ART420 Viscom III

A Billion Acts of Green

Hello Class,

Today we are going to do something other than web. You need to create a poster that is 11x17 (full bleed and full color is fine) that promotes doing a single act of green in honor of Earth Day (see below for example from EarthDay.net). This is a mandatory project and will be graded and it's due in PDF format by 9am Friday April 24th. The project will be given a letter grade of either A, B or no credit. If you get an A, you get get to apply an extra letter grade to either of out projects. If you get a B, you get a 1/2 letter grade to apply to one of the projects. If you get a C or lower, you don't get any extra credit. If you don't turn it in, you loose a 1/2 letter grade. Those of you enrolled in Viscom 4 can apply this extra credit to next year!

Welcome to the Earth Day Network personal actions registration tool. Enter your personal action here, be it recycling, planting a tree, changing out your lightbulbs, or any action you have personally taken to better the earth. You will be one of a billion people worldwide we hope to activate for Earth Day. We will count you as a member of The Green Generation, a movement toward sustainability that includes everyone.

Process Blog Reminder

Hello Class,

This is a reminder that you should have very up to date process for your current project up on your blogs! I haven't been pestering you because I have trusted the fact that you all realize the benefit of doing sketches and writing before you get to the computer!

So if you haven't been keeping up, now's the time to get cracking and display all those wonderful written stories, story boards for both your 10 second and 30 second projects.

Schedule changes for the current project!

Hello Class,

You be excited to know that I have decided to move the deadline for the current project to April 15th. However, that will include your 10 second banner advertisement as well that has been briefly mentioned in class. This web banner will substitute your "interactive" piece for your current web site.

Design Brief

Project #2a + 2b
Animated Web Site Introduction and Flash Interactive Element

The Objectives
• To gather and utilize research
• To study the different methods of creating web ads & content
• To identify how people react to targeted online content 
• To explore narratives + story telling

Project #2a
Create an animated 30 second web site introduction using Adobe Flash that is based on the web site created in project #1 appropriate to the target market/audience. 

The Process:
First, determine the purpose of the introduction and then who the target market is. Create storyboards that demonstrate how the introduction progresses through time. The introduction must adhere/relate to the initial design set in project #1.

The Format:
The 30 second introduction must be submitted in both swf and original fla formats. The introduction must be 640 x 480 pixels and the final swf file must be under 65k in file size to be bandwidth friendly or a loader must be built to let viewers know approximate download times.

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Project #2b
Create an Adobe Flash element for the web site created in project #1 appropriate to the target market/audience. The element must be approved by the instructor prior to beginning any work.

The Process:
First, determine the purpose of the element and then who the target market is. Create storyboards/sketches that demonstrate how the element progresses through time or how users will interact with it. The element must adhere to the initial brand/standards set in project #1.

The Format:
This will be entirely up to you. If the element isn't bandwidth friendly a loader must be built to let viewers know approximate download times.

Production Schedule:
Fri 2.27 - OP 1224
review  project #2

Fri 3.6
no class

Fri 4.3 - OP 1224
flash intro + element due
class critique

Homework for 1.30

Hello Class,

I want you to do the following for Monday.

• Read chapters #3 & #5 in "Don't Make Me Think"
• Come up with 5 different sketches for the sub pages of your web site (if you did a simple splash page that will then lead us into the web site sketch what we will see once we get to the main area of the site. if your splash page is the home page where all the navigation and intro information is displayed, sketch how each page will vary so users can visually understand the page changed without reading.) then scan them and post them to your blog.
• Reformat the following HTML code in Dreamweaver. You should change the text, put in your own images or backgrounds, change the font size (we haven't done this yet, see if you can figure it out), etc. Experiment, the more you work with the HTML and CSS the better you'll get at it. This won't be graded for design but for completion. 

Homework for 1.26

Hello Class,

I want you to do the following for Monday.

• Read chapters #1 & #2 in "Don't Make Me Think"
• Come up with 5 different sketches/concepts for the splash page of your web site (I'm mean different, really different, not just the same elements moved from one corner to another) then scan them and post them to your blog.
• Follow along with the video tutorial on creating web sites with HTML and CSS embedded below. Use the program "TextEdit" located in the Applications folder on the hard drive to create the html shown in the tutorial.

REMIX: Design Brief

Project #1 Corporate Web Site

The Project
Create a web site - one main page and three sub pages - using HTML and PHP/MySQL for an existing company or organization that you feel strongly about or find interesting, you will be working on projects for this company/organization all semester. In addition, you will be creating a blog at Blogger.com to practice CSS and post your process.

The Objectives
• To gather and utilize research
• To study the different methods of creating web sites
• To understand how differing browsers can affect web design
• To identify how people react to online content
• To explore unity and variety in web design

Assignments for Wednesday 1.21

Read chapter 6 of Steve Krug's "Don't Make Me Think" available HERE if your book hasn't arrived.

You will also need to develop a site map for your web site (the more the better) for Wednesday. We will go over sitemaps today in class.

Due for Wednesday

Don't forget to post three companies you would like to design a web site for this semester and a short paragraph about each for class on Wednesday (1.14.09).