final project timetable

Your final project is due May 3rd. This project is weighted more in terms of your grade; produce accordingly - the size and presentation of your images should be appropriate to your project. This is the time to spend a bit more on printing/production. You will be graded on your commitment to the project as shown through:

1. quality of the production (color-correction, lighting, print, presentation, craft etc.)

2. experimentation as shown through quantity of test shots and overall interest/innovation

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Due Next Week (19th): Images+

Project options:

1. stop-motion: 15 second rough draft, bring intended audio but not need to be sequenced yet

2. book: all images in sequence (can view on screen but must include printed thumbnails in sequence)

3. installation: all images with model

4. half of your images printed

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Due 26th): Rough Final

Project options:

1. stop-motion: 30 second rough draft with audio

2. book: full rough draft of book with all content

3. installation: installation executed - bring images, work on documentation in class

4. BW: all images printed

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Due May 3rd: Final

Project options:

1. stop-motion: final due

2. book: final due

3. installation: documentation due

4. BW: all images printed and bound/cased

+ CD of all work

Final Project: Proposal due April 13th

(must be presented on 3 spray-mounted and trimmed 11x17 horizontal boards, in color, laid out using grid, workhorse fonts )

Content

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board 1

PURPOSE: What are you trying to do? Who has done similar work besides your artist? Do examples exist outside of the art world? (5 examples of specific projects) What is the subject matter and why is that interesting?

board 2

LOOK & FEEL: Visual style of project (color, grid, font choices, paper if applicable), must include 3-5 images that will be used in your project

board 3

Your PLAN for the structure of your project: how many pages, front matter, back matter, how is it set up, intended destination, ie. gallery or commercial, is there sound, how big is it, and so on depending on chosen project. You must include a mock-up, model, diagram or storyboards according to your format

Project options

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1. stop-motion: 1-3 minutes in length (boards must include storyboard), story must be based on an existing text or script

2. book: 30 page minimum (you may include text, imagery must be original) text and image relationship shown in boards, include mock-up of book structure - how does the content determine the form?

3. installation with documentation: must consider interaction with piece, describe desired interaction in boards. Does it involve audio, projection, objects, light. Boards must show plan and measurements for how it will fit in space, mount on wall, etc., and also include model. Documentation must be in printed form and bound

4. B&W series printed in darkroom: must be bound or contained in some way, must operate as a sequence