Week 16

Week 16 – Topics

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Final Project presentations: You must attend the final day of class and present your final project in order to receive a grade.

*All your work, including your storyboard for your final project, must be posted or uploaded by the day our class meets. This is considered the last day of class and I cannot accept any late work. No exceptions.

Final Project – Due Week 16

For the final project I’d like you to focus on representing one or two genres in the design of your project. You must incorporate type in your project. Remember the genres we’ve discussed in class:

Fluid
Organic
Vector
Hand-drawn
Collage
Film
Kinetic typography
Information design

You have 2 choices for a Final Project. You must incorporate type in your project. Please choose ONE of the following:

1. Personal Expression
Create a motion graphics sequence representing a dream or poem.
Footage can include video, still photographs, titles, sound files, graphics and/or illustrations.

– OR –

2. Food Rules
Create a motion graphics sequence representing one or more of Michael Pollan’s rules from his “Food Rules” book.
Create visual identity and motion that helps define the message(s). This theme is based on Santa Monica College’s Global Citizenship Council theme for 2010-2011.

Resources: Food Rules: Your Dietary Dos and Don’ts

Examples
#11 Avoid foods you see advertised on television.
#19 If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.
#25 Eat your colors.
#36 Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk.
#39 Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself
#58 Do all your eating at a table.
#6o Treat treats as treats.

Specifications: