PROJECT 5 // FINAL CRITIQUE REQUIREMENTS

deliverables for final critique

• physical mock-ups of each artifact
• pdf presentation of your portfolio-quality documentation images
• swf file of your dvd menu

due in my CAS dropbox before class

• pdf presentation
• high-quality jpg of your poster if you did one
• "high quality print" pdfs of dvd cover and disc, and book cover if you did one
• final .swf file of your menu

crit process

• 5 minutes max presentation from each group, including viewing the dvd menu (all files accessed from my computer). this counts toward your craft / presentation grade.
• 10 minutes max feedback, beginning with one other group. this counts toward your participation grade.
• rejoice for getting out of class early

PROJECT 4 // CRITIQUE PROCESS

here is the scoop on how crit will go and what you'll need to bring to present:

place on my CAS dropbox at least 10 min before class:

• put the files specified below into a folder called "image-4-firstnameLastname"
• a pdf presentation of images labeled "image-4-firstnameLastname-pres.pdf".
  in indesign, make your page size 1024 x 768 and drop in your image sequence. export to "smallest file size" pdf.
• individual high quality jpgs or tifs of each image. label them "image-4-firstnameLastname1.tif", "image-4-firstnameLastname2.jpg", etc, etc

presentation
prepare a two-to-three-minute statement for the e-book publisher about why these covers are the ones to use. keep in mind that the work should speak for itself, but consider what you can say to further convince the client. consider the publisher's motivations (to sell books, but what else?). consider also the context, the reader's experience, and anything else you can use to build your case.

take this presentation seriously. many of you have not prepared well for past presentations and are not impressing me at all in this area. time to step it up.

you will then be the primary critic for the following classmate's project. your criticism will count toward your participation grade.

on your blog
post the final three book covers and a brief explanation of anything significant you learned from this process. the writing will count toward your participation grade.

PROJECT 3 // FINAL CRITIQUE

final critique will consist of in-class presentations of the work through projecting the websites and written peer critiques.

presentations
you will have two or three minutes to show off your website to the class and discuss what you learned through this process. it can be about concept development, iterations, working in a series, setting up photos, technical issues, anything you learned.

written peer critiques
before friday's class, post one screen grab of your website and title the post, "the seven deadly sins" or "the seven holy virtues" (or whatever your website title is). include the link to the site.
in class, you will comment on two classmates' posts, answering the following questions

• how strong or memorable is the overall concept?
• which images illustrate the sin/virtue the best and why?
• which images need the most work and why?
• what are the technical strengths/weaknesses of the work (lighting, tonal range, color, focus, etc)?

each round will last about 10 minutes.

PROJECT 2 // CRIT STRUCTURE

for the "constructed image" project, each student will have two minutes to present their work to the museum exhibition coordinator (me) and explain how this is the proper image to promote the exhibit. consider the motivations and needs of the exhibition director:
- will they care how hard it was to rig the lighting?
- will they care about how many people come to the exhibit, and the role this piece plays in that?
- will they care about your process?
- will they care about how the subject's life is portrayed?
- will they care about the clarity and meaning of the image?

after each student's explanation, five minutes will be given for open class criticism.