7th Media Arts, Dream Destination Prezi

• Vocabulary (use dictionary application)
• Planning

1. Pick a city in a foreign country, try Wikimapia or Google Maps
2. Use Google image search and save a map of your country, showing your city
3. Look up the weather for each season. Google your city and "average weather" or try World Climate
4. Look up your city's history
5. Google arts and culture questions
6. Look up major attractions in your city
7. Find the average flight cost. Try google, or the travel sites KAYAK or Priceline.com
8. Find an average hotel cost

9. Now save pictures for your presentation to your folder
10. Use prezi.com to design your presentation. The log in information is on your worksheet.

8th Digital Art: Klimt Project

1. Look at some project examples here: Project Description. We will be making ours using Adobe Photoshop

2. Read about Gustav Klimt and answer the questions on your worksheet.

3. Go to Art Lex and search "Art Nouveau." Read and look through examples. Then use the dictionary to complete the Vocabulary section.

4. Start your design. Watch the demonstrations and follow the directions on your worksheet.
Video: How to use patterns in Photoshop

Walker Art Center, Graphic Design

Some resources to prepare us for our field trip

1. Walker Pictures
2. Opening Day
3.  Eatock
4. Burrill Webcast

Other

6th Media Arts, Architecture

Research and Planning Worksheet:
1. Great Buildings
2. Modern Home Architecture
3. Architect's Handbook

Videos:
Modern Home Architecture
Top 100 Architects Video

Examples:
Floor Plans

Google Sketch Up Houses

Sketch Up Video

6th Media Arts, Extra Credit Project

Dream Lunch!

If you are finished with all of your work, try this extra credit project.

1. Click on the lunch tray picture, then when the large version loads, right click and save to your desktop
2. Open it in Photoshop
3. Find pictures of your favorite foods (you can use Google for this project only. Click on "large" size so your pictures aren't blurry)
4. Cut and paste your foods on to your lunch tray

Encore Stop Motion

Examples:

1. End Love

2.  T-shirt War   Target Dreaming Girl

3. Paper Heart

4. Getaway

5. Run Away Projects

6.  Marcel the Shell 1,    Marcell part 2

7. Zombies

8. Worms

9. Carrots

10. Kite

11.Claymation Love Story

Sweet Dreams

Gulp
The Making of Gulp
Deadline
The Making of Corpse Bride
White Board
Dot.   The Making of Dot
Tony Vs. Paul
MUTO
Out of a Forrest
Animated World
Cardboard
Viewing the Moon

Titles and Credits

Handmade Nation

Scrabble Commercial

Sweet Dreams

Painting and Drawing, Advertisements

1. Painting videos:

• Margaret Kilgallen
• Hand painted signs
• Hand lettering posters

2. Finish sketching your advertisement full size in pencil. You must include:

• A Picture of the product
• An original brand name
• A slogan
• Something that persuades the viewer to buy it

3. Show Ms. Fowler, when it is approved you can start painting

6th Grade, Legendary Creatures

1. Use the Dictionary application for Vocabulary words

2. List of cryptids (legendary creatures)

3. Aesop's Fables

4. Photoshop Animals 1
    Photoshop Animals 2

5. Morguefile.com to collect your photos

8th Media Arts, Stop-Motion Animation

Do now:

Answer question, share at tables.

Activities:

We will begin a stop-motion animation project.

Stop-motion examples:

1. Western Spaghetti

2. Human Skateboard

3. Fireworks

Form groups of 3 or 4.

Person 1- Director: Oversees the filming and production. Follows the storyboard.

Person 2- Camera-person. Makes sure each shot is properly lit, in focus and steady.

Persons 3 (and 4)- Actors: Either act in the movie or control the set/characters/objects.

First we will make our sets and take photos. Then you will follow the steps on your worksheet to make your animation in iMovie. Ms. Fowler will give you a demonstration.

stop-motion in iMovie

Examples:

1. End Love

2.  T-shirt War   Target Dreaming Girl

3. Paper Heart

4. Getaway

5. Run Away Projects

6.  Marcel the Shell 1,    Marcell part 2

7. Zombies

8. Worms

9. Carrots

10. Kite

11.Claymation Love Story

Titles and Credits

Handmade Nation

Scrabble Commercial

Sweet Dreams

 If you finish early, try these games:

• Flipbook Animate
• Sketch Star
• Toy Theater Stop Motion Animation

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If you finish early, try these games: Flipbook Animate Sketch Star Toy Theater Stop Motion Animation

7th Media Arts, Winter Choir Program Video and Cover

Start Choir Program Video:

You can work with a partner. Use the links below to complete the worksheet.

1. Listen to the song here, and read through the lyrics

2. Brainstorm a list of images you could use. They can be literal or abstract.

3. Download images from HERE and HERE

4. Use Photoshop to add effects to your pictures

5. Put together your video using iMovie. Ms Fowler will demonstrate.

Choir Program Cover 

Design a cover for the program cover. Everyone will make their own design.

Here is the information for the concert program:

Columbia Academy
Department of Music Presents:

Winter Choir Concert
Monday, December 19, 2011
6:30pm
Columbia Academy Gymnasium

You illustration could have something to do with "winter," or the song we are using

Nov. 21, 6th Media Arts

Do now:

Answer the daily question, Sit at tables

Attendance and Announcements, Greeting: Table share

Activities

• Present and critique comic movies to Ms. Marx's class. 
• Practice with a partner. Present by saying your name, the title of your movie and something about it (could be something you learned, something you found difficult, something about the story, etc.)
• Demonstration on starting your own blog
• Start designing and uploading your art work

Planner: Tape you Heights Apps log-in information into your planner

Painting and Drawing: Advertising

Day 1: Research and Planning
Vocabulary
A. PBS Kids Ad Detective
B. Buying Smart

C. Commercials

1. commercial 1
2. commercial 2
3. commercial 3
4. commercial 4
5. commercial 5
6. commercial 6

-Bonus commercial

Day 2: Research your product and painting techniques

Go to the goole search bar and look for pictures of your product and examples of advertising. Use these as inspiration and to draw from. You can copy and paste one pages worth of pictures using "Word" to print. Tell Ms. Fowler when you are ready to print. Only she will print.

Painting videos:
Margaret Kilgallen

Hand painted signs

Hand lettering posters

Hand Drawn Typography

Nov 16, Painting and Drawing

Do Now:

Sit at assigned table, Get supply bin for your table

Attendance and Announcements

Activities

• Start "Advertising in Art" project.
• Go to the computer lab to complete the Research and Planning

Hand painted signs:

Video 1

Nov 18, 8th Media Arts - ALADDIN Posters

Do now: Answer the daily question, Sit at tables

Greeting- table greeting share, Attendance and Announcements

Activities:

• We will finish and hand in your Aladdin posters today!
• Finish 3 sketches and research. 
• Work on you design on the computer

Use the images below (provided by Ms. Mahler) for inspiration.

Some images you could search:
camels
monkey
desert
Use these KEY WORDS 

Nov 10, 6th Media Arts

Do now:

Answer the daily question, Sit at tables

Attendance and Announcements, Greeting: Table share

Activities

• Continue working on your digital comic strip
• Demonstration in iMovie, follow step by step
• Hand in movies

Planner: Write the steps of the "Design Process"

Nov 1, 8th Media Arts

Do now: Answer the daily question, Sit at tables

Greeting- table greeting share, Attendance and Announcements

Activities:

• Finish dreamscapes. Include everything from checklist.
• Slideshow and critique of finished work.

Nov 14, 7th Media Arts

Greeting- share

Activities

• Continue: "Stop, Walk and Talk" posters

• Principles of Design Video Clips:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaXuZP0fIiA
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h36ao2utmHs
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI0cHn1F9B0&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNS2RXqFIrI
• Research Poster Designs for inspiration
• Open template and start changing type size and fonts. Ms. Fowler will demonstrate.

Planner: write the definition for template

Nov 7, Painting and Drawing

Do Now:

Sit at assigned table, Get supply bin for your table

Attendance and Announcements

Activities

• Using extreme care and detail, paint a picture for Blooming Heights. These will be made into garden signs!
• It is important that you closely observe and paint realistically so visitors to the garden know what is planted there.
• Planner: Write down the definition for botanic

Pictures of "Blooming Heights" >  

Oct 28, 6th Media Arts

Do now:

Answer the daily question, Sit at tables

Attendance and Announcements, Greeting: Table share

Activities

• Watch Movie of Cartoons at cagallery.blogspot.com
• Begin the Digital Comic Research and Planning
• Vocabulary Words at Toonpedia
• Sketch your storyboard. Use different layouts.
• Clean Up

Planner: Write the steps of the "Design Process"