Project
WEEK 14
[April 25-27]
Tuesday
- Revised
navsystem sketches due
- Optimizing
Web graphics
- Image
Slicing
- Work on
Navigation System Project in class
Readings:
Dreamweaver
ImageSwap Behavior & HTML
Tables
Homework:
Navigation System Project
Thursday
- Full-color navsystem comp due (printed from layout in Photoshop or Illustrator)
- Dreamweaver
Behaviors
- How to
nest HTML tables
- Work on
Navigation System Project in class
Homework:
Navigation System Project
WEEK 15
[May 2-4]
Tuesday
- Work on
Navigation System Project in class
Homework:
Navigation System Project
Thursday
- Work on
Navigation System Project in class
Homework: Navigation System Project
WEEK 16 [May 9-11]
Tuesday
- Work on Navigation System Project in class
Homework: Complete Navigation System Project
Thursday
FINALS WEEK
Tuesday (May 16th, 1 pm)
- Navsystem
Due & Design Brief | Critique
- Bring
in digital files of the movie poster, symbol, and stamp projects in a folder titled with your last name. Instructor
will burn a single CD of all student projects. Do not give me a burned CD!
- NO LATE
FINAL PROJECTS ACCEPTED AFTER TODAY!
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