April 29th

Hello everyone!

So far we have learned about shot types, editing in iMovie, in photoshop, and having multi-layer audio in iMovie (while using garage band to supplement the built-in audio). Today you will be introduced to your final project idea which you will begin filming on Thursday, and will finish in-class on Tuesday, May 6th. It will be due at the end of class on May 6th.

After I introduce you to the project, I'd like you to brainstorm ideas with your group and create a shared google doc between your group members and myself. The google doc should include the following:

Which project I have chosen:

Why:

Group members:

Snyposis of idea (5-6 sentences):

Props Needed & Setting:

Potential Conflict (3 sentences):

Second idea (3-5 sentences):

Props Needed & Setting for second idea:


Once you have brainstormed and created a google doc with your group members, I'd like you to catch up on the blog posts from last week that were from video101 website about shooting. If you already finished this, please work on the following:

For the second half of the class, you are going to a Design Scavenger Hunt online! You are going to find the best and the worst of design on the web. To start, please watch the following the video (the ENTIRE video):

Design Council: What is Design?

 This video was filled with a lot of great information. Please answer the following in your own words, not necessarily the words from the video.

1. What is your first impressions of the video? How did it make you rethink the world of design?

2. What area of design was the most interesting to you? Why is that?

3. What do you think is the important of brand identity? What does brand identity usually include?


 Scavenger Hunt:
1. Please find 1 example of a poorly designed website and include a link, why do you think the website is poorly designed? Aesthetics, user-ability, etc.

2. Please find 2 examples of well designed websites and include a link, why do you think the website is well designed?

3. Please find an example of a well designed restaurant menu and an example of a poorly designed website menu. What are the differences between the two?

4. Can you think of an object that has been redesigned by a company such as the dyson vaccuum? List 3 of these, and what they did that was revolutionary for the product.