6th Media Arts: Architecture

Research and Planning Worksheet:

1. Great Buildings

2. Craziest Homes from Around the World, Modern Home Architecture, The Coolist Homes, 

3. Architect's Handbook

Videos:

Modern Home Architecture

Top 100 Architects Video

Examples:

Floor Plans

Game: Homestyler

Google Sketch Up Houses

Sketch Up Video

Awesome Architecture

7th Media Arts: Prezi Presentation

• Vocabulary (use dictionary application)
• Planning

1. Go to Google Maps and look through this list of major cities of the world. Pick a city from a foreign country.

2. Use Google image search and save a map of your country, showing your city

3. Look up the weather for your chosen city. 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. Go to KAYAK

8. Find an average hotel cost

9. Now save pictures for your presentation to your folder

10. Use prezi.com to design your presentation. Use your SCHOOL GOOGLE EMAIL: Your name + apps.isd13.org, and your password should be your school ID number.

8th Media Arts: Willy Wonka Posters

You will create an original design for our fall musical "Willy Wonka".
Your design must include ONLY ORIGINAL drawings (that we scan in and color) or copyright free pictures.

Research:

Movie Clips
2005 Trailer
Pure Imagination

Violet turns Violet
Oompa Loompa Song
I want it Now

Willy Wonka Musical Posters

Design:

Draw and scan, or download pictures from morguefile.com
Download custom fonts from dafont.com

Wall Wisher Assignment

Directions

1. First. you will need to be logged on to your Google account.
          - Go to heights.apps.isd13.org
          - Use the same log in as your computer log in
2. Then go to http://wallwisher.com/
3. Click on "Build A Wall"
4. Title it with your name
5. Add your question in the description. Make your question something creative. For example: "If you discovered a planet, what would you name it?" or "If you could travel to any city in the world, where would you go?" or "If you had to eat one thing everyday, what would it be?"
6. Click on "wallpaper" and choose a background
7. Click on privacy and change the settings to "anyone", if you need too.
8.  Click on "address" and select and copy the address
9. Now go to cagallery.blogspot.com
10. Find the post that says "wall wishers assignment" (first one)
11. Go to the bottom and "add a comment"
12. Paste your wall's address
13. Ask at least 10 people to visit your wall and answer your question

8th Media Arts: Movie Soundtrack

For this project we will be composing music to go with copyright-free video footage, using the software program "GarageBand". These will be shown at our Arts and Engineering Comic Con, as well as online.

Research

     1. First, let's talk about what a comic convention is like. Video. Experience Comic Con.

2. Choose a found video to compose music for. I have downloaded some old cartoons that are now public domain. Find a video in the Fowler Classroom > Materials folder. Shorten it to about 2 minutes (find a good stopping point). It must be 1:30 minutes or longer.

3. Complete the Vocabulary

4. Read directions and watch a demo video

5. GarageBand Manual

Example Videos 

6th Media Arts: Legendary Creatures

Introduction
We will write a story about a made-up Legendary Creature, then use Adobe Photoshop to collage together photos to illustrate our creature. Here are some examples from last year.

Directions

1. Vocabulary

Use the Dictionary application for Vocabulary words

2. Research

a. Mythical Creatures (answer the questions in your packet)

b. Myths, Legends, Fables and Folklore (answer the questions in your packet)

c. Look at these professional examples:
Photoshop Animals 1

 Photoshop Animals 2

3. Sketch

Sketch in your packet

4. Write

Follow the directions on your worksheet, and us MSWord to write your legend.

5. Design

Go to Morguefile.com to collect your photos

*Extra time activities: go to Remix Art Studio or Pixlr-o-matic

7th Media Arts: Comic Con, Superheros

We will work on a packaging design project for our Arts and Engineering Comic Con (or Comic Convention).

1. Research
     First, let's talk about what a comic convention is like. Video. Experience Comic Con.

You will design superhero characters (like a superhero) and create a packages for candy, suckers, and stickers. We will sell these at our booths (for Columbia Academy cash, or real $).

2. Brainstorm
    Begin by brainstorming some character designs. You can use the internet for inspiration. Draw12 different characters on your paper.
Superhero
cute superhero
superhero character

3. Design
    We will do some practice in Adobe Illustrator. Follow Ms. Fowler's directions step-by-step to create a practice project. Then, use what you have learned to make TWO of your own designs on the computer.

4. Packaging design
After you hand your designs in, Ms. Fowler will print your characters on stickers to add to candy packages. We will sell these at our Comic Con.

Turn one of your finished designs into a book cover, a T-shirt, or both. A book cover must include a title and an author. You can find the T-shirt template in Fowler-Classroom>Materials.

PSN Care Package Designs

8^th Media Arts: Project Safety Nets

8th Graders will work with Miss Ann to develop a fundraising campaign for her foundation "Project Safety Nets." You will design 4 different pieces: a flyer, a care package, a T-shirt, and a thank you note. 

Research Miss Ann will talk with you about the foundation, and her needs as the client. Write down notes from her presentation (What does Project Safety Nets do? What is important to include in your designs?)

How to Design an Awesome Flyer

Design Ideas

Plan

Use the internet to research donation campaign designs, and the Project Safety Nets website. How will you encourage people to donate? Sketch your designs.

Design each on the computer. Use the templates Ms. Fowler has provided for each. They will include all of the text and information you need, and will be set up as the right size. We will work on one design per class. These should all have the same look and feel –use similar colors, fonts, and design elements. A good guideline for your designs: No more than 2 or 3 fonts, 2 or 3 colors and include at least 2 or 3 images or design elements.

1. Flyer
2. Care Package
3. T-shirt
4. Thank you note

7th Media Arts: You Are What You Eat!

Research and Planning Worksheet

Questions 1-5: Guiseppe Arcimboldo

Play "Pick Chow"
Tell Ms. Fowler when you are done

Plan: Facial Proportions

Student Examples (click here or on image to zoom)

Try these nutrition games:

1. Dining Decisions

2. Nutrition for Kids
3. Breakfast Detective
4. Nutrition Exploration
5. Hungry Hiker

Search for copyright-free food photos

Videos

Work of Archimboldo

Sculpture inspired by Archimboldo

Till Nowak

6th Media Arts: Cartoon characters and digital comic strips

For this project you will design cartoon characters, then choose one to make into a digital comic strip.

1. Research (watch a slideshow of last years characters) (or see more here), and Vocabulary

2. Brainstorm characters and cartoons. Draw a different design in each box of your brainstorming worksheet.

3. Try these online games

    Comic Creator

     Flipbook

     Domo Animate

4. Illustrator Tools practice

5. Design your frames

6. Create your movie

Videos:

Laylah Ali

How to create cartoon characters

7th Photo Scavenger Hunt

Steps:

Photography Research. Complete the photography worksheets using these two links:

• 13 Lessons to teach your child about photography
• Photography Vocabulary

1. Camera Contract-read and sign
2. Camera Settings
3. Macro Photos
4. Practice uploading photos
5. Photo Scavenger Hunt
6. Create iMovie of photos

• Upload photos to computer
• Watch example movie
• Import photos to iMovie
• Edit down to best 10-15 photos
• Add titles, captions and credits

If you have extra time, go to: Pixlr

8th Media Arts: Inspirational Quote Designs

Steps

1. Pick an inspirational quote. Find one that is meaningful to you, not too long, and you must include the author.
1. Ms. Fowler's Pintrest board
2. Brainy Quote
3. Inspirational quotes
2. Take a photograph for the background 
1. We will try lots of different kinds of shots- First look up each shot here
2. Ms. Fowler will demonstrate some
3. Shoot pictures with a partner, going off your checklist. You will each choose one of your own photos to use as the background to your quote.
3. Design in Photoshop 
1. Use effects, color adjustments and filters
2. Add your text. You may want to download a custom font. You can find some free fonts here. Or any of the other "Free font" links on the right-hand side.
4. When we are finished we will save as "YourLastName Quote.psd" to the HAND IN WORK folder, and save it in your own folder.
5. Write an artist statement
6. Display and critique

*If you have extra time, go to
Pixlr-o-matic
PhotoOp

6th Media Arts: Typographic Self Portraits

Typographic" means made of type or letters.
This picture is all letters. Can you figure out
which ones?

• Presentations- What are fonts? 
• Watch last year's projects
• Movie "Typolution"
• Vocabulary words
• Demonstration- creating and starting your project
• Work time

If you have extra time, go to "Flash Face" or "Make an Avatar" from the Art games and Activities links

8th Media Arts: Klimt Inspired Self-Portrait

"The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt, 1907
One of the most reproduced paintings

1. Watch a slide show of past student work.

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
Download Photoshop Patterns

5. If you have extra time, explore iKlimt
or Color a Pattern

Klimt's portrait "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" sold for $135 million, the highest price ever reported on a painting

Media Arts Lab Procedures

Read through worksheet

Log on to assigned computer

Complete the worksheet. You will need this link and the flashcards:

• Find it Game

Writing Practice: How to be a Critical Viewer

Go to this link. Choose one cigarette advertisement and answer the questions on the screen. When you are finished, sign up on the board so Ms. Fowler can come and print it. Grab it from the black and white printer, sign your name, and put in the HAND IN WORK basket.

Try it:

Try these Media Arts activities: Media Studio