Final assignment drop-off

Hello Time-based 2,

You can drop your final assignments off to Tom Wilcox in rm JS219  anytime BEFORE 10 am on Tuesday April 14. He will make a drop box for the class that you can put your assignments into if he is not around.

Please make sure to put your DVDs (and any outstanding print documents) in an envelope and to label BOTH the DVD AND the envelope with the following information:

YSDN 3013 (s) Time-based 2 Communications 2
Instructor: Mary Daniel
Your Name
The date.

NOTE that unless you have arranged otherwise with me, I am expecting 2 DVDs for Project 2
- 1 containing a Quicktime data file of the project
- 1 containing the authored DVD (playable in a DVD player).

PLEASE MAKE AND KEEP A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR PROJECT.
PLEASE ALSO POST YOUR FINISHED PROJECTS ON YOUR BLOG BY THE END OF THE DAY ON TUES APRIL 14.

Thanks for your participation in the course, and for making it an interesting one to teach. I will forward you comments and grades within a week of receiving your final projects.

Mary

Last class

Looking forward to seeing your Project 2 pieces next class.

Week 11 reminders

I’m looking forward to seeing what you’ve been up to this past week.

A reminder that, unless you have arranged with me otherwise, I am expecting everyone to present a rough cut of your Project 2 in-progress next class. For those of you doing Option C of the Research Project, please also have a sample of your tests & trials, accompanied by a brief description of your aims, process, and learning, posted to the blog.

Revised Project 2 deadlines.

Week 10 – Mar 20 Research Project due: options A & B.
Desk crits: work on Project 2 and/or Option C Research Project.
Review Research Projects

Week 11 – Mar 27 Research assignments due: option C.
Project 2 rough cuts due for presentation and peer feedback.
Lect/demo: finishing for exhibition/ distribution.

Week 12 – Apr 3 (Last class) Crit: Project 2 final cuts, including sound, text, et al.
Work on DVD interface and additional elements.
Complete Design Journals.

Fri April 10: FINAL Deadline to hand in revised and polished version of Project 2, on dvd.
Design Journals evaluated.

one vs several fascinations

Hello Time-based 2,

On closer review of your project 2 proposals, I have decided to simplify and allow students who want to concentrate on ‘communicating the drama or poetry’ of one fascination only (instead of 3 or more) to do so.

Please bear in mind, however, that I am still challenging you to make a work that has a certain thematic or dramatic resonance, and asking you to avoid concentrating on technique at the expense of meaningful communication. If you find yourself struggling to turn your idea into something more than an exercise in technique, you are more than welcome return to the idea of threes for inspiration. Likewise, if you have had brilliant (simple, elegant) ideas as a result of trying to integrate three or more fascinations, please do keep them.

For Week 9

A reminder to all that I am expecting you to have a hard copy of your Project 2 Proposal ready for the start of this week’s class. The proposal should include a storyboard or thumbnail sketches as appropriate. See ‘Project 2: proposal guidelines’ for details. If you can post an initial version to your blog Thursday night I can be better prepared to offer feedback and suggestions in class time.

I am also expecting Research Proposals from students planning to do Option C of the Reseach Project. You can treat this as one element of your Project 2 proposal if you wish.

I plan to reserve at least an hour of next class for independent project work. Please come prepared to work on Project 2 or your Research Project (if related to Project 2).

Note that, unless we have agreed otherwise, this coming Friday is the last date to post your Technical Exercise 2 for evaluation.

Please see your email inbox for customized reminders and expectations.

Looking forward to your ideas.

Journal Exercise 4: describe the light

Observe and describe the light falling onto a particular object, or on the objects of a particular space. Try to 1) describe it in 200 words or less. 2) describe it in only one sentence.

Bear in mind all its characteristics: direction, colour, specularity (hard/soft?) and intensity, including contrast, fall-off.

Notice the source of the light. What it is about the source (distance? size?) that makes the light look like it does?

For week 7 (Feb 27)

Hello Time-Base 2

Hope this finds you well, and rested (?).

Some reminders/clarifications for next week.

Project 1

Group A (Akbar, Erika, Trung)
I am expecting you to have a fine cut of Project 1 to present to class for critique. You will have until the following week to tweak and complete the project to DVD and hand in for final evaluation.

Group B (Aaron, Jiyeon)
I am expecting you to have shot some footage for Project 1 that we can watch and discuss in class. You will have until the following week to complete the project and present to class for critique.

Group C (Jason, Duk)
I am hoping you will have had a chance to think about the different options I have suggested so that we can discuss and settle on a schedule for your remaining project work this term.

Other Assignments

If you have completed Exercise 2 (sound edit), please post it on your blog. Although technically not due until March 19, you the sooner you get it out of the way the better (the sooner I can give you your grade for it, and the more time you’ll have to devote to the technical research assignment also due on that date).

Please also try to review the brief for Project 2, and bring in three questions/things you would like clarified about it for next class. If you have had time to think about it already, feel free to bring in any initial ideas you’ve had, so that we can discuss these during class (time permitting). For those of you who didn’t pick up a hard copy last class, I’ve posted it as a page on the class blog (www.timebase2.wordpress.com).

Thanks,

mary

clarifications

Hello Time Based 2,

1) Re Technical Exercise 2:
To clarify: I am expecting you to be prepared to start working on Technical Exercise 2 by next class, but it is now not due to be presented until the end of next week’s class. As many of you seemed to want and need more instruction in sync audio editing techniques in Final Cut Pro, I have revised the schedule to accommodate some extra time for work on it. Students can now choose to work on it in pairs or on their own, whichever works best for them. I will leave students the option of revising and re-submitting either of the two technical exercises for re-evaluation by the week following the last day of York fall-term classes.

2) Re Creative Project 1
I plan to stick, as a rule, to the original schedule and deadlines for Creative Projects 1 & 2. However, I encourage students with outstanding fall term York coursework to speak with me about arranging an alternative project schedule & set of deadlines if they anticipate being overwhelmed. ie I will accept ‘overwhelmed with York + Sheridan coursework’ as a valid reason for issuing extensions, provided we work out ahead of time a schedule you will then agree to adhere to. If you are in this situation, please plan to speak with me next class. I will then expect you to follow up with a more formal request by email.

In light of this, I encourage students who anticipate needing an alternative project schedule to find a student in a similar situation to work with on Creative Project 1. If this proves impossible, let me know.

I have posted an updated course schedule on the class blog. I am aware of the potential for confusions with all these changes, and encourage you to email me for clarifications if you need.

Thanks for your patience and understanding,

Mary

Mary Daniel
Course Director, YSDN 3013

Week 4-5 reminders

Hello Time Base 2

For Friday Feb 6 class, in order of priority:

1) Decide on a partner/group to work with. As a group:

i) select the text fragments you will use as sources of inspiration
ii) discuss ideas for pieces
iii) decide how you will go about working together
iv) write up a project proposal: see the ‘Proj 1 – proposal guidelines’ page (or handout) for details.

Post the proposal on your blogs, and bring a hard copy to class. I strongly recommend you keep your proposal short and simple. I am not looking for literary works of art–just a clear picture of what you plan to make.

2) Collect some sounds to work with for Technical Exercise 2, and have these ready to work with in class. I have set aside some of next class to review technical issues related to audio file formats and editing sound in Final Cut.

3) Review at least pp 37-49 of “Audio Fundamentals” and pp 30-44 of “Visual Language”. You can read on if you want, but that’s good enough for now. Make a note of any sections of “Audio Fundamentals” that you don’t understand, and bring your confusions (in the form of questions) to class.