Assignment
Electronic Media and Culture, November 20

Final Project (due Monday, December 18)

Now that we have surveyed many of the tools and concepts critical to the creation and interpretation of electronic media, it is up to you to determine your final project. As a result of class consensus, I am leaving the project wide open, but here are some basic guidelines and objectives:

• first develop an idea that will allow you to investigate processes, tools, concepts that interest you as a result of your study of electronic media and culture
• then determine the software tools you will use from among the applications we have covered in class: imaging in Photoshop and Quark, media integration in Flash or Dreamweaver, hypertexts in Dreamweaver, etc.
• the project can take the form of a printed piece created in Quark; a screen-based image produced in Photoshop; an animation or time-based work in Flash; or a web-based project created in Dreamweaver.
• you may also come up with a project idea that extends these tools into live performance, installation, etc. (keep in mind the project must be presented on the last day of class)
• by the end of class today, e-mail me a brief summary of your project, I will be on hand to discuss your ideas
• for next week (Nov. 27), I would like to see a storyboard of your project if you plan on creating a site, animation, or other time-based work, a rough sketch will suffice if you plan on working on a "static" visual project.
• the weeks of Nov 27, Dec. 4, 11 will be devoted to working on final projects
• if you plan on using techniques not covered in class, go over with me to insure you do not take on something you can't complete
• final projects are due on Dec. 18th and we will spend the class presenting and critiquing
• there will be no late projects because I will be turning in my grades the next day and flying off to Jamaica on the 20th...