Assignment Idea

Movie Mashup

Take a movie that you really like.  Now think of a movie that has been compared to it, and make a new movie poster that incorporates the two! 

Be creative and really sell your poster! 

Recite an Original Poem

Write a poem, but not just any poem.  Your poem must set the scene for your blog theme.  It should match the colors, layout, and overall theme of your posts.  The poem contents/meaning, structure, and length (at least 10 lines) are up to you.

This poem should be recited using a recording software (or straight to soundcloud) without any extra audio.  You need a steril environment.  This is your blog so we should only hear your voice!!

Embed the audio into a blog post and tag it appropriatly.  Remember, we will all see the theme of your blog in the post!  Don’t forget Design week; use the shapes and layout as inspiration.  Read through this to learn more about what the colors on your blog can tell someone.

Animate a Classic Painting

Choose a classic painting and animate in anyway you want. Make it move, blink, or add another image to make it come to life. Remember be creative and make it interesting.

Guess the Song

You have to create a poster that describes a popular song while also using an image of yourself, without telling us what the song is.

 

It’s kind of a mix between the minimalist assignment and the 4 images one movie assignment using the Noun Project, except you have to put yourself in it.

Barcode Transformation

Recently on Pinterest I discovered some images of designs people made out of barcodes. Turn a simple. boring barcode into something interesting by using an image of a barcode and forming a different object or design. For examples, look here.

Back to basics

Choose a photo of anything that you want to make a stencil out of using Photoshop or some other editing software. Using your software, remove the color and make the image appear to be a stencil instead of an actual photo. Take notice of how this changes the focus of the image.

Remix a Song with some Speech

Take a song and some speech and remix both. Make it meaningful and give it a message. For example this is often used to cite politicians and underline the importance of a statement. (For me coming from Berlin these could be JFK’s words “Ich bin ein Berliner!” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pjn5E6yOKo)

Cheesy Radio Ad For Your School

Ever watch those crazy corny ad’s for colleges on Tv? Or hear them on the radio? You think “Wow that was so cheesy, I could’a done that!” Well, let’s see if you can. Try and make a purposely cheesy and/or ridiculous Ad for you school.

Whats the story Morning Glory?

Whats your morning sound like? Tell a narative of a regualr (or abnormal) morning using the movements and sounds from getting off the bed, to starting the day.  This has to be all your own recording so no sound effects from outside sources. And try to keep the dialouge  minimum to none at all.

Voice Over A Beat

Produce a beat with any (online) beat generator. (For example you can do it with Soundation: http://soundation.com/studio by using their beat libraries.) Then record your voice over the beat. Make it sound cool or funny or …