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2 for 1 Movie Mate
So far, 2 people have completed this assignment and it has 2375 views.
What happens when you combine two existing movie titles to create your own movie? Movie Mate Parodies, of course. This project allows students to show off their creative side while demonstrating mastery using masking, non-destructive editing, adjustment layers, blending modes, filters, and the type tools. Use your creative mind to meld two titles together. If you are stumped or have hit a wall - look at this version of a lesson plan for high school students in which several titles have been put together already for you to search and complete - reduce by one star if you use from ...
3D Magazine Collage
So far, 3 people have completed this assignment and it has 3132 views.
Take some of your old magazines and newspapers and create a 2D or 3D collage/sculpture of words and pictures that represent a common theme (ex: color, media subject such as animals or food, things you like, etc.). Explain why you chose your theme and what some of the individual pieces mean to you.
A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing
So far, 15 people have completed this assignment and it has 3328 views.
Imagine your favorite company whether it be food, clothing, or any other company. Now imagine their enemy or competitor in the business. Your goal for this assignment is to take your favorite company's trademark image or logo and reinterpret it in a way that reflects the design of its enemy. Look for the elements that make the competitor's logo what it is. What is the color scheme? Is there any methphors or hidden meanings? What is the form of the logo? How can you use its balance, porportion, or rhythm? The important thing is to still have the original company's ...
Advertisement Using a Cartoon Character
So far, 17 people have completed this assignment and it has 5215 views.
Have you ever thought a particular cartoon character would make a great advertiser? Well here's your chance. Take an existing product or even a regular item and have a cartoon character do their best salesman impression.
Alternative Book Covers
So far, 24 people have completed this assignment and it has 8722 views.
Take a title of a well-known book and re-design the cover to suggest something entirely different. For example, the book cover for Cormac McCarthy's The Road (an apocalyptic novel about a father and son facing the end of the world) is reframed as a feel-good book about effective parenting (see image). Original idea found through this design contest on Book Ninja in 2008. Image credit: Ingrid Paulson's reimagining of The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Animated Comic Book Covers
So far, 17 people have completed this assignment and it has 12332 views.
Givien the popularity and ubiquity of animated GIfs on the web right now, it is time to get jiggy with them. Animate a comic book cover. Check out Kerry Callen's examples for inspiration.
Animated Magazine Cover
So far, 6 people have completed this assignment and it has 4361 views.
Animate a magazine cover. Preferrably one with monstrous cyclops pounding on dragons.
Animated Movie Posters
So far, 35 people have completed this assignment and it has 8836 views.
Pick a movie poster and animate it. You can see an awesome example and quick explanation by Michael Branson Smith here.
Animated The DVD Menu
So far, 2 people have completed this assignment and it has 2980 views.
Convert a key scene from a movie into an animated GIF and include graphics elements to make it look like the menu screen of a DVD. Be creative in the kind of items that appear on the menu; make it relevant to the plot
Are we there yet?
So far, 43 people have completed this assignment and it has 4154 views.
Take an existing image and change the concept in where you are at and what you are doing.