A Fine and Performing Arts Public High School serving Southeast Michigan
32101 Caroline Street · Fraser · MI · 48026
tel: (586) 294·0391
Multimedia Arts Department
Student Work
Graphics I
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Business Card with Greeked Text, Emma Weertz |
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"Afraid of Flying", Digital Manipulation, Nora Wright |
Photography
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Digital Photograph, colorized, by Renyece Ellis |
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Photo Scavenger Hunt -Category: Arms By Anthony Wilson |
Graphics II
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The Graphics II class designs and lays out the AAW yearbook. The theme for the 2004-2005 yearbook - hands - was inspired by a piece of artwork created when this year's seniors were freshmen. The cover design, title page and final page are shown below. |
Multimedia II
| Alex Bojcuniak, filming and video editing | |
Senior Project
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Tarayl Stewart, Digital Manipulation |
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Lindsay Crull, Digital Manipulation |
Courses offered in 2007-2008
Digital Imaging I
2 semesters (Full year) (1 credit)
Prerequisite: None
This course is an introduction to digital photography and image manipulation. Students will learn the basics of photography, including lighting techniques, exposures, and focal lengths. Students will learn basic Photoshop techniques including color correction, selections, layers, transparencies, and the basics of file formats. Projects include composition theory, working with aperture settings, working with shutter speed settings, a photo scavenger hunt, vector based projects, as well as occasional studies of corporate style graphics, including business cards and brochures.
Equipment: Your own digital camera – preferably with the ability
to set aperture and shutter speeds manually.
Digital Imaging II
2 semesters (Full year) (1 credit)
Prerequisite: Digital Imaging I or Permission of Instructor
This is an intermediate level class which will give students an
in-depth knowledge of Photoshop techniques. We will be looking at
web versus print issues (file formats, resolution, type styles, bitmap
vs. vector images, and color systems). In addition, we will be working
with the pen tool, work paths, kerning, and color channels. We will
have projects related to the display of statistical data, annual
reports, and identity packaging. The major project for the Graphics
II class is a personal book project. We will also study composition theory and marketing techniques, and
periodically look at the work of contemporary artists. In the spring,
after the yearbook is submitted, we will have a short animation project
to prepare students for animation work in the following year.
Multimedia Design I
2 semesters (Full year) (1 credit)
Prerequisite: Digital Imaging II or Permission of Instructor
This class will combine advanced photoshop techniques with multimedia production and web design. Students will gain a foundation in html coding as well as web design theory. Students will begin learning the basics of Animation, including storyboarding, stop motion animation, Macromedia Flash Animation and video editing. Students will also use be experimenting with traditional black and white film photography in the darkroom.
Multimedia Design II
1 semester (1/2 credit)
Prerequisite: Multimedia Design I or Permission of Instructor
This class will
combine advanced Photoshop techniques with multimedia production and web design.
We will study how media and marketing
techniques are used to sway public opinion and form cultural trends.
Students will examine race and gender issues as portrayed through
the lens of a camera. Hands-on projects in a variety of formats
will give students an opportunity to use these concepts in practical
applications.
Students will also be working in the darkroom with traditional
film photography during this class.
Senior Project
During the senior project, students will assemble a portfolio of past and current work or design a major project of their own. The portfolio can be digital (on a CD-ROM) or a print and bound work.