- Only about 10 fonts that actually work.
- Font should not be the message ("Fantasy Fonts").
- Most graphic designers start their work with no color - just black, white, or gray.
- "Color is like having dessert before the main course."
Monday, January 10, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Class Notes 1/5/2011
- When combining voice and music, everything should be aesthetically appropriate, clear, and the music and voice connect well.
- "Suspension of disbelief" - when one sees a video, you want him/her to believe it is worth their time; that it is real.
- Make the video connect visually.
- Duo-tone - black, white, and one color.
- In Sound Studio, pitch and tempo change the speed of voice.
- Reverb adds on a delay at the end of the voice/sound/music.
- "Suspension of disbelief" - when one sees a video, you want him/her to believe it is worth their time; that it is real.
- Make the video connect visually.
- Duo-tone - black, white, and one color.
- In Sound Studio, pitch and tempo change the speed of voice.
- Reverb adds on a delay at the end of the voice/sound/music.
Class Notes 1/4/2011
Gesamtkunstwerk - a work that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesamtkunstwerk).
- Motion graphics are attention-grabbing, keep interest.
- Evoke - not merely to show, but to call-forth an emotion/idea.
- Shakespeare assignment not about recreating a scene. Instead it is about suggestion, an idea.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Assignment 2 Research
Play - Hamlet
Plot - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, attempts to get revenge on his uncle for killing his father and then marrying his mother.
Essential Theme #1
Revenge - Hamlet's uncontrollable desire to get back at his uncle for murdering his father is the primary reason why he acts the way he does throughout the play.
Essential Theme #2
Insanity - While Hamlet clearly let's the audience know that he feigns his insanity as part of his revenge, he really does go insane thinking about it.
Essential Theme #3
Morality - Hamlet's constant thoughts about suicide is also part of his insanity. It not only affects him, but Ophelia as well (which as we know was fatal).
Word that evokes the play - dissonance (an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
Plot - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, attempts to get revenge on his uncle for killing his father and then marrying his mother.
Essential Theme #1
Revenge - Hamlet's uncontrollable desire to get back at his uncle for murdering his father is the primary reason why he acts the way he does throughout the play.
Essential Theme #2
Insanity - While Hamlet clearly let's the audience know that he feigns his insanity as part of his revenge, he really does go insane thinking about it.
Essential Theme #3
Morality - Hamlet's constant thoughts about suicide is also part of his insanity. It not only affects him, but Ophelia as well (which as we know was fatal).
Word that evokes the play - dissonance (an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
Class Notes 1/3/2011
Podcast - radio-like programs for a small group of people (i.e. Long Island teens who like cricket).
When placing research on your blog, make sure to list your reference URLs, pictures, bullet points, should consist of 30-50 words; like a long e-mail.
When using music in your podcast, the simpler it is (less instruments) the better. Your voice should not trail off at the end of each word (most common mistake).
Ambient sound - background sound.
When placing research on your blog, make sure to list your reference URLs, pictures, bullet points, should consist of 30-50 words; like a long e-mail.
When using music in your podcast, the simpler it is (less instruments) the better. Your voice should not trail off at the end of each word (most common mistake).
Ambient sound - background sound.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Podcast Group Title and Research
Women Futurists: "Yet To Be Femmes"
The World Future Society: http://www.wfs.org/
An article on the impact women futurists will have on the world: http://www.metafuture.org/articlesbycolleagues/IvanaMilojevic/women-futures-studies.htm
Questions to ask
- How does the social, economic, and technological change shape the future?
- By understanding such change, can we better anticipate what our world will be like in 5, 10, or even 20 years?
- Will we be able to make choices today that will have known consequences in the future?
- By visualizing the future, can we create it?
- Men are much more tech-savvy than women.
- Men tend to focus more on the "grand scheme of things," whereas women focus more on the emotional aspects.
Women In Technology International: http://www.witi.com/
Is this the future?
There is a lack of women in the scientific and technological fields. As the world continues to see more and more advances in both areas, it is important that we learn and create as much as we can.
"Women in Technology: A Call to Action," by Carmen Nobel: http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/women-in-technology-call-action-919
Only 50 years ago, the workforce was dominated by men who were expected to bring in the money. Women were supposed to live domestically; taking care of children and their husbands by cooking, cleaning, and maintaining the house.
Nowadays, a majority of women are in the workforce along with men, while children are usually brought to daycare, babysat, or somewhat old enough to be on their own for a few hours.
"Women and Work: Now and Then:" http://humanresources.about.com/od/worklifebalance/a/business_women.htm
Only 50 years ago, the workforce was dominated by men who were expected to bring in the money. Women were supposed to live domestically; taking care of children and their husbands by cooking, cleaning, and maintaining the house.
Nowadays, a majority of women are in the workforce along with men, while children are usually brought to daycare, babysat, or somewhat old enough to be on their own for a few hours.
"Women and Work: Now and Then:" http://humanresources.about.com/od/worklifebalance/a/business_women.htm
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