| Week | Lecture | Lab | Online |
| 1 | January 8 Lecture: Medium specificity of photography |
January 8-10 Introduction to the class Classroom climate exercise |
Module 1 & quizzes: Fundamentals Topics: OSX, workflow, formatting your drive, software, raster & vector Imaging, output, input Due: January 14, end of day |
| 2 | January 15 Lecture: How digital photography changed truth Assign: Trickery Project |
January 15-17 “Show n’ Tell” |
½ Module 2 & quizzes: Introductory Photoshop Topics: Introduction, bits and bytes, histogram, density, resolution, getting started & workspace Due: January 28, end of day |
| 3 | January 22 Lecture: Photographic Manipulation |
January 22-24 Individual meetings to discuss trickery project ideas |
½ Module 2 & quizzes: Introductory Photoshop Topics: Channels, tools, layers, adjustment layers and colour correcting, exporting Optional: Basic design & Layout Due: January 28, end of day Upload Draft to ComPAIR by January 28, 11:59pm |
| 4 | January 29 Activity: Critiquing Trickery |
January 29-31 Open studio time to discuss projects, bring your drafts! |
Module 3 & quizzes: Advanced Photoshop Topics: Selection tools, additive and subtractive manipulation, selection refining, and masking. Optional: Manipulation Due: January 28, end of day Critiques Due on ComPAIR: February 1, 11:59pm |
| 5 | February 5 Lecture: Introduction to Appropriation and in-lecture activity |
February 5-7 Trickery Midterm Due & Critiques (10) |
½ Module 4 & quizzes: Introductory Premiere Topics: Video terminology, codecs, formats, workspace, tools, scratch disks, media, starting a project Due: February 25, end of day |
| 6 | February 12 Lecture: Digital Appropriation Assign: Final Appropriation |
February 12-14 Trickery Midterm Due & Critiques (10) |
Other ½ Module 4 & quizzes: Introductory Premiere Topics: Sequences, clips, timeline, tools, trimming, exporting Due: February 25, end of day |
| 7 | February 26 Lecture: Appropriation Continued |
February 26-28 Individual meetings to discuss appropriation project ideas |
Module 5 & quizzes: Advanced Premiere Topics: Sequence and clip techniques, audio, effects, transitions, keyframe, image movement Optional: Chronology video Due: February 25, end of day |
| 8 | March 5 Lecture: Appropriation critiques |
March 5-7 Open studio time to discuss projects, bring in your drafts |
Online Peer Critiques Uploaded draft due March 4, end of day Critique due: March 8, end of day |
| 9 | March 12 Lecture: GIF’s |
March 12-14 Final Project Due & Critiques (10) |
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| 10 | March 19 Lecture: Beatriz Santiago Muñoz |
March 19-21 Final Project Due & Critiques (10) |
Module 6 & quizzes: GIF Animations Frame by frame and video to frame in Photoshop Due: March 25, end of day |
| 11 | March 26 Artist Talks: Christine & Ramey |
March 26-28 Gallery Trips will be organized in ½ hour intervals to Western Front Gallery |
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| 12 | April 2 Artist Talks: Alejandro & Nazanin |
April 2-4 GIF Due & Critiques Due: April 9 end of day, engaged learning reflection (online) |
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This outline may change at the discretion of the instructor or TA, you will be notified if so.
Due Date Overview
Please take the time to write down these due dates in your calendar, and set reminders if you are prone to forgetting due dates.
- January 14, 11:59pm – Online technical quizzes of Module 1 due
- January 28, 11:59pm – Technical quizzes for Photoshop – Module 2 & 3 due
- January 28, 11:59pm – Upload draft of mid-term project on ComPAIR (no extensions)
- February 1, 11:59pm – Peer critiques of mid-term project on ComPAIR due (no extensions)
- February 5-14, in lab – Trickery midterm project due & critiques
- February 25, 11:59pm – Technical quizzes from Module 4 & 5 due
- March 4, 11:59pm – Uploaded draft of final project on ComPAIR (no extensions)
- March 8, 11:59pm – Peer critiques of final project on ComPAIR (no extensions)
- March 12-21, in lab – Appropriation final project due & critiques
- March 25, 11:59pm – Technical quizzes from Module 6 due
- April 2-4, in lab – Engaged learning GIF response project due for critique
- April 9, 11:59pm – Engaged learning reflection response due on Canvas (no extensions)