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The following list provides the content for Semester 2: Weeks 7 - 12 of Digital Literacy as taught by the Electronic Arts section in the School of Art, Otago Polytechnic

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Semester 1: Weeks 1 - 6
Semester 1: Weeks 7 - 12
Semester 2: Weeks 1 - 6
Semester 2: Weeks 7 - 12

Philosophy of weeks 7 - 12. These weeks will introduce students to working within a culture of remix. Firstly you will work with photoshop to manipulate found images both aesthetically and conceptually. You will then work with digital illustration tools: paths, bitmaps, vectors. We will then move into the spaces of digital materials, experimenting with projector sand screens. In groups you will establish 5 screening spaces for final presentation (eg) a projector mounted on a ceiling pointed at the floor, a screen in a corner, a monitor in a corridor. We will introduce you to the methodologies and tools of open source software and give you time to develop a short work to be installed in one of the screening spaces. THis is worth 45% of your semester's work.

ASSIGNMENTS SEMESTER TWO

Assignment C. Rock and Roll

In week 6 submit your final loop with sound design to an online video site, and link to your blog. 45% of final grade.

Assignment D. Remix

By week 12 install your work in one of the 5 screening spaces. 45% of final grade.

Workbook

10% of final grade. Either a digital or hardcopy workbook - maybe continue your blog...or return to paper. The workbook must document the conceptual and technical development for each week and distinct documentation of each assignment.

Week Seven

Lecturer week 7-8 Rachel Gillies Rachel Gillies

Lecture: Remix Brief (Rachel)

Workshop: Photoshop 1 (Kieran)

• selection tools
  
• blending tips and tricks
  

In this session you will work with stock images and shown how to use different tools to select areas in an image. Once selected, you will learn how to edit or change those areas, blending them together.
Homework: Research and Gathering

• choose an artist whose work you admire and who outputs in a 2D format – research at least two of their works and scan them before the following week’s classes
• consider how you can change one of the artist’s works by adding an image(s) of your own
• consider how you can change the work by adding/removing text
• draw/sketch (in whatever medium suits you) a plan of how you would subvert your chosen image
• take digital photographs or scan something of your own (i.e. it must be your own work!) that you want to add to the image

NB All research, idea brainstorming including choices made, should be recorded in your workbook for assessment purposes.

Week Eight

Lecture: Digital Manipulations (Rachel)

Workshop: Photoshop 2 (Kieran)

• colour corrections

You will work in this workshop selecting and cutting together parts of your photographs with your scanned image and be shown some extra skills in Photoshop. This workshop will largely be spent working on your own images with Photoshop support.
You should bring: (homework from last week)

• a scanned image from your chosen artist
• your own (digital) photographs to add to the image

Homework: Remix Image – finish up

• You should continue to work on your remix image from the second Photoshop workshop until it is suitable for presentation.
• write an analysis of your process, what you learnt and your final outcome.

NB All research and choices made, including your final resolution should be recorded in your workbook for assessment purposes.

Week Nine - InDesign/ Illustrator

Lecturer week 9 Kieran Smith/ Rodney Browne Introduction to Desktop publishing

Week Ten - The Art of Presentation/ installation and export to DVD

Lecturer week 10 Rodney Browne

The Art of Presentation | Week ten will look at some of the methods and technologies that Digital Art utilises for best practice in an exhibition situation. Practical sessions will be a continuation of weeks 7 and 8, and a look at some of the equipment discussed in this week's lecture. By the end of this week students will understand how to set up:

• data projectors
• screens
• audio equipment
• DVD players
• computers

In this week students will establish 5 installation 'environments' around the school and learn how to export their moving image / still images to DVD.

Week Eleven - FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software)

Lecturer for week 11 to be announced (LB)

FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software) | This week will introduce you to some alternative software platforms that enable you to work with FREE SOFTWARE to achieve all of the tasks already covered throughout this paper. Practical sessions will remain self-directed completing your Presentation Assignment. By the end of this week participant will have an understanding of:

• the term FLOSS
• alternative software packages such as Gimp, Open Office, Scribus, Blender, Google Apps - (not strictly FLOSS, but free)

Tutorial: space to make final installation.

Week Twelve - Finish up

All lecturers present
Present your work in one of the five installation spaces.

Finish Up | Students will present their finished Presentations to the rest of this class and lecturers in this last week. All work should be ready for assessment by then end of this class.