Forum: laying out the possibilities

[benmiller314]

As you now know, throughout the semester, I will periodically ask you to develop proposals for a collaborative final project that will allow you to integrate – and extend – what you’ve learned about composing digital media. This is the second of those proposals; you can directly reference an idea from the last one, or start fresh. The question is almost the same:

What further possibilities of image, or graphic design, might you want to explore in connection with other people and/or other media?

There is no minimum length.

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[TBrusilovsky]

I'm not really sure about this, after all we haven't even finished this current project yet. However, something like a multi part narrative where you have the audio story and then static images to go with it could be pretty interesting.

[by-lynn-priestley]

I think it could be interesting to use Photoshop to create a short comic, utilizing the layer grouping to separate the work for individual panels. Stylistically, this could be done with digital drawings for the assets, or by adding effects that make real images look sketched.

[hua-tori]

This is a tough one, but I am thinking maybe a sort of "mini story book" in which each person in the group creates a graphic design element using GIMP or Photoshop, and creates a short audio story that tells the narrative of that team member's specific story book page that is part of the overarching project that comes together into one mini audio-picturebook...

Does this make sense at all?? I feel like it sounds kinda crazy written out...

[benmiller314]

It's a lot for each person to do a whole multimodal page (this is like a 2 week unit), but maybe if each person does one of those things, so each page is also a collaboration...?

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This is a tough one, but I am thinking maybe a sort of "mini story book" in which each person in the group creates a graphic design element using GIMP or Photoshop, and creates a short audio story that tells the narrative of that team member's specific story book page that is part of the overarching project that comes together into one mini audio-picturebook...

Does this make sense at all?? I feel like it sounds kinda crazy written out...

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[kle39]

A further possibility I think could be explored would be different interpretations of words and images. Students could be provided with a word phrase (such as, "This is my happy place") and will find an image they feel directly depicts their interpretation and thoughts associated with the phrase and further edit the image through GIMP or Photoshop. This part would be individual and then turned into a group assignment. The group component could be the students displaying their pieces and combining their individual pieces into one larger piece, to find similarities and differences and create a piece together.

Side note -- this would have to be grouped into students who use GIMP or Photoshop.

[jackie216]

Similar to what a lot of people are saying above, I think combining a static visual image with an audio narrative that goes along with that one image to create a "page" in a larger story or maybe to just tell a singular story or idea would definitely be in scope for a collaborative project.

[rmanyeka]

I'm thinking of doing a collaborative gimp or photoshop project by incorporating something that represents the group members on one cohesive canvas

[young1m030]

Going off of other ideas about compiling a collective story from each of our own visual contributions, maybe we could make it in the form of a zine — very expressive, how ever loosely interconnected we see fit. Zines really play on the idea of physical layers, as in scrapbook kind of cutting and pasting, and though we would work with 2D layers on Gimp/PS, it would be a neat similarity.

[gregsexauer]

I think maybe an aspect of animation/.gifs might be an interesting way to go? Currently I have very little knowledge of animation, or how to make them. Even something simple like scrolling text across a screen could be an interesting element to an otherwise still-image

[aer84]

For my final project, I'd be interested in testing out another platform within Adobe Creative Cloud. I've had a little background using Premiere and Photoshop but I'd really like to continue developing these visual skills. I also like Greg's idea of learning how to use animation and maybe connecting them with visual story telling in the way of a film.

[Gley21]

I really like this animation idea that a lot of people are talking about it exploring. It definitely wouldn't be easy but working in a group and collaborating to pull something like this off could be really cool!

[cmgo412]

This would be an incredibly ambitious project, but combining graphic design in Photoshop or even After Effects with sound and video could be really interesting. Because sound design is already included in film, I was thinking that I could either create an animation, a music video (that has animated layers/drawings on top of the video), or a short film for future projects.

[boredhero]

I would enjoy doing some light game design, although that's a different level of difficulty. Maybe a VN/click based game in RenPy or the like, or something pixel-arty in RPG Maker.