Audacity Project Embedded

Uploading to Soundcloud

1) Export your audacity file as an .mp3 file. File>Export. Select MP3 as your format. Be sure to make note of where you saved your file.

2) Sign Up/Sign In to soundcloud.com.

3) Once you have signed in,  click "Upload" in the upper right hand corner.

4) Choose your .mp3 file to upload. (Remember where you saved it!)

5) Title, tag, and add a description to your file. Save.

6) Congrats, you're uploaded! CLICK "Go to your sound."

7) Click on the "Share" button below the waveform. 

8) Copy the "widget" code. 

9) Start a new post on your blog. Click on the HTML tab in your compose window. Paste the Widget code here. (This is the same process as embedding vimeo.)

10) Publish! CONGRATS.

Follow Up to Class October 29

Dear class: 

We covered a lot in class this week! You do have a project due, next week, at the start of class. Please refer to the assignment sheet I handed out in class. This is also posted to the blog, as well as on blackboard under "assignments."

Under "readings" in blackboard, you will find .PDFs of the handouts we covered in class, as well as some other items. There is the TASCAM Manual and the Audacity overview. 

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES, PLEASE EMAIL ME ASAP.

Some other reminders:

1) Be sure to make a reservation for the TASCAMs at the cage. Be sure to check them before you leave the cage (batteries, turns on and off, etc.). You will also need an SD card of your own to record your files onto. Make sure it is backed up, because you will likely need to format it. 

2) When Setting the setting on your TASCAM, go to: MENU> REC SETTINGS> WAV 24bit. This will ensure the highest quality audio recording.

3) In audacity, be sure to save often and frequently. As is always the case, save immediately, in your TRM 153 folder so you know where it is. Audacity does NOT autosave. Save often and frequently.

4) Once you finish your final edit, save a duplicate of your file under "FILENAME_mixdown.aup" This will collapse all of your tracks into one. Saving a duplicate file means that you can still go back and edit your original, which is important, while also having a saved version of your mix down. To do this, Select all (Command+A)> We will export to MP3 from this file at the beginning of class next week to upload and embed into our blogs. 

BEST OF LUCK WITH EVERYTHING THIS WEEK! And please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any issues. 

I also realized I forgot to hand you back your feedback for class. My apologies, I have a little page for each of you, and will give it to you in class next week. 

Best,

Jessica

SOUND/VOICE

VOICE/SOUND

CRITIQUE 3

Due: November 5, 2013

For next week, you must create a 3-4 minute audio piece to be presented in class on Tuesday November 5. In order to create this work, you will:

1. Create a library of 30 sounds and/or clips.

At least half must be originally recorded by you. Up to 15 clips may be appropriated.
Make a companion text document with the file name, description, and duration of each of these clips. Please note the appropriated clips. Title your clips like this: Lastname_00_description.mp3 (Example: Cage_34_drip.mp3)

2. Create a 3-4 minute audio work that responds to rhythm, narrative, or space. We will screen these in class.

Your audio work must include:

At least 15 of your 30 clips. No more than half of your clips may be appropriated. Bold all of the clips you used in your text document.
The work must include three distinct sections, chapters, or movements.

3. Create a folder with your final audio work, your text file, and library of 30 labeled sounds. Back up onto a thumb drive or hard drive. Please email this directly to your instructor, before the start of class. The file will likely be too big for regular email, so export it as a .zip file, and use wetransfer.com. Bring your computers, with your files to class next week.

SOUND/VOICE EXAMPLES

Rhythm
Steven Reich, Clapping Music

Narrative
Kathy High, Hospital Visit

Space
Quiet American, One minute vacations 
Ultrared, Transistors
Janet Cardiff, Walks (Louisiana, Alter Banhof)

Some Other Examples
John Cage, Radio Music, performed by ICE 
William S. Burroughs, Tape Cut Up and Calling All Reactive Agents
Stephen Vitiello, Tetrasomia

Ultra Red The Public Record: http://www.publicrec.org/directory.html
UBUWEB mp3 archive: http://www.ubu.com/sound/
((audience)): http://au.dience.org/

The Books, Take Time
Prefuse 73, Pagina Dos

Artist Presentations

TRM 153: Studio Concepts

Artist Presentations

Due November 12, 2013

Each member of class will be conducting independent research on a selected or assigned artist or filmmaker. You will present this research to the class on Tuesday November 12, 2013. Presentations should be between 7-10 minutes long. You may choose to write out your presentation or not, but you are required to turn in an outline and a bibliography at the time of your presentation. Please bring a hard copy for your instructor. For reference, it takes around 4-5 minutes to read one page of single spaced text at a slow pace. Be sure to practice.

Each presentation and outline must include:

1. Short biography of artist
2. Historical/social/political context of where and when your artist lived and made work
3. Major themes your artist addresses
4. The conceptual, technical, political, or other impact you think your artist had on their chosen media and/or society
5. An analysis of one work* or body of work* that you find reflects (3) and (4).

For photographic work: Choose 3-5 images from a series to analyze for the class.

For video/film/sound work: Select a 2-3 minute clip to view in class and analyze.

*These cannot be clips or images viewed in class.

Your bibliography must include at least 3 sources, cited MLA style:

1. A book OR academic article accessed via JSTOR (or similar)
2. Full Citation of the work you presented (this counts as one). Make sure to include the Title, date, and original media of the work. Also include where and how you accessed the work (DVD? Book? Slides? ArtStor? Ubuweb?).
3. Reputable Internet Sources (They count as one, but include all. Wikipedia does not count: any information you find here MUST be cited from a second, reputable source.)

Presenters and Artists

Sorenna	Andy Warhol (focus on time based media)
Sahan	Bill Viola
Lindsay	Vivian Maier
Eva	Vera Chytilova
Sarah	Dara Birnbaum
Anna	Carrie Mae Weems
Henry	John Cage
Matt	Francis Ford Coppola
Xizhe	Lars Von Trier
Erin	Nan Goldin

Vimeo Test Embed

hsieh from jessica posner on Vimeo.

Embedding Vimeo Videos Into Blogger

1. Export file from Adobe Premiere Pro to Vimeo Specs: H.264, choose appropriate Vimeo Preset

2. Sign Up: https://vimeo.com/ (You will only need to do this once. After this, you will just log in).

3. Upload your Video. Follow the prompts and wait. 

4. Once upload is complete, go into settings. Under "Privacy," make your video available to be embedded.

5. Once your video loads, click on the "share" icon in the upper right hand corner of your video.

6. This window will pop up. Select and copy (command + c) the "Embed" code. 

6. Begin a new post on blogger.

7. Select the "HTML" tab in the top left corner of the composer. Paste your code here.

8. Publish. CONGRATULATIONS!

Critique 2 Twist: Montage

REPRESENTATION/VIDEO/NARRATIVE
MONTAGE (WEEK 8, October 15)

ASSIGNMENT:

CRITIQUE 2 TWIST:

Include a montage in your CRITIQUE 2 video, due next week October 22.

The montage must:

• reveal a complicating piece of information about your main character
• include new footage (can be original or appropriated)
• be at least 15 seconds*
• use an instrumental, original, or experimental soundtrack (if any). This is not a music video.

*Your video must still be within 3-5 minutes. You must also still meet all of the requirements on the first assignment sheet, though they may overlap. Be bold in your decisions.

MONTAGE RESOURCES

Hitchcock on Montage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruoPT9JeYHA

SOVIET MONTAGE

A Dialectical Approach to Filmmaking

Metric: Measured number of frames, regardless of action in shot (mechanical):

example: Scene from Eisenstein's October

http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T112/EditingIllustrations02.htm

Rythmic: cutting for continuity (aesthetic, narrative)

example: Eisenstein's Odessa Steps Sequence, Battleship Potemkin, 1925

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-v-kZzfec

Tonal: taps into the emotional quality of the shots to create a complex emotional landscape

Overtonal/Associational: combination of all of the above, moving towards abstraction to illicit emotional reactions

example: from Pudovkin's Mother, 1926

http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T112/EditingIllustrations05.htm

Intellectual: when shots combined, viewer forms intellectual meaning

example: Eisenstein, Strike, 1925

http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T112/EditingIllustrations06StrikeBig.htm

Apocalypse Now,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSWtc01BlqM

SURREALIST MONTAGE

Metropolis, Fritz Lang, 1927

Maria's dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0D4fHieW8o

Moloch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPNaaogT8fs

Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali,Un Chien Andalou, 1929,

https://vimeo.com/18540575

Maya Deren, Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S03Aw5HULU

Vera Chytilova, Daisies (Sedmikrásky), 1966

https://vimeo.com/63689570

Opening Credits, 53:30, 60:00, 65:00

ART VIDEO

Tracey Moffatt, OTHER, 2009

Dara Birnbaum, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION WONDER WOMAN, 1978-79

Bill Viola, Anthem, 1983

POP CULTURE

Team America: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU9Uwhjlog8&feature=youtu.be

Forrest Gump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgnJ8GpsBG8

Ferris Beuler's Day Off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubpRcZNJAnE

Snatch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mezD2j-R2Y

Footloose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8XGmZ8HDIU

Trainspotting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naf_WiEb9Qs

Up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHMD_EqM61I

Clueless: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJQPpD4EN00

Follow Up to Class October 8

Dear Class,

Please find your assignment for the next two weeks in the post below, and under the "REPRESENTATION/NARRATIVE" page.

As a reminder, you have a rough cut due in class next week (October 15). Please come to class with your rough cut exported as an .mp4 (to specs for vimeo). We will upload and embed the videos in class, as well as offer in progress feedback.

Critique 2, featuring a final cut of your video, is in two weeks (October 22). 

If you have any issues or questions about anything we covered in class, please do not hesitate to email me. 

As a reminder of the equipment shown in class:
Canon Camcorder (Ask for the one available to TRM 153 Students)
SD Card
Tripod
Sennheiser Shotgun Microphone (powered, with a battery)
XLR cable
XLR to mini adapter
Boompole

Remember to always check your settings before you start, white balance, check your audio levels, set your lighting, and plan out everything you do. More time on the front end always translates into less time, frustration, stress, and re-shoots later on.

BEST OF LUCK!!!

Jessica Posner

Critique 2 Project: Due October 22, 2013

CRITIQUE 2: DUE OCTOBER 22, 2013

REPRESENTATION/VIDEO/NARRATIVE

A fictional, narrative video 3-5 minutes in length. Must be fictional, but based in a reality you have experienced. Be creative, but grounded. (Some examples of scenarios that are probably not be grounded in your reality: drug busts gone wrong, armageddon, attacks by zombies and/or bears, alien abductions/surgeries, etc. Some examples that might be: making a difficult decision, a turning point in a elationship, receiving an unexpected message, getting lost, subtle supernatural experiences, etc.). As with all narratives, you must include at least one main character, and an inciting incident that marks a clear change in your character. Establish a clear beginning, middle, and end.

For your critique on October 22: You must edit your video in Adobe Premiere, export it, upload it to Vimeo, and embed the vimeo video on your blog.

Your videos must include the following components, and they can overlap:

1) A single shot sequence of at least 30 seconds.

2) A continuous action sequence. Minimum: 3 shots edited together to form continuous action. Example: Imagine three different potential shots of a car pulling out of a driveway. You might include (1) an establishing, exterior shot of the car in garage while the driver enters (2) close up of the driver inserting keys and starting ignition, (3) an over the shoulder shot of the driver backing up, and (4) a panning, wide shot of the car backing away from the perspective of someone standing at the front door of the house.

3) An establishing shot followed by a medium shot and/or a close up

4) A close up of your main character

5) An over the shoulder shot of or over your main character

6) A static (tripod) shot

7) A dynamic (handheld, steadycam, pan, tilt) shot

8) Titles

9) Use Diagetic sound. NO MUSIC SOUNDTRACKS (unless it is diagetic).

10) Apply Room Tone layer for all audio

For Next week (October 17): bring a rough cut of your video to class.

This means:

1. You must have all of your footage shot
2. You have imported everything into Premiere Pro
3. You have structured your timeline
4. You have titles including your name, any working title, “rough cut,” the date, and duration
5. Exported your video using vimeo settings with a file name that includes “rough cut” and date

We will screen your in-progress videos in class and offer feedback. You will be expected to include the feedback in your “final” video for the following week. Time allowing, we will work in class.

Your final, completed videos are due at the beginning of class on October 22, 2013. They must be finished, uploaded to vimeo, and embedded on your blog. This will take time, so you must plan ahead and not wait until the last minute.

You will be evaluated based on exemplary/satisfactory/unsatisfactory use of everything in this document in bold. 

Follow Up Oct. 1

Dear Class,

Some reminders for you:

Please post re-edits of the photos that you submitted for your critique onto your blog by Friday at midnight. I am asking you to do this for two reasons a) the best way to learn photoshop and photo editing is by doing it, and b) to give you an opportunity to improve your mid-semester review grade. Do not stress out about this. Take a deep breath, and let the photoshop force be with you.
Remember: subtleties. If you initially did something in b/w, try it in color (and vice versa). Experiment. Trust your viewer. Question yourself on what tricks you may be using to make your image more compelling, true, emotional, etc. Your images and decisions carry their own weight already. Photoshop is a tool to help. Try not to push anything over the edge (unless that's your intention). Notice how subtle changes can make a big difference.

Please see the below post, or the Representation page for your assignment DUE IN CLASS NEXT WEEK. Next week, you must bring all of your files for your 1-3 minute single shot video (3 takes), memory cards, laptops, and Adobe Premiere. We will be doing in class demos.

I am out of town for the rest of this week for a performance in NYC, and will therefore not be having office hours on Thursday. However, I will be available to meet with you on Monday if you would like to schedule something. You can also reach me via email, but expect a delayed response.

Best of luck with your shoots! I'm looking forward to seeing your videos.

The Single Shot

REPRESENTATION: WEEK 1

The Single Shot

Homework due NEXT WEEK (October 8):

Shoot a 1-3 minute, single shot video. Your video must include at least one character and an inciting incident. You must be prepared to talk about what/who this character is, and how the inciting incident relates. These can be as simple or as complicated as you'd like, but it must be thoughtful and well planned.

Your video can be a static shot, or you may experiment with handheld/steady cam style videography. Please only use diagetic sound (only audio that is shot in the camera). You may use whatever camera you would like: cell phone, webcam, cannon camcorder from the cage, etc.

This assignment is more daunting than it sounds, as you are responsible for developing a character, a narrative, and planning out an entirely in-camera sequence. You must think ahead, plan it out, and take multiple takes. Please come to class with your preparatory notes, sketched, and at least 3 takes. The purpose of this assignment is to challenge you to both experiment and simplify. 

For next week: Bring your files (all of them!) any memory cards you used to shoot, and your laptops with Adobe Premier. We will process these files, together, in Adobe Premiere during class. Please be sure to bring your laptops with Adobe Premiere, and all of your files, next week in class.

Next week we will also talk more specifically about the Cannon you will be required to use for your next assignment, as well as other video basics.

SCREENINGS:

Edison Kinetescope FIlms (1894-189^)

Barber Shop, Feeding the Pigeons, Seminary Girls

Lumiere Brothers, Exiting A Factory, 1895 

Lumiere Brothers, L'Arroseur Arrosé, 1895 

Alice Guy Blache, Cabbage Fairy, 1896 (0:51)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbQO6pwuNs

Georges Melies, The Vanishing Lady, 1896 (1:11)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7-x93QagJU

Georges Melies, After the Ball, 1897 (1:06)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYYdTAuGm34

Martha Rosler, Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975 (6:09)

http://www.ubu.com/film/rosler_semiotics.html

Adrian Piper, Cornered, 1988 (16:42)

https://vimeo.com/10547710

Alex Bag, Untitled Fall '95, 1995 (1:16)/ (6:21)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S75oLIYbWc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO63MKw9fu8

Fishli and Weiss, 1987 (29:39)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF1fh7V5ivY

Honda, The Cog, 2003 (2:01)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ve4M4UsJQo

Panera, 2013 (3:55)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=01kQH-8Yp3U#t=220

Children of Men, 2005, Directed by Alfonso Cuarón (at 3:35 mark) (3:58)

https://vimeo.com/41218073

Nine Live, Diana, 2005. Directed by Rodrigo Garcia (14:21) at 12:30 in film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-13HRrfX_7k

Russian Ark, 2002,  directed by Alexander Sokurov, Final Scene (5:21)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0KRRgzZvHk

Follow up 9/17

Dear Class, 

Your Photo-documentary Project is DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS NEXT WEEK for critique. I expect a high level of quality, thoughtfulness, and completion from everyone. The project description is on blackboard and on the blog. 

During critique, we will discuss each others' works generously and critically. You do not need to prepare a formal presentation of your work; but you should be ready to talk openly about your (a) process and (b) conceptual and technical decisions. Prepare notes if this is helpful to you. 

If anybody is interested in printing for this project, check out the facilities in the basement. I'll do my best to help you navigate this, but PRINTING IS NOT REQUIRED. 

PLEASE make your reservations at the cage ASAP to ensure you get what you want. D200s and D70s are the DSLR cameras available to you. Reach out to your classmates if you need to partner up to share equipment.

PLEASE feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns. Give me 24 hours to respond via email, send a follow up after that. 

GOOD LUCK! Have fun! And get out and enjoy this gorgreous weather!

Best,

Jessica

PHOTO DOCUMENTARY PROJECT: CRITIQUE 1

PHOTO-DOCUMENTARY PROJECT FOR CRITIQUE 1

TRM 153

INSTRUCTIONS:

Following your one-on-one conversation with the instructor, return to one of your locations along the Connective Corridor. Using a DSLR camera, take additional photographs. Plan out your shots, and take many. If your subject is a person, define your relationship to your subject: Do they know you are taking their picture? Are they taking yours? Is it collaborative? Are you directing your subject? Are they directing you? Are you surveilling them?

For critique, you will select 2 images to present. You will present the two images (a) individually as two images and (b) as a diptych as one composite. This means you will be responsible for processing and saving 3 files in photoshop: Photo A, Photo B, and Diptych. You may may choose to present your images digitally (projected: 72 dpi, saved as a .JPG), or physically (as prints:300 dpi, saved as a .TIFF).

You will be expected to confidently talk about what decisions are you making and why. You must also able to articulate how and why you chose to employ or reject the rules of composition: Rule of Thirds, Balancing Elements, Perspective, Shape and Line, Framing, Symmetry, Texture and Pattern, Background, Depth of Field, Cropping, etc.

Presenting your work as individual photographs will allow us to read each image alone. Presenting them as a diptych will force a relationship between the images, creating space for us to find meaning between the images. Just as collage creates and breaks meaning through cutting and placing disparate things together, so too can your juxtaposition of two “complete” images. This language also applies to the moving image (example: sequencing, montage), which we will address more in a few weeks.

THINGS TO CONSIDER: Do these images reinforce or contradict one another? Does one offer detail and the other context? Are they harmonious or do they clash? What kind of information do we receive by reading them together?

YOU WILL BE EVALUATED BASED ON YOUR:

1. competency with a DSLR
2. conscious use/rejection of the rules of composition
3. satisfactory use of photoshop
4. verbal articulation of your intended narrative/feeling/content/etc. (concept)
5. work that effectively reflects and communicates your intentions/concept

Follow up to 9/10/13

Dear Class,

Thanks for your thoughtful responses and conversation yesterday! I was also generally impressed with your 'zines, your problem solving skills, and your working relationships with one another. Keep up the good work.

Below are a few follow ups from this week, and some reminders for next week.

The Cage:

Please remember to fill out the form from the cage and drop it off so that they can enter you into the system. Once you do this, you can start checking out equipment. Next week, we will do a demo of the DSLR cameras you have access to for this class, which are the D70 and the D200. You'll need to use a DSLR to complete your assignment due in two weeks.

Stuff you need to have for next week:

In order to use the cage equipment, you will need to purchase your own:

CF (CompactFlash) card (for the DSLR cameras)

SD Card (for video camera and audio recorder)

USB A to USB Mini B cable (for transferring images from the cameras to your computer. 

You will use these cards throughout the year, and beyond. I did a quick search of all three of these things on amazon, and you should be able to get all of them for under 50 dollars. If you order them soon, you should have them by next week. You should also be able to get them at the bookstore. You must have a CF card and a cable, next week, in order to use the equipment from the cage.

Laptop:

Please bring your laptop to class next week, with photoshop. Please also have all of your images taken during your research on the connective corridor loaded on to your computer, in a folder specifically for TRM 153.  You do not need to post these to your blog. We will do a photoshop workshop, in class, using your images so you will be prepared for next week. 

Homework:

Come to class with notes and photo sketches (take lots of photos!) from at least 2 destinations on the Connective Corridor bus line. You may choose how you take these photos (on a camera phone, point and shoot, DSLR*.) You must go off campus. Here is a map of the route, including points of interest: http://connectivecorridor.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/CC-Bus-Map-with-stops-18x24-poster-image-size.pdf

Here is the connective corridor bus website: http://connectivecorridor.syr.edu/bus/

I'd suggest riding the whole loop! Know where you get off/back on. While in the field, be adventurous and inquisitive. Ask questions, talk to people. Read signs, read between them. Be prepared to talk thoughtfully about your research in class next week during one-on-one meetings with your instructor in class. You will revisit one of your locations next week to complete work to be presented during your first critique. 

*If you want to use one of the cage DSLRS this week, I am happy to give you a demo during my office hours tomorrow 11-1. Let me know if you are coming. 

Readings:

Please read these two articles for next week. Please write a short response to the articles, and post on the blog. Be sure to include your opinions! (For reference: 2-3 brief paragraphs is an appropriate length). PDFs of these are on Blackboard.

The Art of Peeping, The Guardian.co.uk

How Laura Poitras Helped Edward Snowden Spill His Secrets, NYTIMES Magazine

See you next week! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come back with. 

Best,

Jessica

RULES OF COMPOSITION: KEYWORDS

Rule of Thirds

Balancing Elements

Perspective (bird's eye view/aerial/up high looking down; worm's eye view/down low looking up)
Foreshortening (Distortion: Things closer look bigger, and vice versa)

Shape and Line 

Framing

Symmetry 

Texture and Pattern

Background

Depth of Field

Cropping (for figures/people: full-length (head to toe), three quarter length (mid thigh up); chest up (traditional portrait), and headshot (close up))

Experiment: Move around, try different things.

Make motivated decisions; learn the rules before you break them. 

Follow Up 9/3

Thanks for a great class everyone! I hope you enjoyed the workshop in the library and Special Collections. The library is a wonderful resource, and the items we got a chance to see in Special collections really are a rare treat! I wish you luck and fun as you complete your homework this week.

In an above post, are the"rules" of composition that I introduced in class. You should feel encouraged to do more research on these. There are entire classes devoted to this stuff, so it's important to start paying attention to, using, and experimenting with these important elements of visual language. You will be expected to consider and talk about these through all of the visual work you make in this course. We will learn, together, as we go along.

For next week, you will need photoshop on your laptop. We will be doing in-class demonstrations, so this is very important. If you do not already have it, You can download a 30 day free trial from the Adobe website to save money. See the email I sent out last week for more info. Note: You will need Premiere on week 5, and you will likely need Photoshop and/or Premiere for your final project (and possibly the year, and your academic and professional careers). So you'll have to make a decision about what makes the most sense for you.

Your homework assignment, 'ZINE, is listed under the "Surveillance" page of this blog under "Week 2." Please also take some time to check out the examples of artists using collage and montage listed.

We will talk about Medium is the Massage in class next week, so please make sure to review it and your responses before then. Don't worry about the other readings listed, we will get to them soon.

Good luck! And please let me know if you have any questions!

Best,
Jessica

Reminder: Meet In Library!

Dear Class,

As a quick reminder, we are meeting in the Library Cafe for class. It is on the ground floor of Bird Library (next to Schine). Check your email for more details.

See you there.

Jessica

Follow Up for 8/27

Dear Class,

Thanks for a very full first day of class! It was great getting to meet you through your brief video introductions—from Pulp Fiction to crabby patties, love stories, and french subtitles and much more in between. I'm excited for us to get to know each other better through the things we make and bring to class. We had a lot to get through today, so thank you for your attention an thoughtful questions.

As a reminder, your class blog address is TRM153.blogspot.com. Please bookmark this website address, as a lot of information we cover will be posted there. Please also familiarize yourself with blackboard. Readings and .pdfs will be posted on blackboard.

I, for one, am excited to get busy making and talking about work. Below is a list and description of everything due in class next week. I hope that, in addition to our in-class conversation, this will help to clear up any remaining confusion. Please contact me if you have questions. As we get to know each other and our respective communication needs and styles, this should only get easier (and the emails shorter).

For those of you with Technology questions, I will get back to you with an update as soon as I have one. You will not need any specific computer software this or next week, so you are ok for now. If you already have Photoshop and Premiere on your computer, you are in good shape!

Sincerely,

Jessica

FOR NEXT WEEK:

We will meet next Tuesday at 8:35am in the library cafe. We have appointments with librarians, so please be punctual. I will send you an update early next week with what to bring to class.

HOMEWORK DUE NEXT WEEK IN CLASS:

1. Finish setting up your blog. Please email me your blog address ASAP. Thank you if you have already sent them.
2. Read The Medium is the Massage. The .pdf is on blackboard. Please look through the entire document, paying particular attention to how the images, graphics, layout, and design work to communicate ideas visually. Additionally, please select 5 text-heavy pages to read thoroughly, respond to on your blog, and be prepared to talk about in class. Your blog response should include 3-5 questions or comments you would like to share, discuss, or investigate further. POST DUE BEFORE START OF CLASS.
3. SURVEIL YOURSELF:
   1. PART ONE: Make a list of everything you do, for 24 hours, within 10 feet of your cell phone. You are collecting data of the things you do, every day. These small gestures make up the routine and meaning of our daily lives. I am asking you to pay attention to this.
   2. PART TWO: Choose one gesture from your list (example: eating a meal, punching a time clock, weighing yourself, brushing your teeth, walking through a door,etc.) and document it for an additional 24-72 hours. For inspiration, refer to the artists we viewed today in class. They are listed under the “Surveillance” tab on the class blog. You can document this gesture through photo, video, drawing, making a map, making another list, etc. You can take it from your point of view (First Person), from the perspective of someone looking at you, or another perspective entirely. Be bold and creative in what and how you choose to document.
   3. Post your list from PART ONE and your documentation from PART TWO on your blog. Be prepared to talk about your decisions in class. We will share during class time. POST DUE BEFORE START OF CLASS.

HOW TO: AN EASY GIF

HOW TO MAKE AN EASY .GIF:

1. Open Photo Booth
2. Select the "4-up" button in the gray control panel area. The "4-up" button looks like a square divided into 4 quadrants.
3. Hit the Camera Button.
4. Vogue.
5. Select your 4-up panel from the line up below. 
6.  File > Export > Save as (.gif)*

*Pay attention to where you save this! To make your life easier, I would suggest creating a folder specifically for TRM 153. Save this there--along with everything else you do for this class.

WELCOME

Welcome to your class blog for TRM 153! This blog, in addition to blackboard, will serve as an important portal of information and activities for this class. Blackboard will house all of your formal assignments, readings, syllabus, other documents, and things I need to communicate to you. As an interactive platform, the blog allows us to be a little more dynamic. Please be sure to regularly check both of these locations for important information, resources, assignments, and announcements.

During our first week, each member of our TRM 153 community will set up a personal blog to be used exclusively for this course. Your blog will serve as an archive of your work; provide a platform for you to turn in some assignments; and engage with each other's ideas, work, and resources. We will follow each other, building a community of generous support and exchange as we go through this semester together.

I'm very excited about getting a chance to work with you, and to getting to know you through your work. Looking forward to a great semester!

Sincerely,
Jessica, your TRM 153 Instructor