Monday, May 16, 2011

Thesis Project (due May 27)

Product Proposal

  1. Essential Question (create your own):
  1. Which medium(s) will you explore? Digital Illustration, Video, Animation, Graphic Design, Audio, Web, or Other
  1. Which Software Application(s) will you use? 
  1. What is your final product (3-5 sentences)
  1. List the 5-7 steps of your creative process to make your product
  2.  Post Notes on blog.
Masters Research Notes

  1. What is the name of the Master artist(s)?
  1. During which decade(s) was this artist(s) most influential?
  1. Named three world events that were happening around the time of that this artist was most influential?
  1. What works is this artist best know for?
  1. Describe the artists’ creative process, or how they went about completing a project? (3-5 sentences)
  1. What equipment did this artist use to complete projects?
  1. In what ways did this artist innovate? (3-5 sentences)
  1. Post Notes on Blog

Create Product
Follow your product proposal to create a high quality digital media product. Post on blog when done.

Tutorial
The point of the tutorial is to share a technique that your discovered in creating your Thesis Product. In the tutorial, you will document this process of applying the technique so that others can learn to do the same.
  1. See tutorial examples: example 1, example 2, and example 3
  2. Pick one technique you used to create your Thesis Product
  3. Choose whether you will use screen shots (shift+command+4) or video capture (Camtasia) for your tutorial
  4. Write out all of the steps explaining how to do the technique
  5. Capture the tutorial
  6. Post on your blog