New Final Time!!!!!!!!!!

All,
Our final time was changed to May 23, 2012 from 9:00am-11:00am. Please make a note of it. Also, please let me know if after this change you still have a conflict.

Extra Credit: Two Options

Extra Credit: Choose a screening option from the list below and blog about the film of your choice. When blogging about the film consider what interests you about the film? Why is it or isn't it a success. What were some of the filmmaker's stylistic choices in terms of shot types, editing?

-Choose a film that is screening next week at Hunter (see FM website)
-MOMA Film Screening- see the MOMA website for lists of screenings
-Arrange a screening with the New York Public Library

                        or
Interview someone that you consider a role model in the field that you are interested in pursuing.

Grades

For those of you that want to get your grades from the previous assignments please see me either during office hours on Monday 4-5 in room 515 or let's chat at the start of class next Monday. I had them with me yesterday but I didn't get a chance to go over them with you.

HTML Haiku Project

For next class please make sure that you have the template for the webpage completed as much as possible. We didn't get into CSS yesterday but you should have the majority of your HTML (content) laid on the page. By next lab you should have:

-built your two folders html and assets folders
-created four pages in text wrangler index, page 1, 2, 3
-placed page 1, 2, 3 in the html folder
-placed your images in the assets folder

• entered your haiku on the index page
• entered the individual lines from your haiku on each page
• inserted your pictures and resized (either by hand or in photoshop)
• altered the background color
• changed font (if you choose) 
• created hyper links on your index page
• change font size/color

Please make use of the HTML Introduction sheet, a lot of the coding to do these things can be found there if you get stuck.

***For those of you wanting to keep the same format for your page as Prof. Lucas you will need  drag his template into text wrangler and work from there. Copying the code (we did for some of you) will give you a white unformatted background. Thanks Kevin! 

For those of you more advanced:

•  consider changing the banner
• changing the borders, divs 

There are couple of you that have border/div questions I promise to get back to you in the next couple of days, you will hear from me by Thursday sometime.

One final note: Patience, Patience, Patience. If you are having an issue with code keep reworking it often times we make small syntax errors. If you need to, walk away for a few minutes to reset your eyes.

Open Lab Hours Assistance May 5, 2012

I will be in HN 432 providing assistance from 11:00am-1:00pm on May 5, 2012. I urge everyone to utilize the open lab time for your projects or spend time working from home. The open lab hours are posted on the door and on the white board in the classroom. If you are interested in the extra support please rsvp with me to attend the session on May 5th by May 3, 2012. You will need significant time outside of lab to work on your projects. Please keep this in mind as we approach our last few lab sessions.

Career Panel May 7th

On May 7th in Section 052 there will be a Career Day Workshop panel featuring, Music Video Director Devin Hampton, Video Editor /Colorist, TJ Seiler, and Filmmaker Iva Rad from the Integrated Media Arts Program at Hunter.  On May 7th we will have lab time for the first hour and the second hour we will hear from our film and video makers. More information about our presenters will be forthcoming. Students from Sections 051 are of course invited to come please let me know if you are interested in attending.

Website I Like

For this guided blog assignment choose a website you like describe what you like about it in terms of functionality and design. Also, give suggestions on how you might also improve it.  This assignment is due by Sunday April 29, 2012 at 6:00pm.

Haiku Assignment

Professor Lucas has posted the description of the assignment on blackboard please carefully read the assignment if you have not already done so. Also, please view his sample and the template for the assignment.  Be sure to download Text Wrangler to your home computer so you can work at home. Practice entering the code that we used in our exercise yesterday and if you feel comfortable start plugging in info in the template that Professor Lucas provided. We will finish our short lab exercise from yesterday and will begin  getting more in depth and utilizing the template for the assignment. Below you will find the newly added assignments to blackboard, however the following are just images and you need to actually sign into blackboard to to access the links.                     Template for Hyper Haiku Assignment                      160HaikuTemplate.zip (305.416 Kb)                      This zip file contains all of the files you'll need to get started on the Hyper Haiku Assignment HYPER-HAIKU ASSIGNMENT HyperHaikuSP12.pdf (135.658 Kb)  Here are the parameters of the assignment.  The actual working files are separate. Prof Lucas Haiku Example THE URL for this Haiku Site is http://fmfaculty.hunter.cuny.edu/~martyl/HAIKU-ML160FA11/html/index.html

Museum of Moving Image Trip Tomorrow

All,

Please arrive by 10:15am tomorrow for the Museum of Moving Image tour.  The tour will start promptly at 10:30. Please bring cash for the discounted cost of admission.

http://www.movingimage.us/

"Made in NY"- Networking Event Tonight

"Made in NY" - The Tribeca Connection

WHEN: Tuesday, April 17, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
WHERE: Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street at Laight Street
RSVP: RSVPMedia@media.nyc.gov Join the NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and the Tribeca Film Festival at the "Made in NY" Tribeca Connection. High School and College students are invited to join young NYC filmmakers and production industry professionals at a networking event celebrating the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.

The young NYC filmmakers and production industry professionals include: 

Annie Sundberg, Knuckleball 

Jenny Carchman, One Nation Under Dog 

Macdara Valelly, Baby Girl 

Matthew Bonifacio, Migraine 

Zoe Salicrup Junco, Gabi 

Stephen Maing, High Tech Low Life 

College or High School ID and RSVP required to gain entrance. Admittance is based on a first come-first-served RSVP. If you are RSVP'ing for yourself and a guest, please include the guest's name. Light Refreshments will be served.

   

Mid-Term Concepts

Folks, here are a list of concepts that you should be familiar with for the mid-term. They also will be available on blackboard shortly. 

Can you make these pictures the same?

The last picture is the original image can make others like the original one?

Mid-Term Date Moved

This is a reminder that the Mid-Term has been moved to March 28, 2012.

Design I Like Blog Assignment

New Eyes Blog Assignment- Update

Please post your blog url page with the  assignment to the comments section of the assignment post. (Thanks Brian for starting that!) The images I have seen so far are great! Great job!

Quiz Tomorrow

This is a reminder that there is a quiz tomorrow in lecture. Be sure to arrive to lecture on time. Good Luck.

Guided Blog Assignment #2- New Eyes

We all have a routine that we follow, a certain route that we take home everyday, or the same alternate route. Often times we get used to the environment and the atmosphere, we see the same stores, houses, street lights, lamp posts. For this assignment I want you take a picture of something that you encounter on a daily basis and imagine it as you never experienced it before. Observe the richness of the space and its details,  for i.e..the tiny cracks on the side of a building, the light that flickers, the reflection of the sun on a window.... Experience the space with new eyes. Consider different angles, CU's, LS, to change the monotony of your experience of this space. You can use your phone to take this picture, if you don't have a phone with a camera, look for an image online of the area/space, or write a paragraph about the re-imagined space.

****Please provide the link to your blog post to this assignment. Please be sure to respond to atleast one  post.

This assignment is due March 4, 2012 Midnight. (Sun. AM)

Resources

Syllabus: http://digitalmediamakers.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/syllabus_lecture.pdf
The Writing Center: http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu//

Student Blogs 052- Mon. 5:10-7:00

Philipp Stuvecke http://philippmedia151.blogspot.com/
Mimi Packer http://mimimedia150.blogspot.com
Ian Salgado http://iananton.blogspot.com/
Andrea Rivers http://ariverscriticallens.blogspot.com/
Catherine Federlin http://federlinkate.blogspot.com
Jan Benjamin http://jansmediablog.blogspot.com/
Kimberly Trier http://ondaroadagainandagain.blogspot.com/
Alan Klassen http://alanklassen.blogspot.com/
Kasey Burgess http://KaseyBurgess.blogspot.com/

Student Blogs Section 051- Mon. 7:10-9:00

Theresa Gjenasaj   http://theresalynn-media.blogspot.com
Brian Tsai             http://briantsai87.blogspot.com/
Ryan Devaney    http://ryandevaney7.blogspot.com
Bryan Powers     http://bpowersproductions.blogspot.com/
Nicole Schroeder http://nikkischroeder.blogspot.com/
Daniel Kimsey      http://terrifyingrobotvoicefromnowhere.blogspot.com/
Regina Nuzbrokh http://raskazivai.blogspot.com/

Lab Schedule

Lab 1A/B: (Monday labs meet Jan 30* ; Thursday labs meet Feb 2; Saturday labs meet Jan 28* AND Feb 4) Intro to Lab, Student Accounts & Folders. Introduce and discuss artist statement assignment.

 Lab 2: (Monday labs meet Feb 6*; Thursday labs meet Feb 9; Saturday labs meet Feb 11)

Share artist statements. Set up blogs and uploading artists statements. Ethics exercise.  

DUE IN LAB:  Blog One: Artist Statement

 Lab 3: (Monday labs meet Tuesday Feb 21 ; Thursday labs meet Feb 16; Saturday labs meet Feb 18.)

Shooting stills

Lab 4: (Monday labs meet Feb 27 ;  Thursday labs meet Feb 23; Saturday labs meet Feb 25.)

Critique stills (based on composition and technique)

Lab 5: (Monday labs meet Mar5 ; Thursday labs meet Mar 1; Saturday labs meet Mar 3.)

Intro to Photoshop, import photos, upload to blog.

DUE IN LAB:  Still Photo Assignment

Lab 6: (Monday labs meet Mar 12 ; Thursday labs meet Mar 8; Saturday labs meet Mar 10.)

Mr. Potatohead exercise. Start postage stamp / info graphic assignment.

Lab 7: (Monday labs meet Mar 19; Thursday labs meet Mar 15; Saturday labs meet Mar 17.)

Working on assignment.

DUE IN LAB: Blog Two: “What I See”

Lab 8: (Monday labs meet Mar 26; Thursday labs meet Mar 22; Saturday labs meet Mar 24.)

Finish Photoshop assignment and review in class.

DUE IN LAB: Photoshop Assignment

Lab 9: (Monday labs meet Apr 2; Thursday labs meet Mar 29; Saturday labs meet Mar 31.)

Begin working on Camera Exercise

 Lab 10: (Monday labs meet Apr 16; Thursday labs meet Apr 5; Saturday labs meet Apr 21**.)

Finish Camera Exercise.

DUE IN LAB: BLOG 3: A Visit to the Museum of the Moving Image

Lab 11: (Monday labs meet Apr 23; Thursday labs meet Apr 19; Saturday labs meet Apr 21**.)

Begin working on Haiku Assignment

Lab 12: (Monday labs meet Apr 30; Thursday labs meet Apr 26; Saturday labs meet April 28.)

HTML EXERCISE & continue working on Haiku.

Lab 13: (Monday labs meet May 7; Thursday labs meet May 3; Saturday labs meet May 5.)

Lab 14:(Monday labs meet May 14; Thursday labs meet May 10; Saturday labs meet May 12.)

Review for final and complete projects.

DUE IN LAB: Haiku Assignment. Blog 4 “Reflections on Class”

No Film Festival

http://www.nofilmfestival.org/Home.html

One: On April 6, 2012 NFFF will give filmmakers a synopsis of a classic american film!

Two: A genre will then be randomly selected by each team!

Three: Filmmakers are given one week to remake, readapt or whatever a seven to fifteen minute digital movie with your pals!

Four: The final product will be judged by industry professionals & some other guys!

Five: The best films will be shown on the largest screen in Vermont!

Six: Winners get bragging rights & prizes!

Reminders for Week of February 20-24

I hope you are enjoying your long weekend!  Please remember to bring your flash drives on Tuesday and if you haven't already done so please add your blog url to the google doc. I don't see many names in the document. It's important that you share your work and comment on posts. Also, remember to check blackboard daily for course information and slides.

See you Tuesday!

Vimeo Film Festival

Like a cheetah on roller skates, the Vimeo Festival + Awards are fast approaching, and we don’t want you to miss a thing — especially your chance to submit! The Festival + Awards celebrate the best original videos online, and we’re handing out $5,000 grants to category winners, plus a $25,000 grand prize. Here’s what you need to know right now:

These new judges will blow your mind We’re flipping out over our newly announced Festival + Awards judges, including James Franco, Aziz Ansari, 2012 Oscar Nominee Lucy Walker, and Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood. We’ll be unveiling this year’s host soon! See all the judges.

Meet the Judges

There's just one week left to submit The deadline to submit your videos to the Festival + Awards is February 20, which means it’s (almost) your last chance to show us your best work in one or more of 13 categories. There are categories for everyone, and you don’t have to be a professional filmmaker to show us your stuff.Submit your videos now.

Submit Now

Celebrate with us in New York City This year’s Vimeo Festival + Awards are happening in our hometown of NYC from June 7-9, and you can be there with us for all the glitz and pixels. Tickets will be available soon — we’ll let you know. In the meantime, see what happened last year.

Watch

     

Guided Blog Assignment 1 For Lab: Image that Resonates...due Feb. 20, 2012

Post an image, a still photograph or video that resonates with you. It could be the last shot of your favorite movie or a photo that you are drawn to. When you post the image briefly discuss why you like the image, what draws you to the image, and the type of emotional response it evokes from you. 


Below is a picture taken by Gordon Parks that reminds me of a sociological research study done in the 40's that observed African American children's response to White and Black dolls. Most children identified the White doll as good, happy, peaceful.  While the Black doll was considered mean, sad, and bad.This same study was done about five years ago and produced the same response.


 I find this image striking; loaded with content and beauty.

picture taken by Gordon Parks

Don't worry folks your pictures or videos don't have to be socially charged, this just happens to be something that resonated with me that I thought I would share. Gordon Parks was the epitome of multi-media artist. He was a writer, photographer, filmmaker, musician, and activist.

Welcome!

Hello All,
 Welcome to the Blog for Media/Film 150! You will find course materials, assignments, announcements and discussions. Here we will continue ideas that are discussed in class and in lecture. However, this will also be a space to share new ideas and perspectives. Please respect the views and opinions of your classmates just as you would in class.