SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE BY WEEK:

PLEASE NOTE: This schedule is subject to change. The most up-to-date schedule will always be posted on blackboard and the class website.

The Synthetic Image

Week 1:

Aug. 25:
Introduction

In-class activity, On-Campus Field Trip

Homework:  

See SYNTHETIC IMAGE PAGE for details
Watch Lynda.com videos Take good notes!

Sept. 1:
Week 2:
NO CLASS. LABOR DAY. 

Sept. 8:
Week 3:

Workshop: Library (2 pm)

Demo: Photoshop

In Class Activity:  Digi-Exquisite Corpse with the Server

Reading Due: Faking It: 150 Years of Visual Manipulation Before Photoshop, Maria Popov.

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/10/23/faking-it-met/

Homework:

• Read: Allen Sekula,The Body and The Archive
• Review Lynda.com videos, and begin working on your project. Next week we will have in-progress meetings where you will show me what you did, how you are doing it, and what you want to do in the next two weeks. Remember to save your file often, and back it up. Your final image must contain elements from at least three sources: 1) digital image from a physical book/object that you made, 2) an image from a digital database, and 3) an image from your personal archive.

Sept 15:
Week 4:

Reading Due: Allen Sekula,The Body and The Archive

Lecture: Artists and Photographic Composites
Studio Day: One-on-one/group meetings. You will share in progress work, and have some time to work in class.

• Homework: Prepare your project for critique. Please consult the "Synthetic Image" for all details. Your final project must include a flattened .jpg, as well as a .psd with all layers and actions in tact. 

Sept 22:
Week 5

Critiques: Assignment 1: The Synthetic Image

• Homework: 
• READ: William Burroughs, “The Cut Up Method”.
• EXPLORE: Elisa Kreisinger, popculturepirate.com 
• ASSIGNMENT: PAPER EDIT FOR MOVING SOUND AND IMAGE.  Details on the Cut-Up/ Mas-UP page. 

The Cut-Up/Mash-Up

Sept. 29
Week 6 

Readings Due: 
Elisa Kreisinger, popculturepirate.com

William Burroughs, “The Cut Up Method”

Homework Assignment Due:
Paper Edit for Moving Sound and Image

Demo: Adobe Premiere

Lecture: Collage, Montage, and Politics

Oct. 6

Week 7

Reading Due: Hannah Hoch and Photomontage, Kristin Makholm

In class screening: Sonic Outlaws, 1995,by Craig Baldwin

Studio Day: One-on-one meetings

Oct: 13

Week 8

Studio Day: One-on-one meetings

Oct 20:

Week 9

Critiques: Assignment 2: The Mashup

Oct. 27:

Week 10

Critiques: Assignment 2: The Mashup
Camera Demos

Artist Presentations/  The Three Shot Movie
Nov 3:

Week 11 Artist Presentations
Workshopping Scripts
Homework: Write Scripts (see post for full details)

Reading Due: The Essence of Story, James Bonnett

Reading Due: The Long Take, Pier Paolo Pasolini

Nov 10: SPECIAL NOTE: CLASS MEETING FROM 5-9PM, LOCATION TBD
Week 12 
Intro to the single shot
Visiting Artist: K8 Hardy

Homework: Begin shooting!!!

Nov 17:
Week 13
Artist Presentations Continued...
Studio Day: Group Meetings/ In progress crits. Have footage ready to screen assembled into a rough cut. 

Nov. 24
THANKSGIVING BREAK: NO CLASS

Dec.1

Week 15 Critiques: Assignment 3: Three Shot Movie
Have all of your footage assembled into a cut of your movie. We will be screening them and giving in-progress critique towards your final NEXT WEEK. Your class is on Monday after Thanksgiving break, so be sure to make the best of your time if you are going away. 

Dec. 8

Week 16 FINAL FINAL Critiques: Assignment 3: Three Shot Movie. 
This is also your final due date for everything in this class!