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Digital Media Syllabus
Digital Media Syllabus
Digital Media Syllabus
TR 3:00-4:15
Overview Materials
In English 3183, you will gain the skills necessary to be technologically ! Notebook
literate in the 21st Century. But, in doing so, you will be constantly ! Readings made available online
challenging what technological literacy means and, thus, constantly ! Headphones
exploring the idea that technology is both a set of things, a set of skills, ! AA Batteries
and a set of values. Thus, while we will be learning and teaching one ! Storage device (preferably an
another technical skills (Photoshop, web design, video editing), we will external hard drive)
also be exploring and teaching each other socio-technical skills and
values.
Assignments
Goals
1. Web: 20%
! Understand and apply fundamental rhetorical and design 2. Video: 20%
principles for analyzing, planning, creating digital media texts for
3. Image: 20%
public consumption.
! Use and critically examine numerous digital capture and editing 4. Speculative: 20%
technologies, e.g., digital audio recorders, digital video cameras;
5. Final: 10%
Photoshop, web design, and Premiere.
6. Participation, Homework,
Presentations.: 10%
Attendance, Participation, Late Work
Attendance is vital to your ability to understand course material. Each Tips
unexcused absence after two in a unit will result in the lowering of your
unit grade by a full letter. Six unexcused absences will automatically 1. Attend All Classes
result in failing the course. There will be an attendance sheet passed
2. Ask Questions
around each day of class. It is your responsibility to sign it each day.
Late submission of a final assignment will result in the deduction of 1/2 3. Come to Office Hours
of a letter grade for each day late. Skipping a review presentation will, 4. Listen
similarly, result in a ½ grade deduction.
5. Take Studio Time Seriously
6. Imagine the texts you produce in
Access this class as writing samples for a
future career.
Students requiring academic accommodation should contact the
Disability Resource Center for assistance at
http://www.ou.edu/drc/home.html Any student who has a disability
that may prevent him or her from fully demonstrating his or her abilities
should contact me personally ASAP so we can discuss
accommodations to ensure full educational opportunities.
Introduction
T 1.15 Intro to Class
• In Class: Who are you + HTML
R 1.17 Introduction to Design Studies
1. Bill Gaver et al: “Design: Cultural Probes”
2. Barbara Faga: “Ground Zero”
3. Sarah Bernard: “How the Pill Bottle Was Remade—Sensibly and Beautifully”
• In Class: Document Design using Canva + Little bit of HTML
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2. Dave Coplin. “Reimagining Work.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G11t6XAIce0
3. Matthew Cheney. “What is Composition.”
https://vimeo.com/groups/audiovisualcy/videos/105050530
4. Tony Zhou. “Edgar Wright. How to do Visual Comedy. ” https://vimeo.com/96558506
5. Dan Pink. “On Persuasion.” https://www.thersa.org/discover/videos/rsa-shorts/2014/04/Dan-
Pink-on-Persuasion
6. Scout Tayfoya.“The Unloved. The Village.” https://vimeo.com/105104456
7. UNC TV. “Here are 3 things you may not know about hibernation.”
T 2.19 Premiere 2: Professional Interviews
1. The Slanted Lens. “How to Shoot a Documentary Style Interview”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoRSdlMiD7s
2. Film Riot. “Visual Storytelling 101.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWQQgZh9EyE
3. D4Darious. “How I Shoot My B Roll.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzgDxzvq5I
4. B&H. “How to Shoot an Interview.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=FElRjwAeiRw
5. Linked In Learning. “Tips on Shooting an Interview with One Camera”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=FElRjwAeiRw
R 2.21 Premiere 3: Mini Documentaries
1. Elaine McMillion Sheldon. Explore and Watch at least 3 Clips from http://hollowdocumentary.com
2. Choose 4 articles from http://www.indiewire.com/2014/12/attention-documentary-filmmakers-
heres-all-the-advice-youll-ever-need-67065/
3. Adam Roffman. “The Collection.” https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2018/01/03/the-collection/
4. Choose 2 other films from: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/channels/documentary/
[DUE]: Web Design
T 2.26 Studio Day
R 2.28 Studio Day
T 3.5 Final Design Presentations
R 3.7 Final Design Presentations
Unit 3: Visual Designs for Clients
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3. Steve Bradley. “Dominance, Focal Points, and Hierarchy.”
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/02/27/design-principles-dominance-focal-points-
hierarchy/
4. Jacob Crass. “Negative Space.” http://layersmagazine.com/negative-space.html
5. Guest Contributor. “10 Essential Poster Design Tips for Beginners”
http://www.howdesign.com/design-creativity/ten-poster-design-tips/
• In-Class: PhotoShop Day 1.
[DUE]: Video Design
T 3.19 No Class—Spring Break
R 3.21 No Class—Spring Break
T 3.26 Literary Info-Graphics
1. “Info-Graphic Design.” https://www.canva.com/learn/how-to-design-infographics/
2. Look at 5 Info-graphics at: http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design-tips/information-
graphics-1232836
3. Josh Smith. “10 Tips to Designing an Amazing Infographic.”
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670019/10-steps-to-designing-an-amazing-infographic
4. Tiffany Farrant-Gonzalez and Jarred Romley. “10 Steps to Creating the Perfect Infographic.”
http://www.creativebloq.com/design/10-steps-creating-perfect-infographic-3145672
• In-Class: PhotoShop Day 2.
R 3.28 Quick Color Theory
1. Cameron Chapman. “The Meaning of Color.”
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-
of-color/
2. Cameron Chapman. “Concepts and Terminology”
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/02/02/color-theory-for-designers-part-2-understanding-
concepts-and-terminology/
3. Cameron Chapman. “Creating Your Own Color Palettes.”
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/02/08/color-theory-for-designer-part-3-creating-your-
own-color-palettes/
• In-Class: Make Two Posters.
T. 4.2 Studio Time
R 4.4 Visual Design Presentations: 2-page layout, 1 literature info-graphic, 2 course posters
Unit 4: Speculative Design
T 4.9 Intro to Speculative Design
1. Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby. Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming.
Selections.
2. Read two selections from DesignsOn: https://designson.ideo.com
[DUE]: Visual Design
R 4.11 Researching Design Problems
1. Tim Brown. Change by Design. Selections.
3. Keren Amit Bigio. “A Day In The Life Of The Design Researcher”: https://www.ideo.com/blog/a-day-
in-the-life-of-a-design-researcher
4. Matt Cooper-Wright. https://medium.com/design-research-methods/12-design-research-methods-
to-get-inspired-by-users-cae4789a094b
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T 4.16 Futurism (Afro-futurism, dystopian-ism, utopianism)
1. “This is the Future.” This American Life: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/623/we-are-in-the-future
2. Priscilla Frank. “Your Brief and Far-Out Guide to Afrofuturism”
“https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/your-far-out-guide-to-afrofuturism-and-black-
magic_us_5711403fe4b0060ccda34a37”
3. Octavia Butler. “Blood Child.”
R 4.18 Studio Time
T 4.23 Speculative Design Presentations
Unit 5: Final Design Packages
R 4.25 Studio Day