Nahomi and I met and talked about the design and look of our website. We came up with a rough layout. Nahomi (as usual) had a lot of really great ideas. We'll have to pass along the template design to Collin and Wen to work out.
Bethany will most likely be working on the sound for the website. So after Collin and Wen get a template made, Bethany can check it out and start making notes for different sounds.
Basically the first page will be a big window. In the window is a landscape, green and a cloudy sky. Hovering in the sky are "Paintings" which will be links to each of our individual pages. When you click on the panel, it expands and becomes the new window. There each person can put anything they want related to our topic--They can talk about their own work and process and how it fits under the context of our topic and also bring in examples and references--hopefully people will include animation and videos, short animation and artwork.
It should be awesome.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Group Meeting
We met today before seminar. I went over everything I talked to Kathy about... er that Kathy talked to me about.
I said each of us should find an area within our topic that we found interesting and build our individual pages off of that--We can talk about the subject and how it personally relates to us as well as putting it in a historical context or picking something more academic to discuss.
Also Collin and Wen will head up the Technical side of the website and Nahomi and I will work on the design and look. I still need to meet with Bethany to fill her in on the meeting since she didn't make it today.
In addition, everyone will be reading their chapters of the book.
Nahomi and I will meet this week and draw up a rough template. Then we'll give that to Collin and Wen to build a rough page. The more design stuff Nahomi and I get, we'll pass it on to Collin and Wen. Bethany can join in on whichever side she prefers--or we can come up with another area for her to explore.
That's about it for now.
I said each of us should find an area within our topic that we found interesting and build our individual pages off of that--We can talk about the subject and how it personally relates to us as well as putting it in a historical context or picking something more academic to discuss.
Also Collin and Wen will head up the Technical side of the website and Nahomi and I will work on the design and look. I still need to meet with Bethany to fill her in on the meeting since she didn't make it today.
In addition, everyone will be reading their chapters of the book.
Nahomi and I will meet this week and draw up a rough template. Then we'll give that to Collin and Wen to build a rough page. The more design stuff Nahomi and I get, we'll pass it on to Collin and Wen. Bethany can join in on whichever side she prefers--or we can come up with another area for her to explore.
That's about it for now.
Meeting with Kathy
I met with Kathy for an individual meeting. I wanted my group to meet, but half of them couldn't make it. I'm going to try to get them in to meet with her next Tuesday though.
Anyway, I was struggling with trying to understand our topic because I mean, it's huge--and can be anything. Talking with Kathy was helpful--she gave me specific things to think about and also some ideas for the website.
Interface Ideas
1. Comic book panels--with some animation within the panels
2. Comic book panels--take you to different pages
3. Each person can have an area under our topic that they can explore on their own page
4. Since Wen and Collin have Website experience they're big part of the project will be making the website
5. Nahomi and I are more of a Fine Art background and can work on the Look and Content of the website
6. Bethany is our wild card, she could work on content or sound
Other stuff: Kathy gave me some videos to watch related to our topic The Mind's Big Bang and Leonardo's Annuciation. We talked about how People have been using Art to understand and explain our existence and this need to express ourselves goes all the way back to the early days of man and cave paintings. They can be looked at as some of the earliest narrative work--they are almost a comic book how they are drawn and show sequential action. Then we discussed the Renaissance and how many frescos and paintings tell a sequential narrative... and how animation
is a natural progression for us to tell narratives.
She told me to think about the following questions:
1. Why do we need to create?
2. Why do we create these alternate worlds?
3. What drives you?
Our topic is big, but if we can focus it in a couple areas that we're interested in, it should be less intimidating for all of us.
We're going to meet today before Seminar. I'll go over everything I talked about with Kathy and see what they think and if they have any ideas. In the meantime, Nahomi and I can start working on the layout for the Website so that Collin and Wen can start building it.
Right... so that's about it for now.
Anyway, I was struggling with trying to understand our topic because I mean, it's huge--and can be anything. Talking with Kathy was helpful--she gave me specific things to think about and also some ideas for the website.
Interface Ideas
1. Comic book panels--with some animation within the panels
2. Comic book panels--take you to different pages
3. Each person can have an area under our topic that they can explore on their own page
4. Since Wen and Collin have Website experience they're big part of the project will be making the website
5. Nahomi and I are more of a Fine Art background and can work on the Look and Content of the website
6. Bethany is our wild card, she could work on content or sound
Other stuff: Kathy gave me some videos to watch related to our topic The Mind's Big Bang and Leonardo's Annuciation. We talked about how People have been using Art to understand and explain our existence and this need to express ourselves goes all the way back to the early days of man and cave paintings. They can be looked at as some of the earliest narrative work--they are almost a comic book how they are drawn and show sequential action. Then we discussed the Renaissance and how many frescos and paintings tell a sequential narrative... and how animation
is a natural progression for us to tell narratives.
She told me to think about the following questions:
1. Why do we need to create?
2. Why do we create these alternate worlds?
3. What drives you?
Our topic is big, but if we can focus it in a couple areas that we're interested in, it should be less intimidating for all of us.
We're going to meet today before Seminar. I'll go over everything I talked about with Kathy and see what they think and if they have any ideas. In the meantime, Nahomi and I can start working on the layout for the Website so that Collin and Wen can start building it.
Right... so that's about it for now.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Dividing the Reading
We met briefly today. I got my copy of the book in the mail. Its in 5 chapters, which is nice since there are 5 of us. This is how we divided the book:
Chapter 1: Wen
Chapter 2: Collin
Chapter 3: Bethany
Chapter 4: Joanna
Chapter 5: Nahomi
Once we've read our respected chapters, we'll summarize what they're about on a Blog entry. This week my group will be ordering their own copies and will do internet searches on our topic and speaker.
Collin also gave me a copy of his demo reel which is a flash website. Once I figure out how to publish the website, I'll post a link so the rest of the group can check it out and then we can start figuring out what we want to do for our website for this project.
and that's about it.
Chapter 1: Wen
Chapter 2: Collin
Chapter 3: Bethany
Chapter 4: Joanna
Chapter 5: Nahomi
Once we've read our respected chapters, we'll summarize what they're about on a Blog entry. This week my group will be ordering their own copies and will do internet searches on our topic and speaker.
Collin also gave me a copy of his demo reel which is a flash website. Once I figure out how to publish the website, I'll post a link so the rest of the group can check it out and then we can start figuring out what we want to do for our website for this project.
and that's about it.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The Book
Well... i tried to post the link to get the book on amazon, but the blog keeps cutting off the end of the web address... so...
go to www.amazon.com
type in: Anne Friedberg
and it should be the first book listed called, "The Virtual Window"
this address has spaces in it so it would all fit on the page, but it won't work as a link...
http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Window-Alberti-Microsoft/
dp/0262062526/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-3076300-2144444?
ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189658502&sr=8-1
go to www.amazon.com
type in: Anne Friedberg
and it should be the first book listed called, "The Virtual Window"
this address has spaces in it so it would all fit on the page, but it won't work as a link...
http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Window-Alberti-Microsoft/
dp/0262062526/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-3076300-2144444?
ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189658502&sr=8-1
1st Meeting
Our group finally met today after seminar.
I think everyone is planning on getting the book. Once I have a chance to look over the book, we'll decide how to divide it.
Collin and Wen have a little bit of website experience. Collin is going to be getting the website "started", Wen will assist with any needed programming and Nahomi and I will help with "the Look." Collin said his demo is in the form of a website and will be giving me a copy of it to show the rest of the group--this may be our starting off point for what our website will be.
For now, we'll be spending a little bit of time web-searching our subject and speaker to start gathering info for Nov. 7th. And we'll be starting to plot out the template for the website.
As my group researches and finds interesting information, they will be posting it on this blog--or at least post a link to it, so the rest of the group can see.
Next week, we're going to meet before seminar--at 6pm to touch base about our project.
~Joanna
I think everyone is planning on getting the book. Once I have a chance to look over the book, we'll decide how to divide it.
Collin and Wen have a little bit of website experience. Collin is going to be getting the website "started", Wen will assist with any needed programming and Nahomi and I will help with "the Look." Collin said his demo is in the form of a website and will be giving me a copy of it to show the rest of the group--this may be our starting off point for what our website will be.
For now, we'll be spending a little bit of time web-searching our subject and speaker to start gathering info for Nov. 7th. And we'll be starting to plot out the template for the website.
As my group researches and finds interesting information, they will be posting it on this blog--or at least post a link to it, so the rest of the group can see.
Next week, we're going to meet before seminar--at 6pm to touch base about our project.
~Joanna
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