IMAGEMAKING

Monday, November 8, 2010

Final Project: Proposal

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

Content

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board 1

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 (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 (such as - 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)

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

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), documentation must be in printed form and bound

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

RESEARCH PHASE 2: TUES/WED 9/10

Craft 10 photographs based on the ideas of your artist (not on the appearance of their work). You do not need to print out the images, but please print out the thumbnails in color, 5 per 8x11 sheet. Bring the images to class in digital format.